Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Heresies & schisms

Dorotheus

DOROTEO

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DOROTHEUS. - An Arian bishop, a native of Thrace, he succeeded Hypatian in the see of Heraclea around 365. He was one of the principal supporters of Demophilus, bishop of Constantinople. In 376, during the Meletian schism, the Arian sect of Antioch elected him as its bishop. Summoned to Constantinople by the Arians, he remained there until 381, when a law of Theodosius forbade the assemblies of all those who did not accept the faith of Nicaea and decreed that their churches be given to the Catholics. He was recalled to Constantinople in 386 upon the death of Demophilus, to replace Marinus, who had previously been elected by the same Arians. A dispute that arose between D. and Marinus gave origin to the new Arian sect of the Dorotheans (v.).

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BIBL.: Socrates, Hist. eccl., 4, 35; 5, 23; Sozomen, Hist. eccl., 7, 17; Tillemont, VI, ed. Venice 1732, p. 629 ff.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1888.

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“Doroteo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1888. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/doroteo-2.

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  author    = {Redazione},
  title     = {Doroteo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1888},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/doroteo-2}
}

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