"Titus Bostrsky"

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Titus of Bostria (IV century) – bishop, Christian writer.
Place and year of birth unknown. Titus was bishop of Bostra during the reigns of the emperors Julian and Jovian. Jerome of Strydon, in his book On Famous Men, devotes chapter 102 to Titus. In 361, Julian became emperor, who restored paganism. Between Christians and Gentiles before the reign of Julian there were periodic clashes. In order to preserve peace in the state, to strengthen paganism and weaken Christianity, Julian decided to remove especially zealous Christian bishops from the cities, so he did with Athanasius - expelled him from Alexandria, and with Eleusius - expelled from Cyzicus. A similar attempt was made with regard to Titus, the emperor sends his messenger, and the messenger convinces the Bostrians to expel from the city of Titus, since in case of popular indignation the emperor will consider Christian clerics guilty. The persuasion of the imperial messenger did not help, Titus remained in Bostra. In response to the actions of the messenger, Titus wrote a letter to the emperor, in which he wrote that in Bostra Christians and pagans are equal, and he himself as a bishop constantly exhorts Christians to live in peace with the pagans. The emperor continued to feud against Titus, on August 1, 362, he wrote a rescript to the Bostrians, in which he slandered the bishop, inducing the Bostrians to expel Titus. Joavian’s efforts failed, and Titus remained bishop at Bostra. Socrates Scholasticus refers Titus to the number of Macedonians and Acacians, describing the Council of Antioch in 363. Titus of Bostria participated in this council and signed its decision - a confirmation of the Nicene Creed, in a purely Omiusian sense.

Hermius Sozomenus names Titus, together with Eusebius of Emesus, Serapion of Thmuit, Basil of Ankira, Eudoxius of Germany, Acacius of Caesarea, Cyril of Jerusalem, among the most famous and eloquent men of prosperity and in the bowels of the Churches, who wrote wonderful works that they left to posterity. Jerome of Stridon and Epiphanius of Cyprus mention Titus as writing against the Manichaeans. This four-volume work, Against the Manichaeans, has been preserved and published in Volume 18 of Greek Patrology. From other works of Titus, only fragments have survived, in particular, the interpretation of the Gospel. Titus died during the reign of Emperor Valens.

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Jerome of Strydon, Of Famous Men, 102. tithe
Hermius Sozomen, Church History, Chapter 14
Hermius Sozomen, "Church History" Book Fifth Chapter 15
Socrates Scholastic, Church History, Chapter 25
PG 18 col. 1065
Epiphanius of Cyprus. Creatures. Part 3 (1872) p. 274
Titus Bostrsky
Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) as Bishop of Bostra

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