(), bishop of Bostra in Arabia, A. D. 230, maintained that the Son of God had no distinct personal existence before
the birth of Christ, and that Christ was only divine as having the divinity of the Father
residing in him, communicated to him at his birth as a ray or emanation from the Father. At a
council held at Bostra (A. D. 244) he was convinced by Origen of the
error of his doctrine, and returned to the Catholic faith.
Works
He wrote Hymns, Poems, and Letters, several of the latter to Origen, thanking him for
having reclaimed him. A work was extant in the time of Eusebius and of Jerome, in which was
an account of the questions discussed between Beryllus and Origen. None of his works are
extant.
Further Information
Euseb. Hist. Eccl. 6.20, 33; Hieron. de Vir. Illuslr. 100.60;
Socrates, H. E. 3.7.