OECUMENIUS. - Count of Isauria in the first half of the 6th century, correspondent and adherent of the Monophysite Severus. Author of a commentary on the Apocalypse, published by C. H. Hoskier (The complete Commentary of Oecumenias on the Apocalypse [University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic series, 23], Ann Arbor 1928). Among his theological authorities he names: Athanasius, Basil, Gregory of Nazianzus, Methodius, Cyril and the commentary of Hippolytus on Daniel. He was also acquainted with Eusebius of Caesarea, Evagrius Ponticus, Clement of Alexandria and Irenaeus.
His commentary was used by Arethas and by Andrew of Caesarea. The commentaries on the Acts of the Apostles and on the Epistles of Paul and the catholic letters (PG 118, 119), of more recent date, are wrongly attributed to E., but they contain some fragments, which are marginal glosses of E. on the homilies of St. John Chrysostom (the fragments on the Pauline Epistles in Karl Staab, Paulschammentare aus der griechischen Kirche [Neustentamentliche Abhandlungen, 15], Münster 1933, p. 423 ff. and p. XXXVII ff. of the introduction). This E. is to be distinguished from the bishop E. of Potica, who lived in the 10th century.
Bibliography4 worksF. Diekamp, Mitteilungen über neuaufgrund Kommentar des Oekumenias zur Apok., in Sitzungsberichte Berliner Akademie, Berlin 1901, p. 1046 ff
BIBL.: F. Diekamp, Mitteilungen über neuaufgrund Kommentar des Oekumenias zur Apok., in Sitzungsberichte Berliner Akademie, Berlin 1901, p. 1046 ff.; id., Neue über die Handschriften des Oekumen. Kommentar zur Apok., in Biblica, 10 (1929), p. 84 ff.; I. Schmid, Die griechischen Apocalypse-Kommentare, in Biblische Zeitschrift, 26 (1932), pp. 228 ff., 236 ff.; A. Spitaler and I. Schmid, Zur Klärung des Oecumenias-Problems in Orient Christiana. Lipnis 1934, pp. 208-18.
Peterson, Erik. “Ecumenio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 63. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/ecumenio.
MLA
Peterson, Erik. “Ecumenio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 63. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ecumenio.
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author = {Peterson, Erik},
title = {Ecumenio},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {63},
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/ecumenio}
}
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