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Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, (died 412) was Pope of Alexandria, Egypt from 385 to 412. He is regarded as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church.

He was a Coptic Pope at a time of conflict between the newly dominant Christians and the pagan establishment in Alexandria, each supported by a segment of the Alexandrian populace. In 391, Pope Theophilus (according to Rufinus and Sozomen) discovered a hidden pagan temple. He and his followers displayed the pagan artifacts to the public which offended the pagans enough to provoke an attack on the Christians. The Christian faction counter-attacked, forcing the pagans to retreat to the Serapeum. A letter was sent by the emperor that Theophilus should grant the offending pagans pardon, but destroy the temple.

The destruction of the Serapeum was seen by many ancient and modern authors as representative of the triumph of Christianity over other religions; when Christians lynched Hypatia, they acclaimed Theophilus's nephew and successor Cyril as "the new Theophilus, for he had destroyed the last remains of idolatry in the city".[1]

Theophilus turned on the followers of Origen after having supported them for a time. He was accompanied by his nephew Cyril to Constantinople in 403 and there presided at the "Synod of the Oak" that deposed John Chrysostom.

Surviving works

References

  • Charles, R. H. The Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu: Translated from Zotenberg's Ethiopic Text, 1916. Reprinted 2007. Evolution Publishing, ISBN 978-1-889758-87-9.

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Preceded by
Timothy I		Pope of Alexandria
385–412		Succeeded by
Cyril I


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References

1. ^ Chronicle of John of Nikiu
Various people have been known by the name Theophilus or Theophilos, which means "Friend of God". These include:
  • Theophilos (poet) — ancient Athenian comic poet
  • Theophilus (geographer) — ancient Greek geographer

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Pope of The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria or Pope of Alexandria for short, is the head of The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria in Egypt, which has about 16 million members worldwide, including about 12 million Orthodox Christians in Egypt and another 4 million
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Pope of The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria or Pope of Alexandria for short, is the head of The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria in Egypt, which has about 16 million members worldwide, including about 12 million Orthodox Christians in Egypt and another 4 million
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Rufinus was a Roman name given to several figures:
  • Tyrannius Rufinus, a monk and historian of the later 4th century
  • Rufinus of Assisi, first (legendary) bishop of Assisi and martyr
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Salminius Hermias Sozomen (c. 400-c. 450) was a historian of the Christian church. Variations on his name include Sozomen, Salamanes or Salaminius Hermias Sozomenus.

He was born around or before 400 in Bethelia, a small town near Gaza.
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Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "an old country dweller, rustic") is a term which, from a Western perspective, has come to connote a broad set of spiritual or cultic practices or beliefs of any folk religion, and of historical and contemporary polytheistic religions
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A Serapeum is a temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Hellenistic-Egyptian god Serapis, who combined aspects of Osiris and Apis in a humanized form that was palatable to the Ptolemaic Greeks of Alexandria.
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Hypatia of Alexandria (Greek: Υπατία; born between 350 and 370 AD – 415 AD) was a Greek[1][2][2] or Egyptian[2][4]
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Pope St. Cyril of Alexandria (ca. 378 - ca. 444) was the Pope of Alexandria when the city was at its height in influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the 4th and 5th centuries.
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Origen (Greek: Ὠριγένης Ōrigénēs, or Origen Adamantius, ca. 185–ca.
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Held in Constantinople in 403, the Synod of the Oak deposed John Chrysostom.

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John Chrysostom (349– ca. 407, Greek: Ιωάννης ο Χρυσόστομος, Ioannes Chrysostomos) was the archbishop of Constantinople.
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Jerome (ca. 347 – September 30, 420; Greek: Ευσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ιερώνυμος
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Pope Saint Anastasius I was pope from November 27, 399 to 401.

He condemned the writings of the Alexandrian theologian Origen shortly after their translation into Latin.

Among his friends were Augustine, Jerome, and Paulinus.
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Pope Saint Innocent I was pope from 401 to March 12, 417.

He was, according to his biographer in the Liber Pontificalis, the son of a man called Innocent of Albano; but according to his contemporary Jerome, his father was Pope Anastasius I (399-401), whom he was
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Jacques Paul Migne (25 October, 1800 - 24 October, 1875) was a French priest who published inexpensive and widely-distributed editions of theological works, encyclopedias and the texts of the Church Fathers.
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Pope Timothy I of Alexandria served as Pope of Alexandria (head of the church that became the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Greek Church of Alexandria) between 380 and 385. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Coptic Church on the 26th day of Epip.
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The following is a list of all the Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria who have led the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and have succeeded the Apostle Mark the Evangelist in the office of Bishop of Alexandria, who founded the Church in the 1st century, and therefore
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