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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
… 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 0.02
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 0.02
… 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 0.02
To Alexandra. I have recently received your Excellency's letter, and for the zeal you have shown on my behalf I give you my warmest thanks. I pray the God of all to keep the goods you have, to increase them with further gifts, and to grant you the enjoyment of future and everlasting blessings. I believe that he hears t …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.02
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 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
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
… eptember], we expect our most pious emperor to cross over to the Rufinianum [an imperial estate near Chalcedon], where he will hear the case. We beg your holiness to pray that the Lord Christ may help us confirm the faith of the holy Fathers and uproot these Chapters [Cyril's Twelve Anathemas] which have sprouted to th …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
But now that He who is being blasphemed has "rebuked the winds and the sea" [Matthew 8:26] and blessed the storm-tossed churches with calm, and the apostolic proclamation is preached everywhere by land and sea -- what room is there for such blasphemy? Not even those who recently inserted into church teaching the claim …
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
… isappointed. I have since written you two letters and received no reply. And by imperial decree I am now forbidden to travel beyond the borders of Cyrus. For this apparent punishment there is no cause — none at all — except that I convened an episcopal synod. No indictment was published. No accuser came forward. No def …
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
… nst transgression, Numbers 25:7-8]. I was one of those condemned afterward. The imperial order had forbidden me to attend the council, and I was sentenced in my absence. Twenty-six years I have been a bishop. I have labored beyond counting. I have fought hard for the truth. I have freed tens of thousands of heretics fr …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
I have authored more than thirty books -- against Arius and Eunomius, against Marcion, against Macedonius, against pagans and against Jews. I have interpreted the holy Scriptures, and anyone who wishes can easily verify that I have followed in the apostles' footsteps, proclaiming one Son, one Father, and one Holy Spiri …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
To John the Oeconomus, Rest and a life free from cares are deeply welcome to me. I have shut the door of my monastery and have declined social contact with my friends. But I have received reports that fresh attacks are being made against the faith of the Gospels, and I conclude there may be danger in my silence. When a …
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
To the Archimandrite Gerontius, The character of a soul is often painted in words, its unseen form revealed on the page. Your letter, reverend father, is exactly such a portrait -- it displays the piety of your holy soul. Your anticipation of that verdict, your anxiety, your search for advocates, your preparation of a …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
Theodoret to Alexandros. The cares of this life press upon us from every side, and sometimes the weight seems almost more than flesh can bear. But the divine promises sustain us, and the knowledge that He who created us has not abandoned us gives strength even in the darkest hour. I write to you now partly to discharge …
theodoret_cyrrhus · c. 440 · score 0.01
The angel said to the shepherds: "Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord" [Luke 2:11]. If the archdeacon knew any of this, he would never have dared to separate the Christ from the Only-begotten. They are not two different persons. Christ is the Only-begotten Son who, while rema …
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
To Urbanus, Our generous Lord has granted us once again to enjoy the feast and to send your excellency the festal greeting. We pray that you may be well and prosperous, and that you may share in the unspeakable, divine gift which supplies to those who approach it the seeds of the blessings we hope for, and gives us the …
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 Bishop Florentius, Truly the grace of our God and Savior has not yet abandoned the human race. He has left us a "seed" in your holiness, lest we become like Sodom and Gomorrah [Isaiah 1:9]. This seed keeps us from losing heart entirely and gives us reason to wait for the passing of this terrible storm. We have there …