Eustathius of Sebaste
Eustathius von Sebaste (also: Eustatius , grazized Eustathios von Sebasteia ; † after 377) was a late antique bishop of Sebaste in Armenia .
Eustathius was a son of Bishop Eulalios of Sebaste . In Egypt he became a pupil of Arius , on whom the teaching of Arianism goes back. This initially caused him problems when the bishop Eustathios of Antioch refused him admission to the clergy. From about 355 he held the bishopric in Sebaste. During the Arian disputes , he belonged to the group of the Arians fighting Homoousianer that the essential equality defended God with Jesus Christ. The most important student of Eusthatius was Basil of Caesarea , with whom he was close friends for a long time.
Eustathius was not active as a biblical exegete or church theorist and instead devoted himself to promoting monasticism in Armenia. Here he was so successful that the effects of his teachings reached as far as Paphlagonia and Pontus . Around 340 the Synod of Gangra in Paphlagonia condemned the contempt of marriage and property among the monks and in 358 the Synod of Melitene ( Malatya ) in Lesser Armenia deposed Eustathius. Until 373 Eustathius was the leading head of the Asia Minor Pneumatomachen ("fighter against the [holy] spirit"), which also broke the friendship with Basilius. After the mediation, which had been undertaken at the Council of Constantinople in 381, was rejected in a so-called religious talk, Theodosius I in 383 forbade the Pneumatomachen from any further meeting.
His followers, a group of radical ascetics, are known as Eustathians .
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Eustathius of Sebaste. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1570-1571.
- Adolf Jülicher : Eustathios 10 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Col. 1449 f.
- WA Jurgens: Eustathius of Sebaste . Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana, Rome 1959.
- Terrence G. Kardong: Who was Basil's mentor? Part 1 . In: American Benedictine Revue , Volume 60, 2009, pp. 183-201.
- Friedrich Loofs : Eustathius von Sebaste and the chronology of the Basilius letters. A patristic study . Hall 1898.
- Alexios G. Savvides, Benjamin Hendrickx (Eds.): Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization . Vol. 2: Baanes-Eznik of Kolb . Brepols Publishers, Turnhout 2008, ISBN 978-2-503-52377-4 , pp. 437-438.
Remarks
- ^ Athanasius , historia Arianorum 1,4.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eustathius of Sebaste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eustatius of Sebaste; Eusthatios of Sebaste; Eusthatios of Sebasteia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | late antique bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century or 4th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 377 |