The Pneumatomachi (aka Macedonians) were a fourth and fifth century sect which flourished primarily in what is now Turkey. Led by Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople (d. about 364), they denied the divinity of the Holy Spirit. They said the Holy Spirit was a creature, merely a ministering angel. They would say only, "We believe in the Holy Ghost." Macedonius tortured, forced baptisms, and excommunicated those who would not agree to his doctrine. Macedonius was deposed by Emperor Constantius (Constantius II, son of Constantine I) for disinterring the body of Constantine.
The teaching of Macedonius was condemned as a Trinitarian heresy by the First Council of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey).
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