Secundus of Ptolemais

Secundus of Ptolemais was a 4th-century bishop of Ptolemais, excommunicated after the First Council of Nicaea for his nontrinitarianism.^[1]^[2]

Secundus, was bishop of Ptolemais and a patron of Arius,^[3] and is listed among those present at the council of Nicaea.^[4]^[5] Theonas and Secundus were the only bishops at the Council of Nicaea who refused to accept its decree nor sign the Nicaean Creed, a position for which he was deposed by the bishop of Alexandria, and sent into exile^[6] He later recovered his bishopric as part of Constantine the Great's attempts at reconciliation, though his Arian successor Stephanus of Ptolemais was deposed in about 360.

Notes

^ Hanson 2005: pp. 162–163. "Two bishops who refused to sign the Creed, Secundus of Ptolemais and Theonas of Marmarike, were deposed by the Council and exiled by the Emperor."
^ R. P. C. Hanson, The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The Arian Controversy, 318–381. 2005 (T&T Clark (Continuum), 2008) ISBN 978-0-567-03092-4
^ Warren H. Carroll, A. History of Christendom, Volume II. p. 11.
^ Williams, Rowan (2001). Arius: heresy and tradition (2 ed.). London: SCM. ISBN 978-0-334-02850-5.
^ Boularand, Éphrem (1972). L'hérésie d'Arius et la "foi" de Nicée (in French). Letouzey & Ané.
^ Warren H. Carroll, A. History of Christendom, Volume II. p. 12.

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