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
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, would he be freed from the accusations? Far from it. Thus, therefore, the great master, once having chosen to be a tyrant and to disturb the established order, will reasonably be called the primary cause of all that results from this. And I think I shall contribute something from philosophy to the argument, so as to raise the action to an example. For it says that nature primarily moves the body, and that this is moved by the soul, and this by the mind, and this by God. If, then, someone were to ask its devotees, "Of the many movers, what would be the most motive cause?" they will say, "God." For he also gives to the others the power of moving. Transfer, then, for me the argument little by little to what we are now examining, and perhaps you will find the similarity. And if you wish, divide for me that wicked band of robbers into a military multitude, into decarchs, into centurions, into captains, and over all of them the commander of the whole army. Of these, the multitude was only commanded, but the decarch gave commands directly, and him the centurion, and him the captain, and him the general. Was there, then, another who moved this man also, or was the army self-moving? Who else but the great father, the first moving cause? This man, therefore, was working out the whole motion by the chain of command. But again you remove him from the motion, and this is not outside philosophy either. For they define the prime mover as unmoved, so that motion may not go back to infinity. Perhaps he did not move nor give the motion, but from the moment he chose to be a tyrant, he was working all these things together; and the small bucklers imitations of the great shield, and the very short and light javelins of the long spear. I, then, in order to give no contradiction to the argument, strive for this, tracing the proofs back to acknowledged principles, since indeed he both appointed the companies and arranged the battle lines and, sending them out, he urged and encouraged them, and he crowned the victors as they returned and embraced them, and of the honors he gave some, and promised others. And wages for murders and rewards for audacious deeds were provided. And where were these things? Where the mercy-seat is and the cherubim round about, where the veil kept out the sight of men, even of the sober-minded. But what to me are the things of the shadow? Why do I not speak of the things of the perfect light? Where there is perfect God and perfect man, the paradoxical mixture, the new blending; where there is division and union and the Father's will and the Spirit's co-breathing, the incomprehensible Triadic union. And all things have become reversed and contrary to our reason: with the first shepherd, wild beasts; with the original peace, the utmost division; with the light, darkness; with the calm, a storm; with the cross, destruction; with immortality, danger; the fall with the resurrection. You have made the life-giving dwelling-place a cemetery for me; you have made the entrance to life a passage to death; you have warred against the divine mystery itself for me. Why have you made public the hidden beauty for me? Why do you insult the most precious things for me? Why do you make the pearl of great price cheap for me? Why have you scattered the most holy things among the most profane for me? Why do you join what the Lord has divided: slaughter and life, calm and storm, libations and blows? And of old, a hewing-tool did not go up for the building of the house of the Lord; but now within the holy of holies are clashing breastplates, rattling spears, swords and helmets, bronze-shielded men, iron-clad men. Such a preparation have you made for me for participation in the ineffable mysteries. But what almost escaped me, this indeed I shall ask you gently. Why then, O best of men, having chosen to dare such things, did you not arrange your gear elsewhere and prepare your bodyguard on the left side of the temple,
φθοραῖς, εἰ ἐνίσταιτο λέγων ὡς οὔτε προὔτρεπε ταῦτα οὔτε ἐβούλετο, ἀλλὰ καὶ πολλοὺς τῶν τολμησάντων κολάσεσιν ἁπάσαις ἐτιμωρήσατο,
ἆρ' ἂν ἐλευθερωθείη τῶν αἰτιῶν; πολλοῦ γε καὶ δεῖ. οὕτω τοιγαροῦν ὁ μέγας δεσπότης ἅπαξ ἑλόμενος τυραννεῖν καὶ τὰ καθεστηκότα
κινεῖν τῶν ἐντεῦθεν ἁπάντων πρωταίτιος εἰκότως κληθήσεται. ∆οκῶ δέ μοι καὶ παρὰ φιλοσοφίας τι συντελέσειν τῷ λόγῳ, ὅσον τὴν
πρᾶξιν ἀνενεγκεῖν εἰς παράδειγμα. ἐκείνη τοιγαροῦν τὴν μὲν φύσιν τὸ σῶμά φησιν πρώτως κινεῖν, κινεῖσθαι δὲ ταύτην ὑπὸ ψυχῆς
καὶ ταύτην παρὰ τοῦ νοῦ καὶ τοῦτον παρὰ θεοῦ. εἴ τις οὖν ἔροιτο τοὺς θιασώτας αὐτῆς ὅτι "πολλῶν ὄντων τῶν κινούντων τί ποτ'
ἂν εἴη τὸ κινητικώτατον αἴτιον;" ἐροῦσιν ὡς ὁ θεός. ἐκεῖνος γὰρ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις τὸ ἐνδόσιμον δίδωσι τοῦ κινεῖν. μετένεγκε
οὖν μοι κατὰ βραχὺ τὸν λόγον πρὸς ὃ νῦν ἐξετάζομεν, καὶ ἴσως εὑρήσεις τὴν ὁμοιότητα. καὶ εἰ βούλει, δίελέ μοι τὸ πονηρὸν ἐκεῖνο
λῃστήριον εἰς πληθὺν στρατιωτικήν, εἰς δεκαδάρχας, εἰς ἑκατοντάρχας, εἰς λοχαγοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ὁ τοῦ στρατοπέδου παντὸς ἡγεμών.
τούτων τὸ μὲν πλῆθος ἐπετάττετο μόνον, ὁ δὲ δέκαρχος ἐπέταττε προσεχῶς καὶ τούτῳ ὁ ἑκατοντάρχης κἀκείνῳ ὁ λοχαγὸς καὶ τούτῳ
ὁ στρατοπεδάρχης. πότερον οὖν ἦν τις ἕτερος ὁ καὶ τοῦτον κινῶν ἢ αὐτόματον ἦν τὸ στρατόπεδον; τίς δ' ἄλλος ἢ ὁ μέγας πατὴρ
τὸ πρῶτον κινητικὸν αἴτιον; οὗτος τοιγαροῦν τὴν ὅλην κίνησιν ἐξειργάζετο τῇ σειρᾷ. ἀλλ' αὖθις ἀφαιρεῖς αὐτὸν τῆς κινήσεως
καὶ οὐδὲ τοῦτο φιλοσοφίας ἐκτός. ἐκεῖνοι γὰρ τὸ πρώτως κινοῦν ἀκίνητον διορίζονται, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ἄπειρον ἀναβαίη ἡ κίνησις.
οὐκ ἐκίνει μὲν ἴσως οὐδὲ ἐδίδου τὴν κίνησιν, ἀλλ' ἀφ' οὗ δὴ τυραννεῖν εἵλετο, ταῦτα πάντα συγκατειργάζετο· καὶ τῆς μεγάλης
ἀσπίδος μιμήματα τὰ μικρὰ ἀσπιδίσκια καὶ τοῦ ἐπιμήκους παλτοῦ τὰ βραχύτατα καὶ κοῦφα δοράτια. ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν, ἵνα μηδεμίαν δώσω
τῷ λόγῳ ἀντιλογίαν, πρὸς τοῦτο διαγωνίζομαι, εἰς ὁμολογουμένας ἀρχὰς τὰς ἀποδείξεις ἀνάγων, ἐπεί τοί γε ἐκεῖνος καὶ τοὺς λόχους
καθίστη καὶ τοὺς πολεμίους συνέταττε καὶ ἀφιεὶς παρώρμα τε καὶ ἐθάρρυνε καὶ νικηφόρους ἐπαναστρέφοντας ἐταινίου καὶ κατησπάζετο
καὶ τῶν τιμῶν τὰς μὲν ἐδίδου, τὰς δὲ ἐπηγγέλλετο· καὶ παρείχοντο φόνων μισθοὶ καὶ τολμημάτων ἀνταμοιβαί. καὶ ταῦτα ποῦ; ἔνθα
τὸ ἱλαστήριον καὶ πέριξ τὰ χερουβίμ, ἔνθα τὸ καταπέτασμα ὄψιν ἀνδρῶν, καὶ σωφρόνων, ἀπεῖργον. ἀλλὰ τί μοι τὰ τῆς σκιᾶς; τί
δὲ μὴ λέγω τὰ τοῦ τελείου φωτός; ἔνθα ὁ τέλειος θεὸς καὶ τέλειος ἄνθρωπος, ἡ παράδοξος μῖξις, τὸ καινὸν κρᾶμα· ἔνθα ἡ διαίρεσις
καὶ ἡ ἕνωσις καὶ ἡ πατρικὴ βουλὴ καὶ ἡ τοῦ πνεύματος σύμπνευσις, ἡ τριαδικὴ ἀκατανόητος ἕνωσις. καὶ γέγονεν ἀντίστροφα πάντα
καὶ πρὸς τὸν καθ' ἡμᾶς λόγον ἀντίθετα: μετὰ τοῦ πρώτου ποιμένος οἱ θῆρες, μετὰ τῆς ἀρχικῆς εἰρήνης ἡ ἐσχάτη διάστασις, μετὰ
τοῦ φωτὸς ἡ ἀχλύς, μετὰ τῆς γαλήνης ἡ ζάλη, μετὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ ἡ κατάλυσις, μετὰ τῆς ἀθανασίας ὁ κίνδυνος, ἡ πτῶσις μετὰ τῆς
ἀναστάσεως. πολυάνδριόν μοι τὸ ζωοφόρον πεποίηκας οἰκητήριον· τὴν πρὸς ζωὴν εἴσοδον πάροδον εἰργάσω πρὸς θάνατον· πρὸς αὐτό
μοι διαπεπολέμησαι τὸ θεῖον μυστήριον. τί μοι τὸ ἀπόθετον κάλλος δεδημοσίευκας; τί μοι ἐξυβρίζεις τὰ τιμιώτατα; τί μοι τὴν
πολυτίμητον μαργαρῖτιν εὔωνον καθιστᾷς; τί μοι τὰ παναγέστατα τοῖς ἐναγεστάτοις διέσπειρας; τί μοι συνάπτεις ἃ διεῖλεν ὁ κύριος,
σφαγὴν καὶ ζωήν, γαλήνην καὶ ζάλην, σπονδὰς καὶ πληγάς; καὶ πάλαι μὲν ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ οἴκου κυρίου οὐκ ἀναβέβηκε λαξευτήριον·
νῦν δὲ τῶν ἀδύτων ἐντὸς θωράκων κλόνοι, δοράτων κρότοι, ξίφη καὶ κράνη, οἱ χαλκάσπιδες, οἱ σιδηρόδετοι. τοιαύτην μοι τὴν παρασκευὴν
πρὸς τὴν μετοχὴν τῶν ἀρρήτων ἐποίησας. Ἀλλ' ὅ με μικροῦ διέλαθε, τοῦτο δή σε πράως ἐρήσομαι. τί ποτ' οὖν, ὦ βέλτιστε σύ, τολμῆσαι
τοιαῦτα προῃρημένος, οὐκ ἀλλαχοῦ σοι διέθηκας τὴν σκευὴν καὶ τὴν δορυφορίαν ἡτοίμακας ἐπὶ τὰ λαιὰ τοῦ νεώ,
