Arius and Arianism Arius was a controversial fourth-century Christian thinker in Alexandria, Egypt, who was condemned by the first ecumenical council at Nicaea in 325. Because most of his writings were destroyed as heretical and...

ARIANISM is the heretical doctrine promulgated by the Christian Alexandrian priest Arius (c. 250–336) that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son. Three distinct streams of influence merged in the sea of doctrinal upheaval of...

Arianism is most commonly used to refer to the theological positions made famous by the theologian Arius (c. AD 250-336), who lived and taught in Alexandria, Egypt, in the early 4th century. The most controversial of the teachings of Arius dealt with...

Following a green light given in 1987, the development of Ariane 5 lasted 10 years. The follow-on programme, Ariane 5 Plus, will continue until 2006. Before the first Ariane had even left the launch pad, we were already studying improvements to the...

WHEN THE UNIVERSITY of South Florida declared late in 2001 that it meant to fire tenured computer engineering professor Sami Al-Arian, he became a cause celebre of academic freedom. Mr. Al-Arian had long been suspected of raising money for Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist...

A former university professor who pleaded guilty last year to supporting a Palestinian terror group was transferred to a medical prison Wednesday as he entered the fourth week of a hunger strike.Sami al-Arian, 49, began the hunger strike Jan. 22 to protest efforts to force...

A federal appeals court on Friday affirmed a civil contempt ruling against a former university professor hours after he ended a two-month hunger strike to protest a judge's decision to extend his prison term.A judge decided to hold Sami al-Arian an additional 18 months because...