Asterius the Sophist

Asterius the Sophist

Asterius the Sophist (died c. 341) was an Arian Christian theologian. Few of his writings have been recovered in their entirety (latest edition by Markus Vinzent). [R.P.C. Hanson, "The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God" (1988), pp. 32-41. has a long discussion and a translation of all his fragments] He is said to have been a pupil of Lucian of Antioch, but it is unclear to what extent this was the case. Fragments of his "Syntagmation" are preserved by Athanasius of Alexandria and Marcellus of Ancyra. His extant works include a commentary on the Psalms, a letter to Eusebius, the "Syntagmation", and a few fragments. [His works are listed in Mauritius Geerard, "Clavis Patrum Graecorum. Volumen II: Ab Athanasio ad Chrysostomum", (Turnhout: Brepolis 1974) pp. 137-39.]

At least two other clergymen were also named Asterius:
* An Asterius who supported Acacius at the Council of Seleucia (359). [Socrates Scholasticus, "Church History, book 2, chapter 40.]
* Asterius, bishop of Amasia, later in the 4th century.Fact|date=August 2007
* Asterius, presbyter in Antioch. [Philostorgius, in Photius, "Epitome of the Ecclesiastical History of Philostorgius", book 10, chapter 1.]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/asterius_00_intro.htm The Sermons of the OTHER Asterius]


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