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theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
… 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 impartial hearing. Protect my old age, slandered and attacked though it is without cause. Above all, with all the power you have, defend the f …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
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 0.02
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
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 0.02
To Constantius, Prefect, If no pressing need compelled me to write to your greatness, I might rightly be accused of presumption -- of failing to measure myself or to recognize the weight of your office. But the last remnants of the city and district God has entrusted to my care are in danger of complete ruin, and certa …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
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
Theodoret, Festal Letter. The feast of our salvation has once again dawned upon us, bringing with it the light that scatters the darkness of sin and the warmth that thaws the chill of despair. Even amid the troubles that beset us on every side, the celebration of the Lord's mighty works renews our strength and lifts ou …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
God knew perfectly well the wickedness of those men, yet He said, "I will go down and see" -- teaching us to wait for the proof of facts. But these judges never summoned me to trial. They never heard the sound of my voice. They refused to let me state my beliefs. They handed me over, like a victim for slaughter, to the …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
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 0.01
To Lupicinus the Master. I have passed through the contests of my prime. I see the borders of old age ahead of me, and I had expected that age would bring me more honor, not less. Instead I find myself a target of slander and compelled to defend myself against accusations leveled in my absence. Under these circumstance …
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
Theodoret to Alexandros. The cares of this life press upon us from every side, and sometimes the weight seems almost more than flesh can bear. But the divine promises sustain us, and the knowledge that He who created us has not abandoned us gives strength even in the darkest hour. I write to you now partly to discharge …
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 Eulogius the Oeconomus, We have heard from many quarters of your piety's efforts on behalf of true religion. It is therefore only right that you should readily support someone being slandered for the same cause, and refute the liars' accusations. You, revered sir, know what I believe and what I teach. No one has eve …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
… I speak only for myself, because the unjust violence done to me compels it. The imperial order kept me at home and forbade me to travel beyond the bounds of my own city. The synod ruled against me -- condemning a man who was thirty-five days' journey away. The God of all said to the patriarch Abraham about Sodom and Go …
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
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 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
Festal. Our loving Lord has allowed us — with the zeal of those who love Christ — to celebrate the holy feast of salvation and to enjoy the spiritual blessing that flows from it. Knowing your Piety's disposition toward us, we write to share this gladness with you. Those who hold others warmly in their hearts are always …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
… impious Chapters [Cyril's Twelve Anathemas] sent forth with their curses to the imperial city, and have confirmed them with their signatures.
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Claudianus the Antigrapharius. Although you have not yet met me in person, I believe your Excellency is already aware of the open slanders that have been published against me — for you have often heard me preaching in church, proclaiming the Lord Jesus and pointing out the distinct properties both of his Godhead and …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
Theodoret to Alexandros. I have received your letter with delight, not only because it came from a friend, but because it revealed the nobility of your spirit. You write about your difficulties with a frankness that does honor to your character, and you ask for my help with a directness that speaks well of your trust i …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To our most godly and holy fellow minister Rufus, Johannes, Himerius, Theodoret, and the rest send greetings in the Lord. True religion and the peace of the Church suffer greatly, we believe, from the absence of your holiness. Had you been present, you might have stopped the disturbances, resisted the violence, and fou …
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 Eulalius, Bishop of Persian Armenia, I know that Satan has sought "to sift you as wheat" [Luke 22:31], and that the Lord has allowed it -- so that he might display the wheat, prove the gold, crown the athletes, and proclaim the victors' names. Nevertheless, I fear and tremble. Not for your sake -- you are noble cham …