Helladius of Tarsus was a Christian
bishop of Tarsus
Tarsus (Hittite language, Hittite: 饞嫬饞厛饞姯 ; grc, 韦伪蟻蟽蠈蟼, label=Ancient Greek, Greek ; xcl, 諒铡謤战崭斩, label=Old Armenian, Armenian ; ar, 胤賻乇爻購賵爻 ) is a historic city in south-central Turkey, inland from the Mediterranea ...
. He was condemned at the
First Council of Ephesus
The Council of Ephesus was a council of Christian bishops convened in Ephesus (near present-day Sel莽uk in Turkey) in AD 431 by the Roman Emperors, Roman Emperor Theodosius II. This third ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus deci ...
(431) and appealed to the
pope
The pope ( la, papa, from el, 蟺维蟺蟺伪蟼, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...
in 433.
Prior to the Council of Ephesus he had been a disciple of
Theodocius of Antioch and following that was head of a monastery at
Rhosus Rhosus may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions
* Arsuz (Ars没s), formerly known as Rhosus, a coastal town in Hatay Province, Asian Turkey,
** the former Diocese of Rhosus, with see in the above city in Cilicia Secunda, now a Latin Catholic titu ...
in
Cilicia
Cilicia (); el, 螝喂位喂魏委伪, ''Kilik铆a''; Middle Persian: ''klky示y'' (''Klikiy膩''); Parthian: ''kylky示'' (''Kilikiy膩''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coa ...
before being made a bishop.
Before the Council he was one of the voices who called for the Council to be delayed until John of Antioch could arrive and one of the bishops who joined Johns counter Council.
[Henry Wace]
Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature
(Delmarva Publications, Inc., 1911)
At the Council he was voice of conciliation, taking a middle ground and keeping relations with both Parties in the Nestorian dispute. The victory of the Alexandrain/Roman factions saw his conciliatory stance as suspect and he was forced into excel for a few years after the Council. He appealed to the Pope in Rome who restored him to his bishopric.
[Edward Ambrose Burgis, The annals of the Church (E.A. Burgis, 1738) page 172-173.]
In 433 he held a Synod at Tarsus which anathamatised those who had anathamatised him and his fellow objectors.
Pressure from Theoderat and the emperor Theodosius caused him to retract his position much to the distress of his former allies.
References
5th-century bishops in Roman Anatolia
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
People from Tarsus, Mersin
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