Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Epiphanius of Constantinople


Related Topics

In the News (Sat 19 Dec 09)

  
  Patriarch Epiphanius of Constantinople - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At Constantinople the zeal of Justinian I for a church policy was shown during the patriarchate of Epiphanius by laws (e.g.
Epiphanius adopted the symbol of Nicaea, the decrees of Ephesus, Constantinople, and Chalcedon, and the letters of pope Leo I in defence of the faith.
In 531 the dispute between Rome and Constantinople was revived by the appeal of Stephen, metropolitan of Larissa, to Pope Boniface II, against the sentence of Epiphanius.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epiphanius_of_Constantinople   (787 words)

  
 Epiphanius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Epiphanius ("clearly manifested") was the name of several early Christian scholars and ecclesiastics:
Saint Epiphanius of Salamis (ca 310–20 – 403), bishop of Salamis in Cyprus, author of Panarion
Epiphanius Scholasticus (6th century), assistant of Cassiodorus who compiled the Historiae Ecclesiasticae Tripartitae Epitome, ca.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Epiphanius   (107 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Epiphanius of Cyprus
Epiphanius (born 310 in Palestine, died on Cyprus 402) was a Church Father and strong defender of orthodoxy, known for tracking down deviant teachings (heresies) wherever they could be traced.
Epiphanius of Salamis Epiphanius (born 310 in Palestine, died on Cyprus 402) was a Church Father and strong defender of orthodoxy, known for tracking down deviant teachings (heresies) wherever they could be traced.
Epiphanius, (Epiphanios), bishop of Constantia and metropolitan of Cyprus, was born at Bezanduca, a small town in Palestine, in the district of Eleutheropolis, in the first part of the fourth century.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Epiphanius-of-Cyprus   (438 words)

  
 Epiphanius of Constantinople
Epiphanius succeeded John II (518-20) as Patriarch of Constantinople.
Epiphanius then writes to Hormisdas (col. 494-95) to announce his succession to the See of Constantinople, as the pope had demanded.
Epiphanius' third letter relates that a number of Eastern bishops have petitioned the emperor for union with Rome (col. 506-7), and the fourth (col. 507) praises Paulinus, whom the pope had sent to Constantinople as his legate.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/e/epiphanius_of_constantinople.html   (389 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Epiphanius of Salamis
In 402 he was at Constantinople to combat the same pretended heresy of St.
With regard to the constitution of the Church, he is one of the most explicit of the Greek theologians concerning the primacy of St. Peter ("Ancoratus", 9; "Haer.", lix, 7).
In these two passages, instead of quoting the words of the institution of the Eucharist, the author gives these: "Hoc meum est, hoc." Epiphanius is one of the chief authorities of the fourth century for the devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13393b.htm   (1552 words)

  
 Patriarch Ephiphanius of Constantinople - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
At Constantinople the zeal of Justinian I for a church policy was shewn during the patriarchate of Epiphanius by laws (e.g.
These enactments, and the passivity of Epiphanius and his clergy, are remarkable proofs of the entire absence as yet of any claims such as the clergy later asserted for exclusively clerical legislation for the spirituality.
Pope John I, the successor of Hormisdas, became thoroughly alarmed; and in 525, at the demand of Theodoric, proceeded to Constantinople to obtain the revocation of the edict against the Arians and get their churches restored to them (Marcellin.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Epiphanius_of_Constantinople   (784 words)

  
 Saint Epiphanius - LoveToKnow 1911
The monks gained the support of the empress Eudoxia, and when she summoned Theophilus to Constantinople that prelate forced the aged Epiphanius to go with him.
In allusion to his knowledge of Hebrew, Syriac, Egyptian, Greek and Latin, Jerome styles Epiphanius llcvr61Xwvvos (Five-tongued); but if his knowledge of languages was really so extensive, it is certain that he was utterly destitute of critical and logical power.
Other theologians of the same name were: (I) Epiphanius Scholasticus, friend and helper of Cassiodorus; (2) Epiphanius, bishop of Ticinum (Pavia), c.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Saint_Epiphanius   (622 words)

  
 Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 315-403)
EPIPHANIUS, Bishop of Constantia (the old Salamis of Cyprus), was b.
But the man’s character [744] was well suited to the demands of the time; and he, as well as his friends, considered it a great merit to spend a whole life in bitter opposition to the greatest genius the Eastern Church ever produced, without understanding him.
He seems, however, to have discovered during his stay in Constantinople, - whither he went at the instance of Theophilus of Alexandria, and for the purpose of opposing Chrysostom, and through him Origen, - that he had in most cases been a tool only in other men’s hands.
www.earlychurch.org.uk /epiphanius.php   (552 words)

  
 Epiphanius of Salamis
In 402 he was at Constantinople to combat the same pretended heresy of St. John Chrysostom.
The second is the personal work of Epiphanius, and is intended to fortify the faithful against current heresies.
At Constantinople he had to acknowledge the Origenist monks whom he opposed that he was not acquainted with either their school or their books, and that he only spoke from hearsay (Sozomen, "Hist.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/e/epiphanius_of_salamis.html   (1547 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Epiphanius
Epiphanius of Constantinople, died 535, Patriarch of Constantinople 520—535
Epiphanius inquired about the secret of the donkey's death and Philotheus told him that it was the cross.
Epiphanius desired to become a monk, and the bishop sent him to the monastery of St. Lucianus.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Epiphanius   (319 words)

  
 JewishEncyclopedia.com - EPIPHANIUS:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Epiphanius is supposed to have been born of Jewish parents and to have embraced Christianity in his sixteenth year.
A legend asserts that, before his conversion, Epiphanius was adopted by a rich Jew named Tryphon, who died soon afterward, leaving his fortune to Epiphanius.
In 367 he was elected Bishop of Constantia, in Cyprus, and became a zealous defender of orthodoxy, attaining celebrity on account of his opposition to Origen, whom he had condemned before two councils (399 and 401).
www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=430&letter=E&search=Epiphanius   (472 words)

  
 The Ecole Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
An ardent proponent of monasticism and Nicene Christianity, Epiphanius was elected metropolitan of Constantia in 367 and continued as abbot of his monastery until his death.
Epiphanius later ordained Jerome's brother Paulinus to the priesthood, although Paulinus was under John's jurisdiction.
Epiphanius left Constantinople before the Council of the Oak, which deposed Chrysostom, and died at sea in 403.
www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/salamis.html   (256 words)

  
 Epiphanius Physiologus: Epiphanius
Epiphanius was born in Judea after 310 CE; he died in 403 CE.
His zeal for the monastic life, ecclesiastical learning, and orthodoxy gave him extraordinary authority; hence the numerous occasions on which his advice was sought, and his intervention in important ecclesiastical affairs.
Epiphanius is one of the chief authorities of the fourth century for the devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
gateway.uvic.ca /spcoll/physiologum/commentary/bio_epiphanius.htm   (575 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 39 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Epiphanius was one of the saints of the Greek calendar, and is mentioned in the Menologium translated by Sirletus, but not in that of the emperor Basil.
A decree of Epiphanius, and of a council in which he presided (apparently the coun­cil of Constantinople in a.
The Epiphanius of this narrative has been by Fabricius confounded with the subject of the preceding article; but Jan­ninghus has shewn that as St. Andrew did not live till late in the ninth century and the earlier part of the tenth, the Epiphanius of Nicephorus must have lived long after the other.
www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1147.html   (922 words)

  
 OCA - Lives of all saints commemorated on this day
When Epiphanius arrived, St. Papius led him into the church, where in obedience to the will of the participants of the Council, Epiphanius agreed to be their bishop.
Epiphanius was consecrated as Bishop of Salamis in 367.
Saint Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople, was born at Constantinople in the seventh century.
www.oca.org /FSLivesAllSaints.asp?SID=4&M=5&D=12   (3367 words)

  
 Roman Power and Christian Conflict 285-395 by Sanderson Beck
Gregory was influential in the ecumenical council at Constantinople in 381.
Epiphanius was said to have been from a poor Jewish family in Palestine but was educated by a rich Jewish lawyer.
This synod of the Oak deposed and banished Chrysostom for immorality and treason in 403.
www.san.beck.org /AB10-RomanPower285-395.html   (22723 words)

  
 The School of Alexandria - Origen - Ch 4 - Origen and Origenism
And to ensure the speedy arrival of my dispatches at Constantinople, send a diligent messenger, one of the clergy (as I send fathers from the monasteries of Nitria with others also of the monks, learned men and continent) that when they arrive they may be able themselves to relate what has been done.
Epiphanius had long regarded the writings of Origen with peculiar aversion, and was therefore easily led to attach credit to the epistle of Theophilus.
Epiphanius returned the answer, that the sick one would live, provided that she would avoid all intercourse with the heretic Dioscorus and his companions the Origenists.
www.copticchurch.net /topics/patrology/schoolofalex2/chapter04.html   (16835 words)

  
 Migne : Patrologia Graeca (Index of Authors)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
PG 86a:Timothy of Constantinople, Theodorus, Procopius Deacon of Tyre, Theodorus Scythopolitanus, Timothy Hierosolymitanus, Timothy III of Alexandria, Theodosius of Alexandria, Eusebius of Alexandria, Eusebius Emesenus, Gregentius Tapharensis, Epiphanius of Constantinople, Isaac Ninivitanus, Barsanuphius of Palestine, Eustathius, Justinian, Agapetus, and Leontius Byzantinus.
PG 98: Germanus Patriach of Constantinople, Cosmas of Jerusalem, Gregory II, Anonymus Becuccianus, Pantaleon Deacon of Constantinople, Adrian the Monk, Epiphanius Deacon of Catania, Pachomius the Monk, Philotheus the Monk, and Tarasius Patriarch of Constantinople
PG 100: Nicephorus Patriarch of Constantinople, Stephen Deacon of Constantinople, Gregorius Decapolita, Christophorus Patriarch of Alexandria, and Methodius Patriarch of Constantinople
ellopos.net /elpenor/greek-texts/fathers/migne-patrologia-graeca.asp   (1166 words)

  
 Epiphanius of Salamis: Panarion/Adversus Haereses (Excerpts)
Epiphanius was born between 310-320AD in Palestine, educated by monks and grew up in Egypt where he came into personal contact with Valentinian groups, where female members attempted to seduce him.
In 402 or 403 he was induced by Theophilus of Alexandria to travel to Constantinople to attend the Synod of the Oak as part of that prelate's campaign against John Chrysostom.
It is unclear what happened, but it seems possible that he was made aware of the political nature of the synod; he certainly left abruptly.
www.tertullian.org /rpearse/epiphanius.html   (1108 words)

  
 St. Epiphanius
Epiphanius was born about the year 310, in the territory of Eleutheropolis, in Palestine.
The church of Salamis seems to have been determined by St. Hilarion to demand Epiphanius for their bishop, and this latter consecrated his pen after the death of St. Hilarion, to make known his virtue to the world.
Epiphanius in his monastery was the oracle of Palestine and the neighboring countries; and no one ever went from him who had not received great spiritual comfort by his holy advice.
www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/EPIPHAN.HTM   (806 words)

  
 Epiphanius of Constantinople - Glasgledius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The answers of Hormisdas are given in the Acts of the Council of Constantinople held under Mennas.
He trusts to the prudence and experience of Epiphanius, and recommends lenity towards the returning, severity to the obdurate.
Epiphanius died after an episcopate of 14 years and 3 months (Theoph.
www.glasglow.com /E2/pa/Patriarch_Epiphanius.html   (723 words)

  
 Who was a Christian in the Holy Land?: E
Epiphanius, St. Epiphanius, at the end of the 4th century, said that the house of St. Mark in Jerusalem had escaped destruction, together with seven churches and synagogues.
After the Council of Constantinople 1(381) Epiphanius journeyed to Rome, with St. Jerome and Paulinus to protest against the decisions of that Council.
Between 387 and 393 Epiphanius travelled through Palestine with John of Jerusalem, and destroyed the painting of a holy image in a church in Jerusalem.
www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/sbf/escurs/wwc/e.html   (9029 words)

  
 Epiphanius of Constantinople - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
At Constantinople the zeal of Justinian_I for a church policy was shewn during the patriarchate of Epiphanius by laws (e.g.
He is described in the letter of the synod of Constantinople to Pope_Hormisdas as "holding the right faith, and maintaining a fatherly care for orphans" (Patr.
Epiphanius adopted the symbol of Nicaea, the decrees of Ephesus, Constantinople, and Chalcedon, and the letters of pope_Leo_I in defence of the faith.
www.indexsuche.com /Epiphanius_of_Constantinople.html   (756 words)

  
 St. Epiphanius
Epiphanius, a celebrated Church Father, born in the beginning of the 4th century at Bezanduca, a village of Palestine, near Eleutheropolis.
John Chrysostom, the patriarch of Constantinople, who had given temporary shelter to four Nitrian monks whom Theophilus had expelled on the charge of Origenism.
In allusion to his knowledge of Hebrew, Syriac, Egyptian, Greek and Latin, Jerome styles Epiphanius "Five-tongued"; but if his knowledge of languages was really so extensive, it is certain that he was utterly destitute of critical and logical power.
www.nndb.com /people/813/000095528   (492 words)

  
 Mysticism Chapter 4 Judeo-Christianity (No. B7_4)
A synod of forty bishops under John II, patriarch of Constantinople, was convened at Constantinople in order to proclaim a general acceptance of the decrees of Chalcedon throughout the Empire, and the restoration of Catholic and the deposition of Monophysite bishops.
Epiphanius mentions the extent of the Monophysite faith which, with the Paulicians obviously was the general faith throughout the east until this reconciliation mentioning the desire to restore many bishops from Pontus, Asia and the (civil) 'diocese' of the east.
The actions which commenced with Epiphanius of Constantinople were to be counter productive, as, whilst they subjugated large areas of the church under the Athanasians, and allowed Justinian to concentrate on the defeat of the Unitarians in the west by the army under Belisarius, they did not reconcile the east.
www.logon.org /english/s/b7_4.html   (14164 words)

  
 Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. II Index
Epiphanius is asked to meet John; on refusing he is admonished concerning his Anticanonical Proceedings; alarmed at this he leaves Constantinople.
Of Chrysanthus Bishop of the Novatians at Constantinople.
High Priests of Rome and of Constantinople; Restoration of Paul after Eusebius; the Slaughter of Hermogenes, a General of the Army; Constantius came from Antioch and removed Paul, and was wrathfully disposed toward the City; he allowed Macedonius to be in Doubt, and returned to Antioch.
www.sacred-texts.com /chr/ecf/202/index.htm   (7584 words)

  
 Prolog: May 12
Epiphanius was a Jew by birth and, witnessing the Faith of Christ, was baptized with his sister Callithrope.
Before his death, he was summoned to Constantinople by Emperor Arcadius and his wife Eudoxia to an assembly of bishops which, according to the wish of the emperor and the empress, should have condemned St. John Chrysostom.
Arriving in Constantinople, Epiphanius went directly to the palace of the emperor where the emperor and empress detained him for a long while trying to persuade him to declare himself against Chrysostom.
www.westsrbdio.org /prolog/my.html?day=12&month=May   (1096 words)

  
 St. Maximus of Constantinople
He is one of the chief names in the Monothelite controversy one of the chief doctors of the theology of the Incarnation and of ascetic mysticism, and remarkable as a witness to the respect for the papacy held by the Greek Church in his day.
But those of Constantinople, admiring their piety, thought that such a deed ought to be recompensed; and ceasing from urging the document on them, they promised by their diligence to procure the issue of the emperor's order with regard to the episcopal election.
As the saint was recognized as the leader of the orthodox Easterns, he was sent to Constantinople at the end of 655 (not, as is commonly stated, at the same time as St. Martin).
www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/10078B.htm   (2726 words)

  
 Mango. Byzantium
Constantinople, like all great capitals, was a melting-pot of heterogeneous elements: all seventy-two tongues known to man were represented in it, according to a contemporary source.
Constantinople had been founded as a centre of latinity in the east and still numbered among its residents many Illyrians, Italians and Africans whose native tongue was Latin as was that of the EmperorJustinian himself.
Furthermore, several works of Latin literature were produced at Constantinople, like Priscian's famous Grammar, the Chronicle of Marcellinus and the panegyric of Justin 1l by the African Corippus.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/med/mango.html   (6667 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.