Fourth Century Christianity

This map has four ancient sources of evidence, indicated in the sixth column of the main chart located below the map. Click the link to read a translation of the source material.

A	Arius's letter to Eusebius of Nicomedia (Urkunde 1) cites this person as having been condemned for Arian views.
L	Philostorgius, Church History 2.14 or 3.15 cites this person as a Lucianist (does not alone amount to support for Arius).
P	Philostorgius, Church History 1.8 cites this person as one of the Arians present at Nicaea.
P*	Philostorgius according to Nicetas Choniates, Treasury of the Orthodox Faith 5.7 cites this person as Arian-minded.
P**	P* according to Williams' emendation (Williams, pp. 67-68).
T1	Theodoret, Church History 1.5.5 cites this person as supporting Arius.
T2	Theodoret, Church History 1.7.14 cites this person as supporting Arian views at Nicaea.

This map is based on Sarah Parvis’s study in Marcellus of Ancyra And the Lost Years of the Arian Controversy 325-345, pp. 40-46. Each dot represents the location of a bishop listed on the right; hover over the dot to see which bishop it refers to.

	Name	Bishopric	Province	Nicaea	Sources
1	Cachius	Beronice	Libya	Y			P*
2	Secundus	Tauchira	Libya	Y			P*	T2
3	Zopyrus	Barce	Libya	Y			P*
4	Secundus	Ptolemais	Libya	Y*			P
5	Theonas	Marmarice	Libya	Y*			P	T2
6	Sentianus	Boreion	Libya				P*
7	Melitius	Lycopolis	Upper Egypt				P*
8	Eusebius	Caesarea	Palestine	Y	A		P*	T1
9	Patrophilus	Scythopolis	Palestine	Y			P*	T2
10	Aetius	Lydda	Palestine	Y	A			T1
11	Paulinus	Tyre	Phoenicia		A		P*	T1
12	Gregory	Berytus	Phoenicia	Y	A			T1
13	Theodotus	Laodicea	Syria	Y	A			T1
14	Leontius	[Antioch]	Syria
15	Athanasius	Anazarbos	Cilicia		A	L	P*	T1
16	Amphion	Epiphanea	Cilicia				P**
17	Narcissus	Irenopolis	Cilicia	Y			P*	T2
18	Tarcondimatus	Aegeai	Cilicia	Y			P*
19	Antonius	Tarsus	Cilicia			L
20	Leontius	Caesarea	Cappadocia			L	P*
21	Basil	Amasea	Diospontus				P
22	Longinus	Neocaesarea	Pontus Polemoniacus				P*
23	Melitius	Sebastopolis	Armenia				P
24	Eulalius	Sebastea	Armenia	Y			P*
25	Eusebius	Nicomedia	Bithynia	Y**	A	L	P
26	Theognis	Nicaea	Bithynia	Y**		L	P	T2
27	Maris	Chalcedon	Bithynia	Y		L	P
28	Menophantus	Ephesus	Asia	Y		L		T2
29	Asterius, traveling Sophist, never ordained					L

The fifth column of the main chart located above indicates probable support of Arius at Nicaea, at least initially, according to Parvis, p. 46.

Y	Yes, the bishop probably supported Arius at Nicaea
Y*	The bishop refused to sign the condemnations at Nicaea, therefore deposed and exiled
Y**	The bishop was deposed and exiled 3 months after Nicaea

 

Facts from Parvis, p. 39:

• Rufinus and Sozomen say there were 17 bishops who originally supported Arius at Nicaea.
• Theodoret only says a “few” supported him at Nicaea, and lists 6 men explicitly, but also states there were others.
• Philostorgius lists 22 “Arian-minded” individuals according to Nicetas.

See Sarah Parvis, Marcellus of Ancyra And the Lost Years of the Arian Controversy 325-345 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 38-46.

 

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