Terminology Tuesday: Exoucontians

Exoucontians

The extreme *Arians of the 4th cent., so called from their doctrine that the Son was created out of non-being (ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων). Their leader was *Aetius. They were also known as ‘Aetians’ and ‘*Anomoeans’.

Cross, F. L., & Livingstone, E. A. (Eds.). (2005). In The Oxford dictionary of the Christian Church (3rd ed. rev., p. 592). Oxford;  New York: Oxford University Press.