Narga Sellase Monastery. Arius at the Council of Nicea.

ETHIOPIAN 2ND GONDARINE STYLE Anonymous (c. 1730 - 19th c): Arius was a bishop who argued with the Alexandrine about the nature of Christ. They excommunicated him and his position was declared heretical at the Council of Nicea. As stated by CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS & RESEARCH MINISTRY "Arius taught that only God the Father was eternal and too pure and infinite to appear on the earth.  Therefore, God produced Christ the Son out of nothing as the first and greatest creation. The Son is then the one who created the universe. Because the Son relationship of the Son to the Father is not one of nature, it is, therefore, adoptive. God adopted Christ as the Son. Though Christ was a creation, because of his great position and authority, he was to be worshipped and even looked upon as God." The Ethiopians adopted the Alexandrine monophysite position and here represent Arius as a heretic arguing with forked tongue.