Editing Constantius II (section)

====Christianity====
Although often considered an [[Arianism|Arian]],{{sfn|Jones|1964|p=118}} Constantius ultimately preferred a third, compromise version that lay somewhere in between [[Arianism]] and the [[Nicene Creed]], retrospectively called [[Semi-Arianism]].<ref>Pelikan, J. J., ''The Christian Tradition'' (1989), pp. 209–210</ref>{{sfn|Gaddis|2005|p=92}} During his reign he attempted to mold the Christian church to follow this compromise position, convening several Christian councils. "Unfortunately for his memory the theologians whose advice he took were ultimately discredited and the malcontents whom he pressed to conform emerged victorious," writes the historian [[A. H. M. Jones]]. "The great councils of 359–60 are therefore not reckoned [[Ecumenical council|ecumenical]] in the tradition of the church, and Constantius II is not remembered as a restorer of unity, but as a heretic who arbitrarily imposed his will on the church."{{sfn|Jones|1964|p=118}}

According to the [[Greek historian]] [[Philostorgius]] (d. 439) in his ''Ecclesiastical History'', Constantius sent an [[Arianism|Arian]] bishop known as [[Theophilos the Indian|Theophilus the Indian]] (also known as "Theophilus of Yemen") to [[Tharan Yuhanim]], then the king of the [[South Arabia]]n [[Himyarite Kingdom]] to convert the people to [[Christianity in pre-Islamic Arabia|Christianity]]. According to the report, Theophilus succeeded in establishing three churches, one of them in the capital [[Zafar, Yemen|Zafar]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fisher |first=Greg |title=Rome, Persia, and Arabia: shaping the Middle East from Pompey to Muhammad |date=2020 |publisher=Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |isbn=978-0-415-72880-5 |location=London & New York |page=90}}</ref>