'''Arius''' (AD 250 or 256 - 336) was a fourth-century [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandrian]] [[presbyter]] who was formally condemned as a [[heretic]] by the Orthodox Church. His heresy, referred to as [[Arianism]], consisted of his teaching that the [[Jesus Christ|Son of God]] was not co-eternal and consubstantial with His Father, but was rather a created being, subordinate to the Father. Arius's belief was condemned by the [[First Ecumenical Council]], at [[Nicea]] in 325. The council's decision did not immediately stop Arianism, however, as its proponent quickly returned to the [[Constantine the Great|Emperor's]] favor. Even Arius' death, followed one year later by that of Constantine, did not lay the controversy to rest; that came about—in the Church, at least—through the teachings of the [[Cappadocian Fathers]] and the actions of the [[Second Ecumenical Council]] in 381. Arianism continued to linger in some Gothic and Vandal kingdoms of the West until it was finally suppressed during in the seventh century. Arianism Arius's ideas are no longer survives as an accepted ''in toto'' by any organized entity, though some modern sects like the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] and [[Mormonism|Mormons]] display Arian tendencies in their doctrine.