See also:DIDYMUS (?3o9-?394)
, surnamed " the See also:Blind," ecclesiastical writer of See also:Alexandria, was See also:born about the See also:year 309
.
Although he became blind at the See also:age of four, before he had learned to read; he succeeded in mastering the whole circle of the sciences then known; and on entering the service of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church he was placed at the See also:head of the Catechetical school in Alexandria, where he lived and worked till almost the See also:close of the See also:century
.
Among his pupils were See also:Jerome and See also:Rufinus
.
He was a loyal follower of
See also:Origen, though stoutly opposed to Arian and Macedonian teaching
.
Such of his writings as survive show a remarkable knowledge of scripture, and have distinct value as theological literature
.
Among them are the De Trinitate, De Spiritu Sancta (Jerome's Latin See also:translation), Adversus Manichaeos, and notes and expositions of various books, especially the See also:Psalms and the See also:Catholic Epistles
.
See See also:Migne, See also:Patrol
.
Graec. xxxix.; 0
.
Bardenhewer, Patrologie, pp
.
290-293 (See also:Freiburg, 1894)
.
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