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 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 0.02
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 0.02
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 0.02
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 0.02
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 …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Magnus Antoninus the Presbyter, Sailors at night are cheered by the sight of harbor lights, and so are those of us in peril for the apostolic faith by the zeal of people who share our beliefs. The reports we hear of your efforts on behalf of divine doctrine bring us great comfort. This spirit has been given to you b …
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 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
To Domnus, Bishop of Antioch, When I heard that the emperor's hostility had ended, that he and the godly bishop had been reconciled, the summons to the council cancelled, and peace restored to the churches, I hoped our troubles were behind us. But what I now hear from your holiness fills me with dread. There is nothing …
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Eusebius, Bishop of Ancyra, Many are the plots secretly being hatched against me, and through me against the apostolic faith itself. But I take comfort from the sufferings of the saints -- prophets, apostles, martyrs, and those famous in the churches for the word of grace -- and above all from the promises of our Go …
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
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 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 …