Ecclesiastical History From A.d. 400 to 456 (Volume 2); Tr. With Notes

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844. Excerpt: ... be added. He anathematizes all those who divide Jesus A. D. 449. Christ into two, especially Nestorius. Ch. Xxxiv. Meanwhile1 the eunuch Chrysaphius, the patron of Eutyches, xxxiv. wrote to Dioscorus, Bishop of Alexandria, promising to assist Ephesusat him in all his designs if he would undertake the defence of convoked. Eutyches, and attack Flavian and Eusebius of Dorylaeum. 1.14. c. 47. He also prevailed on the Empress Eudocia to act on the £ nMa same side, chiefly to spite Pulcheria. Eutyches himself entreated Dioscorus to take cognizance of the affair and examine what had been done against him. Dioscorus wrote to the Emperor that he ought to convene a universal Council; and, being seconded by the solicitations of Eudocia and Chrysaphius, he easily carried his point. The letter which convoked it is still extant; it is addressed to Dioscorus, and is dated at Constantinople on the third of the calends of April, after the Consulate of Posthumian and Zeno2; that is, the thirtieth of» C. Calch. March, 449. It states, that whereas certain doubts con-ac' p' cerning the Faith had sprung up, to the disturbance of men's minds, the Emperor orders the Bishops to assemble: "Where"fore your holiness, too," he says to Dioscorus, "shall take "with you ten Metropontans belonging to your diocese, and ten other Bishops, and hasten to reach Ephesus by the first day of August next. No more Bishops than these shall "attend the Council, since more will only prove an incum"brance; but if any one absents himself, his absence shall "be taken as a sign of conscious guilt. As to Theodoret, "Bishop of Cyrus, whom we have before ordered to confine "himself to his Church; we ordain that he shall not come "to the Council, unless the assembled Council shall unani"mously cons...