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Adelphius

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(1), a Gnostic contemporary with Plotinus (Porphyry, Vit. Plot. 16). He is not mentioned by Christian writers.

(2.) A member of the first Council of Aries, supposed to have been bishop of Lincoln (see Augustine, Opp. ix, App. 1095 A; Cave, Hist. Lit. i, 350; Routh, Rell. Stcr. iv, 313).

(3.) An Egyptian bishop and confessor, exiled by the Arians to the Thebaid. In 362 he writes as bishop of Onuphis, in the Delta. Athanasius addressed a letter (c. 371) to him, in which. he briefly defends the Catholic faith against the objections of Arians and, by anticipation, of Neatorians and Eutychians.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Adelphius'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/adelphius.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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