The impact of the exegesis of Origen on the argumentation of Arius in the context of ancient philosophical theology

In this article, the author discusses the influence of Origen’s exegesis on the position of Arius, who had known the Commentary on the Gospel of John, in which Origen rejects the idea of the consubstantiality of the Father and the Son. However, Arius went further, proposing the doctrine of the non-existence of the Son before the begeting, though many theologians in Alexandria had not accepted his interpretation. At the same time the author notes that the views of Arius had a significant impact of ancient philosophical theology, with its stringent requirement to think of the first principle as absolutely simple and one. Subordinative theology corresponds with the Zeitgeist of that time, and was influenced not by the biblical text, but by ancient philosophy. Terefore, we can say that the Orthodox teaching of the Holy Trinity did not arise under the influence of ancient philosophy, but in spite of it