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having been convicted, to be dragged to a defense against irresponsible accusations; allow me therefore to appoint advocates for my former letter; for even if I should be unlawfully forced into communion with those with whom one ought not to have communion, I will not do what 8.24.7 is not lawful for the pious.” But he, since he did not persuade her to have communion with Arsacius, at that time let her go, as if to instruct her advocates, but on another occasion, he brought her forth and condemned her to a large fine of gold. For he thought that he would thus make her change her mind. But she, despising the money, did not yield; and leaving Constantinople, she resided in Cyzicus. 8.24.8 At that time also Tigrius the presbyter was stripped of his clothing and scourged on his back, and having his feet and hands bound, he was stretched out and his 8.24. joints were dislocated. He was a barbarian by race, not a eunuch from birth; having first served as a slave in the house of one of those in power, and having been praised by his master, he obtained his freedom. In time he advanced to the rank of presbyter and was shown to be most equitable and gentle in character, and most gracious, if anyone else, to the needy and to strangers. And such were the events in Constantinople. 8.24.10 At this time, when Siricius had completed fifteen years in the episcopate of the Romans, and Anastasius three, after him Innocent filled this 8.24.11 succession. Flavian also died, not having consented to the deposition of John; and Porphyry succeeded to the church of the Antiochians. And since he had voted for the judgments against him, many of those in Syria were separated from the church there, holding their own synods for affairs 8.24.12 and they experienced very many terrible things. For on account of communion with Arsacius and this Porphyry and Theophilus the bishop of Alexandria, through the zeal of the powerful men in the palace, a law was enacted that those who held orthodox opinions should not assemble outside of the churches, and that those who did not have communion with them should be driven out. 8.25.1 And about this time, as can generally be found to have happened amid the dissensions of the priests, public affairs also experienced disturbances and confusion. And the Huns, having crossed the Ister, were ravaging the Thracians, while the Isaurian bandits, having gathered in great numbers, were doing evil to the cities and villages in between, as far as the Carians and Phoenicians. 8.25.2 And Stilicho, the general of Honorius, a man, if ever there was one, who possessed great power, having the young men of both the Romans and the barbarians under his obedience, having entered into enmity with the rulers of Arcadius 8.25.3, plotted to bring the empires into conflict with each other. And having procured from Honorius the rank of a Roman general for Alaric, the leader of the Goths, he set him up against the Illyrians; and having sent ahead Jovius, who had been appointed their prefect, he arranged to run together with the Roman sol-diers, so as to bring the subjects there ostensibly under the rule of Honorius. 8.25.4 And Alaric, taking those under him from the barbarian land near Dalmatia and Pannonia, where he was living, came to the regions of Epirus; and having waited there for a considerable time, he returned to Italy. For as he was about to set out, as Stilicho had agreed, he was detained by letters from Honorius. And so matters stood in these affairs. 8.26.1 But Innocent, the bishop of the Romans, learning of the things done against John, was angry; and he condemned some of them, and being eager to convene an ecumenical synod, he wrote to John, and in part also to the clergy of Constantinople; and having found both letters from the Roman language, I have set them down; and it is as follows: 8.26.2 “To the beloved brother John, Innocent. "7Although the innocent man must expect all good things and ask for mercy from "7God, nevertheless also from us who counsel forbearance "7the appropriate letters have been sent out through Cyriacus the deacon, "7so that insolence may not be more able to prevail in crushing <than> a good con8.26.3 "7science in hoping. For neither do you, the "7teacher and shepherd of so many peoples, need to be taught that the best are always and often tested, if

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διελεγχθεῖσαν εἰς ἀπολογίαν ἕλκεσθαι μέμψεων ἀνευθύνων· ἐπίτρεψον οὖν μοι πρὸς τὴν προτέραν γραφὴν συνηγόρους προστήσασθαι· εἰ γὰρ καὶ παρανόμως βιασθείην οἷς μὴ δεῖ κοινωνεῖν, οὐ ποιήσω ἃ 8.24.7 μὴ θέμις τοῖς εὐσεβοῦσιν.» ὁ δέ, ὡς οὐκ ἔπεισεν αὐτὴν ᾿Αρσακίῳ κοινωνεῖν, τότε μὲν ἠφίει ὡς συνηγόρους διδάξουσαν, ἐν ἑτέρᾳ δὲ παραγαγὼν πολλοῦ χρυσίου κατεδίκασεν· ᾤετο γὰρ οὕτως αὐτὴν μεταθήσειν τῆς γνώμης. ἀλλ' ἡ μὲν τῶν χρημάτων ὑπεριδοῦσα οὐ καθυφῆκε· καὶ καταλιποῦσα τὴν Κωνσταντινούπολιν ἐν Κυζίκῳ διέτριβεν. 8.24.8 ᾿Εν δὲ τῷ τότε καὶ Τίγριος πρεσβύτερος τῆς ἐσθῆτος γυμνωθεὶς καὶ κατὰ νώτου μαστιγωθείς, πόδας καὶ χεῖρας δεδεμένος διαταθεὶς διελύθη τὰ 8.24. ἄρθρα. ἐγένετο δὲ οὗτος βάρβαρος τὸ γένος, οὐκ ἐκ γενετῆς εὐνοῦχος· ἐν οἰκίᾳ δέ του τῶν ἐν δυνάμει τὰ πρῶτα δουλεύσας καὶ ἐπαινεθεὶς παρὰ τοῦ κεκτημένου μετέσχεν ἐλευθερίας. εἰς πρεσβυτέρου δὲ ἀξίαν προελθὼν τῷ χρόνῳ διεφάνη τὸ ἦθος ἐπιεικέστατος καὶ πρᾶος καὶ περὶ τοὺς δεομένους καὶ ξένους, εἴπερ τις ἄλλος, δεξιώτατος. καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει τοιάδε ἦν. 8.24.10 ᾿Εν τούτῳ δὲ Σιρικίου δέκα καὶ πέντε ἔτη τὴν ῾Ρωμαίων ἐπισκοπὴν διανύσαντος, ᾿Αναστασίου δὲ τρία, μετὰ τοῦτον ᾿Ιννοκέντιος ταύτην ἐπλήρου 8.24.11 τὴν διαδοχήν. ἐτελεύτησε δὲ καὶ Φλαβιανὸς μὴ συνθέμενος τῇ ᾿Ιωάννου καθαιρέσει· διαδέχεται δὲ τὴν ᾿Αντιοχέων ἐκκλησίαν Πορφύριος· καὶ ἐπειδὴ τοῖς κατ' αὐτοῦ κεκριμένοις ἐπεψηφίσατο, πολλοὶ τῶν ἐν Συρίᾳ τῆς ἐνθάδε ἐκκλησίας ἐχωρίσθησαν, καθ' ἑαυτούς τε τὰς συνόδους ποιούμενοι πραγμά8.24.12 των καὶ πλείστων δεινῶν ἐπειράθησαν. χάριν γὰρ τῆς πρὸς ᾿Αρσάκιον κοινωνίας καὶ Πορφύριον τοῦτον καὶ Θεόφιλον τὸν ᾿Αλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπον σπουδῇ τῶν ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις δυνατῶν νόμος ἐτέθη τοὺς ὀρθῶς δοξάζοντας ἐκτὸς τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν μὴ συνιέναι, τοὺς δὲ μὴ κοινωνοῦντας αὐτοῖς ἐλαύνεσθαι. 8.25.1 Περὶ δὲ τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον, ὡς ἐπίπαν συνενεχθὲν εὑρεῖν ἔστιν ἐν ταῖς τῶν ἱερέων διχονοίαις, καὶ τὰ κοινὰ θορύβων καὶ ταραχῆς ἐπειράθη. καὶ Οὖννοι μὲν τὸν ῎Ιστρον περαιωθέντες τοὺς Θρᾷκας ἐδῄουν, οἱ δὲ ἐν ᾿Ισαυρίᾳλῃσταὶ εἰς πλῆθος ἀθροισθέντες μέχρι Καρῶν καὶ Φοινίκων τὰς ἐν μέσῳ 8.25.2 πόλεις καὶ κώμας ἐκακούργουν. Στελίχων δὲ ὁ ᾿Ονωρίου στρατηγός, ἀνὴρ εἴπερ τις πώποτε ἐν πολλῇ δυνάμει γεγενημένος, ῾Ρωμαίων τε καὶ βαρβάρων τοὺς νέους πειθομένους ἔχων, εἰς ἔχθραν καταστὰς τοῖς ᾿Αρκαδίου 8.25.3 ἄρχουσιν ἐβεβούλευτο πρὸς ἑαυτὰ συγκροῦσαι τὰ βασίλεια. καὶ στρατηγοῦ ῾Ρωμαίων ἀξίωμα παρὰ ᾿Ονωρίου προξενήσας ᾿Αλαρίχῳ τῷ ἡγουμένῳ τῶν Γότθων ᾿Ιλλυριοῖς ἐπανέστησεν· ὕπαρχόν τε αὐτῶν καταστάντα ᾿Ιόβιον προπέμψας συνέθετο συνδραμεῖσθαι μετὰ τῶν ῾Ρωμαίων στρατιω-τῶν, ὥστε καὶ τοὺς τῇδε ὑπηκόους δῆθεν ὑπὸ τὴν ᾿Ονωρίου ἡγεμονίαν ποιῆ8.25.4 σαι. παραλαβὼν δὲ ᾿Αλάριχος τοὺς ὑπ' αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς πρὸς τῇ ∆αλματίᾳ καὶ Παννονίᾳ βαρβάρου γῆς, οὗ διῆγεν, ἧκεν εἰς τὰς ᾿Ηπείρους· καὶ συχνὸν ἐνταῦθα προσμείνας χρόνον ἐπανῆλθεν εἰς ᾿Ιταλίαν. μέλλων γὰρ ἐκδημεῖν ὡς ὡμολόγησε Στελίχων ᾿Ονωρίου γράμμασιν ἐπεσχέθη. καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐν τούτοις ἦν. 8.26.1 Μαθὼν δὲ ᾿Ιννοκέντιος ὁ ῾Ρωμαίων ἐπίσκοπος τὰ κατὰ ᾿Ιωάννου πεπραγμένα ἐχαλέπαινε· καὶ τῶν μὲν κατέγνω, οἰκουμενικὴν δὲ συναγεῖραι σύνοδον σπουδάζων ἔγραψεν ᾿Ιωάννῃ, ἐν μέρει τε τοῖς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως κληρικοῖς· ἑκατέραν τε ἐπιστολὴν ἐκ τῆς ῾Ρωμαίων φωνῆς εὑρὼν παρεθέμην· ἔχει δὲ ὧδε· 8.26.2 «Τῷ ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῷ ᾿Ιωάννῃ ᾿Ιννοκέντιος. "7Εἰ καὶ πάντα δεῖ τὸν ἀναίτιον προσδοκᾶν τὰ χρηστὰ καὶ παρὰ τοῦ "7θεοῦ τὸν ἔλεον αἰτεῖν, ὅμως καὶ παρ' ἡμῶν τῶν ἀνεξικακίαν συμβουλευόν"7των τὰ καθήκοντα γράμματα διὰ Κυριακοῦ τοῦ διακόνου ἐξαπέσταλται, "7ὥστε μὴ πλέον δυνηθῆναι τὴν ὕβριν ἐν τῷ συντρίβειν <ἢ> τὸ ἀγαθὸν συν8.26.3 "7ειδὸς ἐν τῷ ἐλπίζειν. οὐδὲ γὰρ ὀφείλεις διδαχθῆναι ὁ τοσούτων λαῶν "7διδάσκαλος καὶ ποιμήν, τοὺς ἀρίστους ἀεὶ καὶ πολλάκις δοκιμάζεσθαι, εἰ