Methodius of Antioch

His Beatitude Methodius of Antioch was Patriarch of the Church of Antioch from 1843 to 1859.

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Life

Little is known of Patr. Methodius' life.

In May 1848, Patr. Methodius was a signatory, with the patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexandria, and Jerusalem, of an encyclical to the Church responding to the "Epistle to the Easterns" by Pope Pius IX. The encyclical denounced the Filioque added by Rome to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed as a heresy, censured the papacy for missionizing among Orthodox Christians, and repudiated Ultramontanism (papal supremacy).

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Preceded by: Seraphim	Patriarch of Antioch 1843-1859	Succeeded by: Hierotheos

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See also

• Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs