Date231/232
LocationAlexandria
Summoned ByBishop Demetrius
PurposeTo judge Origen, who had been accused of being illegally ordained.
Key EventsThe council forbade Origen from teaching or living in Alexandria; his ordination was judged to be invalid.

Bibliography

Simonetti, M. “Alexandria” in Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity2 (Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014), 1.81-83

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