Council of Antioch (AD 268)
Key Facts:
Date | 268 |
Location | Antioch |
Number of Participants | 70/80 (16 signatures on the synodical letter) |
Key Participants | Helenus of Tarsus; Hymenaeus of Jerusalem; Theotecnus of Caesarea (Palestine); Malchion the priest |
Purpose | To judge the accusations of heresies levied against Paul of Samosata |
Key Events | Paul was condemned and exiled |
Ancient Description | Eusebius, HE 7.27-30 |
Surviving Documents:
Creed (Greek text in Hahn’s Bibliothek der Symbole und Glaugensregeln der Alten Kirche (Breslau: E. Morgenstern, 1897) 178-182.
Bibliography
Simonetti, M. “Antioch” in The Encyclopedia of the Early Church (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992).
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