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<p> was a presbyter belonging to the Arian party at [[Antioch]] without a head. By compelling [[Dorotheus]] to leave his see, [[Asterius]] took the lead, in conjunction with some neighboring bishops, in an application to the [[Eunomians]] to be received into communion with them. This negotiation broke down in consequence of the demands of the Eunomians that the condemnation of .Etus should be recalled and all abuses reformed (Philostorgius, Eccles. Hist. 10:1). </p>
<p> was the teacher of Acacius, bishop of Befoea, whom he accompanied in 372 to Edessa, to summon thence the famous solitary St. Julian Sabbas, whose pupil he had been, to support the orthodox faith at [[Antioch]] during the persecution 'of the Catholics by [[Valens]] (Theodoret, Vet. Patr. p. 380). </p>


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<ref name="term_21258"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/asterius+(4) Asterius from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_21260"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/asterius+(2) Asterius from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Revision as of 08:57, 15 October 2021

Asterius [1]

was the teacher of Acacius, bishop of Befoea, whom he accompanied in 372 to Edessa, to summon thence the famous solitary St. Julian Sabbas, whose pupil he had been, to support the orthodox faith at Antioch during the persecution 'of the Catholics by Valens (Theodoret, Vet. Patr. p. 380).

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