Constantius II
Constantius II 317-61, Roman emperor, son of Constantine I. When the empire was divided (337) at the death of Constantine, Constantius II was given rule over Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt, while his brothers, Constans I and Constantine II, received other portions. He gained prestige by fighting successfully against the Persians. When in 350 the murder of Constans I threw the West into disorder, Constantius II defeated the usurping Magnentius, a German who had been a commander under Constans I, and became sole emperor. He delegated much power to his cousin Julian ( Julian the Apostate ) in Gaul. When a new dispute erupted with the Persians, Constantius ordered Julian to the East, but Julian's men revolted and proclaimed (360) Julian emperor in the West. Constantius died in the Persian campaign in Cilicia, naming Julian as his successor. A confirmed Arian, Constantius vigorously repressed paganism and was involved in a struggle with St. Athanasius.
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A Trinity Summit.(trinitarian faith)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: America; 5/16/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and continued a centuries-old debate, which is often defined by pairs of opposing categories. One such pair is that of monarchianism and tritheism: One who over-stresses God's single rule or monarchy risks denying the three, while one who over-stresses...
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The Way to Nicaea.
Magazine article from: Church History; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Above all, the presentation would have benefited from a global, rethinking of the complex and problematical notion of Monarchianism, which appears only in a footnote on page 138. On this matter, two recent important works would certainly have been useful...
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Le Christ de Tertullien.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...job in arguing for a distinction among Father, Son, and Spirit without abandoning his own "moderate" or "ordered" monarchianism, defending him against "the common prejudice ... about the imperfection of trinitarian thought accepted and transmitted...
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monarchianism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
monarchianism [Gr.,=belief in the rule of one], the concept of God that maintains his sole authority even over Christ and the Holy Spirit...
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Monarchianism
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Monarchianism. A Christian understanding of God, of the 2nd–3rd cents. Concerned to uphold monotheism and the unity (‘...
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Theodotians
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Theodotians small heretical sect, formed c.190 by Theodotus, a Byzantine. It lasted until the end of the 4th cent. The Theodotians taught that Jesus was a man, who became the Christ only after his baptism (a concept basic both to monarchianism and to adoptionism ).
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Sabellius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...theologian, b. probably Libya or Egypt. He went to Rome, became the leader of those who accepted the doctrine of modalistic monarchianism , and was excommunicated by Pope St. Calixtus I in 220. Opposing the orthodox teaching of "essential Trinity," Sabellius...
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Cathari
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...consolamentum, a sort of sacrament that was a laying on of hands. The Catharist concept of Jesus resembled modalistic monarchianism in the West and adoptionism in the East. Persecution, such as that by the Inquisition , and the efforts of popes like...
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