: A major theological movement started in the 4th century by Arius of North Africa, a Greek rationalist priest (d. 336). It denied the eternal sonship of Jesus Christ by seeing Him as a created being. It was opposed by Athanasius and condemned by the Council of Nicaea (325). Ulfilas, missionary to Germanic tribes, infected them with Arianism. Although it died out in the 7th century, it is represented today by Jehovah’s Witnesses and Unitarianism. : A theological