Eustathius of Antioch

thumb|Eustathius of Antioch Eustathius of Antioch, sometimes surnamed the Great, was a Christian patriarch of Antioch in the 4th century. His feast day in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Syriac Orthodox Church and Coptic Orthodox Church is February 21 (Amshir 27 in the Coptic calendar). Quotes Ma noi non crediamo che degli atei possano prevalere contro la Divinità. But we do not believe that atheists can prevail against the Godhead. Quoted in Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Storia ecclesiastica, 1, 7; reported in Jacques Liébaert, Michel Spanneut, Antonio Zani, Introduzione generale allo studio dei Padri della Chiesa, translation into Italian by Pietro Crespi, Queriniana, Brescia, 1998, p. 162. ISBN 88-399-0101-9. [Al concilio di Nicea] Nella discussione sul senso della fede, venne presentato come referenza decisiva lo scritto blasfemo di Eusebio. Letto davanti a tutti tale scritto provocò subito negli uditori un moto di stupore e di rifiuto e coprì il suo autore di un'onta indelebile. Allorché la cricca raccolta attorno a Eusebio fu chiaramente condannata e l'empio scritto strappato sotto gli occhi di tutti [...], i seguaci di Ario, per paura di essere condannati all'esilio da un concilio tanto importante e unanime, si affrettano a farsi avanti anatematizzando la dottrina interdetta [...]. [At the Council of Nicaea] In the discussion on the meaning of faith, the blasphemous writing of Eusebius was presented as a decisive reference. Read before everyone, this writing immediately provoked a movement of amazement and rejection in the listeners and covered its author with an indelible shame. When the clique gathered around Eusebius was clearly condemned and the wicked writing torn up before everyone's eyes [...], the followers of Arius, for fear of being condemned to exile by such an important and unanimous council, hastened to come forward anathematizing the forbidden doctrine [...]. Quoted in Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Storia ecclesiastica, 1, 7; reported in Jacques Liébaert, Michel Spanneut, Antonio Zani, Introduzione generale allo studio dei Padri della Chiesa, translation into Italian by Pietro Crespi, Queriniana, Brescia, 1998, p. 162. ISBN 88-399-0101-9. Quotes about Champion of the truth. Quoted in Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Storia ecclesiastica, 1, 7; reported in Jacques Liébaert, Michel Spanneut, Antonio Zani, Introduzione generale allo studio dei Padri della Chiesa, translation into Italian by Pietro Crespi, Queriniana, Brescia, 1998, p. 160. ISBN 88-399-0101-9. External links Category:4th century deaths Category:Catholic saints Category:Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church Category:3rd century births