Macedonius I of Constantinople
4th-century Greek bishop of Constantinople
31st Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Offices
Macedonius I of Constantinople was a Greek bishop of Constantinople from 342 up to 346, and from 351 until 360. He inspired the establishment of the Pneumatomachi, a sect later declared heretical.
Events
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) 1 claim — First Council of Constantinople
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, col. 195 sqq. — Patriarchae Constantinopolitani
What he held
- The Spirit is a creature The Holy Spirit is a creature and a minister, not of the same rank as the Father and the Son.
In the disputes
- The dispute over the Holy Spirit The Arian question asked again about the Spirit, by men who had granted the Son.