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- noun Plural form of
Arian .
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There's a school of thought, however, that offensive coordinator Bruce Arians is not capable of making such a commitment to the running game.
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The heretics were called Arians, and these called the Catholics Colluthians.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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The other party, called Arians, believed and taught that Christ was not divine; and that he was not to be honored and worshiped as God.
The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young Richard Newton
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St. Hilary, who had then passed four years in banishment, in Phrygia, was invited thither by the Semi-Arians, who hoped from his lenity that he would be useful to their party in crushing the staunch Arians, that is, those who adhered strictly to the doctrine of Arius.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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His terms were prudently declined, for the Arians were a minority even in the congregation of Leontius.
The Arian Controversy Henry Melvill Gwatkin 1880
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Romanism, the assent of the Arians is a second witness, in addition to their recognition by the first centuries, in evidence of their
Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity John Henry Newman 1845
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Faustus Socinus wrote a book to prove that all those in the reformed churches of Poland, who desire to be truly godly, ought to separate themselves, and join with the assemblies, who (saith he) are falsely called Arians and Ebionites.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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Which unnatural application of the Scripture-hiftory gives us a tafte of his vanity v and fhews, that in his opinion the Arians are the eled
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But as a thinker Newman never travelled much beyond the "Arians" (published 1833).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The Gnostics, as they were afterwards called, were a kind of Arians; and thought the Logos was an after-birth.
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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