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theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
… ishops. The most holy lord Bishop Domnus has arranged for them to travel to the imperial city in order to put an end to the false charges that have been raised against me. For certain men have constructed obvious slanders against me and have deeply disturbed the churches — those churches for whose sake the Lord Christ …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
As usual, these inveterate mockers transgressed this law too. After hearing the letter they did not change their behavior. They held communion with the deposed, addressed them as bishops, and refused to allow the Chapters -- the source of all the turmoil -- to be examined. We do not understand how they can claim to be …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
… oly lord Archbishop Domnus has arranged for the devout bishops to travel to the imperial city, to bring a complete refutation of the false accusations made against all of us. At this moment we stand in particular need of the assistance of your Magnificence, since the Lord of all has endowed you with the gifts of pure f …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
To Dioscorus, Bishop of Alexandria [the patriarch of the most powerful see in the eastern church after Constantinople], Among the many virtues we hear adorn your holiness -- for the fame of your glory fills every ear and flies in every direction -- men unanimously single out your modesty for special praise. This is a v …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
… y men who are turning everything upside down, trampling on all church order and imperial law, and throwing everything into confusion in order to confirm the heresy proposed by Cyril of Alexandria. When we were first summoned to Ephesus to investigate the disputed question and confirm the apostolic faith laid down by th …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
To Domnus, Bishop of Antioch, When I read your letter I remembered the blessed Susannah, who saw the wicked elders threatening her and, knowing that the God of all was present, uttered her famous cry: "I am hemmed in on every side" [Daniel 13:22, in the Septuagint]. Yet she chose to fall into the trap of slander rather …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To the Soldiers, Human nature is everywhere the same, but the pursuits of life are many and varied. Some choose a sailor's career, some a soldier's; some become athletes, some farmers; some follow one craft, others another. To pass over all other differences: some are zealous about divine things and get themselves well …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
Report of the Bishops of the East to the Emperor, In obedience to the command of your pious letter, we journeyed to the city of Ephesus. There we found the affairs of the Church in confusion, disturbed by internal warfare. The cause is that Cyril of Alexandria and Memnon of Ephesus have banded together, assembled a gre …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
For the sake of this faith we continue to struggle, despising alike all the joys and sorrows of mortal life, if only we may preserve untouched this inheritance of our fathers. For this reason we deposed Cyril and Memnon: the former as the prime mover of the heresy, the latter as his partner and accomplice in all that h …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To the Prefect Eutrechius, I have been greatly astonished that your lordship sent me no warning of the plots against me. Counteracting them would admittedly have been difficult for anyone who lacked the means to expose the plotters' lies. But simply giving information about what was happening required not so much power …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To the Count Apollonius, The most devout bishops have been driven to travel to the capital by the slanders directed against me. Through their holinesses I send your excellency my greeting and pay the debt of friendship -- not to cancel that cherished obligation, but to increase it. For the debts of friendship grow larg …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
… isappointed. I have since written you two letters and received no reply. And by imperial decree I am now forbidden to travel beyond the borders of Cyrus. For this apparent punishment there is no cause — none at all — except that I convened an episcopal synod. No indictment was published. No accuser came forward. No def …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
And the blessed Cyril himself, in his letter to the blessed Acacius, plainly indicated their meaning in these words: "I have written this against his innovations, and when peace is made they will be made manifest." The very defense proves the accusation. I have sent you a copy of what he wrote at the time of the agreem …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Abraham the Oeconomus, Through these godly bishops I greet you. I beg you to work for the calm of the churches and to scatter the waves of slander. "Whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap" [Galatians 6:7], as the divine apostle says. Without doubt, then, whoever fights for the apostolic teachings will reap the …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Bishop Irenaeus. This kind of comparison is, I think, actually forbidden by the divine Apostle. Writing to the Romans, he says: "Therefore do not judge anything before the appointed time — until the Lord comes, who will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and lay bare the purposes of every heart. Then each per …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
Can God cease to be God? Can the Lord cease to be Lord? Can the Creator cease to be Creator? Can the Good become evil? Can the true Light become darkness? If they admit that all these things are impossible for God, then tell them: many things are indeed impossible for God -- and their impossibility, far from proving we …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
Festal. The Lord's fountains of kindness flow unceasingly for those who believe — but something more is conveyed by the celebrations that preserve the memory of the greatest of his gifts, when they are observed with genuine devotion. We have just now celebrated the sacred feast and enjoyed its blessing, and so we greet …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Claudianus, Sincere friendships are neither dissolved by distance nor weakened by time. Time does indeed inflict indignities on our bodies -- it strips them of the bloom of beauty and brings on old age. But friendship it only makes more beautiful, constantly kindling its fire to greater warmth and brightness. So alt …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Eusebius, Bishop of Persian Armenia, Whenever anything happens to the helmsman, the officer at the bow or the highest-ranking sailor takes his place -- not because he has appointed himself helmsman, but because he is looking out for the safety of the ship. In war, when the commander falls, the senior tribune assumes …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
… the great Meletius on the apostolic throne and then within days ejected him by imperial authority, Euzoius -- a man carrying the unmistakable plague of Arius -- was put forward in his place. Immediately the champions of apostolic doctrine broke away, and the division has continued ever since. When I look back at what …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
… behind my back. Instead, they did the opposite: they confined me to Cyrrhus by imperial decree, compelled the "righteous judges" to condemn me without a trial, and delivered sentence against a man thirty-five days' journey away. No criminal charged with witchcraft, grave-robbing, murder, or adultery has ever been trea …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To the Deaconess Celarina, The flames of the war against us have been lit again. After yielding for a time, the enemy of mankind has armed against us once more -- men nurtured on lies who openly slander me, claiming that I divide our one Lord Jesus Christ into two sons. I, however, know the distinction between Godhead …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Eustathius, Bishop of Aegae, The story of the noble Mary belongs in a tragedy. As she herself says, and as several others confirm, she is a daughter of the distinguished Eudaemon. In the catastrophe that has overtaken Libya [likely the Vandal conquest of North Africa], she has fallen from her father's free estate in …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Flavianus, Bishop of Constantinople. I have been struck by many waves in this time, most beloved lord — but I have called on the great Pilot and have been able to stand firm against the storm. The attacks now mounted against me, however, surpass anything that tragedy can describe. With regard to the attacks being pl …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To the Magistrates of Zeugmatensis, I know the strength and firmness of your faith, and it fills me with the greatest possible delight. Since we who worship the eternal Trinity form one body, it is only natural that when one member is honored, all the members rejoice together [1 Corinthians 12:26]. I rejoice with you i …