Euzoius

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Euzoius (* around 300 ; † 378 in Constantinople ) was an Arian bishop in Antioch (361–378), companion and closest friend of Arius .

Life

He was one of eleven presbyters and deacons of the Church of Alexandria who were appointed to Bishop Alexander in 320 BC. BC had deposed together with Arius. Later at the Council of Nicaea in 325 he was condemned and banished with Arius.

When Arius was called back from exile five years later and called to the side of Emperor Constantine I , he was accompanied by Euzoius, who was already a priest at the time. Both gained the emperor's trust and sent him a letter with a joint declaration of faith. In 335 he accompanied Arius to the Synod of Tire , at which Athanasius was deposed at the instigation of the Eusebian bishops and exiled to Trier.

In 361 Euzoius was ordained Bishop of Antioch after Constantius II Meletius was removed from his office and banished.

A few months later Constantius, who was meanwhile attacked by a deadly fever, called the newly appointed Bishop Euzoius to his bed on November 3, 361 and was baptized by him. It is not clear whether this was in Antioch or Mopsuestia in Cilicia. During the reign of the Valens , Euzoius was commissioned by Eudoxius to convene a synod in Antioch. The decision to rehabilitate Athanasius was rejected and Aetius was ultimately able to evade conviction. After the death of Athanasius in 373, Euzoius, at Valens' own request, was sent with Magnus, the imperial treasurer, to replace the Arian Lucius of Samosata for Peter, a disciple of Athanasius, the duly elected bishop of Alexandria . The death of Euzoius is placed by Socrates on 378 in Constantinople.

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  • Hanns Christof Brennecke u. a. (Ed.): Athanasius works: documents on the history of the Arian conflict. Up to Ekthesis Makrostichos , Volume 3, Part 3. de Gruyter, Berlin 2007

Remarks

  1. ^ Socrates Historia ecclesiastica i. 6; 15; http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/30_20_0380-0440-_Socrates_Scholasticus.html
  2. ^ "Socrates Historia ecclesiastica" i. 25, 26; ii. 27
  3. ^ "Letter from Arius to Eusebius of Nicomedien" (Certificate 30), www.athanasius.theologie.uni-erlangen.de
  4. ↑ Franz Dünzl : Brief history of the Trinitarian dogma in the old church. Herder publishing house, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2006, p. 75f. ISBN 3-451-28946-6 .
  5. ↑ "Athan." Ib. 907; Philost. Historia ecclesiastica vi. 5
  6. ↑ Codex Theodosianus 16,10,15
  7. ↑ "Sozomenos, Church History - Historia ecclesiastica" c. 364 ib. Vii. 5
  8. ↑ "The Primacy of the Roman Popes: Fourth Century" I. Edition. 2; Page 251
  9. ^ "Socrates Historia ecclesiastica" IV. 21; Theod. IV. 21, 22
personal data
SURNAME Euzoius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Arian bishop in Antioch
DATE OF BIRTH at 300
DATE OF DEATH 378
Place of death Constantinople