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Theonas (tritheist) - ܬܐܘܢܐ

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"When the miaphysite bishops Conon and Eugenius accepted the tritheist doctrine of John Philoponus, their aim was to win a third bishop for tritheism so as to be able to perform further episcopal ordinations (three bishops were needed for an canonically valid ordination). They eventually succeeded in convincing a certain Theonas, a miaphysite bishop who, however, had previously been deposed according to Joh. Eph., EH 5.1."2

Names

  • ܬܐܘܢܐ1
  • Theonas (tritheist)

Floruit

late 560s

Sex

male3

Notes

"When the miaphysite bishops Conon and Eugenius accepted the tritheist doctrine of John Philoponus, their aim was to win a third bishop for tritheism so as to be able to perform further episcopal ordinations (three bishops were needed for an canonically valid ordination). They eventually succeeded in convincing a certain Theonas, a miaphysite bishop who, however, had previously been deposed according to Joh. Eph., EH 5.1."2
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  • 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 254chapter: 3.5.1. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ernest Honigmann, Évêques et Évêchés Monophysites d’Asie Antérieure Au VIe Siècle, CSCO 127, Sub. 2 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1951), p: 184. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 254. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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Silvio Roggo, “Theonas (tritheist) — ܬܐܘܢܐ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/person/5173.

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Silvio Roggo, “Theonas (tritheist) — ܬܐܘܢܐ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/person/5173.

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