On Illustrious Men

55. Ammonius

LV. AMMONIUS mmonius,1 a cultured man and very well educated in philosophy, was famous at Alexandria in the same period.2 2. Among many illustrious products of his talent he composed a work On the Accord of Moses and Jesus3 and he also worked out Evangelical Canons4 which Eusebius of Caesarea5 later followed. 3. Porphyry falsely accused him of turning away from Christianity to paganism,6 although it is well established that he remained a Christian to the end of his life. notes 1. Eus., h.e. 6.19.6. 2. h.e. 6.19.7. Cf. M. Edwards, “Ammonius, Teacher of Origen,” JEH 44 (1993): 169–81; E. Elorduy, “Ammonio escriturista,” EBib 16 (1957): 187–217; J. Reuss, “Der Presbyter Ammonius von Alexandrien und sein Kommentar zum Joannes-Evangelium,” Bibl 44 (1963): 159–70. 3. h.e. 6.19.10. 4. Cf. CPG 3465 (s.v., “Eusebius Caesariensis”) and Q 3, 335; P. H. Gwilliam, “The Ammonian Sections, Eusebian Canons and Harmonizing Tables in the Syriac Tetraevangelium,” Studia Biblica et Ecclesiastica 2 (Oxford , 1890): 241–71; W. Thiele, “Beobachtungen zu den eusebianischen Sektionen und Canones der Evangelien,” ZNW 72 (1981): 100–111; T. D. Barnes, C. and E., 121–22 and 365 n. 137. 5. H. K. McArthur, “The Eusebian Sections and Canons,” CBQ 27 (1965): 250–56; J. E. Bruns, “The agreement of Moses and Jesus in the Demonstratio Evangelica of Eusebius,” VigChr 31 (1977): 117–25. 6. Eusebius in h.e. 6.19.2–9 mistook him for Ammonius Saccas. For Porphyry ’s two-fold charge against Ammonius and Origen of switching sides, cf. h.e. 6.19.7: pro;~ th;n kata; novmou~ politeivan metebavleto; T. D. Barnes, C. and E., 177–78. references Q 2, 101 — CPG, 3465 — EECh 1, 31–32, art., “Ammonius Saccas,” S. Lilla — LThK 13 , 532, T. Baumeister — RAC 6, 1063, J. Moreau 82 ST. JEROME ...