Theognostus of Alexandria
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Theognostus was a late third century Alexandrian theologian.[1] He is known from quotes by Athanasius[2] and Photius.[1] Philip of Side says that he presided over the school of Alexandria after Pierius (AD 282).[3]
He wrote a seven-volume work called Hypotyposes, extant at the time of Photius' quotation.[1] The quoted section of book two appears Arian,[1] the Son is spoken of as a creature,[1] which is to say a created being. In book three his references to the Spirit are unorthodox and reminiscent of Origen.[1] In book five he spoke of angels and devils as embodied.
In books six and seven he treated the Incarnation in a more orthodox manner than book two,[1] and Athanasius regarded him as a useful witness against Arianism.[1]
The fragments of Theognostus are collected in Martin Joseph Routh's Reliquiae Sacrae 3:407–422.
Translations into English can be found in the Ante-Nicene Fathers (available at WikiSource).
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- ^ a b c d e f g h George Thomas Stokes, 'Theognostus', in Wace (ed), A Dictionary of Christian Biography, (Hendrickson), p. 1864.
- ^ Athanasius, 'Letter 4 to Serapus', in De Decretis Synodi Nicæni (In Defence of the Nicene Synod).
- ^ Henry Dodwell, dissertation on Irenaeus, page 488.
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- Ceillier, Remy. Histoire Générale des Auteurs Sacrés et Ecclesiastiques (General History of Sacred and Ecclesiastical Authors) 2:450. (French)
- Migne, Jacques Paul. Patrologia Graeca (Works of the Greek Fathers) 10:235–242. (Latin)
