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The Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu: Translated from Zotenberg's Ethiopic Text. Merchantville, New Jersey: Evolution Publishing. ISBN 9781889758879. Polański, T., "The Three Young Men in the Furnace and the Art of Ecphrasis in the Coptic Sermon by Theophilus of Alexandria", Studies in Ancient Art and Civilisation, 10 (2007), 79–100.
Theophilus of Alexandria may refer to: Theophilus I of Alexandria, ruled in 385–412; Theophilus II (Coptic patriarch of Alexandria), ruled in 952–956;
Theophilus respected Alexandria's political structures and raised no objection to the close ties Hypatia established with Roman prefects. [123] Hypatia was later implicated in a political feud between Orestes, the Roman prefect of Alexandria, and Cyril of Alexandria, Theophilus' successor as bishop.
The Patriarch of Alexandria (also known as the Bishop of Alexandria or Pope of Alexandria) is the highest-ranking bishop of Egypt. The Patriarchs trace back their lineage to Mark the Evangelist . Following the Council of Chalcedon in 451, a schism occurred in Egypt, between those who accepted and those who rejected the decisions of the council.
Theophilus of Antioch (Greek: Θεόφιλος ὁ Ἀντιοχεύς) was Patriarch of Antioch [1] from 169 until 183. He succeeded Eros of Antioch c. 169, and was succeeded by Maximus I c. 183, according to Henry Fynes Clinton , [ 2 ] but these dates are only approximations.
This office has historically held the title of Pope—Πάπας (Papas), which means "Father" in Greek and Coptic—since Pope Heraclas of Alexandria, the 13th Alexandrine Bishop (227–248), was the first to associate "Pope" with the title of the Bishop of Alexandria. The word pope derives from the Greek πάππας "father". In the early ...
Theophilus died on 15 October 412, and Cyril was made Pope or Patriarch of Alexandria on 18 October 412, but only after a riot between his supporters and those of his rival Archdeacon Timotheus. According to Socrates Scholasticus , the Alexandrians were always rioting.
The temples that were thus closed could be declared "abandoned", as Bishop Theophilus I of Alexandria immediately noted in applying for permission to demolish a site and cover it with a Christian church, an act that must have received general sanction, for mithraea forming crypts of churches, and temples forming the foundations of 5th century ...