Paulinus of Tyre

Paulinus of Tyre (fl. early 4th century, died c. 324/329) was a Christian bishop who served as Bishop of Tyre and later became Patriarch of Antioch for a brief tenure. He is known for rebuilding the great church of Tyre after the death of Maximinus Daza, as it was destroyed during the Diocletianic Persecution. as opposed to Athenasius who believed that Father and Son were of the same substance, but that God had to become human so that humans may ascend to divinity.

Because the controversy divided the Christian world and threatened the stability of the Roman empire, Roman Emperor Constantine the Great convened the Council of Nicea in 325 CE which formulated the Nicene Creed which supported the position of Athenasius.

Restoration of the church of Tyre After the end of the Diocletianic Persecution and the death of the last persecutor Maximinus Daza in 313, Paulinus famously restored the Church in Tyre. Although the church was built as a basilica and included a number of imperial themes, Eusebius in his Ecclesiastical History attributed its building to Paulinus alone. As the emperor and the imperial bureaucrats of the time were not mentioned by Eusebius, who would normally highlight their involvement, some academics have inferred that the funding for the church came from the coffers of the congregation of Tyre.