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am St Alexander. I followed Achillas in the see (church headquarters) of
Alexandria in 313 A.D. |
I cared for the poor, in my mild mannered way. In
administrative positions, I somewhat favored |
monks
who had lived in solitude for Church positions. |
Sadly,
during my administration, the Alexandrian priest Arius joined Meletius,
Bishop of Lycopolis. Meletius broke away from Peter, the Alexandrian
patriarch in 300 A.D. But Meletius returned to the faith. |
Patriarch
Peter took Meletius back, after he repented. And ordained Arius deacon. Arius
returned to his usurper ways, causing problems in working for the Meletians. |
Peter
excommunicated Arius. But Achillas took him back after he repented. Then made
him a priest, curator of a church in the Baucales region of Alexandria. |
Arius
denied Yeshua as God. Father Athanasius told us that Arius claimed Yeshua
other than his created divinity, or spiritual substance, was made before the
world. |
Colluthus,
a curator of Alexandria with others attacked the blasphemies of Arius and his
followers (called Arians). Folks called Catholics, Colluthians.
|
I
tried to persuade Arius back to truth. Colluthus was not pleased with my
lenient behavior of Arius. He precipitated. |
But soon he returned to the fold of Holy
Mother Church. Learning that the followers of Arius were increasing, I called
Arius before the clergy as a group. I excommunicated him around the latter
part of 320 A.D. |
condemned
him and his followers, calling anathema condemned by the synod. |
I
wrote Pope Sylvester about the problems Arius was causing. Even Emperor
Constantine intervened to inquire about the matters. |
I
sat in on the First Council of Nicea in 325 |
A.D.
26 Feb. I went home to Yeshua's judgment, 326 A.D. |
I
brought Athanasius to the meetings that discussed Arius, who was exiled. I
died 26 Feb. 326 A.D. Athanasius succeeded me. |
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