The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Eudoxius of Antioch and Constantinople
c. AD 300 – 370 · Homoian bishop of Antioch, then Constantinople · Arabissus → Antioch → Constantinople
The Nicene Age
Who Eudoxius of Antioch and Constantinople was
The arch-pragmatist of the Arian ascendancy: he slipped into the vacant see of Antioch by an audacious fiction of imperial leave, patronized Aetius and Eunomius while signing whatever formula the court required, and was translated in 360 to Constantinople itself — where he opened his enthronement sermon with a joke ('The Father is impious, the Son pious…') that nearly caused a riot before he explained it. For ten years the capital's religion wore his easy face; Theodoret's history files him among its afflictions.
Also listed in the bishops of Antioch.
Common questions
When did Eudoxius live?
Eudoxius of Antioch and Constantinople is dated c. AD 300 – 370 in the archive, which places Eudoxius in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Eudoxius?
Eudoxius of Antioch and Constantinople is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Athanasius of Alexandria and Theodoret of Cyrus. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Eudoxius from?
The archive associates Eudoxius of Antioch and Constantinople with Arabissus, Antioch, Constantinople. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.
Who were Eudoxius’ contemporaries?
The archive links Eudoxius of Antioch and Constantinople to 5 other figures, including Aetius of Antioch, Leontius of Antioch, Emperor Valens and Acacius of Caesarea. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (2)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
On the Councils (De Synodis) 37–38
c. AD 350Eudoxius and Acacius and their fellows, having put off the mask, now openly patronized the impiety of Aetius — advancing those who spoke like him, and framing creeds at every synod.Athanasius of Alexandria · 37 · source text
Ecclesiastical History of Theodoret II.25
c. AD 449Eudoxius, hearing that the see of Antioch was vacant, hastened thither, pretending the emperor's leave, and seized the throne of that church — a man who made his faith the servant of his ambition.Theodoret of Cyrus · II.25 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 301 · Hripsime and her company, AD 301
- AD 303 · The Great Persecution begins, AD 303
- AD 303 · The search of the church at Cirta, AD 303
- AD 306 · The Council of Elvira, AD 306
- AD 311 · Galerius’ edict of Serdica, AD 311
- AD 313 · The Edict of Milan, AD 313
- AD 314 · The Council of Arles, AD 314
- AD 320 · Silvanus tried before Zenophilus, AD 320
- AD 325 · The Council of Nicaea, AD 325
- AD 339 · The persecution of Shapur II, AD 339
- AD 343 · The Council of Serdica, AD 343
- AD 361 · Julian’s pagan restoration, AD 361
- AD 366 · Damasus and the catacomb epigrams, AD 366
- AD 367 · Athanasius lists the 27 NT books, AD 367
Place
Places served
The 2 places the sources put Eudoxius, in the order the record moves through them. This is what the sources attest, not a reconstructed route.