Palladius of Ratiaria

Who is Palladius of Ratiaria?

Palladius of Ratiaria was a late 4th century Arian Christian theologian, based in the Roman province of Dacia in modern Bulgaria.

He was deposed from his office, together with Secundianus of Singidunum, at the Council of Aquileia, held in 381 AD.

The Council of Aquileia in 381 AD was a church synod which was part of the struggle between Arian and orthodox ideas in Christianity. It was one of five councils of Aquileia.

Palladius had applied to the Emperor of the East for an opportunity to clear himself before a general council of these charges concerning the nature of Christ and was unwilling to submit to a council of the Western bishops only, for Ambrose had previously assured the Emperor of the West that such a matter as the soundness or heresy of just two bishops might be settled by a council simply consisting of the bishops of the Diocese of Italy alone. Politics and Christology were inextricably entangled in the 4th century: "You have contrived, as appears by the sacred document which you have brought forward, that this should not be a full and General Council: in the absence of our Colleagues we cannot answer", was Palladius' stand.