Sabinus of Heraclea
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Sabinus of Heraclea was bishop of Heraclea in Thrace, and a leader of the party and sect of Macedonius
. He was the author of a collection of the Acts of the councils of the Catholic Church, from the council of Nicaea
to his own time. William Cave
fixes the date at which Sabinus flourished as c. 425.
The church history of Sabinus was much used by Socrates of Constantinople in his Ecclesiastical History, who speaks of it as untrustworthy, because Sabinus was partisan, and omitted, and even wilfully altered, facts and statements adverse to his views and interests. Socrates shews how Sabinus tries to disparage the fathers of Nicaea in the face of the contrary evidence of Eusebius, and makes no mention whatever of Macedonius, lest he should have to describe his deeds.
Baronius speaks strongly of Sabinus's unscrupulous handling of history, calls him "homo mendacissimus," and suggests that Sozomen
gives a garbled account of the election of Athanasius, "ex officina Sabini."
Macedonius
Macedonius can refer to any of the following:*St.Macedonius of Nicomedia *Saint Macedonius the Crithophagus , an ascetic in Antioch*Macedonius I of Constantinople , Bishop of Constantinople...
. He was the author of a collection of the Acts of the councils of the Catholic Church, from the council of Nicaea
First Council of Nicaea
The First Council of Nicaea was a council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325...
to his own time. William Cave
William Cave
William Cave was an English divine and patristic scholar.-Life:Cave was born at Pickwell, Leicestershire, of which parish his father, John Cave was vicar. He was educated at Oakham School and St. John's College, Cambridge. He took his B.A. degree in 1656, his M.A. in 1660, his D.D. in 1672, and...
fixes the date at which Sabinus flourished as c. 425.
The church history of Sabinus was much used by Socrates of Constantinople in his Ecclesiastical History, who speaks of it as untrustworthy, because Sabinus was partisan, and omitted, and even wilfully altered, facts and statements adverse to his views and interests. Socrates shews how Sabinus tries to disparage the fathers of Nicaea in the face of the contrary evidence of Eusebius, and makes no mention whatever of Macedonius, lest he should have to describe his deeds.
Baronius speaks strongly of Sabinus's unscrupulous handling of history, calls him "homo mendacissimus," and suggests that Sozomen
Sozomen
Salminius Hermias Sozomenus was a historian of the Christian church.-Family and Home:He was born around 400 in Bethelia, a small town near Gaza, into a wealthy Christian family of Palestine....
gives a garbled account of the election of Athanasius, "ex officina Sabini."
Source
- :s:Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century/Dictionary/S/Sabinus, bp. of Heraclea