PAUL OF SAMOSATA

səmŏsˈətə, fl. 260–72, Syrian Christian theologian, heretical patriarch of Antioch. He was a friend and high official of Zenobia of Palmyra. Paul enounced a dynamic monarchianism, denying the three Persons of the Trinity. He taught that the Logos came to dwell in Jesus at baptism, but that Jesus possessed no extraordinary nature above other men, the Logos being entirely an attribute of God. Paul was repeatedly challenged and finally excommunicated (269), but he continued to function as bishop under Zenobia's protection until the Romans took Palmyra (272). Arius may have been his pupil and his influence on Nestorius was considerable, but his connection with the Paulicians is disputed. See adoptionism.

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The Three Worlds of Paul of Tarsus
Book by Richard Wallace, Wynne Williams; Routledge, 1998
Subjects: Paul--The Apostle, Saint, Rome--Religious Life And Customs, Rome--Social Life And Customs
...mistakenly assumed that in this epistle Paul was addressing Celtic and presumably bilingual...ancient Greek cities along the west coast of Asia Minor and which had been exposed to...kings of Commagene with their capital at Samosata to the north-west of the bend were vassals...
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Satirical Sketches
Book by Lucian, Paul Turner; Indiana University Press, 1990
Subjects: Dialogues, Greek--Translations Into English, Lucian--Of Samosata--Translations Into English, Satire, Greek--Translations Into English
...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lucian, of Samosata. Selections. English...with an introduction by Paul Turner. 1st Midland book...0-253-20581-6 pbk. 1. Lucian, of Samosata Translations, English. 2...from Greek. I. Turner, Paul. II. Title PA4231.A58 1990...
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Lucian, Satirist and Artist
Book by Francis G. Allinson; Marshall Jones, 1926
Subjects: Lucian--Of Samosata
...under Hadrian when Lucian was a boy in Samosata. The grandiose and beautiful columns 4...are a notable landmark in the Athens of today. When Lucian first arrived from...tradition at least to the Christians -- Saint Paul as interpreter of "an Unknown God"; and...
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Lucian, Plato and Greek Morals
Book by John Jay Chapman; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931
Subjects: Greece--Moral Conditions, Lucian--Of Samosata, Plato
...of immortality lies coiled within them. He was a Syrian, born in about A.D. 120 at Samosata on the Euphrates, a lecturer by profession, and at the time of his death he held high office in the Imperial Treasury in Egypt. The only one of his...
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Pauline Christianity: Luke-Acts and the Legacy of Paul
Book by Christopher Mount; Brill, 2002
Subjects: Bible--N.T--Acts--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Bible--N.T--Epistles Of Paul--Theology, Bible--N.T--Luke--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc
...CHRISTIANITY: Luke-Acts and the Legacy of Paul CHRISTOPHER MO UNT BRILL PAULINE...CHRISTIANITY Luke-Acts and the Legacy of Paul BY CHRISTOPHER MOUNT BRILL...Christopher Luke-acts and the legacy of Paul Boston ; K61n: Brill, 2002 (Supplements...
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journal articles on: Paul of Samosata  - 13 results

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Basil of Caesarea, Marcellus of Ancyra, and "Sabellius"
Journal article by Joseph T. Lienhard; Church History, Vol. 58, 1989
Subjects: Church History
...anathematizes Marcellus, Sabellius, and Paul of Samosata by name and insists that the...Arius, Sabellius, Photinus, and Paul of Samosata. They accept three prosopa...of information on Sabellius, Paul of Samosata, and Photinus ( Panarion...
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Theodore of Mopsuestia Revisited
Journal article by Frederick G. Mcleod; Theological Studies, Vol. 61, 2000
Subjects: Christianity--4th century, Heresy--4th century, Theologians--4th century, de Mopsueste, Theodore--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...way. The first adversary was Paul of Samosata, the bishop of Antioch from 260...notably different from that of Paul of Samosata. Next was Arius (256-336) who...union. Theodores oppositions to Paul of Samosata, Arius, and Apollinaris clearly...
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Religion and Politics in the Writings of Eusebius: Reassessing the First "Court Theologian"
Journal article by Michael J. Hollerich; Church History, Vol. 59, 1990
Subjects: Church History
...emperor Aurelians "extremely just decision" to evict Paul of Samosata from the church of Antioch after his condemnation...Compare his denunciations of the Ebionites and Paul of Samosata for their low appreciations of Christs divinity...
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Using the Principle of Oikonomia in Ecumenical Discussions: Reflections on "The Limits of the Church" by George Florovsky
Journal article by Tamara Grdzelidze; The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 56, 2004
Subjects: Ecumenical movement--Analysis, Florovsky, George--Criticism and interpretation, Florovsky, George--Works, The Limits of the Church (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...content of a rite carried out by those groups. The council of Nicea (325) dealt in a different way with the followers of Paul of Samosata than with Novatians or Meletians. The first were to be rebaptized, but the baptism of the others was accepted. Similarly...
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Marvell's Metamorphic 'Fleckno
Journal article by Joan Hartwig; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 36, 1996
Subjects: Authors, English--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Marvell, Andrew--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Narrative poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetics--Analysis
...third century A.D. The most noted early council of Antioch was a council of bishops that met in 269 A.D. and condemned Paul of Samosata of heresy because he emphasized the humanity of Christ rather than his divine nature.(42) Marvells lines following...
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Would the Apostles Die for a Lie?
Magazine article by Robert M. Price; Free Inquiry, Vol. 21, Fall 2001
Subjects: Apostles--Conduct of life, Christian literature, Early--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Martyrdom--Psychological aspects
...joke. The second-century writer Lucian of Samosata tells us that Proteus Peregrinus, a charlatan...do not know that the earliest preachers of Christianity were martyred for their faith...Clement, which says, vaguely, that Peter and Paul "witnessed to" their faith in Rome (apparently...


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encyclopedia articles on: Paul of Samosata  - 4 results

 
 
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Paul of Samosata
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PAUL OF SAMOSATA s mos t , fl. 260 72, Syrian Christian...friend and high official of Zenobia of Palmyra. Paul enounced a dynamic monarchianism...the Logos being entirely an attribute of God. Paul was repeatedly challenged and finally...
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Paulicians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Nestorianism . The teachings of the Paulicians seem to show some gnostic influence, possibly that of Marcion or Paul of Samosata , and many of the adherents leaned toward adoptionism . The sect especially valued the Gospel of Luke and the Pauline Epistles...
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Monarchianism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Dynamistic monarchians, such as the Theodotians and Paul of Samosata , held that Jesus was born a man and received the...except for his manifestations, or modes; Christ is one of these. Because of the consequent implication that God the Father must...
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Adoptionism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...when he was baptized. Variations of this doctrine had been held as early as the 3d cent. by the Theodotians , Paul of Samosata , and by the Nestorians. It reappeared in the neo-adoptionist heresy among the followers of Peter Abelard. Elipandus...


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