Writings from the church in Alexandria from the school of the most holy Saint Lucian but now resting at the bosom of Abraham along with all the Saints such as Eusebius, Aetius, Eunomius and the most holy and blessed Lucian of antioch of whom I am a disciple of to the Father in the Spirit from Christ. Grace and Peace to all.
I have been urged to write this epistle in the short time I have been gifted by God since there have been many a slander thrown at me and my name as well as accusations made about me and those who bear my name despite me not being worthy of having this theology named after me despite not being its originator.
I have been charged with causing schism and strife and being a dissenter and a Judas to the church but I tell you it was truly that cursed man Athanasius who was the true dissenter. That mad beast of a man who attempted to exile me from my church and successfully and for what? For claiming there was a time when the Son was not? Did not even Tertullian say in his epistle to Hermogenes:
> There was, however, a time when neither sin existed with Him, nor the Son; the former of which was to constitute the Lord a Judge, and the latter a Father.
And does not the scriptures also call Christ the wisdom of God when Paul says:
>but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
And we learn from the proverbs of Solomon that this wisdom of God was created before the world was:
>The Lord created me at the beginning[b] of his work, the first of his acts of long ago.
And I am attacked for saying that the Father alone is God but does not Christ in the gospel of John say the same thing when he calls the Father the only true God?
>Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
And does not Christ himself confess that the Father is greater than him
>Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you really loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, who is greater than I am
And in another place he says:
>Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’
And yet I was mistreated, exiled and ran from my home yet I was still humble enough to return to the church after my exile and willing to accept your creed until one of the Athanasian party poisoned me and I suffered a most humiliating death.
I, Arius, write this all humbly by the Grace of God through our Lord Jesus in the Spirit to protect me and the church.
Amen.