Eustathians

As Eustathians one after is Eustathius of Sebaste named group of radical ascetics called who demanded absolute possession and celibacy and next to the church fasting and the public services declined. They thus represented serious competition for early Christian monasticism . The Eustathians were condemned around 340 at the Synod of Gangra .

In some sources, the bishop St. Eustathios of Antioch is incorrectly named as the founder of the movement .

literature

• Johanna Lanczkowski (ed.): Small lexicon of monasticism and orders ; RUB 8867; Stuttgart 1993; P. 96.
• Charles A. Frazee: Review of AP Kazdhan: The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford 1991, In: Church History. 61/2 (1992), pp. 241-243.