Orationes forenses et acta
Each one of you has received benefits from him, that having set this forth here with goodwill toward him you might sway the votes, and by showing favo
Having beset it and stirred herself up to be divinely inspired and worked herself into a bacchic frenzy. now, that the many are deceived by this, i do
Of her, nor anything else of the things forbidden to me, but which are proclaimed and honored by them. for someone might perhaps excuse him for the fi
To be enumerated? for divination is for the time being sufficient. but i think, if this had happened before, he would have nobly recorded these things
Of the difference of theurgies, at the end he adds: one must remove in advance all obstacles to the visitation of the gods and impose a total tranqui
In these matters i would gladly ask of you, whether it is permitted for a priest to be initiated into such mysteries and to be deemed worthy of such r
Immediately, therefore, all blushed, or rather, indeed, they shouted with their voices and condemned the leaders of the impiety and named their writin
Has he discerned? but if indeed the part of the synod has not joined with the senate council nor with the chosen of the nazirites—for this part was no
Aristotle's theology and the psychogony of plato and the new numbers and the remodeling of doctrines and the expense of the divisible, who of all ever
What argument is left to you concerning this, or how is it that you dispute with one another over matters of such importance and postpone the decision
And i gladly admire in you the encomium of the good man in your memorandum. for where he holds on to the whole and bears the burden of common cares, y
All those, with whom we disagree, have advocated for confusions or divisions. for what do matter and ideas have in common with our doctrines? but sinc
And of the one who is lifted up and of the one seated on it. know the cherubic and seraphic wings, the perfection of their number, the symbolic coveri
They have shaken. for if they happened to be uninitiated in our doctrines and completely uninstructed in the mysteries of the spirit, perhaps, having
For he who receives a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, from the contrary and greater, he who receives an impious man will receive the punishme
He has despised all things equally, although the law, standing as it were at his ears, cried out: let no one teach or learn profane things. and agai
He both strung together and vomited up, this twenty-third writing he thinks, or rather he places it between those who were then in every way our own p
Depicting the madness of nestorian rage. i have left it to you to compare it with the dogmas of the massalians. i brought forth to them from the inner
The patriarch has acted impiously, clearly and openly. and it is not permitted for any of you who wish, nor for those zealous on his behalf, to defend
And having brought over certain forces from the west, he stirred them up for war, and they come face to face with each other from both sides. and a fi
Delaying he is persuaded and is moderate and descends with them. and he dares against two emperors, of whom the one the imperial court held, adorned w
Being torn apart. but pilate sat judging my divinely-moved emperor, the lord's anointed, who was being considered, not hesitating, not washing his han
To kill the emperor, unless he came down quickly and bowed his head to him, but he, fearing the tyrannical cruelty and cowering lest he suffer anythin
An innovative rank and would come to be below. there, then, the morning star raged against the first goodness, but here the evening star has attacked
Demonic in his life. but again i have turned to you, the judges, and again i ask: has anything been dared by this man or not? you will surely say the
Then failing to achieve their purpose, they chose to strike and kill. is it not clear to all that, while digging through and breaking into the houses
Ruin, if he should object saying that he neither urged these things nor wished them, but even punished many of those who dared with all punishments, w
In the parts on the right, somewhere near the entrance, but you have immediately ascended into heaven on earth itself, as if considering it a terrible
Disregarding the divine temples, he was destroying them? and he did not cease, piling one on top of another and making them abandoned ruins. for not o
Leaning together walls collapsed together with their icons and statues. and everything was as if in a great earthquake, the air being darkened, the e
And the remains of the apostle luke are burned by fire and reduced to dust. i fear that the bodies of martyrs also lay here. i am afraid that some of
I shall grant you this also. he had no need, it is true, of the burial robes. i admit it, since they had all already decayed. but he did have need of
Let us not even examine the scene after that, but let these things be considered by him as theaters and hunts. but where the mercy-seat is, and around
Seeing what was happening was exulting and rejoicing, like of old the whelp of the beast, i mean the one from isauria. but you consider for me what a
Fire was burning us and the zeal of the lord was consuming us, long ago the man would have perished, or rather, he would not even have had access to t
To me the macedonian, to the right the spear, at a walk the half-file leader, captain, wheel around. and nothing new nor incredible for one who has
I pray with the high priest, but the mixture and the sheath which has grown with us turns the mind, being raised aloft, back toward itself. therefore
He would trace his genealogy from cronus and rhea and from those even further back, i mean hericapaeus and phanes and that orphic night and he traced
And the same color over all, none of which moved or influenced him? but never to converse even with the more divine words nor to unroll any tablet, th
The emperor's treasury is not supplied only from mines nor from the recesses of the earth, nor do tributes alone fill it, nor contributions from land
And to speak of the audacity, or rather—but how could i speak, intertwining things?—and the diligently pursued plot, through which almost everything w
Granting that you may meet with more benevolent judges above. and then the drink of deposition here will truly appear to you as a purification. and ma
Suspicious to many. but if he has nothing in common with the one he has chosen to accuse, nor has anything come between them, it is somehow still unac
They anticipate my tongue, scattering against me the things they did wrong on account of their own greed, and i confidently awaited the court, as one
To vote against a priest on the spot the penance exceeds all punishment the examination and the penance must proceed canonically. and, as it seems,
Of the whole age, an unbeliever, so that i may speak truly, to believe against a believer? for this would be far from reason and thought. for where we
But i, but what might i say about this? he living the life of a private citizen, but i clothed in the high-priestly vestment. and such a man is agains
With misfortunes and your example, for the sake of argument, let someone come forward as a condemned man to have his neck cut. and let the sword be ha
Do you receive? for the pardon testifies that the deposition did not seem so even to himself. for if, according to you, it is like a cutting off, what
Is the cause the comparison of the matter to a beheading? for from this, one absurdity having been granted, these many nonsensical things were consequ
An evil tale about me for years, leave me to my former wounds, do not card new ones upon me. so may the lord heal you, if indeed there is anything in
This is the law of accusation and defense, and from this the precise examination of matters is found. but he introduced a new kind of writing into the
Of voice, for not even this is unworthy of the art, and with a rhythmic turn of the tongue, you perhaps might only approach him, you who indeed gaped
Has been debarred from studies? but for you in deep old age, what share is there of education? who of all people has known you, as far as i know, afte
Which they say came into being of their own accord. but these things are not acceptable to you, and for this reason we shall laugh at you again, havin
Ever, not in courts, not in counsels, not in public, not in private. for this was not even without accusation, but the speech had some defense. from w
And the nature of fire did not burn, and the steep rock sent forth springs, and the wood here sweetened the bitterness, and there lightened the heavy
Did he transcend this time? and it is likely, o best one, for christ possessed a nature more free even according to human standards. whether, then, th
From himself, having allotted a great portion of reason to his soul this man, therefore, having long ago established for himself a little adopted dau
A contest, but more brilliant was the victory of elpidius, and he went away having overcome the vestarches by all votes and crowning himself with the
Receiving. when the most compassionate soul heard this supplication, since she also knew the circumstances concerning the bestarches, and that for man
I will let my tongue go from forbidden deeds. and first i shame myself relating unspeakable and improper things, since i will also become a stumbling
The amounts owed will be reckoned against each other, and the fine will be reckoned to elpidios in place of the protospatharios's fee, and the protosp
Having received a seaside property from him, i give back to him in exchange a mainland one as a permanent dwelling by gift. but the kalai property was
Most complete, not measured by time, not defined by partial successions nor by these alienations or those, but eternal, sufficient for all successions
Indicating by the documents, which it is also necessary to go through in order. and so that we may make the summaries concise, and not, by going throu
At that time for the ruler to ratify to her through a gift of a golden bull the property which he had previously granted to the man, not having been i
But the rest testified that they themselves were not present at such a sale, but had heard from the subscribing witnesses in the confirmatory document
He marveled at our western setting sun as a morning sunrise, and with the unspeakable pangs of his soul he discerned the ineffable will of god concern
On both sides the gift is valid for those who received it from there. for the estate was perhaps of the daughters of nicholas’s wife through paternal
Harmony, who of all could dissolve such a great bond, or rather these wonderful and in reality altogether indissoluble connections? for the first and
He has made known by an agreement to whom indeed you also entrusted everything under oath and, whatever they themselves should do, you have promised
Emperor of the romans, doukas. konstantinos, in christ the god faithful emperor of the romans, doukas. ioannes, most humble archbishop of constantinop
of the difference of theurgies, at the end he adds: "One must remove in advance all obstacles to the visitation of the gods and impose a total tranquility on our surroundings, so that the presence of the spirits called by us may occur without disturbance and with calmness." In addition to these things, he also sets forth that "with the presence of the divine ones material spirits are also often stirred up, whose visitation and motion, occurring with a certain violence, the weaker recipients cannot bear." These, then, are the teachings of the Chaldeans and of Proclus, to say a few things out of many. And I think that the theurgy and inspiration we are now examining is no different from this specific and forbidden heresy of the Chaldeans. For what is happening is not theurgy, as the name indicates, but a visitation of material spirits, to which they apply the name of god. He, therefore, who has attached himself to such spirits and has honored such an inspiration, and has marveled at the woman's possession and been astounded at her as if she were one of the superior beings, and has honored the leaders and mystagogues of the heresy—does he happen to be of our court or of the Hellenic and Chaldean company? And is it proper for one who has thus brazenly acted against the divine dogma to be the first of the high priests and to teach doctrines, not knowing from where he has taken the principles of his doctrines, or to depose him from his throne and drive him far from the church? For if we have things in common with the Hellenes, and either we depend on their principles or they on ours, we will also honor unbegotten matter and their ideas and the demiurge after these, and the free gods and those in zones; but if the difference between us and them is as great as that between truth and falsehood, why do we contrive a mixture for things not to be mixed? Why do we accept the head of the dragon? For there is fear that the rest of its coil might slide in with it. But if one should wish to be precise, the opinion also touches upon well-known heresies. For 'the mother of the Lord full of pains,' always written by them as a main point, contains the heresy of Nestorius. For he, having dogmatized a relative union of the natures, declares that the virgin bore not a God-bearing-flesh, but a man-bearing-God, so that from this, for him, both the conception without a man and the birth without pangs would be annulled. For if the virgin gave birth with natural pains, then our mystery is empty, and the divine and holy gospel is empty, and everything for us is overthrown; and the relative union has prevailed with Nestorius, and with the Chians the much-pained travail of the virgin. For even if the term of pain spoken concerning the mother of the Lord is brief, yet it shakes all the foundations of the church, if indeed we accept it; and if Mary was in great pain, the mystery of the economy has not yet been fulfilled, but may God be merciful to the saying; for in that case what was born is not God, but a mere man will cause pain to her who unburdened her womb with his stumblings. And as for what follows from the argument, you yourselves both reason out and gather; for I myself would not, by way of accusation, disturb the seals of virginity of the Theotokos against those who have thus supposed. The mother of the Word full of pains? O, the new doctrine, and the dogmatists of impiety, and the lawgiving temple-warden and priestess, and before these, the evil spirit! Full of pains, she to whom, instead of any other preface, the angel of the Word put forward "Rejoice"? In great pain, she who dissolved the birth pangs of the first mother Eve and brought in exchange obedience for disobedience, rescue for condemnation, and a painless and blessed life for pains? If, then, you disbelieve what is said—but how could you say this or pretend, you who are conscious of the matter? But if you should feign at all—yet all are witnesses to the small house around him: the bed-chamber attendants, the bodyguards, those entrusted with the unspoken secrets. upon
διαφορᾶς θεαγωγιῶν ἐπὶ τῷ τέλει ἐπάγει· "προκαταστέλλειν δὲ πάντα τὰ ἐμπόδια χρὴ τῆς τῶν θεῶν ἐπιφοιτήσεως καὶ ἠρεμίαν ἐπιτιθέναι
τῶν περὶ ἡμᾶς πᾶσαν, ἵν' ἀτάραχος καὶ μετὰ γαλήνης ἡ παρουσία γένηται τῶν καλουμένων ὑφ' ἡμῶν πνευμάτων." ἐπὶ τούτοις καὶ
ταῦτα τίθησιν ὅτι "ταϊς παρουσίαις τῶν θείων πολλάκις συγκινεῖται καὶ ὑλικὰ πνεύματα, ὧν τὴν ἐπιφοίτησιν καὶ τὴν κίνησιν μετά
τινος βίας γινομένην οὐ φέρουσιν οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι δοχεῖς." Τὰ μὲν οὖν τῶν Χαλδαίων καὶ τοῦ Πρόκλου, ὡς ἐκ πολλῶν ὀλίγα ἐρεῖν,
ταῦτα. καὶ οἶμαι ὡς ἀδιάφορός ἐστιν ἣν ἐξετάζομεν νῦν θεαγωγίαν τε καὶ ἐπίπνοιαν πρὸς τὴν εἰδικὴν ταύτην καὶ ἀπηγορευμένην
τῶν Χαλδαίων αἵρεσιν. οὐ γὰρ θεαγωγία τὸ γινόμενόν ἐστιν, ὡς δηλοῖ τοὔνομα, ἀλλὰ πνευμάτων ὑλικῶν ἐπιφοίτησις, οἷς ἐκεῖνοι
τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπιτιθέασιν ὄνομα. ὁ τοίνυν τοιούτων ἑαυτὸν ἐξαρτήσας πνευμάτων καὶ τοιαύτην πρεσβεύσας ἐπίπνοιαν καὶ θαυμάσας
μὲν τὴν τῆς γυναικὸς κατοχὴν καὶ ὥς τινα τῶν κρειττόνων αὐτὴν ἐκπλαγείς, τιμήσας δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἐξάρχους καὶ μυσταγωγοὺς τῆς
αἱρέσεως πότερον τῆς ἡμετέρας αὐλῆς ὢν τυγχάνει ἢ τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς καὶ Χαλδαϊκῆς συμμορίας; καὶ πότερον χρεὼν τὸν οὕτως κατὰ
τοῦ θείου ἀπερυθριάσαντα δόγματος τὸν πρῶτον τῶν ἀρχιερέων εἶναι καὶ δογματίζειν, οὐκ εἰδότα ὅθεν τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν δογμάτων ἀνείληφεν,
ἢ καθαιρεῖν τοῦ θρόνου καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀπελαύνειν μακράν; εἰ μὲν γὰρ κοινὰ ἡμῖν πρὸς τοὺς Ἕλληνας καὶ ἢ τῶν ἐκείνων ἀρχῶν
ἡμεῖς ἐξηρτήμεθα ἢ τῶν ἡμετέρων ἐκεῖνοι, πρεσβεύσομεν καὶ τὴν ὕλην ἀγέννητον καὶ τὰς παρ' ἐκείνοις ἰδέας καὶ τὸν δημιουργὸν
μετὰ ταύτας καὶ τοὺς ἐλευθέρους θεοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἐν ζώναις· εἰ δὲ τοσοῦτον ἡμῖν πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸ διάφορον, ὅσον ἡ ἀλήθεια πρὸς
τὸ ψεῦδός ἐστιν, τί μῖξιν τοῖς ἀμίκτοις ἐπινοοῦμεν; τί δεχόμεθα τὴν τοῦ δράκοντος κεφαλήν; δέος γὰρ μὴ καὶ ὁ λοιπὸς αὐτῇ συνολισθήσῃ
ὁλκός. Εἰ δέ τις ἀκριβοῦν ἐθέλοι, ἔχεται καὶ τῶν γνωρίμων ἡ δόξα αἱρέσεων. τὸ γὰρ πολύπονον ἀεὶ τῆς τοῦ κυρίου μητρὸς παρ'
αὐτοῖς γεγραμμένον ἐν κεφαλαίῳ τὴν τοῦ Νεστορίου συνείληφεν αἵρεσιν. ἐκείνος γὰρ σχετικὴν τὴν ἕνωσιν δογματίσας τῶν φύσεων,
οὐ θεὸν σαρκοφόρον, ἀλλ' ἄνθρωπον θεοφόρον τὴν παρθένον τεκεῖν ἀποφαίνεται, ἵν' ἐντεῦθεν αὐτῷ καὶ ἡ χωρὶς ἀνδρὸς κύησις καὶ
ἡ ἄνευ ὠδίνων λοχεία καταλυθῇ. εἰ γὰρ φυσικοῖς πόνοις ἡ παρθένος ἀπέτεκε, κενὸν μὲν ἡμῶν τὸ μυστήριον, κενὸν δὲ τὸ θεῖον καὶ
ἱερὸν εὐαγγέλιον, κατέστραπται δὲ ἡμῖν πάντα, καὶ κεκράτηκε παρὰ μὲν τῷ Νεστορίῳ ἡ σχετικὴ ἕνωσις, παρὰ δὲ τοῖς Χιώταις ἡ
πολύπονος τῆς παρθένου ὠδίς. εἰ γὰρ καὶ βραχὺ τὸ τῆς ὀδύνης περὶ τῆς μητρὸς τοῦ κυρίου λεγομένης ὄνομα, ἀλλὰ πάσας διασείει
τὰς τῆς ἐκκλησίας κρηπῖδας, εἴ γε παραδεξόμεθα· καὶ εἰ περιώδυνος ἡ Μαρία, οὔπω τὸ τῆς οἰκονομίας ἐτελέσθη μυστήριον, ἀλλ'
ἱλήκοι τῷ λόγῳ θεός· οὐ γὰρ οὕτω θεὸς τὸ τεχθέν, ἀλλὰ ψιλὸς ἄνθρωπος ὀδυνήσει τὴν ἀποφορτίσασαν τὴν μήτραν τοῖς ὀλισθήμασι.
τὸ δ' ἐφεξῆς τοῦ λόγου ὑμεῖς καὶ συλλογίσασθε καὶ συλλέξατε· οὐ γὰρ ἂν αὐτὸς οὐδὲν κατηγορίας λόγῳ κατὰ τῶν οὔτως ὑπειληφότων
τὰς τῆς παρθενίας σφραγῖδας τῇ θεοτόκῳ διασαλεύσαιμι. πολύπονος ἡ τοῦ λόγου μήτηρ; ὢ τοῦ καινοῦ λόγου καὶ τῶν τῆς ἀσεβείας
δογματιστῶν καὶ τῆς θεσμοθέτιδος ζακόρου καὶ ἱερείας καὶ πρὸ τούτων τοῦ πονηροῦ πνεύματος. πολύπονος, ᾗ ἀντ' ἄλλου τινὸς προοιμίου
ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ λόγου τὸ "χαῖρε" προτέθεικε; περιώδυνος ἡ τὰς τῆς προμήτορος Εὔας ὠδϊνας συνδιαλύσασα καὶ ἀντεισενεγκοῦσα τῆς
μὲν παρακοῆς τὴν ὑπακοήν, τῆς δὲ κατακρίσεως τὴν ἀνάρρυσιν, τῶν δὲ ὀδυνῶν τὴν ἄπονον καὶ μακαρίαν ζωήν; Εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀπιστεῖτε
τοῖς λεγομένοις-ἀλλὰ πῶς τοῦτ' ἂν εἴποιτε ἢ σχηματίσεσθε οἱ συνειδότες τῷ πράγματι; εἰ δ' ὅλως ὑποκριθείητε-ἀλλὰ τὸ περὶ ἐκεῖνον
οἰκίδιον πάντες συνίστορες, οἱ κατευναστῆρες, οἱ δορυφόροι, οἱ τὰ ἄρρητα πεπιστευμένοι. ἐπὶ
