Theodoret of Cyrus,
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Letters of the blessed theodoret, bishop of…
Letters of the blessed theodoret,
Ix. to an anonymous correspondent.
Xi. to flavianus bishop of constantinople.
Xvii. to the deaconess casiana.
Xix. to the presbyter basilius.
Xx. to the presbyter martyrius.
Xxiii. to the patrician areobindas.
Xxiv. to andreas bishop of samosata.
Xxvii. to aquilinus, deacon and archimandrite.
Xxviii. to jacobus, presbyter and monk.
Xxxi. to domnus bishop of antioch.
Xxxii. to the bishop theoctistus.
Xxxiii. to stasimus, count and primate.
Xxxiv. to the count patricius.
Xxxvi. to pompianus, bishop of emesa.
Xxxvii. to salustius the governor.
Xlii. to constantius the prefect.
Xliii. to the augusta pulcheria.
Xliv. to the patrician senator.
Xlv. to the patrician anatolius.
Xlvii. to proclus, bishop of constantinople.
Xlviii. to eustathius, bishop of berytus.
Xlix. to damianus, bishop of sidon.
L. to the archimandrite gerontius.
Lii. to ibas, bishop of edessa .
Liii. to sophronius, bishop of constantina .
Lvii. to the præfect eutrechius.
Lx. to dioscorus, bishop of alexandria.
Lxi. to the presbyter archibius.
Lxx. to eustathius, bishop of ægæ.
Lxxi. to zeno, general and consul.
Lxxii. to hermesigenes the assessor.
Lxxvi. to uranius, governor of cyprus.
Lxxvii. to eulalius, bishop of persian armenia.
Lxxviii. to eusebius, bishop of persian armenia.
Lxxix. to anatolius the patrician.
Lxxx. to the prefect eutrechius.
Lxxxii. to eusebius, bishop of ancyra.
Lxxxiii. of theodoretus, bishop of cyrus, to dioscorus, archbishop of alexandria.
Lxxxiv. to the bishops of cilicia.
Lxxxvi. to flavianus, bishop of constantinople.
Lxxxvii. to domnus, bishop of apamea.
Lxxxviii. to taurus the patrician.
Lxxxix. to florentius the patrician.
Xci. to the prefect eutrechius.
Xcii. to anatolius the patrician.
Xciii. to senator the patrician.
Xciv. to protogenes the præfect.
Xcv. to the præfect antiochus.
Xcvii. to the count sporacius.
Xcix. to claudianus the antigrapharius.
Ci. to the deaconess celarina.
Ciii. to the count apollonius.
Civ. to flavianus, bishop of constantinople.
Cvii. to the presbyter theodotus.
Cviii. to acacius the presbyter.
Cix. to eusebius, bishop of ancyra.
Cx. to domnus, bishop of antioch.
Cxi. to anatolius the patrician.
Cxii. to domnus, bishop of antioch.
Cxiii. to leo, bishop of rome.
Cxiii. (a). from pope leo to theodoret.
Cxvi. to the presbyter renatus.
Cxvii. to the bishop florentius.
Cxviii. to the archdeacon of rome.
Cxix. to anatolius the patrician .
Cxxi. to anatolius the patrician.
Cxxii. to uranius bishop of emesa.
Cxxiv. to the learned maranas.
Cxxvi. to the bishop sabinianus.
Cxxvii. to jobius, presbyter and archimandrite.
Cxxviii. to candidus, presbyter and archimandrite.
Cxxix. to magnus antoninus the presbyter.
Cxxxi. to longinus, archimandrite of doliche.
Cxxxii. to ibas, bishop of edessa.
Cxxxiii. to john, bishop of germanicia.
Cxxxiv. to theoctistus, bishop of berœa.
Cxxxvi. to cyrus magistrianus.
Cxxxvii. to the archimandrite john.
Cxxxviii. to anatolius the patrician.
Cxxxix. to aspar, consular and patrician.
Cxl. to the master vincomalus.
Cxli. to marcellus, archimandrite of the acoemetæ.
Cxliii. to andrew, monk of constantinople.
Cxlv. to the monks of constantinople.
Cxlvii. to john, bishop of germanicia.
Cxlviii in the edition of garnerius.
Cxlix is “copy of the letter written by john, bishop of antioch, to nestorius.”
Cl. letter of theodoretus, bishop of cyrus, to joannes, bishop of antioch.
Cliii. report of the same to the empresses pulcheria and eudoxia.
Cliv. report of the same to the senate of constantinople.
Clv. letter of john, bishop of antioch and his supporters, to the clergy of constantinople.
Clvi. letter of the same to the people of constantinople.
Clix. letter of the same to the præfect and to the master.
Clx. letter of the same to the governor and scholasticus.
Clxii. letter of theodoretus to andreas, bishop of samosata, written from ephesus.
Clxiv. second epistle of the same to the same, expressing premature triumph in victory.
Clxv. letter of the same to the same.
Clxvi. first petition of the commissioners, addressed from chalcedon, to the emperor.
Clxvii. second petition of the same, sent from chalcedon to theodosius augustus.
Clxviii. third demand of the same, addressed from chalcedon to the sovereigns.
Clxix. letter written by theodoretus, bishop of cyrus, from chalcedon to alexander of hierapolis.
Clxx. letter of certain easterns, who had been sent to constantinople, to bishop rufus.
Clxxi. letter of theodoret to john, bishop of antioch, after the reconciliation.
Clxxii. letter of theodoretus to nestorius.
Clxxiii. letter to andreas, monk of constantinople.
Clxxiv. to himerius, bishop of nicomedia.
Clxxv. to alexander of hierapolis .
Clxxvii. letter to andreas, bishop of samosata.
Clxxviii. letter to alexander of hierapolis.
Clxxix. letter of cyril to john, bishop of antioch, against theodoret.
XVII. To the Deaconess Casiana.
Had I only considered the greatness of your sorrow, I should have put off writing a little while, that I might make time my ally in my attempt to cure it, but I know the good sense of your piety, and so I make bold to offer you some words of consolation suggested partly by human nature, and partly by divine Scripture. For our nature is frail, and all life is full of such calamities, and the universal Governor and Ruler of the World,—the Lord who wisely orders our concerns,—gives us by means of His divine oracles consolation of various kinds, of which the writings of the holy Evangelists and the divine utterances of the blessed prophets are full. But I am sure it is needless to cull these passages, and suggest them to your piety, nurtured as you have been from the beginning in the inspired word, ruling your life in accordance with them, and needing no other teaching. But I do implore you to remember those words that charge us to master our feelings, and promise us eternal life, proclaim the destruction of death, and announce the common resurrection of us all. Besides all this, nay, before all this, I ask you to reflect that He who has bidden these things so be is the Lord, that He is a Lord all wise and all good, Who knows exactly what is best for us, and to this end guides all our life. Sometimes death is better than life, and what seems distressing is really pleasanter than fancied joys. I beg your piety to accept the consolation offered by my humility, that you may serve the Lord of all by nobly bearing your pain, and affording to men as well as women an example of true wisdom. For all will admire the strength of mind which has bravely borne the attack of grief and broken the force of its violent assault by the magnanimity of its resolution. And we are not without great comfort in the living likenesses of your departed son; for he has left behind him offspring worthy of deep affection, who may be able to stay the excess of our sorrow.
Lastly I implore you to remember in your grief what your bodily infirmity can endure, and to avoid increasing your sufferings by mourning overmuch; and I implore our Lord of His infinite resources to give you ground of consolation.