Philogonius of Antioch

When did Philogonius die?

Philogonius of Antioch is dated d. c. AD 324 in the archive, which places Philogonius 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 Philogonius?

Philogonius of Antioch is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Arius and John Chrysostom. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Philogonius from?

The archive associates Philogonius of Antioch with Antioch.

Who were Philogonius’ contemporaries?

The archive links Philogonius of Antioch to 1 other figure, including Arius. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

[Contemporary witness — the heresiarch himself names him among his condemners.] '...all the bishops of the East have been condemned because they say that God is, without beginning, before the Son — except Philogonius, Hellanicus and Macarius, heretical and unlearned men, of whom one calls the Son an effusion, another a projection, another co-unbegotten.'

He was taken from the market-place and the practice of the law — from the very bench of the advocate to the throne of the church; for in the courts he had shown a soul that loved justice and defended the wronged. He had a wife and a daughter, and yet was raised straightway to this office, and piloted the church through those terrible last storms of persecution.