Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, February 1st, 2025
the Third Week after Epiphany
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Achillas (2)

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Achigian, Andrew
Next Entry
Achillas (or Achilleas) (1)
Resource Toolbox

Achillas (2),

one of the Alexandrian clergy, a friend and partisan of Arius, with whom he was excommunicated, about 319. Contemporaries speak of him as a prime mover of Arianism. Jerome (Adv. Lucif. XX, 2, 193) calls him a "lector;" while others speak of him as deacon and presbyter.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Achillas (2)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/achillas-2.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile