Eunomius of Cyzicus and the Nicene Revolution From: The Catholic Historical Review | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: Halton, Thomas | Copyright Catholic University of America Press Jan 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Eunomius of Cyzicus and the Nicene Revolution. By Richard Paul Vaggione, OHC. [Oxford Early Christian Studies.] (New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. xxv, 425. $90.00.) Most of what we used to know about Eunomius, whom church historians pigeon-holed as a neo-Arian, came from heavy-artillery tomes labeled Contra Eunomium of Cappadocians, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, the latter setting the tone by describing Eunomius's father, a farmer, as "an excellent man, except that he had ...

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