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to be deemed worthy of adoption, and in the likeness of a royal image Christ is to be worshipped in the person of God the Word, and after the resurrection to have become immutable in his thoughts and sinless. And in addition to these things, he said that the union of God the Word with Christ was of such a kind as the apostle spoke of concerning a man and a woman: the two shall be one flesh. Furthermore, I urge you to examine also the things badly written by Theodoret and Ibas against the first holy council in Ephesus, and to pronounce similarly against him." And having investigated these things again in like manner, the divine fathers answered, "The divine council in Chalcedon, having cried out many things against Theodoret and Ibas, did not receive them otherwise, unless they first anathematized their own wicked writings and Theodore and Nestorius. But we condemn and anathematize, in addition to all other heretics who were condemned and anathematized by the said four holy councils, Theodore who became bishop of Mopsuestia and his impious writings, and indeed also the things badly written by Theodoret against both the orthodox faith and the twelve chapters of Cyril of holy memory and the first holy council in Ephesus, and whatever was written by him in defense of Theodore and Nestorius. In addition to these, we also anathematize the impious letter 1.671 said to have been written by Ibas to Maris the Persian, which denies that God the Word, having been incarnate of the holy virgin Mary the Theotokos, became man, and which slanders the divine Cyril as a heretic, and blames the first holy council in Ephesus for deposing Nestorius without a trial and investigation, and which rejects the twelve chapters of the blessed Cyril, while vindicating Nestorius and Theodore and their God-hated writings and doctrines. Wherefore, then, counting the unbridled tongues of these heretics and all, and their most impious writings, and the heretics themselves who persisted to the end in their own evil opinion and wickedness, along with the father of lies, the devil, we shall say, "Go into the light of your fire and into the flame which you have kindled." In these years a certain rich man in Constantinople, having fallen ill and fearing death, gave thirty pounds of gold to the poor. And having unexpectedly recovered his health, and repenting through diabolical deception, he confides this to his genuine and rich friend. And he says to him, "By no means, O man, accept this wicked thought, lest you grieve God who had mercy on you and raised you up on account of your charity, and he bring upon you a sudden death, and you depart unrepentant." But when he was not persuaded but rather became more despondent, the friend said to him, "Since you do not accept my counsel for salvation, let me tell you 1.672 another plan." And he says, "What is that?" And the truly merciful one answered, "Come to the church, and say, 'It is not I, Lord, who gave that charity, but this man is,' and I will provide you with the thirty pounds immediately." And that wretched man, agreeing to this and having gone to the church, taking the gold in his hands and having said the word, as he was going out he fell beside the gate of the church and died. And when the clergy and all who were present were astonished, they urged the master of the coins to take them. But he was not persuaded, but distributed them to the poor, saying, "God is not mocked." For a promise to God extends not only to money but also to word and intention. It is necessary, therefore, for all to render what has been promised to God: the virgin her virginity, the continent his continence, those in marriage their chastity and mutual honor and love, and finally all the to

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υἱοθεσίας ἠξιῶσθαι, καὶ καθ' ὁμοίωσιν βασιλι κῆς εἰκόνος εἰς πρόσωπον τοῦ θεοῦ λόγου τὸν Χριστὸν προσκυνεῖ σθαι, καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἄτρεπτον ταῖς ἐννοίαις καὶ ἀνα μάρτητον γεγενῆσθαι. καὶ πρὸς τούτοις εἶπε τοιαύτην γεγενῆσθαι τὴν ἕνωσιν τοῦ θεοῦ λόγου πρὸς τὸν Χριστὸν ὁποίαν ὁ ἀπόστολος ἔφη περὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς καὶ τῆς γυναικός· ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν. ἔτι δὲ προτρέπομαι ὑμᾶς ἐξετάσαι καὶ τὰ κακῶς γραφέντα παρὰ Θεοδωρήτου καὶ Ἴβα κατὰ τῆς ἐν Ἐφέσῳ πρώτης ἁγίας συνόδου, καὶ ὁμοίως τὰ κατ' αὐτοῦ ἀποφήνασθαι." Καὶ ταῦτα πάλιν ὡσαύτως οἱ θεῖοι πατέρες πολυπραγμονή σαντες ἀπεκρίθησαν "ἡ μὲν ἐν Χαλκηδόνι θεία σύνοδος Θεοδω ρήτου καὶ Ἴβα πολλὰ καταβοήσασα οὐκ ἄλλως αὐτοὺς ἐδέξατο, εἰ μὴ πρότερον ἀνεθεμάτισαν τὰ ἴδια πονηρὰ συγγράμματα καὶ Θεό δωρον καὶ Νεστόριον. ἡμεῖς δὲ κατακρίνομεν καὶ ἀναθεματίζομεν πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν αἱρετικοῖς, τοῖς κατακριθεῖσι καὶ ἀνα θεματισθεῖσιν ὑπὸ τῶν εἰρημένων ἁγίων τεσσάρων συνόδων, καὶ Θεόδωρον γενόμενον ἐπίσκοπον Μόψου ἑστίας καὶ τὰ δυσσεβῆ συγγράμματα αὐτοῦ, καὶ μέντοι καὶ τὰ κακῶς παρὰ Θεοδωρήτου συγγραφέντα κατά τε τῆς ὀρθῆς πίστεως καὶ τῶν δώδεκα κεφα λαίων τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις Κυρίλλου καὶ τῆς ἐν Ἐφέσῳ πρώτης ἱερᾶς συνόδου, καὶ ὅσα ὑπὲρ συνηγορίας Θεοδώρου καὶ Νεστορίου αὐτῷ γέγραπται. πρὸς τούτοις ἀναθεματίζομεν καὶ τὴν ἀσεβῆ ἐπιστο 1.671 λὴν τὴν λεγομένην παρὰ Ἴβα γεγράφθαι πρὸς Μάριν τὸν Πέρσην, τὴν ἀρνουμένην τὸν θεὸν λόγον ἐκ τῆς ἁγίας παρθένου τῆς θεοτό κου Μαρίας σαρκωθέντα ἄνθρωπον γεγενῆσθαι, καὶ τὸν θεσπέ σιον Κύριλλον ὡς αἱρετικὸν διαβάλλουσαν, καὶ μεμφομένην μὲν τὴν ἐν Ἐφέσῳ πρώτην ἁγίαν σύνοδον ὡς χωρὶς κρίσεως καὶ ζητή σεως τὸν Νεστόριον καθελοῦσαν, καὶ τὰ ιβʹ κεφάλαια τοῦ μακα ρίου Κυρίλλου διαπτύουσαν, ἐκδικοῦσαν δὲ Νεστόριον καὶ Θεό δωρον καὶ τὰ θεοστυγῆ αὐτῶν συγγράμματά τε καὶ δόγματα. διὸ δὴ τοίνυν τὰς μὲν τῶν αἱρετικῶν τούτων καὶ πάντων ἀθυρο στόμους γλώσσας καὶ τὰς τούτων ἀσεβεστάτας συγγραφάς, αὐτούς τε τοὺς αἱρετικοὺς τοὺς μέχρι τέλους ἐμμείναντας τῇ οἰκείᾳ κακο δοξίᾳ καὶ πονηρίᾳ, μετὰ πατρὸς τοῦ ψεύδους εἰκότως διαβόλου συναριθμοῦντες, ἐροῦμεν «πορεύεσθε τῷ φωτὶ τοῦ πυρὸς ὑμῶν καὶ τῇ φλογὶ ᾗ ἐξεκαύσατε.»" Ἐν τούτοις τοῖς ἔτεσι πλούσιός τις ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει νοσήσας καὶ τὸν θάνατον δειλιάσας ἔδωκε τοῖς πένησι χρυσίου λί τρας τριάκοντα. καὶ παρὰ προσδοκίαν ὑγιάνας καὶ μεταμεληθεὶς ἐκ διαβολικῆς ἀπάτης θαρρεῖ τοῦτο γνησίῳ καὶ πλουσίῳ φίλῳ αὐ τοῦ. ὁ δὲ λέγει αὐτῷ "μηδαμῶς ὦ ἄνθρωπε παραδέξῃ τὸν πο νηρὸν τοῦτον λογισμόν, καὶ λυπήσεις θεὸν τὸν ἐλεήσαντά σε καὶ ἀναστήσαντα διὰ τὴν ἐλεημοσύνην σου, καὶ ἐπάξει σοι θάνατον αἰφνίδιον, καὶ ἀπέλθῃς ἀμετανόητος." τοῦ δὲ μὴ πειθομένου ἀλλὰ καὶ μᾶλλον ἀποδυσπετοῦντος, ἔφη πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ φίλος "ἐπεὶ συμβουλεύοντός μου τὰ πρὸς σωτηρίαν οὐ καταδέχῃ, εἴπω σοι 1.672 ἑτέραν βουλήν." ὁ δέ φησι "ποίαν ταύτην;" καὶ ὁ ἀληθὴς ἐλεήμων ἀπεκρίνατο "δεῦρο εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ εἰπέ «οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ κύριε ὁ ποιήσας τὴν ἐλεημοσύνην ἐκείνην, ἀλλ' οὗτός ἐστι,» καὶ παρέξω σοι τὰς τριάκοντα λίτρας εὐθέως." ὁ δὲ ταλαίπωρος ἐκεῖνος ἄνθρωπος συνθέμενος τοῦτο καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἀπελ θών, τὸ χρυσίον ἐν χερσὶ λαβὼν καὶ τὸν λόγον εἰπών, ἐν τῷ ἐξ έρχεσθαι αὐτὸν πεσὼν παρὰ τὴν πύλην τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀπέθανε. τῶν κληρικῶν δὲ ἐκπλαγέντων καὶ πάντων τῶν εὑρεθέντων, προε τρέποντο τὸν κύριον τῶν νομισμάτων λαβεῖν αὐτά. ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἐπείσθη, ἀλλὰ τοῖς πτωχοῖς ταῦτα διένειμεν εἰπών "ὁ θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται." ἡ γὰρ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐπαγγελία οὐ μόνον ἄχρι χρημάτων ἀλλὰ καὶ μέχρι λόγου φθάνει καὶ προαιρέσεως. ἀνά γκη τοίνυν ἀποδιδόναι πάντας τὰ ἐπηγγελμένα πρὸς θεόν, τὴν μὲν παρθένον τὴν παρθενίαν, τὴν δὲ ἐγκρατῆ τὴν ἐγκράτειαν, τοὺς ἐν γάμῳ τὴν σωφροσύνην καὶ τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους τιμὴν καὶ ἀγάπην, καὶ τέλος πάντας τὴν εἰς