Years ago a man named Arius battled with a church leader named Alexander. In order to distance himself from Alexander, he created a doctrine that overtook the church for a time. The doctrine was called Arianism and declared that God the Father created God the Son and through the Son all was created. The heresy was that he stated there was a time when Jesus did not exist. This heresy was defeated at the Council of Nicaea and later, after a battle among church leaders, removed from church teaching. However, there are still some who fall into this heretical teaching. There is one prominent religious cult who promotes this teaching as true.
