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they are being accomplished according to their cry which is coming to me. But if not, that I may know. And yet he clearly knew the wickedness of those men; but nevertheless he said, 'Having gone down I will see,' teaching us to await the test of the facts. But these men, not having called us to a court of law, not having listened to our voice, not having wished to learn from us what we think, have granted our slaughter to the wrath of the enemies of the truth. But I embrace tranquility, and especially in the present time, since the apostolic doctrines have been corrupted by many, and the new heresy has been strengthened. But lest anyone of those who do not know us should believe the slanders made against us to be true, and be scandalized, thinking that we hold opinions contrary to the evangelical teaching, I entreat your Magnificence to ask this favor of the gloriously triumphant head, that I may reach the West and be judged by the most God-beloved and most holy bishops there; and if I should be seen to transgress even a little from the canon of the faith, that I be delivered to the very depth of the sea. But if he does not accept even this request of yours, let him at least command me to dwell in our monastery, which is one hundred and twenty miles distant from Cyrrhus, seventy-five from Antioch, and is situated three miles from the city of Apamea. Of these things, if possible, I ask that the first be granted to me through your Greatness, but if not, at least the second. Whose memory we carry about continually, both in our mind and on our tongue, beseeching the Lord of hosts to reward your Magnificence, both with present and with future good things. But I have been compelled to write these things now, having learned that some are also plotting my removal from here. 120 TO LUPICIUS. I think even the enemies of the truth are indignant at our unjust and lawless slaughters. But much more, as is likely, does this new and strange tragedy grieve the nurslings of piety, among whom your Magnificence is pre-eminent. But it is fitting that those who grieve more should bring more zeal and eagerness, so that what has been done impiously and unlawfully may be undone, and that the body of the Church, which is in danger of being torn apart, may return to its former harmony. For this reason, therefore, I ask your Greatness to consider the present time an opportunity for spiritual commerce; and to contribute zeal on behalf of piety, and to receive in return from the bountiful Master, both the greatest care in the present life, and in the future the kingdom of heaven. 121 TO ANATOLIUS THE PATRICIAN. The Master who oversees and governs all things has shown both the apostolic truth of our doctrines, and the falsehood of the slander made against us. For the things written by the most God-beloved and most holy archbishop of great Rome, the lord Leo, to Flavian of holy memory and to the others who were assembled at Ephesus, are very much in harmony with what has been written by us and always preached in the church. For which reason, immediately upon reading them, I praised the man-loving Lord, that he has not completely abandoned the Churches, but has preserved the spark of orthodoxy; or rather, not a spark, but a very great torch, capable of kindling and illuminating the world. For truly in what he wrote, the apostolic

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κατὰ τὴν κραυγὴν αὐτῶν τὴν ἐρχομένην ταύ την πρός με συντελοῦνται. Εἰ δὲ μή, ἵνα γνῶ . Καί τοι σαφῶς ᾔδει τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐκείνων τὴν πονηρίαν· ἀλλ' ὅμως ἔφη· Καταβὰς ὄψομαι , διδάσκων ἡμᾶς ἀναμένειν τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν πεῖραν. Οὗτοι δὲ οὐκ εἰς δικαστήριον ἡμᾶς καλέσαντες, οὐ φωνῆς ἡμῶν ἐπακούσαντες, οὐ τί φρο νοῦμεν μαθεῖν παρ' ἡμῶν ἐθελήσαντες, τῷ θυμῷ τῶν τῆς ἀλη θείας ἐχθρῶν τὴν ἡμετέραν σφαγὴν ἐχαρίσαντο. Ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν μὲν ἡσυχίαν ἀσπάζομαι, καὶ διαφερόντως ἐν τῷ παρόντι καιρῷ, τῶν ἀποστολικῶν παρὰ πόλλοις διαφθα ρέντων δογμάτων, καὶ τῆς καινῆς κρατυνθείσης αἱρέσεως. Ἵνα δὲ μή τις τῶν ἀγνοούντων ἡμᾶς ἀληθὲς εἶναι πιστεύσῃ τὰς καθ' ἡμῶν γεγενημένας διαβολάς, καὶ σκανδαλισθῇ νομί σας ἕτερα παρὰ τὴν εὐαγγελικὴν διδασκαλίαν φρονεῖν, ἀντι βολῶ τὴν ὑμετέραν μεγαλοπρέπειαν, ταύτην αἰτῆσαι τὴν χάριν τὴν καλλίνικον κορυφήν, ὥστε με τὴν Ἑσπέραν καταλαβεῖν καὶ παρὰ τοῖς ἐν ἐκείνῃ θεοφιλεστάτοις καὶ ἁγιωτάτοις ἐπισκόποις δικάσασθαι· καὶ εἰ ὀφθείην βραχὺ γοῦν τι παρεκ βαίνων τοῦ κανόνος τῆς πίστεως, αὐτῷ με παραδοθῆναι τῷ μεσαιτάτῳ τῆς θαλάττης βυθῷ. Εἰ δὲ οὐδὲ ταύτην ὑμῶν τὴν δέησιν δέχεται, οἰκῆσαι γοῦν με κελευσάτω τὸ ἡμέτερον μονα στήριον, ὃ τῆς μὲν Κυρρεστῶν εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατὸν μιλίοις ἀφ έστηκε, τῆς δὲ Ἀντιόχου πέντε καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα, ἀπὸ δὲ τριῶν μιλίων τῆς Ἀπαμέων διάκειται πόλεως. Τούτων, εἰ μὲν δυνα τόν, τὸ πρότερον, εἰ δὲ μή, τὸ γοῦν δεύτερον παρασχεθῆναί μοι διὰ τοῦ ὑμετέρου μεγέθους παρακαλῶ. Οὗ τὴν μνήμην κἀν τῇ διανοίᾳ, κἀν τῇ γλώττῃ, διηνεκῶς περιφέρομεν, ἱκετεύοντες τὸν τῶν δυνάμεων Κύριον, ἀμείψασθαι τὴν ὑμετέραν μεγαλο πρέπειαν, καὶ τοῖς παροῦσι, καὶ τοῖς μέλλουσιν ἀγαθοῖς. Ταῦτα δὲ γράψαι νῦν ἠναγκάσθην, μαθὼν ὥς τινες καὶ τὴν ἐντεῦθέν μοι καττύουσι μετανάστασιν. 120 ΛΟΥΠΙΚΙΩ. Οἶμαι καὶ τοὺς τῆς ἀληθείας σχετλιάζειν ἐχθροὺς ἐπὶ ταῖς ἀδίκοις ἡμῶν καὶ παρανόμοις σφαγαῖς. Πολλῷ δὲ πλέον, ὡς εἰκός, ἀνιᾷ τοὺς τροφίμους τῆς εὐσεβείας ἡ καινὴ αὕτη καὶ παράδοξος τραγῳδία, ὧν ἡ ὑμετέρα πρωτεύει μεγαλοπρέπεια. Προσήκει δὲ τοὺς πλεῖον ἀλγοῦντας πλείονα σπουδήν τε καὶ προθυμίαν εἰσενεγκεῖν, ὥστε τὰ δυσσεβῶς καὶ παρανόμως γεγενημένα λύσιν λαβεῖν, τὸ δὲ διασπασθῆναι κινδυνεῦον σῶμα τῆς Ἐκκλησίας εἰς τὴν προτέραν συμφωνίαν ἐπανελθεῖν. Τού του δὴ χάριν παρακαλῶ τὸ ὑμέτερον μέγεθος, πνευματικῆς ἐμπορίας ἀφορμὴν νομίσαι τὸν παρόντα καιρόν· καὶ τὴν μὲν ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐσεβείας εἰσενεγκεῖν προθυμίαν, ἀντιλαβεῖν δὲ παρὰ τοῦ μεγαλοδώρου ∆εσπότου, κἀν τῷ παρόντι βίῳ τὴν μεγίστην κηδεμονίαν, κἀν τῷ μέλλοντι τὴν τῶν οὐρανῶν βασι λείαν. 121 ΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΩ ΠΑΤΡΙΚΙΩ. Ἔδειξεν ὁ πάντ' ἐφορῶν καὶ πρυτανεύων ∆εσπότης, καὶ τὴν ἀποστολικὴν τῶν ἡμετέρων δογμάτων ἀλήθειαν, καὶ τῆς καθ' ἡμῶν γεγενημένης συκοφαντίας τὸ ψεῦδος. Τὰ γὰρ παρὰ τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτου καὶ ἁγιωτάτου τῆς μεγάλης Ῥώμης ἀρχι επισκόπου τοῦ κυρίου Λέοντος, τὰ πρὸς τὸν τῆς ὁσίας μνή μης Φλαβιανὸν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους τοὺς ἐν Ἐφέσῳ συν αθροισθέντας γραφέντα, ἄγαν συμφωνεῖ τοῖς παρ' ἡμῶν καὶ συγγραφεῖσι καὶ ἐπ' ἐκκλησίας κηρυχθεῖσιν ἀεί. Οὗ δὴ χάριν εὐθὺς ἐντυχὼν ὕμνησα τὸν φιλάνθρωπον Κύριον, ὅτι οὐ τὰς Ἐκκλησίας παντελῶς καταλέλοιπεν, ἀλλ' ἐφύλαξε τὸν τῆς ὀρθοδοξίας σπινθῆρα· μᾶλλον δὲ οὐ σπινθῆρα, ἀλλὰ πυρσὸν μέγιστον, ἱκανὸν ἐξάψαι καὶ φωτίσαι τὴν οἰκουμένην. Ἀλη θῶς γὰρ τὸν ἀποστολικὸν ἐν οἷς ἔγραψε