Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Theodoretus, bishop of Cyrrhus Theodoretus (2), bp. of Cyrrhus, or Cyrus, in the province of Euphratensis, was born at Antioch probably c. 393 (Tillemont). His parents held a high position at Antioch. His maternal grandmother was a lady of landed property (Relig. Hist. p. 1191, vol. v. ed. Schulze, Halae, 1771). His writings indicate a … Continue reading “Theodoretus, bishop of Cyrrhus”

Theodoret Bishop of Cyrus and theologian, born at Antioch in Syria about 393; died about 457. He says himself that his birth was an answer to the prayers of the monk Macedonius (“Hist. rel.”, IX; Epist. lxxi). On account of a vow made by his mother he was dedicated from birth to the service of … Continue reading “Theodoret”

Theodore, surnamed Graptus a monk of St. Saba who is somewhat prominent among the monkish martyrs of iconolatry. He was born at Jerusalem, attained to the rank of presbyter, and was sent by the patriarch Thomas of Jerusalem to Constantinople about 818 to labor in defense of the images. In the execution of this purpose … Continue reading “Theodore, surnamed Graptus”

Theodore of Studium, Saint A zealous champion of the veneration of images and the last geat representative of the unity and independence of the Church in the East, b. in 759; d. on the Peninsula of Tryphon, near the promontory Akrita on 11 November, 826. He belonged to a very distinguished family and like his … Continue reading “Theodore of Studium, Saint”

Theodore of Mopsuestia bishop, and leader in the so-called theological school of Antioch, was born at Antioch about the year 350. He studied philosophy and rhetoric, the latter in company with John Chrysostom at the school of the famous Libanius. Stimulated by Chrysostom to a fervor of Christian enthusiasm, he renounced his proposed secular career … Continue reading “Theodore of Mopsuestia”

Theodore of Gaza A fifteenth-century Greek Humanist and translator of Aristotle, b. at Thessalonica early in the fifteenth century; d. in Southern Italy in 1478. In 1429 he went to Italy, where he made his home, like many other learned Greeks who did not wish to submit to the rule of the Turks at Constantinople. … Continue reading “Theodore of Gaza”

Theodore of Amasea, Saint Surnamed Tyro (Tiro), not because he was a young recruit, but because for a time he belonged to the Cohors Tyronum (Nilles, Kal. man., I, 105), called of Amasea from the place where he suffered martyrdom, and Euchaita from the place, Euchais, to which his body had been carried, and where … Continue reading “Theodore of Amasea, Saint”

Theodore Lector (The Reader) a Church historian in the East, was reader in the Constantinopolitan Church in or about the year 525. He furnished an abstract of the history from the twentieth year of Constantine to the accession of Julian, taken from the works of Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodoret, which is known under the name … Continue reading “Theodore Lector (The Reader)”

Theodore II, Pope Son of Photius. His pontificate lasted only twenty days; neither the date of his birth nor of his accession to the papacy is known; it is probable that he was pope during December 897. He reinstated in synod the clerics who had been degraded by Stephen (VI) VII, ordered the burning of … Continue reading “Theodore II, Pope”

Theodore II pope, a native Roman, reigned only twenty days in 897. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature