Arian
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Arian may refer to:
- AriusAriusArius was a Christian presbyter in Alexandria, Egypt of Libyan origins. His teachings about the nature of the Godhead, which emphasized the Father's divinity over the Son , and his opposition to the Athanasian or Trinitarian Christology, made him a controversial figure in the First Council of...
, a Christian presbyter in the 3rd and 4th century - a given name in different cultures: AriaAria (name)Aria or Arya is both a male and female given name. It is an Indian and Persian male given name, based on the self designation of the peoples of Ancient India and Ancient Iran who spoke Aryan languages...
, AryanAryan (disambiguation)Aryan is a term expressing various ethno-linguistic and/or racial concepts:Aryan or Arya may refer to:** Arya , Old Indic and Old Iranian word from which 'Aryan' derives...
(both Persian or IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n names) or Arian (AlbanianAlbanian languageAlbanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
name) - or Areian: the designation of an inhabitant of Aria (a region in the eastern part of the Persian empire; today's HeratHerat ProvinceHerat is one the 34 provinces of Afghanistan; together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the South-western region of the country...
), used by the ancient and medieval GreeksAncient GreeceAncient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
(as Ἄρ(ε)ιοι/Ar(e)ioi) and RomansRoman EmpireThe Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
(as Arii). - ArianismArianismArianism is the theological teaching attributed to Arius , a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt, concerning the relationship of the entities of the Trinity and the precise nature of the Son of God as being a subordinate entity to God the Father...
- Arian controversyArian controversyThe Arian controversy describes several controversies between the Christian Church fathers Arius and Athanasius related to Christology which divided the Christian church from before the Council of Nicaea in 325 to after the Council of Constantinople in 381...
, several controversies which divided the early Christian church
- Arian controversy
- Arians or Areians, ancient tribe, living in Aria (satrapy), now in western Afghanistan
- AryanAryanAryan is an English language loanword derived from Sanskrit ārya and denoting variously*In scholarly usage:**Indo-Iranian languages *in dated usage:**the Indo-European languages more generally and their speakers...
, a term associated with the Proto-Indo-Iranians - Aryan raceAryan raceThe Aryan race is a concept historically influential in Western culture in the period of the late 19th century and early 20th century. It derives from the idea that the original speakers of the Indo-European languages and their descendants up to the present day constitute a distinctive race or...
, the racial concept
- Aryan
- Arian (band), a pop band in Iran
- Polish BrethrenPolish BrethrenThe Polish Brethren were members of the Minor Reformed Church of Poland, a Nontrinitarian Protestant church that existed in Poland from 1565 to 1658...
, also known as Arians - Aries (astrology)Aries (astrology)Aries is the first astrological sign in the Zodiac, which spans the zodiac between the zero degree and the 29th degree of celestial longitude. The Sun enters Aries when it reaches the northern vernal equinox, which is usually on March 21 each year, and remains in this sign until around April 20...
See also
- Ariane (disambiguation), the French spelling of Ariadne, a character in Greek mythology
- Ariane (rocket family), a series of space vehicles
- ArrianArrianLucius Flavius Arrianus 'Xenophon , known in English as Arrian , and Arrian of Nicomedia, was a Roman historian, public servant, a military commander and a philosopher of the 2nd-century Roman period...
, Greek historian