Gelasius ( Greek: Γελάσιος ; Lat. Gelasius ; 4th century ) - Bishop of Caesarea Palestine , Christian writer.
Biography
The place and year of birth of Gelasius is unknown. Gelasius was the nephew (son of his sister) Cyril of Jerusalem .
In 366, Akaki of Caesarea dies and the struggle for Caesarea begins. Cyril of Jerusalem poses as bishop of Caesarea of Palestinian Philumen ( dr. Greek Φιλουμένος ). Eutychius of Eleutheropol places him as bishop of Cyril Starets ( dr. Greek Κύριλλος ὁ Γέροντος ). Then Cyril makes bishop of his own nephew Gelasius. Epiphanius of Cyprus in his book Panarion writes that all three did nothing, because of a mutual quarrel; after which Eusebius was placed bishop of Caesarea. Evzoia was supported by Emperor Valent II .
In 378, Valens dies, and in 379, the new emperor Theodosius I the Great expels Evusius and puts Gelasius on the Caesarean chair. In 381, Gelasius, along with his uncle Cyril of Jerusalem, was at the First Council of Constantinople .
In 393, the Archbishop of Antioch, Evagrius , dies. Between the two bishops of Antioch, Evagrius and Flavian, as between the Christian churches there was a long split. Bishop of Rome Liberius , subsequent popes and the Church of Rome, as well as the Patriarchs of Alexandria, starting with Athanasius , recognized the Orthodox and legal bishop of Antioch Pavlin , and then his successor Evagrius. The Church of Constantinople was recognized as the Orthodox and legal bishop of Antioch, Flavian I , the successor to Meletius . In 394, a local church council was held in Constantinople, in which Gelasius participated; at the council, it was decided to recognize Flavian as the only bishop of Antioch.
Jerome Stridonsky in his book “On Famous Men” devotes chapter 130 to Gelasius. In it he writes:
| Gelasius, bishop of Caesarea of Palestine after Evzoy, is known for writing in a more or less smooth style, but did not publish his works. |
Theodorite of Cyrus speaks of Gelasius as a man "adorned with word and life." Patriarch Photius reports that Theophilos of Alexandria , despite the fact that Gelasius left the name of Eusebius of Caesarea in diptychs, had communion with Gelasius. According to the “Life of Porfiry of Gaza, ” written by Mark Deacon , by 395 Gelasius at the pulpit of Caesarea was replaced by Bishop John.
Completely not a single work of Gelasius has been preserved, 17 passages are known that have been preserved by Theodorite of Cyrus , Leontius of the Byzantine , Sevir of Antioch and in the anonymous compilation Teachings of the Fathers on the Incarnation of the Word.
Literature
- Jerome Stridonsky “On Famous Men” 130. Gelasius
- Epiphanius of Cyprus. Creations, part 4. - M., 1880. - T. 48. - 361 p. - (Creations of the Holy Fathers in the Russian translation). "Panarion" Heresy 66-73. Against the semi-Arians, the fifty-third and seventy-third heresies. (73. 37. 5) p. 360
- Evzoy
- Theodorite of Cyrus Church history. Book 5. Chapter 8 On the Cathedral in Constantinople
- PG 103 col. 956
- Gelasius