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9. And the servant of God, throwing himself upon the ground with tears: He ought not

the good and pious master be grieved against my lowliness. For I cannot grieve God by being silent about those things which he himself commanded to be spoken and confessed. For if, according to the divine Apostle, it is He who established in the Church, first apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers, it is clear that it is He who has spoken through them. Through all of Holy Scripture, therefore, of both the Old and New Testaments, and of the holy teachers and synods, we are taught that the incarnate God possesses a will and an energy in both his divinity and his humanity. For of none of those things by which He is known as God, and of those by which He is known by nature as man, sin apart, 15Γ_096 would He be deficient. But if He is perfect in each, as being deficient in nothing in each, he who does not confess Him to be what He is, with all the natural properties belonging to Him in each nature, in which and what He is, obviously adulterates the whole mystery concerning Him.

10. And being silent for a little while, they nodded to one another and said: From where can you

show that those of the throne of Constantinople reject the synods? And he says to them: It has already been partially shown through the things spoken in Rome by

me to the lord Gregory, the asecretis; and now, if it is presented to the master that this be shown, he will order that permission be given to your unworthy servant, and I will make known the books, for mine have been taken away; and I will make this manifest to all, without any crookedness of words.

And then, after many other things were spoken, they turned to scriptural and physical and technical exercises and contemplations; at which they were delighted and became more cheerful; and they began to say: The Lord knows, we have been helped, and from now on we have no reason to trouble you.

11. And the lord Sergius said to him, that Often I have come to your cell in

Bebbas, and I have listened to your teaching; and Christ will help you; and do not be distressed. But in one thing only do you grieve everyone, that you cause many to be separated from the communion of the Church here.

Is there anyone who says, said the servant of God, that I said: Do not have communion with the Church of the Byzantines?

The lord Sergius answered: This very thing, your not having communion, is a great cry to all, not to have communion.

15Γ_098 And the servant of God said: nothing is more forceful than an accusing conscience, and nothing is bolder than it when it advocates.

And when the lord Troilus heard that the Typos is anathematized in all the West, he says to the servant of God, Is it good that the reputation of our pious master is insulted?

0125 The servant of God answered: May God forgive those who compelled the master to make the Typos, and those who permitted it.

And he says: Who are those who compelled, and who are those who permitted? He answered: Those of the Church compelled, and the rulers permitted; and

behold the stain from the responsible parties has been shaken off onto the one who is innocent and pure of all heresy. But advise to do what the one of pious memory did

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Θ´. Καί ῥίψας ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ δοῦλος ἑαυτόν εἰς τήν γῆν μετά δακρύων· Οὔκ ὤφειλε

λυπηθῆναι ὁ ἀγαθός καί εὐσεβής δεσπότης κατά τῆς ἐμῆς ταπεινώσεως. Οὐ γάρ δύναμαι λυπῆσαι τόν Θεόν σιωπῶν, ἅπερ αὐτός λαλεῖσθαι καί ὁμολογεῖσθαι προσέταξεν. Εἰ γάρ κατά τόν θεῖον Ἀπόστολον, αὐτός ἔστιν ὁ θέμενος ἐν τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ, πρῶτον ἀποστόλους· δεύτερον, προφήτας· τρίτον, διδασκάλους, δῆλον ἐστίν, ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ διά τούτων λαλήσας. ∆ιά πάσης οὖν τῆς ἁγίας Γραφῆς, τῆς τε Παλαιᾶς καί Νέας ∆ιαθήκης, καί τῶν ἁγίων διδασκάλων καί συνόδων διδασκόμεθα, θελητικόν τε καί ἐνεργητικόν θεότητί τε καί ἀνθρωπότητι, τόν σαρκωθέντα Θεόν. Οὔδενός γάρ τῶν οἷς ὡς Θεός γινώσκεται, καί τῶν οἷς ὡς ἄνθρωπος φύσει γνωρίζεται, χωρίς ἁμαρτίας, 15Γ_096 ἐστίν ἄν ἐλλιπής. Εἰ δέ τέλειός ἐστι καθ' ἑκάτερον, ὡς οὐδενός καθ' ἑκατέρον ἐλλιπής, προφανῶς τό κατ᾿ αὐτόν ὅλον νοθεύει μυστήριον, ὁ μή ὁμολογῶν αὐτόν εἶναι ὅπερ ἐστί, μετά τῶν προσόντων αὐτῷ καθ' ἑκάτερον, ἐν οἷς τε καί ἅπερ ἐστί, πάντων φυσικῶν ἰδιωμάτων.

Ι´. Καί μικρόν σιωπήσαντες, ἀλλήλοις προσνεύσαντες λέγουσι· Πόθεν δύνασαι

δεῖξαι, ὅτι τάς συνόδους ἐκβάλλουσιν, οἱ θρόνου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Καί λέγει αὐτοῖς· Ἤδη δέκεικται μερικῶς διά τῶν ἐνῬώμῃ λαληθέντων παρ'

ἐμοῦ πρός τόν κῦριν Γρηγόριον, τόν ἀσηκρῆτιν· καί νῦν, εἰ παρίσταται τῷ δεσπότῃ τοῦτο δειχθήσεσθαι, κελεύσει δοθῆναι ἄδειαν τῷ ἀναξίῳ ὑμῶν δούλῳ, καί ποιῶ γνῶσιν βιβλίων, ὅτι τά ἐμά ἀφῃρέθησαν· καί πᾶσι φανερόν ποιῶ τοῦτο, χωρίς οἱασδήποτε σκολιότητος λόγων.

Καί λοιπόν ἄλλων πολλῶν λαληθέντων, εἰς γραφικάς καί φυσικάς καί τεχνικάς ἐτράπησαν γυμνασίας τε καί θεωρίας· ἐφ' αἷς ἡδυνθέντες, ἱλαρωτέρως διετέθησαν· καί ἤρξαντο λέγειν· Οἶδεν ὁ Κύριος, ὠφελήθημεν, καί ἀπό τοῦ νῦν ἐνοχλεῖν ὑμῖν οὐκ ἔχομεν.

ΙΑ´. Ὁ δέ κῦρις Σέργιος εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ὅτι Πολλάκις ἦλθον εἰς τό κελλίον σου εἰς

Βέββας, καί ἠκροασάμην τῆς διδασκαλίας σου· καί ὁ Χριστός ἔχει βοηθῆσαί σοι· καί μή ἀγωνιάσῃς. Εἰς ἕν δέ μόνον λυπεῖς πάντας, ὅτι πολλούς ποιεῖς χωρισθῆναι τῆς κοινωνίας τῆς ἐνταῦθα Ἐκκλησίας.

Ἔστι τις ὁ λέγων, εἶπεν ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὅτι εἶπον· Μή κοινωνήσῃ τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ τῶν Βυζαντίων;

Ἀπεκρίθη ὁ κῦρις Σέργιος· αὐτό τοῦτο, τό σε μή κοινωνεῖν, μεγάλη πρός πάντας ἐστί φωνή, μή κοινωνῆσαι.

15Γ_098 Καί εἶπεν ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ δοῦλος· οὐδέν βιαιότερον συνειδότος κατηγοροῦντος, καί οὐδέν τούτου συνηγοροῦντος παῤῥησιαστικώτερον.

Ἀκούσας δέ ὁ κῦρις Τρώϊλος, ὅτι ὁ τύπος ἀναθεματίζεται εἰς πᾶσαν τήν δύσιν, λέγει πρός τόν δοῦλον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Καλόν ἐστιν, ὅτι τοῦ εὐσεβοῦς ἡμῶν δεσπότου ἡ ὑπόληψις ὑβρίζεται;

0125 Ἀπεκρίθη ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ δοῦλος· Ὁ Θεός συγχωρήσει τοῖς ἐκβιβάσασι τόν δεσπότην ποιῆσαι τόν τύπον, καί τοῖς συγχωρήσασι.

Καί λέγει· Τίνες εἰσίν οἱ ἐκβιβάσαντες, καί τίνες οἱ συγχωρήσαντες; Ἀπεκρίθη· Οἱ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ἐξεβίβασαν, καί οἱ ἄρχοντες συνεχώρησαν· καί

ἰδού ὁ ῥύπος ἐκ τῶν ὑπευθύνων εἰς τόν ἀθῶον καί καθαρόν πάσης αἱρέσεως, ἐξετινάχθη. Ἀλλά συμβουλεύσατε ποιῆσαι, ὅ ἐποίησεν ὁ εὐσεβής τῇ μνήμῃ