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and having struck him, he reigned over the Persians for 2 months. But the Persians, having done away with him, established Boran as ruler, the daughter of Chosroes, who held the kingdom of the Persians for 7 months. Hormizd, pursued by the Saracens, succeeded her, and the kingdom of the Persians came under the Arabs until this day. Year of the world 121. Year of the divine incarnation 621. Emperor of the Romans Heraclius for 31 years. 20. King of the Persians Hormizd for 11 years. 1. Bishop of Constantinople Sergius for 29 years. 21. Bishop of Jerusalem Zacharias for 22 years. 21. Bishop of Alexandria George for 14 years. 11. In this year, while the emperor Heraclius was in Hierapolis, Athanasius, the patriarch of the Jacobites, came to him, a dreadful and malevolent man with the innate cunning of the Syrians, and having initiated discussions about faith with the emperor, Heraclius promised him that if he accepted the council in Chalcedon, he would make him patriarch of Antioch. But he, feigning, accepted the council, confessing the two natures united in Christ; and he asked the emperor about the energy and the wills, how one ought to speak of these in Christ, as double or single? The emperor, being struck by the strange question, wrote to Sergius, the bishop of Constantinople, and he also summoned Cyrus, the bishop of Phasis, and having questioned him, he found him in agreement with Sergius on the one will and the one energy. Sergius 330 for, being of Syrian birth and from Jacobite parents, confessed and wrote of one natural will and one energy in Christ. And the emperor, aligning with the counsel of both, found that Athanasius also agreed with them. For he knew that where one energy is found, there also one nature is recognized. The emperor, being confirmed in this, writes to John, the pope of Rome, the opinion of both; but he did not accept their heresy. When George of Alexandria died, Cyrus was sent as bishop of Alexandria, and having united with Theodore, the bishop of Pharan, he made that washed-out union, they too writing of one natural energy in Christ. With these things having followed thus, the council of Chalcedon and the catholic church fell into great reproach. For the Jacobites and the Theodosians boasted, saying, "it is not we who have entered into communion with Chalcedon, but rather Chalcedon has entered into communion with us, by confessing through the one energy the one nature of Christ." At this time Sophronius was ordained bishop of Jerusalem, and having gathered the bishops under him, he anathematized the monothelite dogma and sent synodical letters to Sergius of Constantinople and to John of Rome. When Heraclius heard this, he was ashamed, and while he did not wish to undo his own actions, he could not bear the reproach. Then indeed, thinking he was doing something great, he put forth the so-called edict, containing that one should confess neither one nor two energies in Christ, which, when the followers of Severus read it, they reviled the catholic church in taverns and bathhouses, saying: "Formerly, the Chalcedonians, holding the views of Nestorius, came to their senses and returned to the truth, being united with us through the one energy in the one nature of Christ. But now, having condemned what was right, they have lost both, confessing neither one nor two in Christ." After the death of Sergius, Pyrrhus succeeded to the throne of Constantinople, who impiously strengthened the doctrines set forth by Sergius and Cyrus. And when Heraclius died 331 and his son Constantine reigned, Pyrrhus, with Martina, killed him with poison, and Heraclonas, the son of Martina, reigned. But the senate and the city drove out Pyrrhus as impious, along with Martina and her son; and Constans, the son of Constantine, reigned, and Paul was ordained bishop of Constantinople, himself also a heretic. John, the

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καὶ τοῦτον πατάξας ἐβασίλευσε τῶν Περσῶν μῆνας βʹ. τοῦτον δὲ ἀνελόντες οἱ Πέρσαι Βοράνην κατεστήσαντο εἰς βασιλέα, τὴν θυγατέρα Χοσρόου, ἥτις ἐκράτησε τῆς βασιλείας τῶν Περσῶν μῆνας ζʹ. ταύτην δὲ διεδέξατο Ὁρμίσδας ὑπὸ τῶν Σαρακηνῶν διωχθείς, καὶ γέγονεν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν Περσῶν ὑπὸ τοὺς Ἄραβας μέχρι τῆς σήμερον. Κόσμου ἔτη ρκαʹ. Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη χκαʹ. Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς Ἡράκλειος ἔτη λαʹ. κʹ. Περσῶν βασιλεὺς Ὁρμίσδας ἔτη ιαʹ. αʹ. Κωνσταντ. ἐπίσκοπος Σέργιος ἔτη κθʹ. καʹ. Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπίσκοπος Ζαχαρίας ἔτη κβʹ. καʹ. Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος Γεώργιος ἔτη ιδʹ. ιαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει τοῦ βασιλέως Ἡρακλείου ὄντος ἐν Ἱεραπόλει,ἦλθε πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἀθανάσιος, ὁ πατριάρχης τῶν Ἰακωβιτῶν, δεινὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ κακοῦργος τῇ τῶν Σύρων ἐμφύτῳ πανουργίᾳ, καὶ κινήσας πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα περὶ πίστεως λόγους ὑπισχνεῖτο αὐτῷ Ἡράκλειος, εἰ τὴν ἐν Χαλκηδόνι σύνοδον ἀποδέξηται, πατριάρχην αὐτὸν ποιεῖν Ἀντιοχείας. ὁ δὲ ὑποκριθεὶς ἐδέξατο τὴν σύνοδον ὁμολογήσας τὰς δύο ἐν Χριστῷ ἡνωμένας φύσεις· ἠρώτησέ τε τὸν βασιλέα περὶ τῆς ἐνεργείας καὶ τῶν θελημάτων, τὸ πῶς δεῖ ταῦτα λέγειν ἐν Χριστῷ, διπλᾶ ἢ μοναδικά; ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ξενοφωνηθεὶς γράφει πρὸς Σέργιον, τὸν Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἐπίσκοπον, προσκαλεῖται δὲ καὶ Κῦρον, τὸν Φάσιδος ἐπίσκοπον, καὶ τοῦτον ἐρωτήσας εὗρεν αὐτὸν συμφωνοῦντα τῷ Σεργίῳ εἰς τὸ ἓν θέλημα καὶ τὴν μίαν ἐνέργειαν. Σέργιος 330 γάρ, ἅτε Συρογενὴς καὶ γονέων Ἰακωβιτῶν ὑπάρχων, μίαν φυσικὴν θέλησιν καὶ μίαν ἐνέργειαν ἐν Χριστῷ ὡμολόγησε καὶ ἔγραψεν. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἀμφοτέρων στοιχήσας τὴν βουλὴν εὗρε καὶ τὸν Ἀθανάσιον συμφωνοῦντα αὐτοῖς. ἐγίνωσκε γάρ, ὅτι, ἔνθα μία ἐνέργεια εὕρηται, ἐκεῖ καὶ μία φύσις γνωρίζεται. βεβαιωθεὶς δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν τούτῳ γράφει πρὸς Ἰωάννην, τὸν πάπαν Ῥώμης, ἀμφοτέρων τὴν γνώμην· ὁ δὲ οὐ κατεδέξατο αὐτῶν τὴν αἵρεσιν. Γεωργίου δὲ τοῦ Ἀλεξανδρείας τελευτήσαντος, ἀποστέλλεται Κῦρος ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείας, καὶ ἑνωθεὶς Θεοδώρῳ, τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ τῆς Φαράν, ἐποίησε τὴν ὑδροβαφῆ ἐκείνην ἕνωσιν, μίαν καὶ αὐτοὶ γράψαντες ἐν Χριστῷ φυσικὴν ἐνέργειαν. τούτων δὲ οὕτω παρακολουθησάντων, εἰς μέγα ὄνειδος ἡ σύνοδος Χαλκηδόνος καὶ ἡ καθολικὴ περιέπεσεν ἐκκλησία. κατεκαυχῶντο γὰρ οἱ Ἰακωβῖται καὶ οἱ Θεοδοσιανοὶ φάσκοντες, ὅτι "οὐχ ἡμεῖς τῇ Χαλκηδόνι, ἀλλ' ἡ Χαλκηδὼν μᾶλλον ἡμῖν ἐκοινώνησεν, διὰ τῆς μιᾶς ἐνεργείας μίαν ὁμολογήσασα φύσιν Χριστοῦ." ἐν τούτοις Σωφρόνιος χειροτονεῖται ἐπίσκοπος Ἱεροσολύμων, καὶ συναθροίσας τοὺς ὑπ' αὐτὸν ἐπισκόπους τὸ μονοθέλητον δόγμα ἀνεθεμάτισε καὶ συνοδικὰ Σεργίῳ τῷ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καὶ Ἰωάννῃ τῷ Ῥώμης ἀπέστειλεν. ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦτα Ἡράκλειος ᾐσχύνθη, καὶ καταλύσαι μὲν τὰ οἰκεῖα οὐκ ἠθέλησεν, καὶ πάλιν τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν οὐχ ὑπέφερεν. τότε δή, ὡς μέγα τι νομίζων ποιεῖν, ἐκτίθεται τὸ λεγόμενον ἴδικτον, περιέχον μήτε μίαν, μήτε δύο ὁμολογεῖν ἐνεργείας ἐν Χριστῷ, ὅπερ ἀναγνόντες οἱ τὰ Σευήρου φρονοῦντες ἐπὶ καπηλείων καὶ βαλανείων διέσυραν τὴν καθολικὴν ἐκκλησίαν, λέγοντες· "πρώην μὲν τὰ Νεστορίου φρονοῦντες οἱ Χαλκηδονῖται ἀνένηψαν ἐπιστρέψαντες εἰς τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἑνωθέντες ἡμῖν διὰ τῆς μιᾶς ἐνεργείας εἰς τὴν μίαν τοῦ Χριστοῦ φύσιν. νῦν δὲ καταγνόντες τοῦ καλῶς ἔχοντος ἀπώλεσαν ἀμφότερα, μήτε μίαν, μήτε δύο ἐν Χριστῷ ὁμολογοῦντες." μετὰ δὲ τὴν τελευτὴν Σεργίου Πύρρος τὸν θρόνον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως διεδέξατο, ὅς τις τὰ δογματισθέντα ὑπὸ Σεργίου καὶ Κύρου ἀσεβῶς ἐκράτυνεν. τοῦ δὲ Ἡρακλείου τελευτήσαν331 τος, καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Κωνσταντίνου βασιλεύσαντος, Πύρρος σὺν τῇ Μαρτίνῃ φαρμάκῳ τοῦτον ἀνεῖλεν, καὶ βασιλεύει Ἡρακλωνᾶς, ὁ τῆς Μαρτίνης υἱός. ἡ δὲ σύγκλητος καὶ ἡ πόλις Πύρρον ὡς ἀσεβῆ σὺν τῇ Μαρτίνῃ καὶ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτῆς ἐξέωσαν· καὶ βασιλεύει Κώνστας, ὁ Κωνσταντίνου υἱός, καὶ χειροτονεῖται Παῦλος ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, καὶ αὐτὸς αἱρετικός. Ἰωάννης δέ, ὁ