Controversy

A controversy ( v. lat: contra contrary; versus directed ) is a prolonged controversy or dispute.

As controversy both a private debate of two individuals as well as powerful social unrest can call (eg dispute between two parties). Numerous early Christian writers such as Irenaeus and Jerome were famous as " controversial theologians " and wrote works against heretical teachings or heretics, so reading their works entitled " Adversus ..." eg Irenaeus Adversus Haeresis. The Christian writers took over from the classical rhetoricians the traditional view that controversial confrontations, even over trivial matters, a demonstration of intellectual superiority would. See the orations of Demosthenes or Cicero in Catilinam ( " against Catiline ").

It is in the nature of the controversy, that it can not be done with the intention of concluding either-or; it is therefore often accompanied by controversy and strife. Constantine I convened in the year 325 the Council of Nicaea in the hope of a settlement of the Arian controversy. Once the council had its taken a decision, declined any further discussion of the Anathema.

Three major controversies in church history were the Arian controversy, the investiture controversy and the controversy over the filioque.

A reader can identify a plant provoke a controversial book to read, because he wants to assess whether such a classification is justified or not. The same is true for controversial films, music, plays, and also video and computer games.

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