Dorotheus ( el, Δωρόθεος)Socrates Scholasticus, ''Church History'', Book 7.6. Dorotheus was reputed to have lived to the age of 119. was

Arian Arianism ( grc-x-koine, Ἀρειανισμός, ) is a Christological doctrine first attributed to Arius (), a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt. Arian theology holds that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who was begotten by God t ...

Archbishop of

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

from c. 388 until his death in 407. Preceding his elevation to the see of Constantinople, Dorotheus had served as Arian bishop of

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

, having succeeded Euzoius of Antioch in 376. Dorotheus' accession to the episcopal throne in Constantinople marked a period of turmoil within the Arian community of the metropolis. Dorotheus displaced the previous Archbishop,

Marinus of Thrace Marinus of Thrace ( el, Μαρῖνος) (''floruit'' c. 385 until 420–423 at latest) was briefly undisputed Arian Archbishop of Constantinople after the death of bishop Demophilus of Constantinople, Demophilus around 386. He was, however, displac ...

, leading to a division of the community.

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