Serapion of Antioch

Serapion of Antioch († 212) was in the years 191-212 bishop of Antioch as followers of Maximianus.

He is known primarily for his theological writings, mentioned by Eusebius of Caesarea those three, with the remark that he had probably more written. There are, first, a letter to Caricus and Pontius, in which he took a stand against Montanism position. The second document relates to a Domninus who had fallen during the persecution of Christians by the Christian faith and converted to Judaism. In his famous third font Serapion condemned in a letter to the Syrian community in Rhosus the Gospel of Peter as docetically.

In addition, Serapion took action against the spread of Gnosticism in the province Osrhoene by advocating Palut as Bishop of Edessa, the there turned primarily against the Gnostics Bardesanes.

Successor as Bishop Serapion was Asclepiades, " the Confessor ."

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