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The Fathers

Theognostus

Dean: ca. 265-282

Who he was

  • A priest of Alexandria and a writer of about the middle of the 3rd century.
  • He used language in book ii of the Hypotyposes of very Arian sound,speaking of the Son as a creature.

What he wrote

  • Dogmatic work “Hypotyposes” (The Outlines of the Blessed Theognostus of Alexandria , Interpreter of the Scriptures) in seven books followed the doctrine of Origen and especially his subordinationism.

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