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theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
First Petition of the Eastern Commissioners to the Emperor, It would have been much to be desired that the word of true religion should not be adulterated by absurd interpretations -- least of all by men who hold the priesthood and high office in the churches, who have been driven, we know not how, by ambition, lust fo …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
Report of the Bishops of the East to the Emperor, On receiving your piety's letter we hoped that the Egyptian storm which has struck the churches of God would be driven away. But we have been disappointed. Those men have been made even more reckless by their madness. They have paid no attention to the sentence of depos …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
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 0.02
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 0.02
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
We therefore beseech you -- by God who sees all things, by our Lord Jesus Christ who will judge all people in righteousness, by the Holy Spirit by whose grace you hold your empire, and by the elect angels who guard you and whom one day you will see standing by the awesome throne, ceaselessly offering to God that dread …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
Report of the Council of the Eastern Bishops to the Emperor, Your piety, which shines forth for the good of the empire and the churches of God, commanded us to assemble at Ephesus to bring about peace and benefit for the Church, not to confuse and disturb it. Your majesty's orders plainly indicate your pious and peacef …