Damianus
Damianus
Monophysite patriarch of Alexandria (t 601), expressed himself on the doctrine of the Trinity in a sense similar to that of Sabellius. He maintained that the divinity () of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost is an essential characteristic () divided among the three, so that they are God only in their unity, not each one in himself ( ), and that in this unity they constitute the one divine essence ( ). His followers were called Damianites, after him, or Angelists, from Angelium, the place where they held their assemblies in Alexandria; their adversaries were called Tetradists (), as, going still further than the Tritheists, they acknowledged four gods, namely, the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost, and the higher Being, which, in his nature () and in himself ( ), is God. Herzog, Real- Encyklopadie, 3, 263; Mosheim, Ch. History, bk. ii, ch. vi, pt. i, 4; Hagenbach, Hist. of Doctrines, 96.
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Damianus (2)
the name of several early Christians:
1. A missionary sent by pope Eleutherius to Britain.
2. Bishop of Sidon, was a member of the synod at Anfiochin 444, and also of the Council of Chalcedon in 451, when. he gave his vote for the deposition of Dioscorus.
3. A companion of St. Regulus. One of the churches of St. Andrews was dedicated to him. He is commemorated June 1.
4. Fifth bishop of Rochester, was consecrated by archbishop Deusdedit about 655.
5. Saint, bishop of Ticinum (now Pavia), where he was born; and, while a presbyter, attended the synod held by Mansuetus, archbishop of Milan, against the, Monothelites, in 679. He was deputed by the synod to draw up an exposition of faith to be sent to the emperor, which was received by acclamation in the Council of Constantinople in 680. He succeeded Anastasius the latter year as bishop, and died in 710.
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Damianus
Damianus (2), M. [See Cosmas.]