Synopsis
ALEXANDER patriarch of Alexandria 313-326. Under him
the Arian controversy broke out in 319. Arius was
condemned by a synod in Alexandria, in 320. at which a hundred bishops were
present. When banished, he went to Palestine; and, as he was well received
there, Alexander wrote first to certain bishops separately, then an encyclical
letter to all the bishops of the church, setting forth the errors of Arius. The
interference of the Emperor Constantine, though
intended to still the rising storm, gave only occasion to more debate; and in
325 the first ecumenical council followed. Of
Alexander's letters two have come down to us, - one having been preserved by
Socrates (I. 6), and another by Theodoret (I. 4).
"ALEXANDER," Philip Schaff, ed., A
Religious Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and
Practical Theology, 3rd edn., Vol. 1. Toronto, New York & London: Funk
& Wagnalls Company, 1894. p.53.
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Alexander of Alexandria, Ante-Nicene
Fathers, Vol. 6: 289-304. |
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Athanasius, Defense Against the the
Arians. |
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Epiphanius, Panarion
69.4. |
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Socrates, Church History 1.5-6,
9. |
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Sozomen, Church History
1.15. |
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Theodoret, Church History
1.4. |
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Alexander of 
