Methodius of Antioch

Methodius (1771–1850) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (May 25, 1823 – July 6, 1850). Little is known of Patriarch Methodius' life. In May 1848, Methodius was a signatory, with the patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexandria, and Jerusalem, of an encyclical to the Church responding to the "Epistle to the Easterns" by Pope Pius IX. The encyclical[1] denounced the Filioque added by Rome to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed as a heresy, censured the papacy for missionizing among Orthodox Christians, and repudiated Ultramontanism (papal supremacy).

Methodius of Antioch
Born1771
Died1850
NationalitySyrian
OccupationClergyman

Literature

  • Hage, Wolfgang (2007). Das orientalische Christentum. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. ISBN 9783170176683.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References

  1. "Internet History Sourcebooks". sourcebooks.fordham.edu.
Preceded by
Seraphim of Antioch
Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
1823–1850
Succeeded by
Hierotheos of Antioch


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