Andrew of Samosata
Andrew of Samosata († after 444) was bishop of the Syrian city of Samosata .
Life
Andrew of Samosata appeared in the disputes over the Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius as his partisan. He was a decisive opponent of the Patriarch Cyril of Alexandria . At the Council of Ephesus 431, at which Cyril succeeded in condemning Nestorius' theological doctrines about the divine and human nature in Christ, Andrew did not take part. However, after initial hesitation, he later agreed to the formula compromise of 433, but did not agree to condemn Nestorius.
John of Antioch and Theodoret of Kyrrhos asked Andrew to write a refutation of the twelve anathematisms of Cyril of Alexandria. These are only passed down to us in Cyril's answer to Andrew's writing.
A few surviving letters from Andrew reflect the theological debates in Syria after the said Council of Ephesus. Rabbula von Edessa took a position against Nestorianism in a letter to Andreas.
Fonts (selection)
- Refutatio (refutation of Cyril). In: Jacques Paul Migne : Patrologia Graeca. Volume 76. Champion Electronique, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-915937-01-X , p. 315 (reprint of the Paris 1864 edition).
- Epistulae (letters). In: Jacques-Paul Migne: Patrologia Graeca. Volume 84. pp. 649-720 (reprint of the Paris 1864 edition).
literature
- Adolf Jülicher : Andreas 7 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2135.
- Philip Smith: Andreas, bishop of samosata . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . tape 1 : Abaeus – Dysponteus . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 171 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Siegmar Dopp (Hrsg.): Lexicon of ancient Christian literature. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1998, ISBN 3-451-23786-5 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andrew of Samosata |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Samosata |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century or 5th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 444 |