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Theodore Ascidas

Greek monk-theologian
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Greek:
Theodoros Askidas
Died:
558, probably Constantinople
Subjects Of Study:
Origen
Platonism
monasticism
theology

Theodore Ascidas (died 558, probably Constantinople) was a monk-theologian and archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, who was the leading advocate of a Platonist school of Christian theology and a principal consultant at the second Council of Constantinople in 553. As a monk, and perhaps also abbot, of the “New Laura” (monastery) near Jerusalem, Theodore became the spokesman for Eastern Orthodox monks and theologians who adhered to the doctrine of the eminent 3rd-century theologian Origen, which included belief in the preexistence (before human conception) of souls, the eternal creation of the world, and the ultimate reconciliation of all, even the devil, ...(100 of 467 words)

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