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
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 with all the insignia, while the other was entering it, escorted most royally by a bodyguard. If, therefore, I make my account truthfully, allow me to set forth what follows; but if I confound anything at all or speak falsely, stand up at once and refute me and stop the speech. But just as no one would say that the light attracts mist, so too no one could bring a charge of falsehood against this account. For I did not choose to study the subject in order to embellish it persuasively with arguments, but I use a simple exposition and composition. First, then, I make the accusation, that the high priest ought not, when two emperors, as has been said, had been allotted the sceptres, to inquire about the political situation and to propose an inquiry about an emperor. At any rate, he has played the tyrant against two sovereigns and raised his hands against both, keeping the one away from afar, and driving the other from here, so that he might secure for himself both the power and the palace. toward which indeed he long ago hastened, even if the account postponed the first beginning of the evil, he has failed in his plan, but he has not renounced his hopes. And why did he open the gates of the temple to the conspirators? And those who had run together, why did he not drive them away from there after uttering some small threat? For they did not enter at once in a multitude, but as a group of sixteen or a few more. And if you wish, let us grant that none of them were left behind, but also that as many as are in Persia and Babylon and as many as are of the Greek race and Ethiopians and Arabs rushed in there together and cried out against the emperors. What laws, then, what canons command him to participate in the conspiracy? Do you wish that we should concede this also both to the master and to you? For necessity is invincible and the danger to one's life is terrible. Who, then, of them all dared to go up against him or otherwise attacked? Who sharpened a sword against him? Who threatened to cut off his head? Who let fly an arrow? Who seized him tight and dragged him away? whereas, even if all these things had come upon the man, he ought to have resisted even if it were possible to die many times. But the love of empire and the will to rule over all and the desire to move with a nod of the eyebrows both heaven and Olympus were pushing with all their goads against holiness itself. Does the master then come down with the pastoral staff, so that he may move the flock to springs and pastures? Not at all. With his club and customary cruelty, so that he may drive in the wild beasts and give to them for a feast the sacred flock of the Lord, for which he gave his own life. Having come down, therefore, he did not speak, he did not ask, he did not propose an objection, he did not show respect with words and bearing, he did not offer an opinion. But just as tyrants, whenever they get inside the walls, immediately go up to the acropolis, so that from a conspicuous vantage point they may at once declare their tyrannical intent, so indeed also this priestly tyrant to the unenterable mercy-seat, to the inaccessible mountain and unapproachable to the many, or rather to all alike and above all to him, immediately rushed like a robber and an enemy. But shuddering and trembling seize me and I am filled with dizziness and vertigo as I unfold such words, the deed of which he dared. Oh, that night, in which again there was a Judas and a betrayal, and the master judging like a Pilate, the same man also acting as priest like Caiaphas, and a cohort and the tribune, and God again not being betrayed and crucified, but being trampled under unholy feet. Oh, the divine chalices, oh, the holy table, oh, the bloodless sacrifice being defiled with murderous blood, oh, the forbearance of the Word and his infinite long-suffering. The Word, therefore, sacrificed for us was again placed in the chalices, long ago bound and crucified, but then being poured out and
ἀναβαλόμενος πείθεται καὶ μετριοφρονεῖ καὶ συγκάτεισι. καὶ κατὰ δυοῖν βασιλέων τολμᾷ, ὧν τὸν μὲν ἡ βασίλειος εἶχεν αὐλὴ πᾶσι
τοῖς παρασήμοις κοσμούμενον, ἅτερος δὲ πρὸς ταύτην εἰσῄει βασιλικῶς πάνυ δορυφορούμενος. εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀληθεύων τοὺς λόγους ποιοῦμαι,
ἐάσατέ με τιθέναι τὰ ἐφεξῆς· εἰ δέ τι τῶν πάντων συνταράττω ἢ ψεύδομαι, αὐτόθεν ἀναστάντες ἐλέγξατε καὶ τὸν λόγον ἐπίσχετε.
ἀλλ' ὥσπερ οὐκ ἄν τις εἴποι ἀχλὺν ἕλκειν τὸ φῶς, οὕτως οὐδὲ τῇ γραφῇ ταύτῃ ψεῦδός τις ἐγκαλέσειεν. οὐ γὰρ εἱλόμην μελετᾶν
τὴν ὑπόθεσιν, ἵνα πιθανῶς αὐξήσω ταῖς ἐπιχειρήσεσιν, ἀλλ' ἁπλῇ χρῶμαι καὶ τῇ ἐκθέσει καὶ τῇ συνθήκῃ. Πρῶτον μὲν οὖν αἰτιῶμαι,
ὡς οὐκ ἔδει τὸν ἀρχιερέα δυοῖν, ὡς εἴρηται, βασιλέων τὰ σκῆπτρα διακληρωσαμένων, περὶ πολιτικῆς ζητεῖν καταστάσεως καὶ περὶ
βασιλέως σκέψιν προτίθεσθαι. πρὸς δύο γοῦν τετυράννηκεν αὐτοκράτορας καὶ ἀμφοτέροις τὰς χεῖρας ἐπανετείνατο, τὸν μὲν πόρρωθεν
ἀπείργων, τὸν δὲ ἐντεῦθεν ἐλαύνων, ἵν' ἑαυτῷ περιποιήσηται καὶ τὸ κράτος καὶ τὰ βασίλεια. πρὸς ὃ δὴ καὶ πάλαι δραμών, εἰ καί
ὁ λόγος τὴν πρώτην ἀρχὴν τοῦ κακοῦ ἀνεβάλετο, ἠτύχηκε τοῦ βουλεύματος, τὰς δ' ἐλπίδας οὐκ ἐξωμόσατο. ∆ιὰ τί δὲ τὰς πύλας τοῦ
νεὼ τοῖς συνομωμοκόσιν ἠνέῳξε; συνδεδραμηκότας δὲ διὰ τί μὴ βραχύ τι διαπειλησάμενος ἐκεῖθεν ἀπήλασεν; οὐ γὰρ κατὰ πλῆθος
εὐθὺς εἰσῄεσαν, ἀλλὰ συνεκκαίδεκα ἢ βραχεῖ τινι πλείους. εἰ δὲ βούλεσθε, δῶμεν μηδένα τῶν πάντων ἀπολελεῖφθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅσον
ἐν Πέρσαις καὶ Βαβυλῶνι καὶ ὅσον Ἑλληνικὸν φῦλον Αἰθίοπάς τε καὶ Ἄραβας ἐκεῖσε συνεισδραμεῖν καὶ τῶν βασιλέων καταβοᾶν. τίνες
οὖν νόμοι, ποῖοι κανόνες τούτῳ τὴν κοινωνίαν τῆς συνωμοσίας παρακελεύονται; βούλεσθε καὶ τοῦτο καὶ τῷ δεσπότῃ καὶ ὑμῖν συγχωρήσωμεν;
ἀνίκητον γὰρ ἡ ἀνάγκη καὶ φοβερὸν ὁ περί ψυχῆς κίνδυνος. τίς τοίνυν τῶν πάντων πρὸς ἐκεῖνον ἀνιέναι ἐτόλμησεν ἢ ἄλλως ἐπικεχείρηκε;
τίς ξίφος ἐθήξατο ἐπ' αὐτόν; τίς ἠπείλησε τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐκτεμεῖν; τίς ἀφῆκε βέλος; τίς ἀπρὶξ λαβόμενος ἐφειλκύσατο; ὁπότε, εἰ
καὶ ταῦτα πάντα συνεληλύθει τἀνδρί, ἀντισχεῖν ἔδει καὶ εἰ ἐξῆν πολλάκις ἀποθανεῖν. ἀλλ' ὁ τῆς βασιλείας ἔρως καὶ τὸ πάντων
ἐθέλειν ἀνάσσειν καὶ τὸ βούλεσθαι τῇ τῶν ὀφρύων συννεύσει συγκινεῖν καὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὸν Ὄλυμπον ὅλοις κέντροις ὤθουν κατ'
αὐτῆς ὁσιότητος. Κάτεισιν οὖν ὁ δεσπότης μετὰ τῆς ποιμαντικῆς βακτηρίας, ἵν' ἐπὶ πηγὰς καὶ νομὰς ἀποκινήσῃ τὰ θρέμματα; οὐμενοῦν
γε. μετὰ τοῦ ῥοπάλου καὶ τῆς συνήθους ὠμότητος, ἵν' εἰσελάσῃ τοὺς θῆρας καὶ δῷ τούτοις εἰς θοίνην τὴν ἱερὰν τοῦ κυρίου ποίμνην,
ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐκεῖνος τὴν οἰκείαν ἀφῆκε ψυχήν. κατεληλυθώς τοίνυν οὐκ εἶπεν, οὐκ ἠρώτησεν, οὐκ ἀντιλογίαν προὔθετο, οὐ κατῄδεσε
τοῖς λόγοις τε καὶ τῷ σχήματι, οὐ γνώμην εἰσήνεγκεν. ἀλλ' ὥσπερ οἱ τυραννήσαντες, ἐπειδὰν ἐντὸς τῶν τειχῶν γένοιντο, εἰς τὴν
ἀκρόπολιν εὐθὺς ἀναβαίνουσιν, ἵν' ἐξ ἀπόπτου περιωπῆς τὴν τυραννικὴν εὐθὺς γνώμην ἐμφήνωσιν, οὕτω δὴ καὶ ὁ ἱερατικὸς οὗτος
τύραννος ἐπὶ τὸ ἄδυτον ἱλαστήριον, ἐπὶ τὸ ἄβατον ὄρος καὶ ἀπρόσιτον τοῖς πολλοῖς, μᾶλλον δὲ πᾶσιν ὁμοῦ καὶ πρὸ πάντων ἐκείνῳ,
λῃστρικῶς εὐθὺς καὶ πολεμικῶς ὥρμησεν. ἀλλά με φρίκη καὶ τρόμος ἔχει καὶ ἰλίγγου καὶ σκοτοδίνης πληροῦμαι τοιούτους λόγους
ἑλίττων, ὧν ἐκεῖνος τὴν πρᾶξιν ἐθάρσησεν. ὢ νυκτὸς ἐκείνης, καθ' ἣν πάλιν Ἰούδας καὶ προδοσία, καὶ ὁ δεσπότης οἷα Πιλᾶτος
κρίνων, ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ ὡς Καϊάφας ἱερατεύων, καὶ σπεῖρα καὶ ὁ μυρίαρχος, καὶ θεὸς αὖθις οὐ προδιδόμενος μὲν καὶ σταυρούμενος,
ποσὶ δὲ ἀνιέροις καταπατούμενος. ὢ τῶν θείων κρατήρων, ὢ τῆς ἱερᾶς τραπέζης, ὢ τῆς ἀναιμάκτου θυσίας φονικοῖς μιαινομένης
τοῖς αἵμασιν, ὢ τῆς ἀνεξικακίας τοῦ λόγου καὶ τῆς ἀπείρου μακροθυμίας. ὁ μὲν οὖν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν λόγος τυθεὶς αὖθις ἐν τοῖς κρατῆρσιν
ἐτίθετο, πάλαι μὲν δεσμούμενος καὶ σταυρούμενος, τότε δὲ χεόμενος καὶ
