Eunomius of Cyzicus

Eunomius was the foremost theologian of the Anomoeans, who taught that the Son is unlike the Father in essence. His Apology (360) was answered at length by Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa.

Dates

ca. 335-ca. 393 (approximate)

See or city

Cyzicus

Region

Mysia (Hellespont)

Notes

Leader of the Anomoean (neo-Arian) party; bishop of Cyzicus from 360, deposed within a year, later head of a separate Eunomian church; condemned at Constantinople in 381. Honoured in no church calendar.

Works

• ApologyLiber apologeticus · ca. 360 · CPG 3454 (not yet checked)
• Statement of FaithExpositio fidei · 383 · CPG 3457 (not yet checked)