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.
XLV. To the Patrician Anatolius.
XLVIII. To Eustathius, Bishop of Berytus.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CXVII. To the Bishop Florentius.
CXVIII. To the Archdeacon of Rome.
CXIX. To Anatolius the Patrician .
CXXI. To Anatolius the Patrician.
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.
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.
CLII. Report of the (Bishops) of the East to the Emperor, giving information of their proceedings, and explaining the cause of the delay in the arrival of the Bishop of Antioch.647
In obedience to the order of your pious letter we have journeyed to the Ephesian metropolis. There we have found the affairs of the Church in confusion, and disturbed by internecine war. The cause of this is that Cyril of Alexandria and Memnon of Ephesus have banded together and mustered a great mob of rustics, and have forbidden both the celebration of the great feast of Pentecost, and the evening and morning offices.648
They have shut the sacred churches and martyrs’ shrines; they have assembled apart with the victims of their deceit; they have wrought innumerable iniquities, trampling under foot alike the canons of the holy Fathers, and your own decrees. And the action has been taken in face of the order given both in writing and by word of mouth by the most excellent count Candidianus,649 envoy of your Christ-loving majesty, that the council must await the arrival of the very holy bishops, coming from all quarters of the Empire, and then and not till then formally assemble in obedience to your piety’s commands. Moreover Cyril of Alexandria had written to me, the bishop of Antioch, two days before the meeting of their synod, that the whole council was awaiting my arrival. We have therefore deposed both the aforenamed, Cyril and Memnon, and have excluded them from all the services of the church. The rest, who have participated in their iniquity, we have excommunicated, until they shall reject and anathematize the Chapters650 issued by Cyril, which are full of the Eunomian and Arian heresies, and shall, in obedience to your piety’s command, assemble together with us, and shall in an orderly manner and with all exactitude, together with ourselves, examine into the questions at issue, and confirm the pious doctrine of the holy Fathers.
As to the delay in my own arrival be it known to your piety that, in consideration of the distance of the way by land,—and this was our route,—I have come very quickly, I have travelled forty stages without pausing to rest on the way; so your Christian majesty may learn from the inhabitants of the towns on the route. Besides this I was detained many days in Antioch by the famine there; by the daily tumults of the people; and by the unusual severity of the rainy season, which caused the torrents to swell, and threatened danger to the town.