Eunomian

In such a perspective, we can see the language of AC and Eunomius moving off decisively in one direction, eradicating reference to the unknowability of God – though, as I have argued elsewhere, I am cautious about concluding simply that AC is as it stands a 'Eunomian' composition.

The Creed and the Eucharist in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, Bonn 2004

Like Athanasius, if less overtly, he is working to convince conservatives that Nicaea is the only real alternative to the Eunomian theology that has shocked and unsettled them (and indeed cost them their jobs, in many instances).

The Creed and the Eucharist in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, Bonn 2004

The Eunomian interpolator is about 365-70, and the compilation of R. about 370-80.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

But this is not the date of H., but of the original behind both H. and R.; for it is clear that the Eunomian interpolator of R. attacks the doctrine we find in H.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Eunomian doctrine is that the essence of God is to be unborn, consequently the Son Who is begotten is not God.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Eunomian about 365-70, before the abridgment R. was made about

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

[317] To the Eunomian contention that the word "Unbegotten" is no mere complimentary title, but required by the strictest necessity, in that it involves the confession of what He is, [318] Basil rejoins that it is only one of many negative terms applied to the Deity, none of which completely expresses the Divine Essence.

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

Semi-Arian, and Eunomian bishops, who struggled to outstrip each other in the holy race: the apartments of the palace resounded with their clamors; and the ears of the prince were assaulted, and perhaps astonished, by the singular mixture of metaphysical argument and passionate invective.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765

Theodosius had been educated in the Eunomian heresy; the African voyage was consecrated by the baptism and auspicious name of the first soldier who embarked; and the proselyte was adopted into the family of his spiritual parents, [114] Belisarius and Antonina.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

Theodosius had been educated in the Eunomian heresy; the African voyage was consecrated by the baptism and auspicious name of the first soldier who embarked; and the proselyte was adopted into the family of his spiritual parents, Belisarius and Antonina.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765