Candidus the Arian

Candidus was an Arian teacher who wrote to Marius Victorinus to argue that the Son is begotten and therefore not of the Father's substance, citing the letters of Arius and Eusebius of Nicomedia. Victorinus answered with On the Generation of the Divine Word and Against Arius.

Dates

fl. ca. 355–360 (approximate)

See or city

unknown

Region

Africa (traditional)

Also known as

Candidus Arianus

Notes

Known only from his two Latin works addressed to Marius Victorinus and from Victorinus's replies.

Works

• On the Divine Generation (to Marius Victorinus)Liber de generatione divina · ca. 355–360 · CPL 94 (not yet checked)
• Letter to Marius Victorinus the RhetorEpistola ad Marium Victorinum rhetorem · ca. 355–360 · CPL 94 (not yet checked)