Severian of Gabala

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Severian von Gabala (* before 380; † after 408) was an Eastern Roman bishop in Gabala (today Jabla ) in Syria .

Life

Around 398 or 399 Severian left his homeland and - according to the church history of Socrates Scholastikos and Sozomenos - acquired a reputation as a preacher in Constantinople , although he never lost his Syrian accent. He became a protégé of John Chrysostom , Bishop of Byzantium , and was entrusted by him with administrative tasks of the Church of Constantinople around 401. However, Serapion, the archdeacon of Constantinople, accused him of questioning Chrysostom's authority, and he was then sent back to his Syrian homeland by the bishop. At the urging of the Empress Eudoxia , the wife of the Emperor Arcadius , Chrysostom brought him back to Constantinople around 403. At first he was reconciled with the patriarch.

Again, at the suggestion of the Empress Eudoxia took place in July 403, a Partikularsynode mainly Egyptian and Syrian bishops instead, judged the more or less serious accusations against the bishop of Constantinople Opel, these ranged from the support of Origen to the accusation in the church lozenges sucked to to have. Severian, who acted as examining magistrate at this synod, condemned the patriarch to exile on the border of Asia. The people of Constantinople protested against this, and an earthquake forced Severian and his followers to leave the city. In June 404, Severian initiated a new trial against John Chrysostom. After the patriarch died in 407, Severian had to leave the city and went back to Syria.

Works

His theological-philosophical worldview can be reconstructed from Severian's sermons.

Severian proclaimed the shape of the earth: "The earth is flat , rectangular, and the sun does not run under it during the night, but wanders through the northern part, as if hidden by a wall."

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Frank Schleicher: Cosmographia Christiana. Cosmology and Geography in Early Christianity. 2014, p. 201 .
  2. ↑ a b Severian Of Gabala in the online edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica , accessed on July 31, 2017
  3. ↑ De mund. creat. 3.5; see. Frank Schleicher: Cosmographia Christiana , p. 204
personal data
SURNAME Severian of Gabala
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Eastern Roman bishop in Gabala (today Jabala), Syria
DATE OF BIRTH before 380
DATE OF DEATH after 408