Acacius of Caesarea

Acacius of Caesarea († 366/67 ) was bishop of Caesarea and a leading representative of the Homöer within the Arian dispute.

Acacius was about 341 followers of Eusebius of Caesarea, and led the party of the middle Homöer to within the Arian controversy. On the fair Synod at Antioch in the spring of 341 he still represented by Eusebius of Nicomedia, the patriarch of Constantinople was Opel, and Eusebius of Caesarea their line and was banned by the Council of Serdica in it together with them. In the following confusion then gradually diminished the role of Acacius, until he was deposed 361. During this time he also worked as a court theologian Emperor Constantius II operates and the author of several writings, but none of them has been preserved. He died in 366 /67.