Asterius the Sophist
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Asterius the Sophist (died c. 341) was an Arian Christian theologian. Few of his writings have been recovered in their entirety (latest edition by Markus Vinzent) .[1] He is said to have been a pupil of Lucian of Antioch, but it is unclear to what extent this was the case. Fragments of his Syntagmation are preserved by Athanasius of Alexandria and Marcellus of Ancyra.
His extant works include a commentary on the Psalms, a letter to Eusebius, the Syntagmation, and a few fragments.[2]
At least two other clergymen were also named Asterius:
- An Asterius who supported Acacius at the Council of Seleucia (359).[3]
- Asterius, bishop of Amasia, later in the 4th century.[citation needed]
- Asterius, presbyter in Antioch.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ R.P.C. Hanson, The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God (1988), pp. 32-41. has a long discussion and a translation of all his fragments
- ^ His works are listed in Mauritius Geerard, Clavis Patrum Graecorum. Volumen II: Ab Athanasio ad Chrysostomum, (Turnhout: Brepolis 1974) pp. 137-39.
- ^ Socrates Scholasticus, Church History, book 2, chapter 40.
- ^ Philostorgius, in Photius, Epitome of the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius, book 10, chapter 1.
