Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Theodore Abucara

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From volume 1 of the work.

90458Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) — Theodore AbucaraThomas Walsh


Abucara, Theodore, a bishop of Caria in Syria; d., probably, in 770. In his anti-heretical dialogues (P. G., XCVII. 1461–1609) he claimed frequently to reproduce the identical words of the great Eastern theologian, St. John of Damascus, whoso disciple he was. St. John addressed to him the famous discourses in defence of the sacred images. There are attempts to identify him with a Bishop Theodore of Caria who attended the Eighth Œcumenical Council of Constantinople (869).

Marin, in Dict. théol. cath., 1, 287.