Eudoxius of Antioch
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Eudoxius | |
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Archbishop of Constantinople | |
Installed | 360 |
Term ended | 370 |
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Denomination | Eastern Christianity |
Eudoxius (
.Biography
Eudoxius was from Arabissos of Asia Minor.[1] Eudoxius came to Eustathius, bishop of Antioch between 324 and 331, seeking holy orders. However, Eustathius found his doctrine unsound and refused him. Nevertheless, when Eustathius was deposed, the Arians or Eusebians had everything their own way and admitted Eudoxius to orders and made him bishop of Germanicia, on the confines of Syria, Cilicia, and Cappadocia. This bishopric he held at least 17 years, the period of the principal intrigues against Athanasius, and of the reigns of Constantine the Great's sons.[2]
In 341 the council of the Dedication or
In 343 or 347 the rival councils of
In the first year of his episcopate at Antioch Eudoxius held a council, which received the
In September 359, a Council of Seleucia was held at Seleucia Isauria, the orthodox forming a very small minority. The majority signed the "Creed of the Dedication"; Eudoxius who was present, was deposed by Basil of Ancyra's party, and appears to have sought the shelter of the court at Constantinople. Here, by the aid of the Acacians, he secured his appointment as bishop on the deposition of Macedonius, and on January 27, 360, took possession of his throne in the presence of 72 bishops. On February 15 the great church of Constantinople, Saint Sophia, begun in 342 by the emperor Constantius II, was dedicated.[2]
Eudoxius, it is claimed, mounting his episcopal throne before the expectant multitude of courtiers, ecclesiastics, and citizens, began with the words: "The Father is asebes, the Son is eusebes." A great tumult of indignation arose on all sides in St. Sophia. The orator, unabashed, explained: "The Father is asebes because He honours nobody; the Son is eusebes because He honours the Father." The new cathedral echoed with peals of uncontrollable laughter. Thus, says
Eudoxius consecrated his friend
In 365 an attack was made on Eudoxius by the semi-Arians, now called Macedonians. Holding a meeting at Lampsacus, they signed the "Creed of the Dedication," cited Eudoxius and his party before them, and, as they did not come, sentenced them to deprivation; but emperor Valens refused to confirm the proceedings.[2]
In 367
The years during which Eudoxius and Valens acted together were allegedly troubled by
References
- ^ a b c "Eudoxius (of Antioch)", The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sinclair 1911.
- ^ Socrates Scholasticus, Church History, book 2, chapter 37.
- ^ Sinclair 1911 cites Socr. H. E. ii. 43.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Sinclair, W. M. (1911). "Eudoxius, bishop of Constantinople". In Wace, Henry; Piercy, William C. (eds.). Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century (3rd ed.). London: John Murray. Sinclair cites:
- Athanasius. ad Solit. in Patr. Gk. xxvi. 572, 219, 589, 274, 580, 713, 601;
- Epiphanius of Cyprusde Haeres. lxxiii. 2;
- H. E. ii. 16, 38, 40, etc..
- Hilarius, de Synod., Patr. Lat. x. 471, etc.;
- Liber contr. Const. Imp. §§ 665, 680, 573, etc.
- Sozomenus. H. E. iv. 26;
- Socrates ScholasticusH. E. ii. 19, 37, 40, 43;
- Theodoret. H. E. ii. 25; Haer. Fab. iv. 3;
- Theophanes the Confessor Chronogr. § 38; Niceph. Callist. H. E. xi. 4;