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Eusebius of Nicomedia (/ j uː ˈ s iː b i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Εὐσέβιος; died 341) was an Arian priest who baptised Constantine the Great on his deathbed in 337. [1] [2] A fifth-century legend evolved that Pope Sylvester I was the one to baptise Constantine, but this is dismissed by scholars as a forgery "to amend the historical memory of the Arian baptism that the emperor ...
Eusebius enjoyed the favor of the Emperor Constantine. Because of this he was called upon to present the creed of his own church to the 318 attendees of the Council of Nicaea in 325. [40] However, the anti-Arian creed from Palestine prevailed, becoming the basis for the Nicene Creed. [41]
The Arian controversy was a series of Christian disputes about the nature of ... bishop of Constantinople (336-351, later rival of Eusebius of Nicomedia and then ...
[42] [43] The letter of the Arian bishop Auxentius of Durostorum [44] regarding the Arian missionary Ulfilas (c. 311 –383) gives an overview of Arian beliefs. Ulfilas, ordained by Arian bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia, became a missionary to the Goths and believed that God the Father, the "unbegotten" Almighty, is the only true God. [45]
Historians report that Constantine, who had not been baptized for most of his lifetime, was baptized on his deathbed in 337 by the Arian bishop, Eusebius of Nicomedia. [51] [69] Constantius II, who succeeded Constantine, was an Arian sympathizer. [70] Under him, Arianism reached its high point at the Third Council of Sirmium in 357.
Almost immediately, Eusebius of Nicomedia, an Arian bishop and cousin to Constantine I, used his influence at court to sway Constantine's favor from the proto-orthodox Nicene bishops to the Arians. [77] Eustathius of Antioch was deposed and exiled in 330.
(see Arian controversy) 29 Eusebius of Nicomedia: 339 – 341 (2 years) Arian; baptised Constantine I in 337 (27) Paul I: 341 – 342 (1 year) 1st restoration; deposed by the Arians: 30 Macedonius I: 342 – 346 (4 years) Arian and pneumatomachian. Deposed (27) Paul I: 346 – 351 (5 years) 2nd restoration; exiled and later killed (30) Macedonius I
In 354 Eusebius was sent by Constantius II to talk to Pope Liberius and then attended at the meeting between the Emperor and the Pope. [5] He sent money to the orator Libanius in exile and, in 355, helped those Arian bishops who plotted against Athanasius of Alexandria. [6] Eusebius followed Constantius into Gaul (353-354) and then to Milan (354).