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John Of Scythopolis
John Scythopolita (ca. 536–550), also known as "the Scholasticus", bishop of Scythopolis in Palestine, where Beit She'an is today, was a Byzantine theologian and lawyer adhering to neo-Chalcedonian theology. He is famous for several works (lost) against Monophysite heresy: his major one is a treatise written ca. 530, defending the theory of " dioenergism", against his contemporary Severus of Antioch. Another work attacked the heretic Eutyches, one of the founders of Monophysitism. We have some data about him by Photius, learned bishop of Byzantium. Hans Urs von Balthasar suggested than John was the author of much of Maximus the Confessor Maximus the Confessor ( el, Μάξιμος ὁ Ὁμολογητής), also spelt Maximos, otherwise known as Maximus the Theologian and Maximus of Constantinople ( – 13 August 662), was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his ear ...'s scholia. A recent theory by Byzantinist Carlo Maria Mazzucchi suggests that John of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scythopolis (see)
The Diocese of Scythopolis is a titular see in Israel/Jordan and was the Metropolitan of the Roman province of Palestina II. It was centered on Modern Beth Shean (Bêsân). Historical (arch)diocese Scythopolis (today's Beit She'an or Bêsân) had a Christian community headed by a bishop even before the Edict of Milan of 313 legalized profession of Christianity in the Roman Empire. When the Roman province of Palaestina Secunda was set up in the 4th century, with Scythopolis as its capital, the bishopric became the metropolitan see of the province. It was one of the Decapolis cities, a group of cities founded by retired veterans of Alexander the Great, in this case probably a Scythian unit. Under Emperor Diocletian, Saint Procopius of Scythopolis died as a martyr on 7 July 303. In the fourth century the bishopric was strongly Arian. When it became a metropolitan see, it had Pella as one of its suffragans. Copious archaeological remains were found dating to the Byzantine per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |