Anomoeanism
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In 4th-century Christianity, the Anomoeans[1] /,aen@'mi:@nz/, also known as Heterousians /,het@r@'ju:Z@nz/, Aetians /eI'i:S@nz/, or Eunomians /ju:'noUmi@nz/, were a sect that held to a form of Arianism: that Jesus was neither of the same nature (homoousian) as God the Father nor a similar nature to God the Father (homoiousian)--the latter being maintained by the semi-Arians.[2]
Overview
[edit]The word anomoean comes from Greek a(n)- (an-) 'not' and omoios (homoios) 'similar', thus 'different; dissimilar'. In the 4th century, during the reign of Constantius II, this was the name by which the followers of Aetius and Eunomius were described. The term heterousian derives from Greek eteroousios, heteroousios 'differing in substance' from eteros, heteros 'another' and ousia, ousia 'substance, being'.
The semi-Arians condemned the Anomoeans in the Council of Seleucia, and the Anomoeans condemned the semi-Arians in their turn in the Councils of Constantinople and Antioch; erasing the word omoios (homoios) from the formula of Rimini and that of Constantinople and protesting that the Word had not only a different substance but also a will different from that of the Father. From that, they were to be called anomoioi (anomoioi).
In the 5th century, the Anomoean presbyter Philostorgius wrote an Anomoean church history.[3]
Notable Anomoeans
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- Aetius, who founded the Anomoean tradition, later bishop (361-?).[4][5]
- Theodulus, bishop of Chaeretapa (?-c. 363) and Palestine (c. 363-c. 379).[6][7]
- Eunomius, bishop of Cyzicus (360-361) and exiled bishop (361-c. 393).[5][8]
- Paemenius, bishop of Constantinople, (c. 363, at the same time as Eudoxius of Antioch).[9]
- Candidus (Bishop of Lydia), (c. 363-?).[9]
- Arrianus, bishop of Ionia, (c. 363-?).[9]
- Florentius, bishop of Constantinople, (c. 363-?, at the same time as Eudoxius of Antioch).[9]
- Thallus, bishop of Lesbos, (c. 363-?, at the same time as Eudoxius of Antioch).[9]
- Euphronius, bishop of Galatia, the Black Sea and Cappadocia, (c. 363-?).[9]
- Julian, bishop of Cilicia, (c. 363-?).[9]
- Serras, Stephen, and Heliodorus, bishops of Egypt, (c. 363-?).[9]
- Philostorgius, historian.
Notable opponents of Anomoeanism
[edit]- Basil of Caesarea, bishop of Caesarea, and author of Against Eunomius.
- Gregory of Nazianzus, archbishop of Constantinople, prolific writer and orator. The First Theological Oration. A Preliminary Discourse Against the Eunomians.
- Gregory of Nyssa, bishop of the Cappadocian town of Nyssa and brother to Basil of Caesaria. Against Eunomius (12 books) and Answer to Eunomius' Second Book.
See also
[edit]- Archbishop Nectarius of Constantinople
- Homoeans, in contrast to the Anomoeans
- Arianism
- Arian controversy
Notes
[edit]- ^ also spelled "Anomeans"
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica: "Anomoean"
- ^ Philostorgius, Church History.
- ^ Philostorgius, in Photius, Epitome of the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius, book 7, chapter 6.
- ^ a b Socrates Scholasticus, Church History, book 2, chapter 35.
- ^ Philostorgius, in Photius, Epitome of the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius, book 8, chapter 2 and book 9, chapter 18.
- ^ Socrates Scholasticus, Church History, book 2, chapter 40.
- ^ Philostorgius, in Photius, Epitome of the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius, book 5, chapter 3 and book 6, chapters 1-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Philostorgius, in Photius, Epitome of the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius, book 8, chapter 2.
References
[edit]- First edition Encyclopaedia Britannica [issued 1768-1771]
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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