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Achillas (2)

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Achillas (or Achilleas) (1)
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Achillas (2),

one of the Alexandrian clergy, a friend and partisan of Arius, with whom he was excommunicated, about 319. Contemporaries speak of him as a prime mover of Arianism. Jerome (Adv. Lucif. XX, 2, 193) calls him a "lector;" while others speak of him as deacon and presbyter.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Achillas (2)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/achillas-2.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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