The Scythian Monks hoped to end the conflict between the Chalcedonians and Monophysites. But their endorsement of Theopaschatism – that one of the Trinity/Jesus Christ was crucified in the flesh caused concern in both the East and the West – as the debates between Cyril and Nestorius and between Augustine and Pelagius continued to challenge the Christian Church.

Links:
Painting of Fulgentius of Ruspe.

Matthew Joseph Pereira – Reception, Interpretation and Doctrine in the Sixth Century: John Maxentius and the Scythian Monks

Matthew Joseph Pereira – From Augustine to the Scythian Monks: Social Memory and the Doctrine of Predestination

Map of Diocese of Thrace showing Scythia Minor

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#487 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Scythian Monks