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Peter I

PETER I The seventeenth patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (300-311). Peter succeeded THEONAS (282-300) and, according to tradition, he was the last or the “seal” of the martyrs. The accounts of his turbulent and tragic archiepiscopate comprise a fascinating and important source for early Church history. Peter not only defended the orthodox faith …

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Pamphilus, Saint (C. 240-310)

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

PAMPHILUS, SAINT (c. 240-310) A philosopher, teacher, and supporter of ORIGEN, who was martyred in Palestine (feast day: 16 February in the East, 1 June in the West). He was a friend of EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA, who wrote a biography of him, now lost. Pamphilus is known through references in surviving works of EUSEBIUS, JEROME, …

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Pambo, Saint

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

PAMBO (Pamo), SAINT A fourth-century anchorite who was one of the first settlers in NITRIA (feast day: 1 July in the West, 18 July in the East). In chapter 10 of the Lausiac History, PALLADIUS tells of the death of Pambo in 373 in the presence of Melania the elder. At that time he was …

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Palladius (363-431)

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

PALLADIUS (363-431) The author of the Historia lausiaca, one of the principal documents that inform us about Egyptian monasticism in the fourth century. Born in Galatia, he became a monk. After spending some time in Palestine at the Mount of Olives, when Rufinus and Melania the Elder were living there, he came to Egypt. He …

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Macarius Alexandrinus, Saint

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

MACARIUS ALEXANDRINUS, SAINT A fourth-century monk at Kellia (feast day: 6 Bashans). He is surnamed the Alexandrian or the Citizen to distinguish him from his contemporary, the celebrated Saint MACARIUS THE EGYPTIAN. He was born at the end of the third century in Alexandria, where, before becoming a monk in circumstances not known, he practiced …

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Monasteries In The Gharbiyyah Province

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

MONASTERIES IN THE GHARBIYYAH PROVINCE Testimonies are relatively numerous concerning the monasteries of this province, which occupies the north of the Delta between the two branches of the Nile, that of Damietta (Dumyat) and that of Rosetta (Rashid). Mentioned are the sites of Diolkos and hermitages at Naqizah and Sinjar. To the north near the …

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Origenist Controversies

Books / By Armia FAYEZ

ORIGENIST CONTROVERSIES The controversies that flared up around certain doctrines propagated by, or attributed to, ORIGEN in his vast written heritage—most of which survives only in fragmentary form—must be studied as a minor aspect of his work rather than as central to the whole of it. Even though condemned by certain synods and general councils, …

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Evagrius Ponticus

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

EVAGRIUS PONTICUS (345-399) monk and writer with Origenist views. The life of Evagrius is known from the chapter that PALLADIUS devoted to him in his Historia lausiaca (chap. 38). He was born about 345 at Ibora, in the province of Pontus. In his youth he was a disciple of the two Cappadocian fathers, BASIL OF …

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John Chrysostom, Saint (C. 347-407)

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, SAINT (c. 347-407) Patriarch of Constantinople and doctor of the church (feast day: 13 November in the East, 13 September in the West). John Chrysostom was born in Antioch, where he studied law and theology. For some years he devoted himself to monastic life, part of the time as a hermit. He was …

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Eschatology

Theology / By Armia FAYEZ

ESCHATOLOGY The study of the last things, of the destiny of individual persons, and, more broadly, of society, of the world, and of the universe. In the culture of the pagan Greco-Roman world, concern with the destiny of the individual after death received comparatively little attention outside the mystery religions, but Hellenistic speculation on successive …

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