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
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 beastly soul he had, when the destroyers had come to the sanctuary, when they were moving the table, when they were displacing the offerings, when they were committing outrage with hands and feet and iron tools. But my tongue is paralyzed, and perhaps your heart too, the one speaking, the other receiving the words. But the great eye of the father was staring at the capture and without blinking watched the captivity of the Word, and perhaps was even fawning upon the dogs that after this were haunting the temple. And for him the excess of evil was a cheerful game. And while the law takes away the eyes of the temple-robber, his eye, seeing sacrilege against God, had become more transparent and more far-shining. And of old, for the one who had sown or planted the earth on which a temple was founded, death was the penalty; but we would have gladly delivered him from the danger, if some fresh herb had blossomed there, if he had surrounded the place with a little wall, if he had kept out the swine so they would not trample the pearly places, if he had driven away the dogs so they would not lick the holy things. But in no way did he care even a little for divine things. But you for me, O first-called, in vain then did you go about the whole earth, and in vain then before this had you come to the Word and suffered those many terrible things, when your temple was destined to be destroyed by this fine master, and this in the middle of the city, at midday, when the market was full, with everyone watching. But do not think that no one wished to defend it. For everyone was inflamed and set on fire in his soul with zeal for you, but the fire of the master was much more fiery. Therefore, he was afraid of the sparks, afraid of the conflagration, afraid of the Babylonian furnace, kindled to forty-nine cubits, which was lit not by vine-shoots and naphtha and the other kindling, but by madness against God and contempt for divine things and disdain for the many of us. For we were not like those children, that we might quench the vehemence of the fire. For these reasons we put off the defense for the time being. And seeing you being divided and cut up, we were lamenting and bitterly wailing, but we stood by you only as far as tears. For when you yourself endured being tortured and in no way brought down fire from above upon the audacious one, but again bore being martyred and punished, what should we do, having been deprived of all strength and power? But for you the temple being taken away is as nothing, since you have the very dweller of the temple and the eternal tabernacles and the first habitation and rest. But for us the matter is terrible, because what not even one of the most hateful enemies would have done out of spite, these things we have suffered from a patriarchal hand and power. Then indeed, on top of these things, there were also disputes from some against us, and of the synod, part was with us, and part with the opposing faction. And one man, giving in to piety, so he says, does not at all give an unbribed vote, while another objects more rashly, or rather more irrationally, not by opposing—for what voice will he utter?—but by pointlessly resounding and disturbing the assembly. And on top of so many and unsurpassable absurdities they utter certain inarticulate and mutilated words, and they think they are being pious while being impious, and being philanthropic while disposed more inhumanely toward God, and being reverent while taking up the utmost shamelessness. From this the many cities are sick, O best of men. Or rather from this divine things are despised; from this holy zeal has been taken away from souls. From this there is no distinction between worse and better; from this Moabites and Ammonites are numbered with our faithful, and those who take captive are inside the temple, and the comeliness of the Lord is disfigured. For if the life-giving
ὁρῶν τὰ γινόμενα ὑπερηγάλλετό τε καὶ ἔχαιρεν ὡς πάλαι ὁ τοῦ θηρὸς σκύμνος, τοῦ ἐξ Ἰσαυρίας φημί. ὑμεῖς δέ μοι ἐννοεῖτε, ὁποίαν
εἶχε θηρίου ψυχήν, ὁπότε πρὸς τῷ ἀδύτῳ οἱ καταστρέφοντες ἐγεγόνεισαν, ὅτε μετεκίνουν τὴν τράπεζαν, ὅτε μετετίθουν τὰ θύματα,
ὅτε καὶ χερσὶ καὶ ποσὶ καὶ σιδήροις ἐφύβριζον. ἀλλ' ἐμοὶ μὲν ἡ γλῶσσα παρεῖται, ἴσως δὲ καὶ ὑμῖν ἡ καρδία, ἡ μὲν λέγουσα,
ἡ δὲ δεχομένη τὰ ῥήματα. ὁ δὲ μέγας τοῦ πατρὸς ὀφθαλμὸς ἀτενὴς ἦν πρὸς τὴν ἅλωσιν καὶ ἀσκαρδαμυκτὶ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν ἑώρα τοῦ
λόγου καὶ τοὺς κύνας μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπιχωριάζοντας τῷ νεῲ τάχα που καὶ περιέσαινε. καὶ ἦν αὐτῷ ἡ ὑπερβολὴ τοῦ κακοῦ ἱλαρὰ παιδιά.
καὶ ὁ μὲν νόμος τὰ ὄμματα τοῦ ἱεροσυλήσαντος ἀφαιρεῖται, ὁ δὲ ὀφθαλμὸς ἐκείνου θεοσυλίαν ὁρῶν ἄντικρυς διαφανέστερος ἐγεγόνει
καὶ τηλαυγέστερος. καὶ πάλαι μὲν τῷ κατασπείραντι γῆν ἢ φυτεύσαντι, ἐν ᾗ νεὼς ἵδρυτο, θάνατος ἐπῆν ἡ ζημία, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἡδέως
ἂν αὐτὸν ἐξείλομεν τοῦ κινδύνου, εἰ δροσερά τις ἐκεῖσε περιηνθήκει βοτάνη, εἰ περιέβαλε τὸν τόπον τειχίῳ, εἰ ἀπεῖρξε τοὺς
σύας ὥστε μὴ τοὺς μαργαρώδεις τόπους καταπατεῖν, εἰ τοὺς κύνας ἀπήλασεν ὥστε μὴ περιλιχμᾶσθαι τὰ ἅγια. Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπῃ
τι κατὰ βραχὺ τῶν θείων ἐφρόντισε. σὺ δέ μοι, πρωτόκλητε, μάτην ἄρα περιῄεις τὴν ἅπασαν γῆν, μάτην δ' ἄρα καὶ πρὸ τούτου τῷ
λόγῳ προσεληλύθεις καὶ τὰ πολλὰ ἐκεῖνα ἐπεπόνθεις δεινά, ὁπότε δή σοι ἔμελλεν ὁ νεὼς ὑπὸ τῷ καλῷ τούτῳ δεσπότῃ καθαιρεθήσεσθαι,
καὶ ταῦτα ἐν μέσῃ πόλει, ὑπὸ μεσημβρίαν, πληθούσης ἀγορᾶς, πάντων ὁρώντων. ἀλλὰ μή τι νομίσῃς, ὡς οὐδεὶς ἐπαμύνειν ἠβούλετο.
διεπυροῦτο γὰρ ἅπας καὶ τῷ περὶ σὲ ζήλῳ κατεπίμπρατο τὴν ψυχήν, ἀλλὰ τὸ τοῦ δεσπότου πῦρ πολλῷ φλογωδέστερον ἦν. ἐδεδοίκει
μὲν οὖν τοὺς σπινθῆρας, ἐδεδοίκει μὲν τὴν πυρκαϊάν, ἐδεδοίκει μὲν τὴν Βαβυλωνίαν κάμινον, ἐπὶ πήχεις ἀνημμένην ἐννέα πρὸς
τοῖς τεσσαράκοντα, ἣν ἀνῆπτον <οὐ> κληματὶς καὶ νάφθα καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ὑπεκκαύματα, ἀλλ' ἡ κατὰ θεοῦ μανία καὶ ἡ τῶν θείων ὑπεροψία
καὶ ἡ τῶν πολλῶν ἡμῶν καταφρόνησις. οὐ γὰρ ἦμεν κατ' ἐκείνους τοὺς παῖδας, ἵνα δὴ καταβάλωμεν τοῦ πυρὸς τὴν σφοδρότητα. διὰ
ταῦτα ἀνεβαλόμεθα τέως τὴν ἄμυναν. καί σε ὁρῶντες διαιρούμενον καὶ τεμνόμενον ἀπωδυρόμεθα μὲν καὶ πικρῶς ἀπωλοφυρόμεθα, μέχρι
δέ σοι τῶν δακρύων ἱστάμεθα. ὁπότε γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκαρτέρεις αἰκιζόμενος καὶ οὐδαμῶς πῦρ ἄνωθεν ἐπὶ τὸν τολμητίαν κατῆγες,
ἀλλὰ καὶ πάλιν ἔφερες μαρτυρούμενός τε καὶ κολαζόμενος, τί χρὴ δρᾶν ἡμᾶς πᾶσαν ἠκρωτηριασμένους ἰσχύν τε καὶ δύναμιν; ἀλλὰ
σοὶ μὲν εἰς οὐδὲν ὁ νεὼς ἀφαιρούμενος, αὐτὸν ἔχοντι τὸν ἔνοικον τοῦ νεὼ καὶ τὰς αἰωνίους σκηνὰς καὶ τὴν πρώτην κατοικίαν τε
καὶ ἀνάπαυσιν. ἡμῖν δὲ τὸ πρᾶγμα δεινόν, ὅτι, ἃ μηδ' ἄν τις τῶν ἐχθίστων ἐπηρεάζων ἐπεποιήκει, ταῦτα παρὰ τῆς πατριαρχικῆς
ἐπεπόνθειμεν χειρὸς καὶ δυνάμεως. Εἶτα δὴ ἐπὶ τούτοις καὶ ἀντιλογίαι παρ' ἐνίων ἡμῖν καὶ τῆς συνόδου τὸ μὲν μεθ' ἡμῶν, τὸ
δὲ μετὰ τῆς ἀντιθέτου μερίδος. καὶ ὁ μέν τις εὐλαβείᾳ δῆθεν διδοὺς οὐ πάνυ τι τὴν ψῆφον ἀδέκαστον δίδωσιν, ὁ δὲ ἰταμώτερον
ἀντιλέγει, μᾶλλον δὲ ἀλογώτερον, οὐκ ἀντιθείς-τίνα γὰρ ἀφήσει φωνήν; -ἀλλὰ περιηχῶν μάτην καὶ ταράττων τὸν σύλλογον. καὶ ἐπὶ
τοσούτοις καὶ ἀνυπερβλήτοις τοῖς ἀτοπήμασιν ἄναρθρά τινα καὶ κολοβὰ προΐενται ῥήματα, καὶ οἴονται εὐσεβεῖν ἀσεβοῦντες καὶ
φιλανθρωπεύεσθαι ἀπανθρωπότερον πρὸς τὸν θεὸν διακείμενοι καὶ εὐλαβεῖσθαι τὴν ἐσχάτην ἀναισχυντίαν ἀναλαμβάνοντες. ἐντεῦθεν
αἱ πολλαὶ πόλεις νοσοῦσιν, ὦ βέλτιστοι. μᾶλλον δὲ ἐντεῦθεν τὰ θεῖα καταπεφρόνηνται· ἐντεῦθεν ὁ ἱερὸς ζῆλος ἀφῄρηται τῶν ψυχῶν.
ἐντεῦθεν οὐκ ἔστι διαστολὴ χείρονος καὶ βελτίονος· ἐντεῦθεν Μωαβῖται καὶ Ἀμμανῖται μετὰ τῶν πιστῶν ἡμῶν ἀριθμοῦνται καὶ οἱ
αἰχμαλωτεύοντες ἐντὸς γίνονται τοῦ νεὼ καὶ ἡ τοῦ κυρίου ἀποκοσμεῖται εὐπρέπεια. εἰ γὰρ τὸ ζωτικὸν
