Socrates of Constantinople, Church History 3.25.18
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Context
Socrates of Constantinople, the “Scholastic,” was an otherwise unknown
historian of the early 5th century. He wrote his account of the Church from 305 to 439
to continue Eusebius of Caesarea, adopting a particular perspective on the relationship
between Imperial and ecclesiastical authority. In this passage, the historian documented
the Council held of Antioch in October to November of 363, in which a group of bishops
acknowledged consubstantiality and the Nicene Creed in opposition to the Macedonians but
also as a show of unity before the new emperor Jovian, who was based in Antioch.
Socrates quoted directly from the synodal accord, including this passage that listed the
signatories, including Acacius the prominent and controversial bishop of
Caesarea.
Text
“Μελέτιος ἐπίσκοπος Ἀντιοχείας ἔδωκα συναινῶν τοῖς προγεγραμμένοις,
Εὐσέβιος Σαμοσάτων, Εὐάγριος Σικίμων, Οὐράνιος Ἀπαμείας, Ζωίλος Λαρίσσων, Ἀκάκιος
Καισαρείας, Ἀντίπατρος Ῥώσου, Ἀβράμιος Οὐρίμων, Ἀριστόνικος
Σελευκοβήλου, Βαρλαμένος Περγάμου, Οὐράνιος Μελιτινῆς, Μάγνος Χαλκίδος, Εὐτύχιος
Ἐλευθεροπόλεως, Ἰσακίκης Ἀρμενίας μεγάλης, Τίτος Βόστρων, Πέτρος Ἵππων, Πελάγιος
Λαοδικείας, Ἀραβιανὸς Ἀδράων, Πίσων Ἀδάνων διὰ Λαμυρίωνος πρεσβυτέρου, Σαβινιανὸς
Ζεύγματος, Ἀθανάσιος Ἀγκύρων διὰ Ὀρφίτου καὶ Ἀετίου πρεσβυτέρων, Εἰρηνίων Γάζης, Πίσων
Αὐγούστης, Πατρίκιος Πάλτου διὰ Λαμυρίωνος πρεσβυτέρου, Ἀνατόλιος Βεροίων, Θεότιμος
Ἀράδου, Λουκιανὸς Ἄρκων.”1
Textual Note
Ed. Hussey and Bright 1893 with ref. to Hansen 1995Textual Note
Here adopted emendations by Valesius (H. de Valois 1668; rev. W. Reading 1720 = PG 67 [1864]) of Ἵππων for Σίππων and Ἀδράων for Ἄντρου, or the known sees of Hippos and Adraa for the unknown Sippos and Andros.Translation
“I, Meletius bishop of Antioch, have produced (this document) in
accordance with the following signatories: Eusebius of Samosata, Evagrius of Sicily,
Uranius of Apamea, Zoilus of Larissa, Acacius of Caesarea,
Antipater of Rhosus, Abramius of Urima, Aristonicus of Seleucobelus, Barlamenus of
Pergamum, Uranius of Melitene, Magnus of Chalcis, Eutychius of Eleutheropolis, Isacocis
of Armenia Major, Titus of Bostra, Peter of Hippos, Pelagius of Laodicaea, Arabian of
Adraa, Piso of Adana through the priest Lamydrion, Sabinian of Zeugma, Athanasius of
Ancyra through the priests Orphitus and Aëtius, Eirenion of Gaza, Piso of Augusta,
Patricius of Paltus through the priest Lamyrion, Anatolius of Beroea, Theotimus of
Arados, and Lucian of Arca.”2
Translation Note
Adapted from Zenos 1890 and Périchon and Maraval 2004-2007Works Cited
- 1 Socrates of Constantinople, Ecclesiastical History, According to the Text of Hussey, ed. Robert Hussey and William Bright, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893), bk: 3, ch: 25.18.
- 2 Socrates of Constantinople, Socrates: Church History from A.D. 305-439, in Socrates, Sozomenus: Church Histories., trans. Andrew C Zenos, repr. of American ed., A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Churhc. Second Series 2 (New York: Christian Literature Publishing, 1890), 1–178, p: 95.
Additional Bibliography
- Socrates of Constantinople, Kirchengeschichte, ed. Günther Christian Hansen, Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte n.F. 1 (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1995), bk: 3, ch: 25.18.
- Socrates of Constantinople, Socrate de Constantinople: Histoire ecclésiastique, trans. Pierre Périchon and Pierre Maraval, 4 vols., Sources chrétiennes 477, 493, 505, 506 (Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 2004), vol: 2, p: 356-357.
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Joseph L. Rife, “Socrates of Constantinople, Church History 3.25.18,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/454.
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