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Chapter XXXIII.
Helvidius,hyperlink a disciple of Auxentius and imitator of Symmachus, wrote, indeed, with zeal for religion but not according to knowledge, a book, polished neither in language nor in reasoning, a work in which he so attempted to twist the meaning of the Holy Scriptures to his own perversity, as to venture to assert on their testimony that Joseph and Mary, after the nativity of our Lord, had children who were called brothers of the Lord. In reply to his perverseness Jerome, published a book against him, well filled with scripture proofs.hyperlink
Chapter XXXIV.
Theophilus,hyperlink bishop of the churchhyperlink of Alexandria, wrote one great volume Against Origen in which he condemns pretty nearly all his sayings and himself likewise, at the same time saying that he was not original in his views but derived them from the ancient fathers especially from Heraclas, that he was deposed fromhyperlink the office of presbyter driven from the church and compelled to fly from the city. He also wrote Against the Anthropomorphites, heretics who say that God has the human form and members, confuting in a long discussion and arguing by testimonies of Divine Scripture and convincing. He shows that, according to the belief of the Fathers, God is to be thought of as incorporal, not formed with any suggestion of members at all, and therefore there is nothing like Him among created things in substance, nor has the incorruptibility nor unchangeableness nor incorporeality of his nature been given to any one but that all intellectual natures are corporeal, all corruptible, all mutable, that He alone should not be subject to corruptibility or changeableness, who alone has immortality and life. Likewise the return of the paschal feast which the great council at Nicea had found would take place after ninety years at the same time, the same month and day adding some observations on the festival and explanations he gave to the emperor Theodosius. I have read also three books On faith, which bear his name but, as their language is not like his, I do not very much think they are by him.
Chapter XXXV.
Eusebiushyperlink wrote On the mystery of our Lord's cross and the faithfulness of the apostles, and especially of Peter, gained by virtue of the cross.
Chapter XXXVI.
Vigilantius,hyperlink a citizen of Gaul, had the church of Barcelona. He wrote also with some zeal for religion but, overcome by the desire for human praise and presuming above his strength, being a man of polished language but not practised in the meaning of Scriptures, he expounded the vision of Daniel in a perverted sense and said other frivolous things which are necessarily mentioned in a catalogue of heretics. [To him also the blessed Jerome the presbyter responded.]hyperlink
Chapter XXXVII.
Simplicianus,hyperlink the bishop, exhorted Augustine then presbyter, in many letters, that he should exercise his genius and take time for exposition of the Scriptures that, as it were, a new Ambrosius, the task master of Origen might appear. Wherefore also he sent to him many examinations of scriptures. There is also an epistle of his of Questions in which he teaches by asking questions as if wishing to learn.
Chapter XXXVIII.
Vigiliushyperlink the bishop wrote to one Simplicianus a small book In praise of martyrs and an epistle containing the acts of the martyrs in his time among the barbarians.
Chapter XXXIX.
Agustine,hyperlink of Africa, bishop of Hipporegensis, a man renowned throughout the world for learning both sacred and secular, unblemished in the faith, pure in life, wrote works so many that they cannot all be gathered. For who is there that can boast himself of having all his works, or who reads with such diligence as to read all he has written?hyperlink As an old man even, he published fifteen books On the Trinity which he had begun as a young man. In which, as scripture says, brought into the chamber of the king and adorned with the manifold garment of the wisdom of God, he exhibited a church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing. In his work On the incarnation of the Lord also he manifested a peculiar piety. On the resurrection of the dead he wrote with equal sincerity, and left it to the less able to raise doubts respecting abortions.hyperlink hyperlink
Chapter XL.
Orosius,hyperlink a Spanish presbyter, a man most eloquent and learned in history, wrote eight books against those enemies of the Christians who say that the decay of the Roman State was caused by the Christian religion. In these rehearsing the calamities and miseries and disturbances of wars, of pretty much the whole world from the creationhyperlink he shows that the Roman Empire owed to the Christian religion its undeserved continuance and the state of peace which it enjoyed for the worship of God.
In the first book he described the world situated within the ever flowing stream of Oceanus and intersected by the Tanais, giving the situations of places, the names, number and customs of nations, the characteristics of various regions, the wars begun and the formation of empires sealed with the blood of kinsmen.
This is the Orosius who, sent by Augustine to Hieronymus to teach the nature of the soul, returning, was the first to bring to the West relics of the blessed Stephen the first martyr then recently found. He flourished almosthyperlink at the end of the reign of the emperor Honorius.
Chapter XLI.
Maximus,hyperlink bishop of the church at Turin, a man fairly industrious in the study of the Holy Scripture, and good at teaching the people extemporaneously, composed treatises In praise of the apostles and John the Baptist, and a Homily on all the martyrs. Moreover he wrote many acute comments on passages from the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. He wrote also two treatises, On the lifehyperlink of Saint Eusebius, bishop ofVercelli, and confessor, and On Saint Cyprian, and published a monograph On the grace of baptism. I have read his On avarice, On hospitality, On the eclipse of the moon, On almsgiving, On the saying. in Isaiah, Your winedealers mix wine with water, On Our Lord's Passion, A general treatise On fasting by the servants of God, On the quadragesimal fast in particular, and That there should be no jesting on fast day, On Judas, the betrayer, On Our Lord's cross, On His sepulchre, On His resurrection, On the accusation and trial of Our Lord before Pontius Pilate, On the Kalends of January, a homily On the day of Our Lord's Nativity, also homilies On Epiphany, On the Passover, On Pentecost, many also, On having no fear of carnal Foes, On giving thanks after meat, On the repentance of the Ninivites, and other homilies of his, publishedhyperlink on various occasions, whose names I do not remember. He died in the reign of Honorius and Theodosius the younger.
Chapter XLII.
Petronius,hyperlink bishop of Bologna in Italyhyperlink a man of holy life and from his youth practised in monastic studies, is reputed to have written the Lives of the Fathers, to wit of the Egyptian monks, a work which the monks accept as the mirror and pattern of their profession. I have read a treatise which bears his name On the ordination of bishops, a work full of good reasoning and notable for its humility, but whose polished style shows it not to have been his, but perhaps, as some say, the work of his father Petronius,hyperlink a man of great eloquence and learned in secular literature. This I think is to be accepted, for the author of the work describes himself as a praetorian prefect. He died in the reign of Theodosius and Valentinianus.
Chapter XLIII.
Pelagiushyperlink the heresiarch, before he was proclaimed a heretic wrote works of practical value for students: three books On belief in the Trinity, and one book of Selections from Holy Scriptures bearing on the Christian life. This latter was preceded by tables of contents, after the model of Saint Cyprian the martyr. After he was proclaimed heretic, however, he wrote works bearing on his heresy.
Chapter XLIV.
Innocentius,hyperlink bishop of Rome, wrote the decree which the Western churches passed against the Pelagians and which his successor, Pope Zosimus, afterwards widely promulgated.
Chapter XLV.
Caelestius,hyperlink before he joined Pelagius, while yet a very young man, wrote to his parents three epistles On monastic life, written as short books, and containing moral maxims suited to every one who is seeking God, containing no trace of the fault which afterwards appeared but wholly devoted to the encouragement of virtue.
Chapter XLVI.
Julianushyperlink the bishop, a man of vigorous character, learned in the Divine Scriptures, and proficient both in Greek and Latin, was, before he disclosed his participation in the ungodliness of Pelagius, distinguished among the doctors of the church. But afterwards, trying to defend the Pelagian heresy, he wrote four books, Against Augustine, the opponent of Pelagius, and then again, eight books more. There is also a book containing a discussion, where each defends his side.
This Julianus, in time of famine and want, attracting many through the alms which he gave, and the glamour of virtue, which they cast around him, associated them with him in his heresy. He died during the reign of Valentinianus, the son of Constantius.
Chapter XLVII.
Lucianushyperlink the presbyter, a holy man to whom, at the time when Honorius and Theodosius were Emperors, God revealed the place of the sepulchre and the remains of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr, wrote out that revelation in Greek, addressing it to all the churches.
Chapter XLVIII.
Avitushyperlink the presbyter, a Spaniard by race, translated the above mentioned work of the presbyter Lucianus into Latin, and sent it with his letter annexed, by the hand of Orosius the presbyter, to the Western churches.
Chapter XLIX.
Paulinus,hyperlink bishop of Nola in Campania, composed many brief works in verse, also a consolatory work to Celsus On the death of a christian and baptized child, a sort of epitaph, well fortified with christian hope, also many Letters to Severus, and A panegric in prose written before he became bishop, On victory over tyrants which was addressed to Theadosius and maintained that victory lay rather in faith and prayer, than in arms. He wrote also a Sacramentary and Hymnal.
He also addressed many letters to his sister, On contempt of the world, and published treatises of different sorts, on various occasions.hyperlink
The most notable of all his minor works.. are the works On repentance, and A general panegyric of all the martyrs. He lived in the reign of Honorius and Valentinianus, and was distinguished, not only for eruditionhyperlink and holiness of life, but also for his ability to cast out demons.
Chapter L.
Eutropius,hyperlink the presbyter, wrote to two sisters, handmaids of Christ, who had been disinherited by their parents on account of their devotion to chastity and their love for religion, two Consolatory letters in the form of small books, written in polished and clear language and fortified not only by argument, but also by testimonies from the Scriptures.
Chapter LI.
Another Evagriushyperlink wrote a Discussion between Simon the Jew and Theophilus the Christian, a work which is very well known.
Chapter LII.
Vigiliushyperlink the deacon. composed ant of the traditions of the fathers a Rule for monks, which is accustomed to be read in the monastery for the profit of the assembled monks. It is written in condensed and clear language and covers the whole range of monastic duties.
Chapter LIII.
Atticushyperlink bishop of Constantinople, wrote to the princess daughtershyperlink of the Emperor Arcadius, On faith and virginity, a most excellent work, in which he attacks by anticipation the Nestorian doctrine.
Chapter LIV.
Nestoriushyperlink hyperlink the heresiarch, was regarded, while presbyter of the church at Antioch, as a remarkable extemporaneous teacher,hyperlink and composed a great many treatises on various Questions, into which already at that timehyperlink he infused that subtle evil, which afterwards became the poison of acknowledged impiety, veiled meanwhile by moral exhortation. But afterwards, when commended by his eloquence and abstemiousness he had been made pontiff of the church at Constantinople, showing openly what he had for a long while concealed, he became a declared enemy of the church, and wrote a book On the incarnation of the Lord, formed of sixty-two passages from Divine Scripture, used in a perverted meaning. What he maintained in this book may be found in the catalogue of heretics.
Chapter LV.
Caelestinus,hyperlink bishop of Rome, addressed a volume to the churches of the East and West, giving an account of the decree of the synod against the above mentioned Nestorius and maintaining that while there are two complete natures in Christ, the person of the Son of God is to be regarded as single. The above mentioned Nestorius was shown to be opposed to this view. Xystus likewise, the successor of Caelestinus, wrote on the same subject and to the same Nestorius and the Eastern bishops, giving the views of the Western bishops against his error.
Chapter LVI.
Theodotus,hyperlink hyperlink bishop of Ancyra in Galatia, while athyperlink Ephesus, wrote against Nestorius a work of defence and refutation,hyperlink written, to be sure, in dialectic style, but interwoven with passages from the Holy Scriptures. His method was to make statements and then quote proof texts from the Scriptures.
Chapter LVII.
Fastidius,hyperlink bishop in Britain, wrote to one Fatalis, a book On the Christian life, and another On preserving the estate of virginity,hyperlink a work full of sound doctrine, and doing honour to God.
Chapter LVIII.
Cyril,hyperlink bishop of the church at Alexandria, published various treatises on various Questions, and also composed many homilies, which are recommended for preaching by the Greek bishops. Other books of his are; On the downfall of the synagogue, On faith against the heretics, and a work directed especially against Nestorius and entitled, A Refutation, in which all the the secrets of Nestorius are exposed and his published opinions are refuted.
Chapter LIX.
Timotheus,hyperlink the bishop composed a book On the nativity of Our Lord according to the flesh, which is supposed to have been written at Epiphany.
Chapter LX.
Leporius,hyperlink formerly monk afterwards presbyter, relying on purity,hyperlink through his own free will and unaided effort, instead of depending on the help of God, began to follow the Pelagian doctrine. But having been admonished by the Gallican doctors, and corrected by Augustine in Africa, he wrote a book containing his retraction, in which he both acknowledges his error and returns thanks for his correction. At the same time in correction of his false view of the incarnation of Christ, he presented the Catholic view, acknowledging the single person of the Son of God, and the two natures existing in Christ in his substance.hyperlink
Chapter LXI.
Victorus,hyperlink a rhetorician of Marseilles, wrote to his son Etherius, a commentary On Genesis, commenting, that is, from the beginning of the book to the death of the patriarch Abraham, and published fourhyperlink books in verse, words which have a savour of piety indeed, but, in that he was a man busied with secular literature and quite untrained in the Divine Scriptures, they are of slight weight, so far as ideas are concerned.
He died in the reign of Theodosius and Valentinianus.
Chapter LXII.
Cassianus,hyperlink Scythian by race, ordained deacon by bishop John the Great, at Constantinople, and a presbyter at Marseilles, rounded two monasteries, that is to say one for men and one for women, which are still standing. He wrote from experience, and in forcible language, or to speak more clearly, with meaning back of his words, and action back of his talk. He covered the whole field of practical directions, for monks of all sorts, in the following works: On dress, also On the canon of prayers, and the Usage in the saying of Psalms, (for these in the Egyptian monasteries, are said day and night), three books. One of Institutes, eight books On the origin, nature and remedies for the eight principal sins, a book on each sin. He also compiled Conferences with the Egyptian fathers, as follows: On the aim of a monk and his creed, On di scretion, On three vocations to the service of God, On the warfare of the flesh against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh, On the nature of all sins, On the slaughter of the saints, On fickleness of mind, On principalities, On the nature of prayer, On the duration of prayer, On perfection, On chastity, On the protection of God, On the knowledge of spiritual things, On the Divine graces, On friendship, On whether to define or not to define, On three ancient kinds of monks and a fourth recently arisen, On the object of cenobites and hermits, On true satisfaction in repentance, On the remission of the Quinquagesimal fast, On nocturnal illusions, On the saying of the apostles, "For the good which I would do. I do not, but the evil which l would not, that l do," On mortification, and finally at the request of Leo the archdeacon, afterwards bishop of Rome, he wrote seven books against Nestorius, On the incarnation of the Lord, and writing this, made an end, both of writing and living, at Marseilles, in the reign of Theodosius and Valentinianus.
Chapter LXIII.
Philip,hyperlink the presbyter Jerome's best pupil, published a Commentary on Job, written in an unaffected style, I have read his Familiar letters, exceedingly witty, exhorting the endurance of poverty and sufferings. He died in the reign of Martianus and Avitus.
Chapter LXIV.
Eucherius,hyperlink bishop of the church at Lyons, wrote to his relative Valerianus, On contempt for the world and worldly philosophy, a single letter, written in a style which shows sound learning and reasoning. He wrote also to his sons, Salonius and Veranius, afterward bishops, a discussion On certain obscure passages of Holy Scriptures, and besides, revising and condensing certain works of Saint Cassianus, he compressed them into one volume, and wrote other works suited to ecclesiastical or monastic pursuits. He died in the reign of Valentinianus and Martianus.
Chapter LXV.
Vincentius,hyperlink the Gaul, presbyter in the Monastery on the Island of Lerins, a man learned in the Holy Scriptures and very well informed in matters of ecclesiastical doctrine, composed a powerful disputation, written in tolerably finished and clear language, which, suppressing his name, he entitled Peregrinus against heretics. The greater part of the second book of this work having been stolen, he composed a brief reproduction of the substance of the original work, and published in one [book]. He died in the reign of Theodosius and Valentinianus.
Chapter LXVI.
Syagriushyperlink wrote On faith, against the presumptuous words, which heretics assume for the purpose of destroying or superseding the names of the Holy Trinity, for they say that the Father ought not to be called Father, lest the name, Son should harmonize with that of Father, but that he should be called the Unbegotten or the Imperishable and the Absolute, in order that whatever may be distinct from Him in person, may also be separate in nature, showing that the Father, who is unchangeable in nature may be called the Unbegotten, though the Scripture may not call Him so, that the person of the Son is begotten from Him, not made, and that the person of the Holy Spirit proceeds from Him not begotten, and not made. Under the name of this Syagrius I found seven books, entitled On Faith and the rules of Faith, but as they did not agree in style, I did not believe they were written by him.
Chapter LXVII.
Isaac,hyperlink presbyter of the church at Antioch, whose many works cover a long period, wrote in Syriac especially against the Nestorians and Eutychians. He lamented the downfall of Antioch in an elegiac poem, taking up the same strain that Ephraim, the deacon, sounded on the downfall of Nicomedia. He died during the reign of Leo and Majorianus.
Chapter LXVIII.
Salvianus,hyperlink presbyter of Marseilles, well informed both in secular and in sacred literature, and to speak without invidiousness, a master among bishops, wrote many things in a scholastic and clear style, of which I have read the following: four books On the Excellence of virginity, to Marcellus the presbyter, three books Against avarice, five books On the present judgment,hyperlink and one book On punishment according to desert, addressed to Salonius the bishop, also one book of Commentary on the latter part of the book of Ecclesiastes, addressed to Claudius bishop of Vienne, one book of Epistles.hyperlink He also composed one book in verse after the Greek fashion, a sort of Hexaemeron, covering the period from the beginning of Genesis to the creation of man, also many Homilies delivered to the bishops, and I am sure I do not know how many On the sacraments. He is still living at a good old age.
Chapter LXIX.
Paulinushyperlink composed treatises On the beginning of the Quadragesimal, of which I have read two, On the Passover Sabbath, On obedience, On penitence, On neophytes.
Chapter LXX.
Hilary,hyperlink bishop of the church at Arles, a man learned in Holy Scriptures, was devoted to poverty, and earnestly anxious to live in narrow circumstances, not only in religiousness of mind, but also in labour of body. To secure this estate of poverty, this man of noble race and very differently brought up, engaged in farming, though it was beyond his strength, and yet did not neglect spiritual matters. He was an acceptable teacher also, and without regard to persons administered correction to all.hyperlink He published some few things, brief, but showing immortal genius, and indicating an erudite mind, as well as capacity for vigorous speech; among these that work which is of so great practical value to many, his Life Saint Honoratus, his predecessor. He died during the reign of Valentinianus and Martianus.
Chapter LXXI.
Leo,hyperlink bishophyperlink of Rome, wrote a letter to Flavianus, bishop of the church at Constantinople, against Eutyches the presbyter, who at that time, on account of his ambition for the episcopate was trying to introduce novelties into the church. In this he advises Flavianus, if Eutyches confesses his error and promises amendment, to receive him, but if he should persist in the course he had entered on, that he should be condemned together with his heresy. He likewise teaches in this epistle and confirms by divine testimony that as the Lord Jesus Christ is to be considered the true son of the Divine Father, so likewise he is to be considered true man with human nature, that is, that he derived a body of flesh from the flesh of the virgin and not as Eutyches asserted, that he showed a body from heaven.hyperlink He died in the reign of Leo and Majorianus.
Chapter LXXII.
Mochimus,hyperlink the Mesopotamian, a presbyter at Antioch, wrote an excellent book Against Eutyches, and is said to be writing others, which I have not yet read.
Chapter LXXIII.
Timotheus,hyperlink hyperlink when Proteriushyperlink had been put to death by the Alexandrians, in response to popular clamour, willingly or unwillingly allowed himself to be made bishop by a single bishop in the place of him who bad been put to death. And lest he, having been illegally appointed, should be deservedly deposed at the will of the people who had hated Proterius, he pronounced all the bishops of his vicinity to be Nestorians, and boldly presuming to wash out the stain on his conscience by hardihood, wrote a very persuasive book to the Emperor Leo, which he attempted to fortify by testimonies of the Fathers, used in a perverted sense, so far as to show, for the sake of deceiving the emperor and establishing his heresy, that Leo of Rome, pontiff of the city, and the synod of Chalcedon, and all the Western bishops were fundamentally Nestorians. But by the grace of God, the enemy of the church was refuted and overthrown at the Council of Chalcedon. He is said to be living in exile, still an heresiarch, and it is most likely so. This book of his for learning's sake, I translated by request of the brethren into Latin and prefixed a caveat.hyperlink
Chapter LXXIV.
Asclepius,hyperlink the African, bishop of a large seehyperlink within the borders of Bagais, wrote against the Arians, and is said to be now writing against the Donatists. He is famous for his extemporaneous teaching.
Chapter LXXV.
Peter, hyperlink presbyter of the church at Edessa, a famous preacher, wrote Treatises on various subjects, and Hymns after the manner of Saint Ephrem, the deacon.
Chapter LXXVI.
Paulhyperlink the presbyter, a Pannonian by nationality, as I learned from his own mouth, wrote On preserving virginity, and contempt for the world, and the Ordering of life or the correction of morals, written in a mediocre style, but flavoured with divine salt. The two books were addressed to a certain noble virgin devoted to Christ, Constantia by name, and in them he mentions Jovinian the heretic and preacher of voluptuousness and lusts, who was so far removed from leading a continent and chaste life, that he belched forth his life in the midst of luxurious banquets.hyperlink
Chapter LXXVII.
Pastorhyperlink the bishop composed a short work, written in the form of a creed, and containing pretty much the whole round of Ecclesiastical doctrine in sentences. In this, among other heresies which he anathematizes without giving the names of their authors, he condemns the Priscillians and their author.
Chapter LXXVIII.
Victor,hyperlink bishop of Cartenna in Mauritania, wrote one long book against the Arians, which he sent to king Genseric by his followers, as I learned from the preface to the work,hyperlink and a work On the repentance of the publican,hyperlink in which he drew up a rule of life for the penitent, according to the authority of Scriptures. He also wrote a consolatory work to one Basilius, On the death of a son, filled with resurrection hope and good counsel. He also composed many Homilies, which have been arranged as continuous works and are as I know, made use of by brethren anxious for their own salvation.
Chapter LXXIX.
Voconius,hyperlink bishop of Castellanum in Mauritania, wrote Against the enemies of the church, Jews, Arians, and other heretics. He composed also an excellent work On the Sacraments.hyperlink
Chapter LXXX.
Musaeus,hyperlink presbyter of the church at Marseilles, a man learned in Divine Scriptures and most accurate in their interpretation, as well as master of an excellent scholastic style, on the request of Saint Venerius the bishop, selected from Holy Scriptures passages suited to the various feast days of the year, also passages from the Psalms for responses suited to the season, and the passages for reading. The readers in the church found this work of the greatest value, in that it saved them trouble and anxiety in the selection of passages, and was useful for the instruction of the people as well as for the dignity of the service. He also addressed to Saint Eustathiushyperlink the bishop, successor to the above mentioned man of God, an excellent and sizable volume, a Sacramentary,hyperlink divided into various sections, according to the various offices and seasons, Readings and Psalms, both for reading and chanting, but also filled throughout with petitions to the Lord,hyperlink and thanksgiving for his benefits. By this work we know him to have been a man of strong intelligence and chaste eloquence. He is said to have also delivered homilies, which are, as I know, valued by pious men, but which I have not read. He died in the reign of Leo and Majorianus.
Chapter LXXXI.
Vincentiushyperlink the presbyter, a native of Gaul, practised in Divine Scripture and possessed of a style polished by speaking and by wide reading, wrote a Commentary On the Psalms. A part of this work, he read in my hearing, to a man of God, at Cannatae, promising at the same time, that if the Lord should spare his life and strength, he would treat the whole Psalter in the same way.
Chapter LXXXII.
Cyrus,hyperlink an Alexandrian by race, and a physician by profession, at first a philosopher then a monk, an expert speaker, at first wrote elegantly and powerfully against Nestorius, but afterwards, since he began to inveigh against him too intemperatelyhyperlink and dealt in syllogism rather than Scripture, he began to foster the Timothean doctrine. Finally he declined to accept the decree of the council of Chalcedon, and did not think the doctrine that after the incarnation the Son of God comprehended two natures, was to be acquiesced in.
Chapter LXXXIII.
Samuel,hyperlink presbyter of the church at Edessa, is said to have written many things in Syriac against the enemies of the church, especially against the Nestorians, the Eutychians and the Timotheans, new heresies all, but differing from one another. On this account he frequently speaks of the triple beast, while he briefly refutes by the opinion of the church, and the authority of Holy Scriptures, showing to the Nestorians, that the Son was God in man, not simply man born of a Virgin, to the Eutychians, that he had true human flesh, taken on by God, and not merely a body made of thick air, or shown from Heaven; to the Timotheans, that the Word was made flesh in such wise, that the Word remains Word in substance, and, human nature remaining human nature, one person of the Son of God is produced by union, not by mingling. He is said to be still living at Constantinople, for at the beginning of the reign of Anthemius, I knew his writings, and knew that he was in the land of the living.
Chapter LXXXIV.
Claudianus,hyperlink presbyter of the church at Vienne, a master speaker, and shrewd in argument, composed three books, On the condition and substance of the soul, in which he discusses how far anything is incorporeal excepting God.
[He wrote also some other things, among which are, A Hymn on Our Lord's Passion, which begins "Pange lingua gloriosi." He was moreover brother of Mamertus, bishop of Vienne.]hyperlink (See note.)
Chapter LXXXV.
Prosperhyperlink of Aquitania, a man scholastic in style and vigorous in statement, is said to have composed many works, of which I have read a Chronicle, which bears his name, and which extends from the creation of the first man, according to Divine Scripture, until the death of the Emperor Valentinianus and the taking of Rome by Genseric king of the Vandals. I regard as his also an anonymous book against certain works of Cassianus, which the church of God finds salutary, but which he brands as injurious, and in fact, some of the opinions of Cassian and Prosper on the grace of God and on free will are at variance with one another. Epistles of Pope Leo against Eutyches, On the true incarnation of Christ, sent to various persons, are also thoughthyperlink to have been dictated by him.
Chapter LXXXVI.
Faustus,hyperlink first abbot of the monastery at Lerins, and then made bishophyperlink of Riez in Gaul, a man studious of the Divine Scriptures, taking his text from the historic creed of the church, composed a book On the Holy Spirit, in which he shows from the belief of the fathers, that the Holy Spirit is consubstantial and coeternal with the Father and the Son, the fulness of the Trinity and therefore God.hyperlink He published also an excellent work, On the grace of God, through which we are saved,hyperlink in which he teaches that the grace of God always invites, precedes and helps our will, and whatever gain that freedom of will may attain for its pious effect, is not its own desert, but the gift of grace, I have read also a little book of his Against the Arians and Macedonians, in which he posits a coössential Trinity, and another against those who say that there is anything incorporeal in created things, in which he maintains from the testimony of Scriptures, and by quotations from the fathers, that nothing is to be regarded as incorporeal but God. There is also a letter of his, written in the form of a little book, and addressed to a certain deacon, named Graecus, who, leaving the Catholic faith, had gone over to the Nestorian impiety.
In this epistle he admonishes him to believe that the holy Virgin Mary did not bring forth a mere human being, who afterwards should receive divinity, but true God in true man. There are still other works by him, but as I have not read, I do not care to mention them. This excellent doctor is enthusiastically believed in and admired. He wrote afterwards also to Felix, the Praetonian prefect, and a man of Patrician rank, son of Magnus the consul, a very pious letter, exhorting to the fear of God, a work well fitted to induce one to repent with his whole heart.
Chapter LXXXVII.
Servus Deihyperlink the bishop, wrote against those who say that Christ while living in this world did not see the Father with his eyes of flesh-But after his resurrection from the dead and his ascension into heaven when he had been translated into the glory of God the Father as in reward so to speak to him for his abnegation and a compensation for his martyrdom. In this work he showed both from his own argument and from the testimony of Sacred Scriptures that the Lord Jesus from his conception by the Holy Spirit and his birth of the Virgin through which true God in true man himself also man made God was born, always beheld with his eyes of flesh both the Father and the Holy Spirit through the special and complete union of God and man.
Footnotes
55 Fourth century.
56 In reply ...proofs A T 25 30 21; omit e 31 a.
57 Bishop 385, died 412.
58 Church T 21; city A 25 30 31 a.
59 deposed 25 31 a e?; elect A 30; stripped of T.
60 Bishop of Milan 451, died 462.
61 At Jerusalem 394, heretic about 404.
62 to him ...responded A Her.; omit T 25 30 31 a e.
63 Bishop of Milan 397, died 400.
64 Bishop of Trent 388, died 405.
65 Born at Tagaste 354, baptized at] Milan 387, bishop of Hippo 395, died 430.
66 all he has written e T A 30 31 a Her.; 25 Fabr. add "wherefore on account of his much speaking Solomon's saying came true that `In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin.
0'" This expression in the editions has been the ground of much comment on Gennadius' Semi-pelagian bias, but it almost certainly does not represent the original form of the text.
67 Abortions "That abortions ...shall rise again I make bold neither to affirm nor to deny" Augustine De civ. Dei. 22, 13.
68 T 31 end thus; A omits and left ...abortions but adds a few lines of other matter; e adds differing matter; a adds remained a catholic; 30 adds remained a catholic and died in the same city - the city which is still called Hypporegensis; while 25 adds a vast amount.
69 Paulus Orosius of Tarragon, the historian, flourished about 413 or 417. His history was begun after 416 and finished in 417.
70 from the creation ("from the whole period of the earth") A 25 30 31 a e; omit T 21 Her.
71 almost 25 30 31 a e; omit T A Her.
72 Maximus of Vercelli, bishop of Turin about 415, died 466-470.
73 omit life A 30 a.
74 published T30 21 Her.; delivered A 25 31 a e.
75 Bishop of Bologna 430, died before 350.
76 in Italy A 30 31 a e; omit T 25 21 Her.
77 Petronius A 25 30 31; omit T a?.
78 At Rome about 400, at Carthage 411, heretic 417.
79 Bishop or "Pope" 402, died 417.
80 Heretic 412-417.
81 Bishop of Eclanum about 416.
82 Lucianus of Caphargamala, flourished 415.
83 Avitus of Braga, died 440.
84 Pontius Meropius (Anicius?) Paulinus, Born at Bordeaux 353 (354?), pupil of Ausonius, baptized before 389, bishop before 410, died 431.
85 on various occasions is omitted by T 31 e.
86 erudition A T 31 a e 21; observation 25 30 Her.
87 Pupil of Augustine about 430.
88 Pupil of St. Martin of Tours 405.
89 Flourished about 430.
90 Bishop of Constantinople 406, died 425.
91 Daughters Pulcheria and her sisters.
92 Bishop of Constantinople 428, deposed 431, died in the Thebaid about 439.
93 Nestorius 25 30 Her; Nestor A T 31 a e 21.
94 teacher A T 30 31 a e; omit 25 Her.
95 at that time A T a e; omit 25 30 31.
96 Bishop (Pope) of Rome 422, died 432.
97 Theodotus Bishop of Ancyra 431-8.
98 Theodotus T ? a e; Theodorus a 25 30 31 Fabr. Her.
99 while at T 31 e 21; while formerly at 25 30 a Fabr. Her.
100 and refutation A 25 30 a; omit T 31 e 21.
101 Flourished 420.
102 virginity T 31 e 21; widowhood A 25 30 a Fabr. Her.
103 Born about 376, bishop of Alexandria 412, died 444.
104 From position evidently flourished before 450.
105 Flourished 418-430.
106 purity T 31 a e 21; purity of life A 25 30.
107 in his substance A T 30 31 a e 21; omit 25 Her.
108 Claudius Marius Victor (Victorius or Victorinus) of Marseilles died 445.
109 four A T 31 a e; three 25 30.
110 Johannes Cassianus died 450.
111 Died about 455.
112 Bishop about 435, died 450.
113 Presbyter 434, died before 450.
114 Syagrius of Lyons, died 486.
115 Isaac of Amida (Diarbekir) presbyter died about 460.
116 Born about 390, Presbyter about 428, died about 484.
117 present judgment more generally known as Divine Providence (De gubernatione Dei.)
118 one book of epistles a 25 30; omit A T 31 e 21.
119 From position evidently flourished about 450.
120 Born about 401, bishop 429, died 440.
121 correction to all; Her. adds work of preaching but has the support of no good mss.
122 Leo the Great, Bishop (Pope) 440, died 461.
123 bishop: A 30 31 e have pontiff.
124 T and 21 add after heaven "and he addressed another letter on this same subject to the Emperor Leo in whose reign also he died."
125 Presbyter 457.
126 Bishop of Alexandria 380, died 385.
127 Timotheus 31 e add Bishop of Alexandria.
128 Proterius; 25 30 Fabr. Her. add the bishop.
129 This book ...caveat A T 25 30 31 a e 21 Fabr.; omit Migne. Her.
130 Bishop of Bagais (Vagen) about 485.
131 large see A T 25 30 31 a? e earliest eds.; small village. Fabr. Migne. Her.
132 Flourished 450.
133 Flourished 430?.
134 T adds several lines.
135 Bishop in Spain? about 400.
136 Victor of Cartenna (Tenez Afr.) bishop about 450.
137 which he sent ...work A T 30 31 e 21 Fabr.; omit 25 a Her.
138 publican Fabr. Migne, Her.: On public penance, A T 30 31 a? e?: omit publican 25 Bamb Bern. the oldest editions.
139 Bishop of Castellan in Mauritania about 450.
140 Sacraments or of Sacraments i.e. a Sacrementary.
141 Died before 461.
142 Eustathius 31 e; Eustasius A T a. ed. 1512; Eusebius 25, 30; Eustachius Fabr. Migne, Her.
143 Sacramentary or On the Sacraments.
144 the Lord T 25 30 31 a e God Fabr. Her.
145 Apparently about 450.
146 Flourished 460.
147 since he began to inveigh against him too intemperately Norimb. and the eds., but the other mss. read "nevertheless" inveigh or "inveighs less" or "more" and "is found" for "inveigh." T 21 25 a Wolfenb. agree in reading in illo minus invenitur instead of in illum nimius inventur. Norimb has same with nimius instead of minus. The reading of T 21 25 a Wolfenb. thus reinforced and in view of the fact of the easy confusion of minus and nimius in transcribing, is the most probable reading, but it is hard to decide and harder still to make sense of it.
148 Presbyter 467.
149 Claudianus Ecdicius Mamertius died 473-4.
150 wrote ...Vienne is said to be in a certain manuscript of the Monastery of "St. Michaelis de Tumba" but is omitted by A T 25 30 31 a e 21 Bamb. Bern. etc etc. and certainly does not belong in text. It is left in brackets above because given in the editions.
151 Born 403, wrote chronicle 445? died 463.
152 thought A 25 30 31 a e 21; said T Fabr. Her.
153 Abbot of Lerins 433-4, bishop of Riez 462, exiled 477-84, died 490.
154 Made bishop A T 31 e 21; bishop a 25 30.
155 and therefore God T 25 31 a e 21 [31 A?;] obtaining Fabr. Her.; Bamb and ed. 1512 read and therefore but join to next sentence.
156 saved A T 25; add and the free will of the human mind in which we are saved 30 31 a e.
157 Bishop of "Tiburcisen" about 406-11.