Macrobius ( Latin Macrobius ; IV century) - Christian writer, presbyter , bishop.
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Macrobius is devoted to the 5th chapter of Gennady Massiliysky 's book “On Famous Men” . Gennady, referring to the work of Optat of 370, reports that Macrobius was initially the Presbyter of the Orthodox Church in Africa; and then transferred to Donatism , where the presbyter, later in 348 or in 349, was secretly the Bishop of the Donatists in Rome . As a kindergarten presbyter, Macrobius wrote a book of ethical content, in which he addressed all believers, especially chaste virgins , in his work Macrobius urged that moral purity and chastity be observed; Macrobius supported his ethical teachings with the teachings of Donat . As a writer, Macrobius gained fame among Katholians in Africa, and later became known among Donatists and Montanists in Rome. Books Macrobius not preserved.
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- Nathaniel Lardner. / The Credibility of the Gospel History. Part II: Orchestra Confirmed by Orchestra and His Apostles, Vol. Ord. Vol. Vol. I., .... (- XII. ...), Part 4 /. Theodore Sanders, at the Bell in Little Britain: Richard Ford, at the Angel, and John Gray, at the Cross-Keys, in the Poultry., 1748 p. 236
- Johann Heinrich Zedlers Universal-Lexicon. Leporius. 1731-1754 Bd. 19. col. 112
- Johannes Trithemius . Catalogus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum. per Petrum Quentell, 1531. Fol. 25 b
- Macrobius // McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
- Gennadius Massiliensis . Opera Omnia (Migne)
- Gennady Massiliysky . BOOK ABOUT CHURCH WRITERS ("On famous men")
- Gennadius of Marseilles . ILLUSTRIOUS MEN: An Appendix to St. Jerome's De Viris Illustribus // THE SAINT PACHOMIUS ORTHODOX LIBRARY. UNEDITED DOCUMENT // A better edition is in preparation. This document is in the public domain. Copying it is encouraged.