Sozomen, Church History 6.4.6
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Context
Salaminius Hermias Sozomenos, or Sozomen, was an important
ecclesiastical historian of the first half of the 5th century. Born to a wealthy
Christian family in the region of Gaza, he learned classical and sacred literature under
the guidance of local monks, he studied law at Beirut, and spent his career at
Constantinople during the reign of Theodosius II. His extant history (the second of two
written), which depends significantly on the works by Eusebius, Rufinus, and Socrates,
surveys the events of the church from the conversion of Constantine to the accession of
Valentinian III, but the ending is unfinished or possibly damaged. In this passage,
Sozomen recounts the council at Antioch in 363 where Meletius, Acacius of Caesarea, and
several other bishops confirmed the Nicene formula for the emperor Jovian.
Text
ἐν τούτῳ δὲ συνόδου γενομένης ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῆς Συρίας βεβαιοῦται τῶν ἐν
Νικαίᾳ συνεληλυθότων ἡ πίστις καὶ κρατεῖ ὥστε ἀναμφηρίστως τὸν υἱὸν τῷ πατρὶ δοξάζειν
ὁμοούσιον. ἐκοινώνησαν δὲ ταύτης τῆς συνόδου Μελέτιος, ὃς τότε αὐτῆς τῆς Ἀντιοχείας τὴν
ἐκκλησίαν ἐπετρόπευε, καὶ Εὐσέβιος ὁ Σαμοσάτων καὶ Πελάγιος ὁ Λαοδικείας τῆς Σύρων καὶ
Ἀκάκιος ὁ Καισαρείας τῆς Παλαιστίνης καὶ Εἰρηνίων ὁ Γαζαῖος καὶ
Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Ἀγκύρας.1
Textual Note
Ed. Bidez and Hansen 1995Translation
At that time a council was convened at Antioch in Syria; the form of
belief (established) by those gathered at Nicaea was confirmed; and it was decided that
the Son is incontrovertibly of the same substance as the Father. Meletius, who then
governed the church of Antioch; Eusebius bishop of Samosata; Pelagius bishop of Laodicea
in Syria; Acacius bishop of Caesarea Palestinae; Irenion bishop
of Gaza; and Athanasius bishop of Ancyra, took part in this Council.2
Translation Note
Rev. Hartranft 1890Works Cited
- 1 Sozomen, Kirchengeschichte, ed. Joseph Bidez and Günther Christian Hansen, 2nd ed., Griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1995), bk: 6, ch: 4.6.
- 2 Sozomen, Sozomenus: Church History from A.D. 323-425, in Socrates, Sozomenus: Church Histories., trans. Chester David Hartranft, repr. of American ed., A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church. Second Series 2 (New York: Christian Literature Publishing, 1890), 179–427, p: 348.
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Joseph L. Rife, “Sozomen, Church History 6.4.6,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/461.
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