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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21549" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21549" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68001" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68001" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> Christian theologian, a native of Alexandria, and a deacon of the Church; took a prominent part against Arius in the Council at Nice, and was his most uncompromising antagonist; was chosen bishop of Alexandria; driven forth again and again from his bishopric under persecution of the Arians; retired into the Thebaïd for a time; spent the last 10 years of his life as bishop at Alexandria, where he died; his works consist of treatises and orations bearing on the Arian controversy, and in vindication of the doctrine of the Trinity viewed in the most absolute sense (296-373). </p> | ||
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