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Cecropius of Nicomedia was a bishop of Nicomedia and a key player in the Arian controversy. ==Career== Cecropius, a semi-Arian,〔(Ceropius ) at bible encyclopedia.〕 had been Bishop of Laodicea, and was transferred from Laodicea〔Timothy David Barnes, Athanasius and Constantius: Theology and Politics in the Constantinian Empire (Harvard University Press, 2001) (page 268 ).〕 by the Arian emperor Constantius I in 351AD. Athanasius bishop of Alexandria,〔Athanasius,Contra Arian. p. 290〕 was critical of this appointment and royal interference in the church. Nicomedia, a former Bithynian and for a short time under Diocletian, Roman capital, and short distance from Constantine's Palace at Nicaea was an influential and rich city in the early Byzantine empire and the appointment as bishop carried much influence. As Bishop, Cecropius attended the synod of Sirmium which deposed Photinus〔Athaninasius. Epis. ad Solit. p. 800.〕 and he attended the consecration of a new church building in Anevra, in 358. He is also known from a〔Sozomen, H.E. 4, 13.〕 a letter of George of Laodicea that was critical of the Eudoxian teaching of one Astius and his disciples at Antioch〔Photius Patriarch of Constantinople, (Aeterna Press,2015) ( chapter 10 ).〕〔Timothy David Barnes, Athanasius and Constantius: Theology and Politics in the Constantinian Empire (Harvard University Press, 2001) ( p123 ).〕 Emperor Constantias, eventually ordered Aitius and followers be brought before Cecropius to answer to the charges alleged against them.〔Sozomen, H.E. 4, 24.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cecropius of Nicomedia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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