Knowledge

Marcellus of Ancyra

Source 📝

152:
Athanasius's relations with Marcellus were complex, and communion between them was broken off for a time, but at the end of both their lives, Athanasius resisted Basil of Caesarea's attempts to have him generally condemned, and re-established communion with Marcellus. The
133:, who wrote to the bishops who had deposed Marcellus, arguing that Marcellus was innocent of the charges brought against him. The Council of Serdica (343) formally examined his book and declared it free of heresy. But he seems not to have been reinstated in his see when 50:. He was condemned by a council of his enemies and expelled from his see, though he was able to return there to live quietly with a small congregation in the last years of his life. He is also said to have destroyed the temple of Zeus Belos at Apamea. 109:
wrote against him two works: "Contra Marcellum", possibly the prosecution document at Marcellus's trial, and "On the Theology of the Church" or "Ecclesiastical Theology", a refutation of Marcellus's theology from the perspective of Arian theology.
94:. (John 20:22 , "he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.") At the consummation of all things, however, Christ would return to the Father and the Godhead would be an absolute unity again. ( 175:
as having said "For what else do the words mean, 'until the times of the restitution' (Acts 3:21), but that the apostle designed to point out that time in which all things partake of that perfect restoration."
105:
in 335 (which also deposed Athanasius) seem to have written to Constantine against Marcellus when he refused to communicate with Arius at Constantine's thirtieth-anniversary celebrations at Jerusalem.
137:, threatened by his brother with war, allowed the restoration of Athanasius of Alexandria and Paul of Constantinople to their sees in 345. However, the synod made Marcellus's student 98:, "When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who put all things in subjection under him, so that God may be all in all.") 200:
In his Ecclesiastical History, Sozomen noted that Marcellus, in order to convert the pagans more easily in Apamea, “destroyed the temples of the city and its villages"
366:
Logan, Alastair H B. 2007. ‘Dark Star: The Rehabilitation of Marcellus of Ancyra Sara Parvis, Marcellus of Ancyra and the Lost Years of the Arian Controversy 325-345’.
447: 437: 66:, a prominent figure in the party which supported Arius. Of this book only fragments survived. Marcellus was accused of maintaining that the 146: 78:), but at the creation of the universe the Word or Logos went out from the Father and was God's Activity in the world. This Logos became 412: 393:-------- 2000. ‘Marcellus of Ancyra (Pseudo-Anthimus), “On the Holy Church”: Text, Translation and Commentary,’ JTS NS 51, 81-112. 398: 217:
Arendzen, John. "Marcellus of Ancyra." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 9 Dec. 2014
380: 390:-------- 1999. ‘Marcellus of Ancyra on Origen and Arianism,’ in Origeniana Septima (Leuven: University Press, 1999). 95: 417: 387:-------- 2001. ‘Marcellus of Ancyra, Defender of the Faith against Heretics – and Pagans,’ St. Pat XXXVII, 550–64. 305:
Busine, Aude (2014). "From Stones to Myth: Temple Destruction and Civic Identity in the Late Antique Roman East".
288: 154: 164: 228: 396:
Lienhard, Joseph T. 2006. "Two Friends of Athanasius: Marcellus of Ancyra and Apollinaris of Laodicea".
442: 70:
of persons in the Godhead was but a transitory dispensation. According to the surviving fragments,
282:
Universalism: The Prevailing Doctrine Of The Christian Church During Its First Five Hundred Years
180:
2:14) However the reference to Acts 3:21 indicates that Eusebius is probably using "restoration"
59: 39: 141:, who later taught a variation of Marcellus's theology, bishop of Sirmium. In 344, the Synod of 168: 378:-------- 1992. ‘Marcellus of Ancyra and the Councils of AD 325: Antioch, Ancyra, and Nicaea,’ 244: 149:, a creed which listed their beliefs and objections to Marcellus's doctrines (among others). 118: 106: 63: 8: 432: 102: 375:-------- 1989. ‘Marcellus of Ancyra and anti-Arian Polemic,’ St. Pat XIX (1989), 189–97. 90:
likewise went forth as third Divine Person from the Father and from Christ according to
252: 35: 368: 27: 292: 264: 122: 349:(Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1999), pp. 62–69. 134: 114: 91: 426: 216: 182: 130: 23: 269:
The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The Arian Controversy, 318-381
160: 47: 171:, that all people would eventually be saved. He is quoted by his opponent 328: 340:
Nicaea and Its Legacy An Approach to Fourth-Century Trinitarian Theology
333:
Marcellus of Ancyra And the Lost Years of the Arian Controversy 325-345
285: 87: 79: 172: 138: 43: 347:
Contra Marcellum Marcellus of Ancyra and Fourth-Century Theology.
142: 67: 413:
English translations of extant fragments of Marcellus's writings
295:". Boston and Chicago Universalist Publishing House. 1899. p112 167:
historians read that Marcellus's theology included a belief in
83: 46:, but was accused of adopting the opposite extreme of modified 31: 418:
Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Graeca with analytical indexes
126: 71: 189:
Aside from the fragments which survive in Eusebius'
157:
condemned 'Marcellians', but not Marcellus himself.
125:appointed to his see. Marcellus sought redress at 424: 145:excommunicated Marcellus again and drew up the 235:, (Harvard University Press, 1981), p. 263-265 354:The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God 117:in 336 at a council under the presidency of 448:Participants in the First Council of Nicaea 86:and thus constituted the Image of God. The 356:(New York: T&T Clark, 1988), 217–235. 335:(New York: Oxford University Press, 2006) 342:(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). 62:(in 325) Marcellus wrote a book against 26:: Μάρκελλος Άγκυρας, died c. 374) was a 210: 425: 304: 438:4th-century bishops in Roman Anatolia 399:Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum 193:, a letter survives in Epiphanius, 13: 14: 459: 406: 286:Chapter 18 Additional Authorities 317: 74:was originally only one Being ( 42:. He was a strong opponent of 298: 274: 258: 238: 221: 165:Universalist Church of America 16:Bishop of Ancyra (died c. 374) 1: 203: 7: 360: 10: 464: 186:here in the Jewish sense. 307:Journal of Late Antiquity 155:Second Ecumenical Council 113:Marcellus was deposed at 322: 233:Constantine and Eusebius 227:On these two works, see 53: 40:First Council of Nicaea 58:A few years after the 245:Socrates Scholasticus 119:Eusebius of Nicomedia 345:Joseph T. Lienhard, 107:Eusebius of Caesarea 64:Asterius the Sophist 103:First Synod of Tyre 101:The bishops at the 20:Marcellus of Ancyra 291:2013-05-12 at the 251:, book 2, chapter 443:Bishops of Ancyra 402:10, no. 1: 56–66. 191:Against Marcellus 178:Against Marcellus 163:(1899) and other 121:, the Arian, and 60:Council of Nicaea 36:Council of Ancyra 455: 372:118, no. 8: 384. 369:Expository Times 311: 310: 302: 296: 278: 272: 262: 256: 242: 236: 225: 219: 214: 28:Bishop of Ancyra 463: 462: 458: 457: 456: 454: 453: 452: 423: 422: 409: 363: 352:Robert Hanson. 325: 320: 315: 314: 303: 299: 293:Wayback Machine 279: 275: 271:(9780801031465) 265:R. P. C. Hanson 263: 259: 243: 239: 226: 222: 215: 211: 206: 123:Basil of Ancyra 56: 34:present at the 30:and one of the 17: 12: 11: 5: 461: 451: 450: 445: 440: 435: 421: 420: 415: 408: 407:External links 405: 404: 403: 394: 391: 388: 385: 384:NS 43, 428–46. 376: 373: 362: 359: 358: 357: 350: 343: 338:Ayres, Lewis, 336: 324: 321: 319: 316: 313: 312: 297: 280:J. W. Hanson. 273: 257: 249:Church History 237: 229:Timothy Barnes 220: 208: 207: 205: 202: 135:Constantius II 115:Constantinople 55: 52: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 460: 449: 446: 444: 441: 439: 436: 434: 431: 430: 428: 419: 416: 414: 411: 410: 401: 400: 395: 392: 389: 386: 383: 382: 377: 374: 371: 370: 365: 364: 355: 351: 348: 344: 341: 337: 334: 330: 327: 326: 308: 301: 294: 290: 287: 283: 277: 270: 267:(1916-1988), 266: 261: 254: 250: 246: 241: 234: 230: 224: 218: 213: 209: 201: 198: 196: 192: 187: 185: 184: 183:apokatastasis 179: 174: 170: 166: 162: 158: 156: 150: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 131:Pope Julius I 128: 124: 120: 116: 111: 108: 104: 99: 97: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 51: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 21: 397: 379: 367: 353: 346: 339: 332: 318:Bibliography 306: 300: 281: 276: 268: 260: 248: 240: 232: 223: 212: 199: 194: 190: 188: 181: 177: 169:universalism 161:J. W. Hanson 159: 151: 112: 100: 75: 57: 48:Sabellianism 19: 18: 329:Sara Parvis 96:1 Cor 15:28 433:374 deaths 427:Categories 204:References 147:Macrostich 92:John 20:22 88:Holy Ghost 76:hypostasis 80:incarnate 361:Articles 289:Archived 195:Panarion 173:Eusebius 139:Photinus 44:Arianism 38:and the 143:Antioch 68:Trinity 32:bishops 381:JTS NS 309:: 328. 84:Christ 323:Books 129:from 24:Greek 197:72. 127:Rome 54:Life 284:. " 82:in 72:God 429:: 331:, 253:18 247:, 231:, 255:. 176:( 22:(

Index

Greek
Bishop of Ancyra
bishops
Council of Ancyra
First Council of Nicaea
Arianism
Sabellianism
Council of Nicaea
Asterius the Sophist
Trinity
God
incarnate
Christ
Holy Ghost
John 20:22
1 Cor 15:28
First Synod of Tyre
Eusebius of Caesarea
Constantinople
Eusebius of Nicomedia
Basil of Ancyra
Rome
Pope Julius I
Constantius II
Photinus
Antioch
Macrostich
Second Ecumenical Council
J. W. Hanson
Universalist Church of America

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.