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AUXENTIUS (fl. c. 370)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 50 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AUXENTIUS (fl. c. 370)  , of See also:Cappadocia, an Arian theologian of some See also:eminence (see ARlus) . When See also:Constantine deposed the orthodox bishops who resisted, See also:Auxentius was installed into the seat of See also:Dionysius, See also:bishop of See also:Milan, and came to be regarded as the See also:great opponent of the Nicene See also:doctrine in the See also:West . So prominent did he become, that he was specially mentioned by name in the condemnatory See also:decree of the See also:synod which See also:Damasus, bishop of See also:Rome, urged by See also:Athanasius, convened in See also:defence of the Nicene doctrine (A.D . 369) . When the orthodox See also:emperor Valentinian ascended the See also:throne, Auxentius was See also:left undisturbed in his See also:diocese, but his theological doctrines were publicly attacked by Hilary of See also:Poitiers . The See also:chief source of See also:information about him is the See also:Liber contra Auxentium in the See also:Benedictine edition of the See also:works of Hilary .

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