Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini

Theognostus of Alexandria

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

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Who

Head of the catechetical school of Alexandria in the later third century, in the line of Origen. His seven books of Outlines (Hypotyposes) are known from Photius' summary and a few fragments, two of them quoted by Athanasius in defence of the Son's eternal godhead.

Contents

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