Arian Heresy

Learning Objectives:
1. Explain what Arius claimed about Jesus
2. Understand why the Catholic Church rejected his view Justify the importance of the Nicene Creed

Resources Include:
- Fully editable lesson PowerPoint
- Mix & Match It: Heresy - a sheet outlining three of Arius’ heretical beliefs and the reasons why the Catholic Church rejected them, for pupils to match up.

Religious Education Directory Links:
U7.3.1 - Describe Catholic beliefs about Jesus and the incarnation, explaining the Church teaching about why ‘the Word became flesh’, making links with Articles 2-4 of the Nicene Creed.
U7.3.2 - Explain what is meant be describing Jesus as ‘true God and true man’ and why the Church rejected Arius’s account of the Son’s relationship to the Father

Scheme of Work: Year 7 Galilee to Jerusalem - Lesson 4 _______________________________________________________________________________

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