Florentius of Constantinople (

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: Φλωρέντιος) was the rival

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archbishop of Constantinople (c. 363), holding the office at the same time as and in opposition to Eudoxius of Antioch.

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, in Photius, ''Epitome of the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius'', book 8, chapter 2. The Anomoeans were a 4th century Christian

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that upheld an extreme form of

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, according to which

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was not of the same nature (

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) nor, as maintained by the more moderate

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, of a similar nature ( homoiousian) as

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."Anomoean"
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'' When many within the congregation of Eudoxius of Antioch turned against him in

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, and as the members of other sects similarly left their own congregations,

Aëtius of Antioch Aëtius of Antioch (; ; ; ), surnamed "the Atheist" by his trinitarian enemies, founder of Anomoeanism, was a native of Coele-Syria. Life and writings Aëtius grew up in poverty or slavery.Philostorgius, in Photius, ''Epitome of the Ecclesias ...

and

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, acting on behalf of the new Roman emperor

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, used their offices in the interests of Arianism by creating other bishops of that party, including Paemenius, (Anomoean) bishop of

(c. 363, at the same time as Eudoxius of Antioch),

, in Photius, Candidus, (Anomoean) bishop of

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(c. 363–?), and Arrianus, (Anomoean) bishop of

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(c. 363–?). On the death of Paemenius, Aëtius and Eunomius appointed Florentius as his successor as bishop.

''Philostorgius: Church History''
Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta (2007) - Google Books, p. 112.

Notes and references

{{Reflist 4th-century Arian Christians Florentius of Constantinople 4th-century Romans Year of birth unknown