Secundus of Ptolemais was a 4th-century bishop of Ptolemais,

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after the

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for his

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. Secundus, was

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of Ptolemais and a

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, and is listed among those present at the council of Nicaea. Theonas and Secundus were the only

s at the Council of Nicaea who refused to accept its decree nor sign the Nicaean Creed, a position for which he was deposed by the bishop of Alexandria, and sent into

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Warren H. Carroll, A. History of Christendom, Volume II. p. 12. He later recovered his

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as part of

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's attempts at reconciliation, though his

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successor Stephanus of Ptolemais was deposed in about 360.

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{{bishop-stub 4th-century bishops in Roman North Africa People excommunicated by Christian churches Participants in the First Council of Nicaea

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