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
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? For one must indeed be cautious and not accuse the high priests lightly, but only where God is not the one being dishonored. But if I had seen that the man had simply accepted the error, and had not clasped it to the depths of his own soul and been dyed, so to speak, with a fast and indelible color, I would not have accused him so hotly, but would have corrected him with other words and re-instructed him. But since his soul was shaped not so much by our teachings as by that nonsense, and he laid claim to new doctrines, almost to the point of legislating about them, for these reasons I have composed the present writing. And here I ask you to pay attention to me. And if I speak true and just things, and with every kind of proof, so to speak, straightway deliver your sentence; but if I am contriving something in my argument, using sophistical plausibilities against the refutation, do not even tolerate my voice. For since the deceit of the Chians has been refuted and their impious writings have been condemned, our great patriarch considers it a terrible thing if their views should not again prevail and he could not reverse their defeat. And observe how insidiously and deceitfully he has made the beginning of his plan here. For having turned to one path, he turned again to another. For approaching our great emperor, who had not yet learned anything about the things for which he was so earnestly begging and praying, he took a stand for a supposedly pious matter, in order that from there he might seize like a roaring lion, or in the darkness of the new moon shoot down the upright in heart. And he accuses the former emperors of neglect of sacred things, and of profaning what has been consecrated to God, and outright impiety in the guise of piety. Thus, wrapping his argument in circles, he immediately attacks and tries to besiege the unshakable soul of the emperor—for on these matters depend the Chians and the trial against them and the envious demon—weeping over each point and concluding that the monastery which they had built and dedicated to God the Master alone, and whose intention they had manifested and ratified by their own and by imperial documents, the empress who condemned them took away from God and made her own, sparing neither the golden-sealed document nor respecting the will of the monks, "but you yourself," he says, "be everything to these men and, bringing it, restore the monastery to God, to whom it was indeed purely consecrated by its builders." If, then, nothing else was hidden under these words, but the request was one of simple intent, no charge would have been brought against him in these matters. But since, like tyrants, as if from an acropolis, he tried to run us down, this is the charge brought against him by us. For observe. The emperor is persuaded by these words. For how could he not be? He is zealous for God and, as a superior judge, restores the inheritance that had fallen to Him. Upon this, the usual things follow: the issuance of imperial documents, the autograph signature, and the official and customary seal giving validity to the matter. From this point, the patriarch uncovers his mask and gloats sweetly over his success. And he frightens the many with the document and, the error which he had licked up or drunk, he vomits it all out intemperately in his memoranda; and he speaks boldly of the impiety, not having dared to before. And the pretext is clever: the golden-sealed document and the emperor's signature. But it is not about the impiety, O best of men—to address you in a more legalistic manner—but about the consecration of the monastery. But you pass from one starting point to another subject, and to a golden head you fashion hands and feet and the rest of the body, all of bronze. as
τίς ὑμῖν περὶ τούτου ὑπολέλειπται λόγος ἢ ὅπως τούτοις οὖσί γε τηλικούτοις διαμφισβητεῖτε πρὸς ἀλλήλους καὶ ὑπερήμερον τίθεσθε
τὴν ἀπόφασιν. δεῖ μὲν γὰρ εὐλαβεῖσθαι καὶ μὴ ῥᾷστα τῶν ἀρχιερέων κατηγορεῖν, ἀλλ' ἔνθα μὴ θεὸς τὸ ἀτιμαζόμενον. ἐγὼ δ' εἰ
μὲν ἁπλῶς ἑώρων τὸν ἄνδρα τὴν πλάνην παραδεξάμενον, ἀλλὰ μὴ εἰς τὸ βάθος τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ψυχῆς ταύτην κατακολπίσαντα καὶ βαφέντα
ὡς εἰπεῖν δευσοποιά τε καὶ ἀναπόνιπτα, οὐκ ἂν οὕτω θερμότερον κατηγόρησα, ἀλλὰ λόγοις ἑτέροις διορθωσάμενος μετεδίδαξα. ἐπεὶ
δὲ οὐκ ἀπὸ τῶν ἡμετέρων μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν λήρων ἐκείνων τὴν ψυχὴν ἐποιώθη καὶ τῶν καινῶν δογμάτων ἀντεποιήσατο, ὡς μικροῦ δεῖν
καὶ νομοθετεῖν περὶ τούτων, διὰ ταῦτα τὴν παροῦσαν ἐνεστησάμην γραφήν. ἀξιῶ δέ μοι ἐνταῦθα προσέξειν τὸν νοῦν. κἂν μὲν ἀληθῆ
καὶ δίκαια λέγω καὶ μετὰ πάσης ὡς εἰπεῖν ἀποδείξεως, αὐτόθεν ἐπενέγκατέ μοι τὴν τομήν· εἰ δὲ περινοοῦμαι τι τῷ λόγῳ σοφιστικαῖς
πιθανολογίαις πρὸς τὸν ἔλεγχον χρώμενος, μηδὲ φωνῆς ἀνάσχοισθέ μου. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἡ τῶν Χιωτῶν ἀπάτη ἐλήλεγκται καὶ τὰ τῆς ἀσεβείας
αὐτῶν κατεγνώσθη συγγράμματα, ὁ μέγας ἡμῶν πατριάρχης δεινὸν ἄλλως ἡγεῖται, εἰ μὴ καὶ αὖθις τὰ ἐκείνων ἰσχύσειε καὶ τὴν ἧτταν
τούτοις ἀνακαλέσαιτο. καὶ σκοπεῖτε ὅπως ὑπούλως ἐνταῦθα καὶ δολερῶς τὴν ἀρχὴν πεποίηται τοῦ βουλήματος. ἑτέραν γὰρ τραπόμενος
ἑτέραν αὖθις ἐτράπετο. τῷ γὰρ μεγάλῳ προσιὼν ἡμῶν αὐτοκράτορι οὐδὲν οὔπω μεμαθηκότι περὶ ὧν ἐκεῖνος κατελιπάρει τε καὶ ἐδεῖτο,
ὑπὲρ εὐσεβοῦς δῆθ[εν ἴστ]ατο πράγματος, ἵν' ἐκεῖθεν ἁρπάσῃ ὥσπερ ὠρυόμενος λέων ἢ ἐν σκοτομήνῃ κατατοξεύσῃ τοὺς εὐθεῖς τῇ
καρδίᾳ. καὶ ὀλιγωρίαν μὲν τοῖς προβεβασιλευκόσι τῶν ἱερῶν ἐγκαλεῖ, κοινώνησιν δὲ τῶν καθηγιασμένων θεῷ καὶ ἀσέβειαν ἄντικρυς
ἐν σχήματι εὐσεβείας. οὕτω κύκλῳ τὸν λόγον περιβαλλόμενος εὐθὺς ἐφοδεύει τὸν λόγον καὶ πολιορκεῖν πειρᾶται τὴν ἀκατάσειστον
τοῦ βασιλέως ψυχήν-ἐπὶ τούτοις γὰρ οἱ Χιῶται καὶ ἡ κατ' αὐτῶν πεῖρα καὶ ὁ βάσκανος δαίμων-καὶ ἐφ' ἑκάστῳ δακρύων καὶ τελευτῶν,
ὅτι τοι, ὅπερ ἐδείμαντο μοναστήριον καὶ θεῷ μόνῳ δεσπότῃ ἀνέθεσαν καὶ γράμμασιν ἰδίοις τε καὶ βασιλικοῖς τὴν γνώμην αὐτῶν
ἐμπεφανίκασι καὶ ἐκύρωσαν, ἡ καταψηφισαμένη αὐτῶν βασιλὶς ἀφείλετο μὲν θεοῦ, ἑαυτῆς δὲ ἐποιήσατο, μήτε χρυσοβούλλου γραφῆς
φεισαμένη μήτε τῆς τῶν μοναχῶν ἐπιστραφεῖσα βουλήσεως, "ἀλλ' αὐτός", φησίν, "ἀντὶ πάντων τοῖς ἀνδράσι γενοῦ καὶ τῷ θεῷ φέρων
ἀπόδος τὸ μοναστήριον, ᾧ δὴ καὶ παρὰ τῶν δειμαμένων καθαρῶς καθωσίωτο." εἰ μὲν οὖν οὐδὲν ἕτερον ὑπὸ τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις ἐκρύπτετο,
ἀλλ' ἁπλότης ἦν γνώμης ἡ δέησις, οὐδὲν ἂν αὐτῷ ἐν τούτοις προσετρίβετο ἔγκλημα. ἐπεὶ δὲ ὥσπερ οἱ τυραννοῦντες ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀκροπόλεως
ἐπειρᾶτο κατατρέχειν ἡμῶν, τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ παρ' ἡμῶν αὐτῷ ἐγκαλούμενον. σκοπεῖτε γάρ. πείθεται τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις ὁ βασιλεύς.
καὶ πῶς γὰρ οὐχί; ζηλοτυπεῖ περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ οἷα δικαστὴς κρείττων τὴν λαχοῦσαν αὐτῷ κληρονομίαν ἀποκαθίστησιν. ἐπὶ τούτοις
τὰ εἰωθότα· βασιλικῶν γραμμάτων ἔκθεσις καὶ αὐτόχειρ ὑπογραφὴ καὶ ἡ ἐπίσημος καὶ συνήθης σφραγὶς τὸ κῦρος διδοῦσα τῷ πράγματι.
ἐντεῦθεν τὸ προσωπεῖον ἀνακαλύπτει ὁ πατριάρχης καὶ ἐπεγγελᾷ ἡδέως τῷ κατορθώματι. καὶ δεδίττεται τοὺς πολλοὺς τῇ γραφῇ καί,
ἣν ἐξελείξατο πλάνην ἢ πέπωκεν, ἀκρατῶς ὅλην ἐν ὑπομνήμασιν ἐξεμεῖ· καὶ παρρησιάζεται τὴν ἀσέβειαν οὔπω τολμήσας πρότερον.
καὶ ἡ πρόφασις δεξιά, ἡ χρυσόβουλλος γραφὴ καὶ ἡ βασιλέως ὑπογραφή· ἀλλ' οὐ περὶ τῆς ἀσεβείας, ὦ βέλτιστε σύ, ἵνα τι καὶ δικανικώτερόν
σοι προσενεχθήσομαι, ἀλλὰ περὶ τῆς τοῦ μοναστηρίου καθιερώσεως. Σὺ δ' ἐξ ἑτέρας ἀρχῆς εἰς ἑτέραν μεταβαίνεις ὑπόθεσιν καὶ
χρυσῇ κεφαλῇ χεῖρας καὶ πόδας καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν σῶμα προσπλάττεις, πάντα χαλκᾶ. ὡς
