Anomoeanism

The word anomoean comes from Greek (an-) 'not' and (homoios) 'similar', thus 'different; dissimilar'. In the 4th century, during the reign of Constantius II, this was the name by which the followers of Aëtius and Eunomius were described. The term heterousian derives from Greek , heterooúsios 'differing in substance' from , héteros 'another' and , ousía 'substance, being'. The semi-Arians condemned the Anomoeans in the Council of Seleucia, and the Anomoeans condemned the semi-Arians in their turn in the Councils of Constantinople and Antioch; erasing the word (homoios) from the formula of Rimini and that of Constantinople and protesting that the Word had not only a different substance but also a will different from that of the Father. From that, they were to be called (anomoioi). In the 5th century, the Anomoean presbyter Philostorgius wrote an Anomoean church history. ==Notable Anomoeans==

, from the Nuremberg Chronicle • Aëtius, who founded the Anomoean tradition, later bishop (361–?). • Theodulus, bishop of Chaeretapa (?–c. 363) and Palestine (c. 363–c. 379). • Eunomius, bishop of Cyzicus (360–361) and exiled bishop (361–c. 393). • Paemenius, bishop of Constantinople, (c. 363, at the same time as Eudoxius of Antioch). • Candidus (Bishop of Lydia), (c. 363–?). • Arrianus, bishop of Ionia, (c. 363–?). • Florentius, bishop of Constantinople, (c. 363–?, at the same time as Eudoxius of Antioch). • Thallus, bishop of Lesbos, (c. 363–?, at the same time as Eudoxius of Antioch). • Euphronius, bishop of Galatia, the Black Sea and Cappadocia, (c. 363–?). • Julian, bishop of Cilicia, (c. 363–?). • Serras, Stephen, and Heliodorus, bishops of Egypt, (c. 363–?). • Philostorgius, historian. ==Notable opponents of Anomoeanism==

• Basil of Caesarea, bishop of Caesarea, and author of Against Eunomius. • Gregory of Nazianzus, archbishop of Constantinople, prolific writer and orator. The First Theological Oration. A Preliminary Discourse Against the Eunomians. • Gregory of Nyssa, bishop of the Cappadocian town of Nyssa and brother to Basil of Caesaria. Against Eunomius (12 books) and ''Answer to Eunomius' Second Book.'' ==See also==