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AD theologian; for Aetius of Antioch the 1st-century BC
philosopher, see Aetius (philosopher).  Aëtius of Antioch
(Aëtius Antiochenus, Αέτιος ο Αντιοχεύς, fl. 350), surnamed "the
Atheist" by his trinitarian enemies,[1] founder of an Arian
Christian movement, was a native of Coele-Syria.[2]  Life and
writings[edit]  Aëtius grew up in poverty or slavery.[3][4] He
later worked as a goldsmith in Antioch to support his widowed
mother and studied philosophy.[3] After his mother died, Aëtius
continued his trade and extended his studies into the Christian
scriptures, Christian theology, and medicine.[3]  After working
as a vine-dresser and then as a goldsmith, he became a traveling
doctor, and displayed great skill in disputations on medical
subjects; but his controversial power soon found a wider field
for its exercise in the great theolo