thirst. I consider it to be the part of a philosopher to yield to the demands of these appetites from necessity, and not from the love of sensual gratification." Opposition of Epiphanius Chapter 14 of Book VIII of the Ecclesiastical History also says: "Theotimus, bishop of Scythia, strongly opposed the proceedings of Epiphanius, who had persuaded some of the bishops residing in Constantinople to approve of the decrees which he had issued against the discourses of Origen, and told him that it was not right to cast insult on the memory of one who had long been numbered with the dead; nor was it without blasphemy to assail the conclusion to which the ancients had arrived on the subject, and to set aside their decisions. While discoursing in this strain, he drew forth a book of Origen's which he had brought with him; and, after reading aloud a passage conducive to the education of the Church, he remarked that those who condemned such sentiments acted absurdly, for they were in danger of insulting the subjects themselves about which these words treated." Veneration His feast day in the Catholic Church is April 20. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Theotimos and Theodoulos the Executioners are venerated on September 4. Other persons Theotimus, an Eleian boxer. A statue at Olympia was made to honour him. His father, Moschion, accompanied Alexander the Great in his campaign to Asia. Theotimus (790) was Bishop of Crotone in Italy. The Arab Theotimus was one of the signatories of an assent to the Nicene Creed. Other use Theotimus is the title of an ascetical theological work by Saint Francis de Sales, which devotes the first six chapters on the love of God and the rest to mystical prayer. References Sources (passim) J. van der Schaar, Woordenboek van voornamen (a dictionary of first names in Dutch) Given names 5th-century Christian saints