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Philoxenus Of Mabug Or Hierapolis an Eastern prelate of some note, flourished in the second half of the 5th century. He was a devoted Jacobite, and for his zeal in the propagation of their doctrines is reckoned among the saints of that branch of the Syrian Church. He was bishop of Mabug, to which see … Continue reading “Philoxenus Of Mabug Or Hierapolis”

Philoxenus Of Bagdad an Eastern prelate of some distinction as an author, also known as Lazarus Bar-Sapta, flourished in the early part of the 9th century as bishop of Bagdad. This episcopate was founded in 762, but Philoxenus is the first incumbent of whom we have any notice. His character seems to have been a … Continue reading “Philoxenus Of Bagdad”

Philoxenus, a Monophysite leader Philoxenus (4) (Xenaias), a conspicuous leader of the Monophysites at the beginning of 6th cent. He shares with Severus of Antioch, the true scientific head of the previously leaderless party of the Acephali, the reputation of having originated the Jacobite form of Monophysitism, which was long supreme in Egypt and is … Continue reading “Philoxenus, a Monophysite leader”

Philoxenus (AKHSENAYA) OF MABBOGH. Born at Tahal, in the Persian province of Beth-Garmai in the second quarter of the fifth century; died at Gangra, in Paphlagonia, 523. He studied at Edessa when Ibas was bishop of that city (435-57). Shortly after he joined the ranks of the Monophysites and became their most learned and courageous … Continue reading “Philoxenus”

Philoxenian Version SEE SYRIAC VERSIONS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Philotheus (3) Monachus or Sanctus an unknown monk, wrote De Mandatis Domini nostri Jesu Christi, ed. Gr. and Lat. in P. Possinus’s A scetica (Paris, 1684). Although this work bears the same title as the one quoted above under the head Philotheus No. 1, the works are apparently by different authors. See Fabricius, Bibl. Grcac. … Continue reading “Philotheus (3) Monachus or Sanctus”

Philotheus (2) Coccinus also an Eastern ecclesiastic, flourished as patriarch of Constantinople. He was probably born in the beginning of the 14th century, and early took the monastic habit. After living for a considerable time as a monk in, and afterwards as superior of, the convent of St. Laura on Mount Sinai, he was appointed … Continue reading “Philotheus (2) Coccinus”

Philotheus (4), archbishop of Selymbria of unknown age, wrote Oratio in T. Agothonicum, which is still extant in MS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Philotheus () (1), an Eastern prelate, flourished as patriarch of Alexandria about A.D. 995. He was a man of luxurious habits and a most scandalous course of life. Philotheus wrote four works, the titles of which, as translated from the Arabic, are, Declarator: Rara Commentatorum, et Depravationes Haereticorum: Detectio Arcanorum: Autobiographia. All of these works … Continue reading “Philotheus”

Philotheos Historia ( , Godloving history), the name given by Theodoret, the wellknown commentator, bishop of Cyrus, to his lives of thirty ascetics or Eastern monks. “Their virtues,” he confesses, “cannot be adequately described,” and he relates the most astounding prodigies of them. The tract is in the third folio of Sirmond’s edition of his … Continue reading “Philotheos Historia”