George of Cappadocia

George of Alexandria , sometimes also called George of Cappadocia ( also Cappadocia ), (* in Lod ; † December 24, 361 in Alexandria ) was a 'homoic' bishop at the time of the Arian dispute , so he represented a non- Nicene doctrine of the Trinity , which from the origenistic theology of the so-called 'origenistic middle group'.

The son of a trader, he got rich as an army supplier in Constantinople and a tax collector before he was ordained a priest and became bishop of Cappadocia . He was an ardent representative of the 'Origenist Middle Group' and later of the Homoic Creed, which had emerged under the direction of Emperor Constantius II in early 360 and had been declared the norm for the Roman churches. On behalf of Constantius II, he taught the imperial family in the Christian religion. As early as 352, a synod in Antioch had elected George Bishop of Alexandria and declared the return of Bishop Athanasius to Alexandria to be a violation of the law. The deposition and expulsion of Athanasius as well as the installation of George in Alexandria with the help of Constantius dragged on until February 357, the entry of George rigorously on the orders of Constantius with Roman army units was accompanied by outbreaks of violence. In October 358, Georg left Alexandria in a hurry, after he had appeared as a stooge of a drastic anti-pagan religious policy by Constantius in Alexandria, as was perceived, at the same time as a defender of Constantius' large tax increases. Georg did not return until November 361, but was already taken to prison a few days later after the news of Constantius' death (November 3, 361) had arrived in Alexandria. Although the trial of the Roman authorities against Georg had only just begun, an angry crowd stormed the prison on December 24, 361 and killed Georg and two of his loyal followers.

George of Alexandria is not identical to Saint George of Cappadocia , or Gregory of Nazianzen , the Bishop of Cappadocia (around the same time).

Remarks

^ Stefan Klug: Alexandria and Rome. The history of the relationship between two churches in antiquity . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster / Westphalia 2014, p. 212.
^ Stefan Klug: Alexandria and Rome. The history of the relationship between two churches in antiquity . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster / Westphalia 2014, p. 223.
↑ Johannes Hahn : Violence and religious conflict. Studies of the conflicts between Christians, Gentiles and Jews in the east of the Roman Empire (from Constantine to Theodosius II). Akademie-Verlag , Berlin 2004, p. 66ff.

predecessor	Office	successor
Gregorius	Patriarch of Alexandria 357-361	Lucius

personal data
SURNAME	George of Cappadocia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	George of Cappadocia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Arian bishop
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century or 4th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lod
DATE OF DEATH	December 24, 361
Place of death	Alexandria

[1] Stefan Klug: Alexandria and Rome. The history of the relationship between two churches in antiquity . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster / Westphalia 2014, p. 212.

[2] Stefan Klug: Alexandria and Rome. The history of the relationship between two churches in antiquity . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster / Westphalia 2014, p. 223.

[3] Johannes Hahn : Violence and religious conflict. Studies of the conflicts between Christians, Gentiles and Jews in the east of the Roman Empire (from Constantine to Theodosius II). Akademie-Verlag , Berlin 2004, p. 66ff.