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Theodosius, however, accepted a sentence of exile and did not fight. [2] The bishops he consecrated, except for Peter, were deposed. [8] Theodosius first went to Egypt or perhaps Sinai. [4] He then went to Antioch, perhaps to secure the support of Symeon Stylites, but was arrested at the city gates.
Theodosius I (Ancient Greek: Θεοδόσιος Theodosios; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also known as Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor from 379 to 395. He won two civil wars and was instrumental in establishing the Nicene Creed as the orthodox doctrine for Nicene Christianity .
Theodosius committed the matter to Ascholius, the much respected bishop of Thessalonica, charging him to seek the counsel of Pope Damasus I. [ 13 ] Damasus' response repudiated Maximus summarily and advised Theodosius to summon a council of bishops for the purpose of settling various church issues such as the schism in Antioch and the ...
Theodotion's translation was so widely copied in the Early Christian church that its version of the Book of Daniel virtually superseded the Septuagint's. The Septuagint Daniel survives in only two known manuscripts, Codex Chisianus 88 (rediscovered in the 1770s), and Papyrus 967 (discovered 1931).
The second manuscript is the Breviary of Alaric, and a good part of the Breviarium that is included in book 1 contains the original text of the respective part of the original codex. [ 4 ] The latter part of the Codex, books 6–16, also drew largely from two texts.
The persecution of pagans under Theodosius I began in 381, after the first couple of years of his reign as co-emperor in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.In the 380s, Theodosius I reiterated the ban of Constantine the Great on animal sacrifices, prohibited haruspicy on animal sacrifice, pioneered the criminalization of magistrates who did not enforce anti-pagan laws, broke up some pagan ...
Its author is identified in a 9th-century manuscript (Codex Vaticanus 6018) as a German archdeacon named Theodosius. The work includes a list of places and routes, and occasionally commentary on relevant biblical passages, combining the genre of itinerarium with stories reminiscent of a modern travelogue . [ 1 ]
Catholic Online: Theodosius the Cenobiarch; Saint Anthony Parish: Commemoration of Saint Theodosius on January 11 (in Arabic) For "The Old Kathisma", identified tentatively with the ruins of an octagonal Byzantine church located on the road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem and known as the Church of the Seat of Mary (Kathisma), see