Selina (Bishop of Gotha)

Selina was born from the father of the Goth and mother of the frigian . Socrates Scholastic wrote that Selina was fluent in both languages ​​( Gothic and, probably, Phrygian ), due to which, with equal ease, he taught in the church in both languages. Hermias Sozomen called Greek instead of Phrygian instead of Phrygian . Under Bishop Wulfil Selin was a scribe , after the death of Wulfil he became his successor - the bishop is ready. Yermiy Sozomen reported that Selina for the Goths was a religious leader and almost all the Goths supported him. Selina led the Arian Christian community.

During the bishopric of Selina, a separation occurred between the Arians in Constantinople . The reason for the separation was the question of whether God could be called the Father before the existence of the Son . Dorotheus of Antioch taught that the Father can neither be nor be called before the existence of the Son. Marin from Thrace taught the opposite: God can always be called the Father, even before the existence of the Son. Arians divided into two communities, each of them began to make special prayer meetings. Supporters of Dorotheus remained in their former places, and the followers of Marina arranged their own houses of worship. Marina’s supporters were called “Psafirians” ( other Greek ψαθυριανοὶ ), because Theoktist Psafiropol ( other Greek Θεόκτιστός τις ψαθυροπώλης ) - a cake man, a seller of pies, a native of Syria , with a particular ardor. Selina Gotsky, and with it the Goths, accepted Marina’s opinion, for this reason the Psafirians got another name - “Gottfians (Gotti)” ( dr. Greek γότθοὶ ). The split in Arianism lasted 25 years. It ended during the reign of Emperor Theodosius II the Younger and at the consulate of the military commander Plinf ( dr. Greek Πλῖνθα ). The Arians accepted the opinion of the Psafirians, they established for themselves in the future not to touch this issue.

• D.N. Belikov . Christianity at the Goths (Kazan, 1887) p. 182.
• Yermiy Sozomen . Church history. Book 7. Chapter 17. That Theodosius the Great exiled Eunomius in exile, about his successor Theophronius, about Eutyches and Dorotheus and their heresies; also about the Psafirians and that the Arian heresy was divided into different meanings, while the Arians of Constantinople were more closely united .
• Socrates Scholastic . Church history. Book 5. Chapter 23. On the Arians of Constantinople, renamed Psafirian .