Beryllus the Bishop

Beryllus, bishop of Bostra in Arabia, after ruling the church gloriously for a little while, at last fell into the heresy that denies that Christ existed before the incarnation. Set right by Origen, he wrote various short works, especially letters, in which he thanks Origen. Origen’s letters to him also survive, as well as a dialogue between Origen and Beryllus in which heresies are discussed. He was distinguished in the reign of Alexander, son of Mammaea, and of Maximinus and Gordian, who succeeded him in power. [a]