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Dorotheus (3) Presbyter of Antioch
Wace's Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
or Dorotheus (3) , a presbyter of Antioch, ordained by Cyril of Antioch (Hieron. Chron. ) c. a.d. 290, who with his contemporary Lucian may be regarded as the progenitor of the sound and healthy school of scriptural hermeneutics which distinguished the interpreters of Antioch from those of Alexandria. Eusebius speaks of him with high commendation, as distinguished by a pure taste and sound learning, of a wide and liberal education, well acquainted not only with the Hebrew Scriptures, which Eusebius says he had heard him expounding in the church at Antioch, with moderation ( μετρίως ) but also with classical literature. He was a congenital eunuch, which commended him to the notice of the emperor Constantine, who placed him at the head of the purple-dye-house at Tyre Eus. H. E. , vii. 32; Neander, Eccl. Hist. vol. ii. p. 528, Clark's trans.; Gieseler, Eccl. Hist. vol. i. p. 247, Clark's trans.
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Wace, Henry. Entry for 'Dorotheus (3) Presbyter of Antioch'. A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hwd/d/dorotheus-3-presbyter-of-antioch.html. 1911.
