Theodoret of Cyrus,
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Letters of the blessed theodoret, bishop of…
Letters of the blessed theodoret,
Ix. to an anonymous correspondent.
Xi. to flavianus bishop of constantinople.
Xvii. to the deaconess casiana.
Xix. to the presbyter basilius.
Xx. to the presbyter martyrius.
Xxiii. to the patrician areobindas.
Xxiv. to andreas bishop of samosata.
Xxvii. to aquilinus, deacon and archimandrite.
Xxviii. to jacobus, presbyter and monk.
Xxxi. to domnus bishop of antioch.
Xxxii. to the bishop theoctistus.
Xxxiii. to stasimus, count and primate.
Xxxiv. to the count patricius.
Xxxvi. to pompianus, bishop of emesa.
Xxxvii. to salustius the governor.
Xlii. to constantius the prefect.
Xliii. to the augusta pulcheria.
Xliv. to the patrician senator.
Xlv. to the patrician anatolius.
Xlvii. to proclus, bishop of constantinople.
Xlviii. to eustathius, bishop of berytus.
Xlix. to damianus, bishop of sidon.
L. to the archimandrite gerontius.
Lii. to ibas, bishop of edessa .
Liii. to sophronius, bishop of constantina .
Lvii. to the præfect eutrechius.
Lx. to dioscorus, bishop of alexandria.
Lxi. to the presbyter archibius.
Lxx. to eustathius, bishop of ægæ.
Lxxi. to zeno, general and consul.
Lxxii. to hermesigenes the assessor.
Lxxvi. to uranius, governor of cyprus.
Lxxvii. to eulalius, bishop of persian armenia.
Lxxviii. to eusebius, bishop of persian armenia.
Lxxix. to anatolius the patrician.
Lxxx. to the prefect eutrechius.
Lxxxii. to eusebius, bishop of ancyra.
Lxxxiii. of theodoretus, bishop of cyrus, to dioscorus, archbishop of alexandria.
Lxxxiv. to the bishops of cilicia.
Lxxxvi. to flavianus, bishop of constantinople.
Lxxxvii. to domnus, bishop of apamea.
Lxxxviii. to taurus the patrician.
Lxxxix. to florentius the patrician.
Xci. to the prefect eutrechius.
Xcii. to anatolius the patrician.
Xciii. to senator the patrician.
Xciv. to protogenes the præfect.
Xcv. to the præfect antiochus.
Xcvii. to the count sporacius.
Xcix. to claudianus the antigrapharius.
Ci. to the deaconess celarina.
Ciii. to the count apollonius.
Civ. to flavianus, bishop of constantinople.
Cvii. to the presbyter theodotus.
Cviii. to acacius the presbyter.
Cix. to eusebius, bishop of ancyra.
Cx. to domnus, bishop of antioch.
Cxi. to anatolius the patrician.
Cxii. to domnus, bishop of antioch.
Cxiii. to leo, bishop of rome.
Cxiii. (a). from pope leo to theodoret.
Cxvi. to the presbyter renatus.
Cxvii. to the bishop florentius.
Cxviii. to the archdeacon of rome.
Cxix. to anatolius the patrician .
Cxxi. to anatolius the patrician.
Cxxii. to uranius bishop of emesa.
Cxxiv. to the learned maranas.
Cxxvi. to the bishop sabinianus.
Cxxvii. to jobius, presbyter and archimandrite.
Cxxviii. to candidus, presbyter and archimandrite.
Cxxix. to magnus antoninus the presbyter.
Cxxxi. to longinus, archimandrite of doliche.
Cxxxii. to ibas, bishop of edessa.
Cxxxiii. to john, bishop of germanicia.
Cxxxiv. to theoctistus, bishop of berœa.
Cxxxvi. to cyrus magistrianus.
Cxxxvii. to the archimandrite john.
Cxxxviii. to anatolius the patrician.
Cxxxix. to aspar, consular and patrician.
Cxl. to the master vincomalus.
Cxli. to marcellus, archimandrite of the acoemetæ.
Cxliii. to andrew, monk of constantinople.
Cxlv. to the monks of constantinople.
Cxlvii. to john, bishop of germanicia.
Cxlviii in the edition of garnerius.
Cxlix is “copy of the letter written by john, bishop of antioch, to nestorius.”
Cl. letter of theodoretus, bishop of cyrus, to joannes, bishop of antioch.
Cliii. report of the same to the empresses pulcheria and eudoxia.
Cliv. report of the same to the senate of constantinople.
Clv. letter of john, bishop of antioch and his supporters, to the clergy of constantinople.
Clvi. letter of the same to the people of constantinople.
Clix. letter of the same to the præfect and to the master.
Clx. letter of the same to the governor and scholasticus.
Clxii. letter of theodoretus to andreas, bishop of samosata, written from ephesus.
Clxiv. second epistle of the same to the same, expressing premature triumph in victory.
Clxv. letter of the same to the same.
Clxvi. first petition of the commissioners, addressed from chalcedon, to the emperor.
Clxvii. second petition of the same, sent from chalcedon to theodosius augustus.
Clxviii. third demand of the same, addressed from chalcedon to the sovereigns.
Clxix. letter written by theodoretus, bishop of cyrus, from chalcedon to alexander of hierapolis.
Clxx. letter of certain easterns, who had been sent to constantinople, to bishop rufus.
Clxxi. letter of theodoret to john, bishop of antioch, after the reconciliation.
Clxxii. letter of theodoretus to nestorius.
Clxxiii. letter to andreas, monk of constantinople.
Clxxiv. to himerius, bishop of nicomedia.
Clxxv. to alexander of hierapolis .
Clxxvii. letter to andreas, bishop of samosata.
Clxxviii. letter to alexander of hierapolis.
Clxxix. letter of cyril to john, bishop of antioch, against theodoret.
CXXXI. To Longinus, Archimandrite of Doliche.346 Sent presumably at the same time as the preceding. Nothing is recorded of Longinus. It will be remembered that the name, recorded also in the Acts of Linus as that of an officer commanding the executioners of St. Paul, is assigned by tradition to the soldier who wounded the Saviour’s side.
You have shewn alike your zeal for the true religion, and your love for your neighbour, both of which are at the present time clearly connected, for it is for the sake of the apostolic decrees that I am being attacked, because I refuse to give up the heritage of my fathers, and prefer to undergo any suffering to looking lightly on the robbery of one tittle from the faith of the Gospel. You have accepted fellowship in my sufferings, not only by comforting me by means of your letter, but further by sending to me the very honourable and pious Matthew and Isaac. You shall hear, I am well assured, from the lips of the righteous Lord, “I was in prison, and ye visited me.”347 Matt. xxv. 36 We are small and of no account, and burdened by a great load of sins, but the Lord is bountiful and generous. He remembers the small rather than the great, and says, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these”348 Matt. xxv. 40 “which believe in me”349 Matt. xviii. 6 “ye have done it unto me.”350 Matt. xxv. 40 I pray you in that you are conspicuous for right doctrine, and shine by worthiness of life, and therefore have great boldness before God, help me in your prayers, that I may be able “to stand,” to use the words of the Apostle,351 Eph. iv. 14, and vi. 11. As in the case of the former citation Theodoret seems to be quoting from memory, and coupling the two passages in which the word μεθοδεία occurs. “Wiles” fits in better with the evident allusion to Eph. vi. 11, than the periphrasis by which A.V. renders iv. 14, and for which the revisers substitute “the wiles of error.” “μεθοδεία” may be exactly described as “ἡ ἀποστολικὴ φωνή,” for it occurs nowhere but in these two passages. “against the wiles of error,” escape the sins of the destroyer, and stand, though with little boldness, in the day of the appearing before the righteous Judge.