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Arianism vs Catholicism - What's the difference?

arianism | catholicism |

As nouns the difference between arianism and catholicism

is that arianism is a non-trinitarian Christology, denominated as heretical since Council of Nicaea, but still influential in Monophysite Christianity while Catholicism is the faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church, but especially of the Roman Catholic Church.

arianism

Noun

(-)
  • (Christianity) A non-trinitarian Christology, denominated as heretical since Council of Nicaea, but still influential in Monophysite Christianity.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

    * monophysitism * Nestorianism * trinitarianism * unitarianism English eponyms English words suffixed with -ism

    catholicism

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church, but especially of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • * 2011 , Connie Green, Religious Diversity and Children's Literature, p 156
  • Catholicism is the second largest religious body after Sunni Muslims

    Hypernyms

    * Christianity, trinitarianism

    Coordinate terms

    * Mormonism, Protestantism, Quakerism