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theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
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 0.02
… her staunch orthodoxy], Since you adorn the empire with your piety and make the imperial purple shine brighter by your faith, I am emboldened to write to you -- setting aside my own insignificance, because you have always shown proper honor to the clergy. With these sentiments, I beg your majesty to show mercy to our u …
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
The greatest of all graces is suffering for the Master -- the divine Apostle ranks it above even great miracles. In these blessings I glory, humble and insignificant as I am, having no other ground for boasting. I beg your excellency to express my thanks to the Christ-loving emperor and to the most pious Augusta, belov …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
… ishops. 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 certain men have constructed obvious slanders against me and have deeply disturbed the churches — those churches for whose sake the Lord Christ …
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 0.01
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 Patrician Senator, Thanks be to the Savior of the world, who continues to add dignity and honor to your greatness. The reason I have not written before now to express my delight at this crowning distinction is simply that I did not wish to trouble your magnificence. But I write now because the district Providenc …
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
… ntioch and disturbing the orthodox. I want you to know that in obedience to the imperial letter I have come to Cyrrhus. After six or seven days they sent the commander Euphronius with a letter requiring me to acknowledge in writing that the imperial order had been shown to me. I promised to remain in Cyrrhus and its su …
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
… 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 0.01
… oly 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 has endowed you with the gifts of pure f …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
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 0.01
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
… y men who are turning everything upside down, trampling on all church order and imperial law, and throwing everything into confusion in order to confirm the heresy proposed by Cyril of Alexandria. When we were first summoned to Ephesus to investigate the disputed question and confirm the apostolic faith laid down by th …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
… my lord Aquilinus, against whom the inventors of the new heresy have turned the imperial power. It remains for you and your most holy colleagues to bring aid to the beleaguered Church and drive away the war that threatens it. Banish the impious faction that has been roused against the truth. Restore to the churches the …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
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 0.01
Second Letter of the Eastern Commissioners from Chalcedon, Through your holiness's prayers, our most pious emperor has granted us an audience, and by God's grace we have gotten the better of our opponents. All our positions have been accepted by the most Christ-loving emperor. The reports of others were read, and what …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To the Prefect Eutrechius, Among the many blessings the Ruler of the universe has granted us is the news of your excellency's elevation. I congratulate both you on your new honor and your subjects on so gentle a rule. I felt it would be wrong to keep my satisfaction to myself and not express it in writing. Your magnifi …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
… eirs. I was judged without a trial. I was condemned in my absence. Forbidden by imperial orders from going to Ephesus, I received the "most righteous" sentence of my holy judges. All of this has now been undone by his most serene majesty, through your excellency's active intervention. I would be wrong to keep silent an …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Alexander, Bishop of Hierapolis, We have left no means untried -- courtesy, firmness, entreaty, eloquence -- before the most pious emperor and the distinguished assembly. We have testified before God who sees all things, and our Lord Jesus Christ who will judge the world in righteousness, and the Holy Spirit and His …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Zeno, General and Consul, Your courage has won universal admiration -- courage tempered by gentleness and meekness, showing kindness to your household and boldness to your enemies. These are the qualities of an admirable general. In a soldier's character the chief ornament is bravery, but in a commander prudence tak …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To Anatolius the Patrician, The Lord who watches over and governs all things has now demonstrated both the apostolic truth of my teaching and the falseness of the slanders hurled against me. The writings sent by the godly and holy lord Leo, archbishop of great Rome, to Flavian of holy memory and to the rest assembled a …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To the Consul Nomus, I am of two minds about writing to your greatness. On one hand, I know that everything depends on your judgment. I see you bowed under the weight of public responsibilities, and I think it better to keep quiet. On the other hand, knowing the breadth and capacity of your intelligence, I cannot bear …