Why is it significant that Arius taught two Wisdoms? Was this a deviation of some kind?
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Both Athanasius noted that Arius taught two Wisdoms. Athanasius wrote that in Arius’ theology,
> “There are … two Wisdoms, one God's own who has existed eternally with
> God, the other the Son who was brought into existence. … There is
> another Word in God besides the Son” (RH, 13).
Alexander similarly wrote that Arius stated,
> “Nor is he the Father's true Logos nor the Logos by nature, nor his
> true Wisdom” (RH, 16).
>
> “He came into existence himself through the proper Logos of God and
> the Wisdom which was in God, in which God also made everything and him
> (the Son) with it” (RH, 16).
In Lorentz's summary of Arius’ theology, he said:
> “There are two Logoi and two Wisdoms (Sophiae), and several powers of
> God. … Arius distinguished between an original Reason (Logos) or
> Wisdom immanent from eternity in the Godhead and the Son who was not
> immanent in the Godhead but created, and who could only be given these
> titles loosely or inexactly.” (20)
Why is it significant that Arius taught “two Logoi and two Wisdoms”? Was this a deviation of some kind?
(All references are to RPC Hanson's book, The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God - The Arian Controversy 318-381
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