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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 Bishop Sabinianus, I praised your holiness for leaving the see you were envied for. Once it was a venerable office; now it has been turned into something to be bought and sold, and we have made it ridiculous. But I was astonished to hear you had appealed to the very men who ejected you. You should have done the oppo …
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 0.02
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
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 0.02
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 0.01
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
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
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 …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
Third Petition of the Eastern Commissioners to the Emperor, We never expected your piety's summons to produce this result. We were honorably convened -- as priests by a prince -- to ratify the faith of the holy Fathers. In obedience to our pious emperor, we came. On our arrival, we were no less faithful to the Church a …
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
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 0.01
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
Report of the Bishops of the East to the Empresses Pulcheria and Eudoxia, We had hoped to report to your pious majesties in very different terms, but we are now forced to make known the following facts, driven by the irregular and despotic behavior of Cyril of Alexandria and Memnon of Ephesus. The proper course, in acc …
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
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
First Letter of the Eastern Commissioners from Chalcedon, On our arrival at Chalcedon -- for neither we nor our opponents were permitted to enter Constantinople, on account of the riots by the monks -- we learned that eight days before our arrival (such is the justice of our most pious prince!) the lord Nestorius was d …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Andreas, Monk of Constantinople, "God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can bear, but with the temptation will also provide a way of escape, so that you may be able to endure it" [1 Corinthians 10:13]. He has exposed falsehood -- though even now the refuted falsehood is still approved …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
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
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 …