Sozomen, Church History 6.4.6
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Καισαρείας τῆς Παλαιστίνης

, and

Caesarea Palestinae

are directly attested at Sozomen, Church History 6.4.6. This passage was written ca. ca. 440-450 C.E. possibly in Constantinople. 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.

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.

[Ed. Bidez and Hansen 1995]

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.

[Rev. Hartranft 1890]

Works Cited

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[...] 348

[Socrates, Church History 4.25 [check]]

[Ancyra

Antioch on the Orontes

Gaza

Laodicea in Syria

Nicaea

Samosata]

[Acacius, bishop of Caesarea Palestinae

Athanasius, bishop of Ancyra

Eusebius, bishop of Samosata

Irenion, bishop of Gaza

Meletius, bishop of Antioch

Pelagius, bishop of Laodicea in Syria]

[Christianity

Law and Government]