The letter of Auxentius, a 4th-century Arian bishop of Milan, regarding the missionary Ulfilas, gives the clearest picture of Arian beliefs on the nature of the Trinity: God the Father (" unbegotten "), always existing, was separate from the lesser Jesus Christ (" only-begotten "), born before time began and creator of the world.

However, during the time of Arianism's flowering in Constantinople, the Gothic convert Ulfilas ( later the subject of the letter of Auxentius cited above ) was sent as a missionary to the Gothic barbarians across the Danube, a mission favored for political reasons by emperor Constantius II.

In 386 Justina and Valentinian received the Arian bishop Auxentius, and Ambrose was again ordered to hand over a church in Milan for Arian usage.

The creed of Ulfilas, which concludes a letter praising him written by his foster-son and pupil Auxentius of Durostorum ( modern Silistra ) on the Danube, who became bishop of Milan, distinguishes God the Father (" unbegotten ") from God the Son (" only-begotten "), who was begotten before time and who created the world, and the Holy Spirit, proceeding from the Father and the Son:

In 386 Justina and Valentinian received the Arian bishop Auxentius, and Ambrose was again ordered to hand over a church in Milan for Arian usage.

He was occupied for two or three years in combating Arianism within his diocese, but in 364, extending his efforts once more beyond Gaul, he impeached Auxentius, bishop of Milan, and a man high in the imperial favour, as heterodox.

He rejects entirely the Ephesine supposition, and considers that the Orientalisms which he recognizes in the Hispano-Gallican Rite are of much later origin than the period of St. Irenæus, and that it was from Milan as a centre that a rite, imported or modified from the East, perhaps by the Cappadocian Arian Bishop Auxentius ( 355-374 ), the predecessor of St. Ambrose, gradually spread to Gaul, Spain, and Britain.

Once back in Vercelli in 363, he continued to be a leader with Hilary of Poitiers in defeating Arianism in the Western Church, and was one of the chief opponents of the Arian bishop Auxentius of Milan.

St. Dionysus was exiled to Cappadocia ( 355 ), while the Romans put Auxentius on the episcopal throne of Milan.

At the death of Auxentius, the great St. Ambrose was elected bishop by the people of Milan ( 374-97 ), and was the guide of princes Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius.

* Jim Marchand's translation on Auxentius ' letter on Ulfilas ' career and beliefs, with Latin text

In 374 the bishop of Milan, Auxentius, an Arian, died, and the Arians challenged the succession.

Maximinus, a 5th century Arian theologian, copied Auxentius ' letter, among other works, into the margins of one copy of Ambrose's De Fide ; there are some gaps in the surviving text.

Sermon Against Auxentius on the Giving Up of the Basilicas.

His denunciation of Auxentius as a hypocrite did not save him from an ignominious expulsion from Milan.

St. Ambrose succeeded the Arian bishop Auxentius of Milan, during whose long episcopate ( 355 to 374 ) it would seem probable but unverified that Arian modifications may have been introduced into a rite the period of whose original composition is unknown.

Other famous residents of the early Christian period in the city ’ s history include Saint Auxentius ( d. 360 ), and Theodore, bishop from 392 – 428, the teacher of Nestorius.

" The saint is honored on the calendar of the Melkite Catholics on December 13, as the " Commemoration of the Holy Martyrs Eustrates, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, Orestes and the Virgin Lucia.

He became the leader of a group of disciples: Auxentius, Genialis, Germinator, Felix, Prontinus, Martianus, Januarius and Ingeniosus are identified in the act of 390 condemning him.

* Auxentius of Mopsuestia ( d. 360 ), a Christian martyr and saint.

* Auxentius of Milan ( d. 374 ), an Arian Christian theologian.

* Auxentius of Durostorum and Milan ( d. ca.

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