§ 179. Астерий Амасийский: жизнь его.

Asterius, Bishop of Amasia, in Pontus, was raised in Antioch in 1254. Young, with excellent talents, Scythian, bought by a rich Antiochian grammar teacher, at the turn of the century achieved so much in the sciences of words and jurisprudence that he amazed the Greeks and Romans; And from this Scythian Asterius, in his own words, 1255, listened to lessons; and then he held the position of lawyer 1256. Asterius entered the see of Amasia after Eulalius, who became famous for his exploits as a confessor during the time of Valens, and with the animation of Christian spirit he corrected the morals corrupted by Arianism 1257. In one of his conversations, denouncing stinginess, he shows his listeners how in the time of Julian, the passion to own someone else’s property drove some to the point of “changing their faith like clothing”; examples, he adds, have preserved the hearing of “our century” 1258. In a conversation for the New Year, the shepherd, depicting the vanity of human plans, presented as an example, like Chrysostom, the sudden fall of the eunuch Eutropius (which happened in 399): “last year, says the shepherd, he planned gigantic deeds, but now he is covered with a small piece of earth” 1259. Track. the conversation took place in 400. The Amasian shepherd, “a preacher of Orthodoxy, a hardworking teacher of virtue, a home of piety,” died at a ripe old age” 1260, probably in 404. He was one of the successors of Gregory the Wonderworker, and precisely after Eulalia (Sozom. 7, 2). Photius wrote (Amphiloch. quaest. 125. Ar. Combefis. in auct. p. 281. ap. Montfauc. in Bibl. Coisl. p. 346) that Asterius of Amasia should not be confused: a) with Asterius the cruel Arian Bishop of Cyrus, who, through the prayer of St. Julian Ava, as Theodoret writes (hist. rel. p. 2), was struck by sudden death; b) with Asterius, a student of Abba Julian, who c. 370 was the Abba himself of the monastery, as Theodoret also writes about (hist. rel. 2); c) The same should not be confused with Asterius the Cappadocian, who from the Sophist turned to Christianity, but under Diocletian in 304 he was a pagan, then converted by M. Lucian in vain sought the episcopate (Phil. 2, 15. Abbr. 1, 36), and was a frenzied defender of Arianism, in whose favor he wrote an essay and interpreted psalms, Gospel, Epistle to the Romans (Jeron. de Script. cap. 94. 96. Sozomen N. E. 2, 33); d) Finally, Asterius of Scythopolis is also known, whom Jerome considers among the interpreters of the psalms. Er. 83.ad. Magnum. Ep. 74.ad. Augustin). In the Conversation on the Centurion's Son, the contents of which were preserved by Photius (Bibl. cod. 271. p. 819). In a conversation about Lazarus, he says about himself that “he once went to a judicial place.” Sozomen 7, 2. Coteleri Monumenta 2, 516. Demon. 3. r. 57. in Auct. Combefisi. P. 78. See about Chrysostom. Another example of a sudden change presented by Asterius is Rufinus, who was beheaded in 395. Photius Amphiloch. quaest. 125. Memory of St. Asteria The Roman Church celebrates October 30th. Sl. deputy 6. and 7. You might be interested in: