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Theognostus of
Alexandria.
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Translator’s Biographical
Notice.
[a.d. 260. I can add
nothing but conjectures to the following:] Of this Theognostus we
have no account by either Eusebius or Jerome. Athanasius,
however, mentions him more than once with honour. Thus he speaks
of him as ἀνὴρ
λόγιος, an eloquent
or learned man.1242
| 1242 De
Decret. Nic. Syn., 25, Works, vol. i. part i. p. 230. | And
again as Θεόγνωστος
ὁ θαυμάσιος
καὶ
σπουδαῖος,
the admirable and zealous Theognostus.1243
| 1243
Epist. 4, to Serapion, sec. 9, vol. i. part ii. p. 702. | He seems to have belonged to the
Catechetical school of Alexandria, and to have flourished there in the
latter half of the third century, probably about a.d. 260. That he was a disciple of Origen, or at
least a devoted student of his works, is clear from Photius.1244
He wrote a
work in seven books, the title of which is thus given by
Photius:1245
| 1245
τοῦ
μακαρίου
Θεογνώστου
᾽Αλεξανδρέως
καὶ ἐξηγητοῦ
ὑποτυπώσες. | The
Outlines of the blessed Theognostus, the exegete of
Alexandria. Dodwell and others are of opinion that by this
term exegete,1246
is meant the presidency of the Catechetical school and the privilege of
public teaching; and that the title, Outlines,1247
was taken from Clement, his predecessor
in office. According to Photius, the work was on this plan.
The first book treated of God the Father, as the maker of the universe;
the second, of the necessary existence of the Son; the third, of the
Holy Spirit; the fourth, of angels and demons; the fifth and sixth, of
the incarnation of God; while the seventh bore the title, On
God’s Creation.1248
Photius has much to say in
condemnation of Thegnostus, who, however, has been vindicated by
Bull1249
| 1249
Defens. fid. Nic., sec. ii. chap. 10. [Bull always
vindicates where he can do so, on the principle of justice, for which I
have contended on p. v. (prefatory) of vol. iv.] | and Prudentius
Maranus.1250
| 1250
Divinit I. C., iv. 24. | Gregory of
Nyssa has also charged him with holding the same error as Eunomius on
the subject of the Son’s relation to the work of
creation.1251
| 1251
Book iii., against Eunomius. | He is
adduced, however, by Athanasius as a defender of the Homoüsian
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