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Didachus of Photice

Middle of the 5th century

Who he was

  • Bishop of Photice in Epirus and an ascetic.
  • Didachus was evidently a man of considerable culture which he combined with a deep faith in Christ.
  • He belonged to the generation immediately after the great Greek fathers, Sts. Basil and Greogory of Nazianzus.
  • He attacked the Alexandrian formula of Christology at the Council of Chalcedon.
  • His chapters on Spiritual Perfection enjoyed great popularity in succeeding generations, and is still of practical value.

What he wrote

  • One hundred chapters on Spiritual Perfection: In which he attempts to analyze what it means to be Christ-like, and how to live such a life. He finds its basis in the three theological virtues, especially love.
  • Homily on the Ascension.
  • The Vision and the Catechesis.
  • He wrote against the Arians.

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