Acacius of Caesarea, the One-eyed (Gk. ho monophthalmos) the pupil and successor in the see of Caesarea of Eusebius A.D. 340, whose life he wrote. (Socrates, Hist. Ecc. 2.4.) He was able, learned, and unscrupulous. At first a Semi-Arian like his master, he founded afterwards the Homoean party and was condemned by the Semi-Arians at Seleucia, A.D. 359. (Socrates, Hist. Eccl. 2.39-40; Sozomen, Hist. Ecc. 4.22-23.) He subsequently became the associate of Aetius, the author of the Anomoeon, then deserted him at the command of Constantius, and, under the Catholic Jovian, subscribed the Homoousion or Creed of Nicaea. He died A.D. 366. He wrote seventeen Books on Eccesiastes and six of Miscellanies. (St. Jerome, Vir. 3.98.) St. Epiphanius of Salamis has preserved a fragment of his work against Marcellus (ad. Haer. 72), and nothing else of his is extant, though Sozomen speaks of many valuable works written by him. (Hist. Eccl. 3.2.) Eusebius of Caesarea (~275 – May 30, 339) (often called Eusebius Pamphili, Eusebius [the friend of] Pamphilus) was a bishop of Caesarea in Palestine and is often referred to as the father of church history because of his work in recording the history of the early Christian church. ... Socrates Scholasticus was a Greek Christian church historian; born at Constantinople c. ... The name Seleucia may denote any one of several cities in the Seleucid Empire. ... Salminius Hermias Sozomen (c. ... emperor Constantius II Constantius II, Roman Emperor ( 7 August 317 - 3 November 361, reigned 337 - 361), was the middle of the three sons of Constantine I the Great and Fausta. ... Jovian siliqua, ca 363. ... The Nicene Creed, or the Icon/Symbol of the Faith, is a Christian statement of faith accepted by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and most Protestant churches. ... An anthology is a collection of literary works, originally of poems, but in recent years its usage has broadened to be applied to collections of short stories and comic strips. ... , by Albrecht Dürer , by Peter Paul Rubens Jerome (about 340 - September 30, 420), (full name Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus) is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. ... Epiphanius (born 310 in Palestine, died on Cyprus 402) was a Church Father and strong defender of orthodoxy, known for tracking down deviant teachings (heresies) wherever they could be traced. ...

References

• Acacius (3) from William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1867)
• Acacius from the Catholic Encyclopedia (1915)
• Acacius from Henry Wace and William C. Piercy's Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies (1911).