Resultados25 letters/passages
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
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 0.02
To the Monks of Euphratensis, Osrhoene, Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia, When I contemplate the state of the Church at this present crisis -- the tempest that has struck the holy ship, the furious blasts, the beating waves, the deep darkness of the night, and beyond all this the strife of the sailors, the struggle among …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
I have entrusted this message to the reverend and godly presbyters Hypatius and Abramius, chorepiscopi [rural bishops], and Alypius, head of our monks. I would come to you myself, but I am held back by the chains of the imperial order. Treat my messengers, I beg you, as a father treats his sons. Give them a kind and im …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
But I will say no more about these men. The Lord's tribunal is near, where what is required is not stage performance but the reality of life. I beg your excellency to express my thanks to the Christ-loving emperor and the godly Augusta for making true religion the firm root of their pious empire. Implore their majestie …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
Even murderers, grave-robbers, and adulterers are not condemned by their judges until they have either confessed or been clearly convicted by testimony. Yet I, raised as I have been in the divine laws, was condemned at his pleasure while I was thirty-five days' journey away. Nor is this all. Just last year, when two me …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
Command me to come to you, and let me prove that my teaching follows in the footsteps of the apostles. I have in my possession writings from twenty years ago, from eighteen, fifteen, twelve years ago -- works against Arians and Eunomians, against Jews and pagans, against the Persian magi, on divine Providence, on theol …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
Your recent writings, too, show your apostolic character. We have read what your holiness wrote concerning the incarnation of our God and Savior [Leo's famous "Tome"], and we marveled at the precision of your language. For both documents set forth both the everlasting Godhead of the Only-begotten, derived from the ever …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To the Master Vincomalus, I am deeply astonished to learn that your magnificence, though quite unacquainted with me personally and knowing only that I had been wronged, stood up as my advocate and left no means untried to undo the conspiracy against me. Your excellency will surely receive recompense from our generous L …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To the Augusta Pulcheria [Pulcheria was the elder sister of Emperor Theodosius II and a powerful political figure in her own right, known for her staunch orthodoxy], Since you adorn the empire with your piety and make the imperial purple shine brighter by your faith, I am emboldened to write to you -- setting aside my …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Proclus, Bishop of Constantinople, A year ago, thanks to your holiness, the distinguished Philip -- governor of our city -- was delivered from serious danger. Once he was safely enjoying the security your intervention had secured, he filled our ears with your praises. But now a certain "most pious" individual is wor …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To John the Oeconomus, Rest and a life free from cares are deeply welcome to me. I have shut the door of my monastery and have declined social contact with my friends. But I have received reports that fresh attacks are being made against the faith of the Gospels, and I conclude there may be danger in my silence. When a …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Count Sporacius. Your Excellency's letter has given me great delight. My pleasure has been further increased by the devout presbyter and monk Iamblichus, who has told me of your warm zeal, your earnestness in the faith, and your genuine goodwill toward me. On hearing of this — and of the efforts on my behalf of 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
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
Second Petition of the Eastern Commissioners to the Emperor, Your piety has been informed on several occasions, both by ourselves and by our emissaries, that the doctrine of the true faith is in danger of being corrupted, and that the body of the Church is being torn apart by men who are turning everything upside down, …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
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 0.01
He remained what He was and became what He was not. In Christ we recognize two natures united without confusion in one Person -- the divine nature, which is impassible, and the human nature, which truly suffered. It was the body that was nailed to the cross. It was the body that was buried. It was the body that rose. T …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To the Consul Nomus. I had only a brief part of a day to enjoy your lordship's company, for unavoidable circumstances robbed me of what I had so earnestly hoped for. I had expected that our short meeting would kindle goodwill and the beginning of a genuine friendship, but I was disappointed. I have since written you tw …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Leo, Bishop of Rome, If Paul, the herald of truth, the trumpet of the Holy Spirit, hurried to the great Peter to bring back solutions for those at Antioch who were uncertain about living according to the law [Galatians 2:1-2], how much more should we -- insignificant and small as we are -- hasten to your apostolic s …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
The angel said to the shepherds: "Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord" [Luke 2:11]. If the archdeacon knew any of this, he would never have dared to separate the Christ from the Only-begotten. They are not two different persons. Christ is the Only-begotten Son who, while rema …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
But now that He who is being blasphemed has "rebuked the winds and the sea" [Matthew 8:26] and blessed the storm-tossed churches with calm, and the apostolic proclamation is preached everywhere by land and sea -- what room is there for such blasphemy? Not even those who recently inserted into church teaching the claim …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Alexandra. If I had thought only of the size of the loss you have suffered, I would have needed consolation myself — not just because everything that touches you touches me, whether it brings joy or pain, but because I truly and deeply loved that admirable and genuinely excellent man. But the divine decree has taken …
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
Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, to Dioscorus, Archbishop of Alexandria. For those suffering under false accusation, the greatest comfort comes from the words of Scripture. When a man is wounded by the lying tongue of a calumniator and feels the sharp sting of that distress, he remembers the story of the admirable Joseph — …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Silvanus the Primate. I know that my words of consolation come somewhat late. But my delay has not been without reason. I judged it better to let the first force of your grief run its course before offering any remedy. The best physicians never apply their medicines while a fever is at its height — they wait for the …