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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20097" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20097" /> == | ||
<p> The followers of Macedonius, bishop of Constantinople, who, through the influence of the Eunomians, was deposed by the council of [[Constantinople]] in 360, and sent into exile. He considered the [[Holy]] | <p> The followers of Macedonius, bishop of Constantinople, who, through the influence of the Eunomians, was deposed by the council of [[Constantinople]] in 360, and sent into exile. He considered the [[Holy]] Ghost as a divine energy diffused throughout the universe, and not as a person distinct from the Father and the Son. The sect of the [[Macedonians]] was crushed before it had arrived at its full maturity, by the council assembled by Theodosius in 381, at Constantinople. </p> <p> See [[Semi-Arians.]] </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42192" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42192" /> == | ||
Acts 19: | Acts 19:29 Acts 27:2 2 Corinthians 9:2[[Macedonia]] | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76437" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76437" /> == | ||
<p> A sect in the early Church who taught that the Holy Ghost was inferior to the Father and the Son, so called from Macedonius, bishop of Constantinople, their leader. </p> | <p> [[A]] sect in the early Church who taught that the Holy Ghost was inferior to the Father and the Son, so called from Macedonius, bishop of Constantinople, their leader. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == |