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theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
To Pancharius. We are distressed to see the tempest assailing the churches, but their Master and Ruler — through mighty billows — continually shows men his own wisdom and power. He rebukes the winds and brings on a calm, as he did in the apostles' boat. So although I am distressed, I know this power of our Savior, and …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
To the Learned Maranas, I too grieve at the calamities of the Church and weep over the storm that rages. But for myself, I am glad to be free of the turmoil and to enjoy a calm I find deeply welcome. As for the men your learning tells me are still carrying on their crimes -- the day is not far off when they will pay th …
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
To the Prefect Antiochus. You have laid down the cares of a very important government, but your reputation flourishes everywhere. Those who have tasted the fruit of your benevolence — and they are many, and scattered in all directions — persistently extol it, proclaiming your good name on every side and moving their he …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
To the Patrician Areobindas. In distributing wealth and poverty among human beings, the Creator and Governor of all renders no unjust judgment. He gives the poverty of the poor to the rich as an instrument of good — so that those who have wealth will have the means, and the occasion, to show kindness to mankind. This y …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
To John, Bishop of Germanicia, I replied to your holiness's earlier letter as soon as I received it. As for the present state of affairs, it is impossible to entertain any good hope. I fear this is the beginning of the general apostasy. When we see that those who claim to lament what was done "by violence" at Ephesus s …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Senator the Patrician. I hold an indelible memory of your Magnificence in my heart, and I greet you now through these most devout and holy bishops. 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 c …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Abundius, Bishop of Como, My dear lord and very holy brother, Theodoret sends greetings in the Lord. I have learned that your piety faithfully preserves the true and apostolic faith, and I have thanked Almighty God that the truth which was in danger has been renewed and brought to light by your holiness. Long ago, a …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
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 0.01
To Anatolius the Patrician, Your excellency is fully aware of the acts of the "most righteous" judges at Ephesus. Their fame has spread to every land, and their "most just" verdict has reached the ends of the earth. What church has not felt this storm? One side inflicted the wrong; the other suffered it. But even those …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Anatolius the Patrician. The most holy 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 ha …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To John, Bishop of Antioch, I have been deeply distressed reading the anathemas you sent me and asked me to refute in writing, making their heretical meaning plain to all. I am distressed at the thought that a man appointed to the shepherd's office, entrusted with the care of so great a flock, and charged with healing …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
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 0.01
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
When charges of multiple adulteries and other crimes were brought against Candidian the Pisidian, the president of the council reportedly said: "If you are bringing charges on points of doctrine, we accept them. We have not come here to decide about adulteries." So Athenius and Athanasius, who had been expelled by the …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Jobius, Presbyter and Archimandrite, The patriarch Abraham won his victory in old age. The great Moses was already an old man when, so long as he stretched out his hands in prayer, he defeated Amalek [Exodus 17:11-12]. The divine Samuel was old when he routed the enemy [1 Samuel 7:10-11]. Your venerable old age foll …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Renatus the Presbyter, We have heard of the warm and righteous zeal of your holiness -- the just and outspoken boldness you displayed in condemning the outrageous proceedings at Ephesus [the "Robber Synod" of 449 AD]. This is not known to us alone. The fame of your orthodoxy has spread everywhere, and people on all …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
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 0.01
Nevertheless, as long as I am here, I will not cease to serve the interests of this father of ours, knowing that the impious have wronged him. My wish is that both your piety and I could be done with all of this. There is nothing good to hope for, since all the judges put their trust in gold, and they all maintain that …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
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
I have given my full assent to this letter and have appended a copy to this present epistle, which I have also signed -- thereby proving that I follow the apostolic teachings, that I hold to them to this day, and that I am suffering for their sake. Assent has also been given by my lord Ibas and my lord Aquilinus, again …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To the Patrician Anatolius, Your greatness knows well how all the people of the East feel toward your magnificence -- as children feel toward a loving father. Why then have you shown coldness to those who love you, withdrawn your generous care, and driven everyone to tears by putting your own interests ahead of public …
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 Monks of Constantinople, There is nothing new or surprising in the fact that men who have sharpened their tongues against our God and Savior should also aim their arrows of falsehood at His faithful servants. The servants who grieve deeply at the outrage to their Master must expect to share in it. The Lord Himse …