Talk:Socrates of Constantinople

Novatianism
It would be useful to mention Socrates' awareness of Novationism. Other up-dated information can be obtained from Sources ChretiennesClive Sweeting

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Beatus Rhenanus Historia Ecclesiastica
How about his translation? It was published before the greek original!--2002:8B1E:8039:0:0:0:8B1E:8039 (talk) 08:21, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Article Title
I offer this as a justification for the current article title, Socrates of Constantinople, over the alternative Socrates Scholasticus.

Google Ngrams seems to show an overwhelming preference for Socrates Scholasticus. It seems editors have disagreed on this before:
 * 1) 14 March 2002 - article created at Socrates Scholasticus from an unidentified old encyclopedia
 * 2) 12 February 2007  moved page Socrates Scholasticus to Socrates of Constantinople
 * 3) 21 July 2009  moved page Socrates of Constantinople to Socrates Scholasticus
 * 4) 25 August 2009  moved page Socrates Scholasticus to Socrates of Constantinople

Contemporary scholarship is divided on use of the term:
 * Socrates of Constantinople
 * Socrates Scholasticus
 * Socrates Scholasticus
 * Socrates Scholasticus
 * Socrates Scholasticus

The push for Socrates of Constantinople has been led solely by Urbainczyk, who is the clear best source on Socrates. Furthermore, the term "Scholasticus" had a meaning of lawyer, and Urbainczyk has argued that Socrates was not a lawyer, making this name misleading.

Given that Urbainczyk is the best source and has now been followed by some other scholars, I support Socrates of Constantinople as the name used in the best current scholarship, despite the ongoing greater prevalence of Socrates Scholasticus. I offer this for other well-read editors who may be surprised by this title. Daask (talk) 18:59, 24 September 2018 (UTC)