Philip of Side

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Philipp von Side or Philippus Sidetes (* approx. 380 ; † around 431 ) was a late antique church historian . He was born in Side in Pamphylia , near Iconium in Anatolia . He wrote a history of Christianity that has survived in fragments. In these fragments he refers to the better known Historia Ecclesiae of Eusebius of Caesarea .

Philip was probably the last historian to quote Papias of Hierapolis , but it is doubtful that he actually read his five books on the logia (sayings) of Jesus . It is considered more likely that he took his quotes from Eusebius of Caesarea.

Philipp von Side studied in Alexandria and then taught in Side around 405. He later became a priest in Constantinople in the inner circle of John Chrysostom . He was a candidate for the office of Patriarch of Constantinople several times and ran against Sisinnius I (425), Nestorius (428) and Maximianus (431).

When Nestorius, as a representative of the Antiochene School , taught that Christ had two natures - a divine and a human - and then proposed the title of the "Theotokos" instead of "Theotokos" for Mary , whereupon the dispute escalated, Philip of Side suggested himself Followers of the Alexandrian School on the side of Cyril of Alexandria , who saw this as a violation of the Trinity of God .

Only fragments of his numerous books have survived, such as his history of the Christian Church and his polemics against Emperor Julian . It is possible that (pseudo-) Gelasios of Kyzikos relied on the work of Philip.

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SURNAME Philip of Side
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Philip Sidetes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Historian of the early Christian Church
DATE OF BIRTH at 380
PLACE OF BIRTH Pamphylia near Konya
DATE OF DEATH at 431