Tag: Who was Paul I of Constantinople?
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Paul I of Constantinople or St Paul the Confessor
St Paul I (Died 350), a native of Thessalonica, was elected the sixth Bishop of Constantinople in 337. Previously, he had been a presbyter of Constantinople and secretary to Bishop Alexander of Constantinople, his predecessor. St Paul’s time as Bishop was mired by the Arian controversy. This was a long-running theological dispute between two theologians,…