1732 Theology Council of 2024 Rimini Early Christian Church Synod Pope Liberius Religion Rare Antique Book French 1700s
Dissertation Critique et Theologique sur le Concile de Rimini
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Dissertation Critique et Historique sur le Pape Libere
2 works bound as one.
Paris, Chez Delusseux, 1732 - 1736.
17 x 10 cm., 372 + 134 pages.
Text in French.
Bound in period full leather, raised bands, gilt on spine, marbled endpapers, red edges.
Heavy wear to spine and boards, title label missing else in good condition.
Interior very clean.
The Council of Ariminum, also known after the city's modern name as the Council of Rimini, was an early Christian church synod.
In 358, the Roman Emperor Constantius II requested two councils, one of the western bishops at Ariminum and one of the eastern bishops (planned for Nicomedia but actually held at Seleucia Isauria) to resolve the Arian controversy over the nature of the divinity of Jesus Christ, which divided the 4th-century church.
In July 359, the western council (of about 300 or over 400 bishops) met. Ursacius of Singidunum and 2024 Valens of Mursa soon proposed a new creed, drafted at the Fourth Council of Sirmium in 359 but not presented there, holding that the Son was similar to the Father "according to the scriptures," and avoiding the controversial terms "same substance" and "similar substance." Others favored the creed of Nicaea.
The opponents of Sirmium wrote a letter to the emperor Constantius, praising Nicaea and condemning any reconsideration of it, before many of them left the council. The supporters of Sirmium then issued the new creed and sent it through Italy.
The council was considered a defeat for trinitarianism, and Saint Jerome wrote: "The whole world groaned, and was astonished to find itself Arian."
Pope Liberius of Rome rejected the new creed, prompting Phoebadius of Agen and Servatius of Tongeren to withdraw their support from the homoian. The supporters of Sirmium deposed Liberius and reappointed Felix of Rome in his place.
Two councils at Nike (southeast of Adrianople) and Constantinople followed.
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