Philip of Side
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.
literature
- Werner Portmann: Philip of Side. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 510-512.
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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 |