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Apollinaris of Laodicea
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A dichotomous view of Apollinarius of Laodicea (c. 315–c. 390 CE) prevailed throughout antiquity. On the one hand, he was the poet, the commentator on biblical works, the contemporary of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus (Philost.
Hist. eccl. 8.13), the teacher and exponent of Nicene orthodoxy. On the other hand, he was the source of a heresy, and his followers were condemned from 377 CE onward at various synods, the first in Rome, and then from 383 CE on through imperial edicts. It was clearly proving increasingly di…
Date:
2024-01-19
Theodoret of Cyrrhus
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Theodoret was born in Antioch in 393 CE (Thdt.
Ep. 13; SC 40) to well-to-do Christian parents in close contact with the local hermits. In the 440s CE he wrote a history of Syrian monasticism, including a detailed account portraying him as an ideal child predestined for clerical office. The claim that his mother miraculously gave birth to this longed-for child thanks to the prayers of the hermit Macedonius (Thdt.
Hist. rel. 13.16; SC 234) has to be understood as an attempt to legitimize Theodoret’s position. Our knowledge of Theodoret’s life has to come mainly fro…
Date:
2024-01-19