Theophanes the Confessor, Chronicle 69.13-23
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Context
Theophanes, born to noble parents in Constantinople, was raised in the
Palace under Constantine V (740-775 C.E.) He spent much of his career as a member and
leader of monastic communities around the Sea of Marmara, before his condemnation and
exile to Samothrace in 817 C.E. by Leo V the Armenian during the controversies over
Iconoclasm. At the request of George Syncellus, Theophanes wrote a continuation of his
chronicle from Diocletian down to Michael I Rhangabes (284-813 C.E.), in the usual dry
style and format of Byzantine chronography. In his entry for the year 383/4, Theophanes
summarized the outcome of the Holy Synod at Constantinople, or the Second Ecumenical
Council, which was actually held in 381, including the condemnation of Acacius, the
Arian bishop of Caesarea.
Text
ἡ δὲ ἁγία καὶ οἰκουμενικὴ σύνοδος τὸ ὁμοούσιον ἐκύρωσεν, προσέθηκε δὲ
τῷ συμβόλῳ καὶ τὴν θεολογίαν τοῦ πνεύματος. ἐξέθετο δὲ καὶ κανόνας, ἐν οἷς τῷ θρόνῳ
Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τὰ πρεσβεῖα νέας Ῥώμης ἀπένειμεν. τότε Γρηγόριος ὁ Νύσης καὶ Πελάγιος
Λαοδικείας, Εὐλόγιός τε Ἐδέσης καὶ Ἀμφιλόχιος Ἰκονίου ἐν ταύτῃ διέλαμπον σὺν τῷ μεγάλῳ
Γρηγορίῳ καὶ τοῖς προρρηθεῖσιν. ἡ δὲ ἁγία σύνοδος Ἄρειόν τε καὶ Εὐσέβιον τὸν
Νικομηδείας, Εὐζώϊόν τε καὶ Ἀκάκιον, Θεόγνιν καὶ Εὐφρόνιον καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς
ἀνεθεμάτισεν, πρὸς τούτοις δὲ καὶ Μακεδόνιον τὸν πνευματομάχον, Εὐδόξιόν τε καὶ Ἀέτιον
καὶ Εὐνόμιον ἀπεκήρυξεν.
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Textual Note
Ed. de Boor 1883Translation
[A.M. 5876=383/4 C.E.] The holy ecumenical synod validated the
consubstantial and added the doctrine of the Spirit to the creed. It also published
canons in which it assigned the privileges of New Rome to the see of Constantinople.
Gregory of Nyssa, Pelagius of Laodiceia, Eulogius of Edessa, and Amphilochius of Iconium
shown brightly at this synod together with Gregory the Great and those previously
mentioned. The holy synod anathematized Arius and Eusebius of Nicomedia, Euzoius and
Acacius, Theognis and Euphronius and the others, and in addition to these it condemned
Macedonius, the enemy of the Spirit, Eudoxius, Aëtius, and Eunomius.
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Translation Note
Rev. Mango, Scott, and Greatrex 1997Works Cited
- 1 Theophanes the Confessor, Theophanis Chronographia I, ed. Karl de Boor, 2 vols., Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana (Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1883), p: 69.13-23.
- 2 Theophanes the Confessor, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor: Byzantine and Near Eastern History, A.D. 284-813, trans. Cyril Mango and Roger Scott (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997), p: 105.
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Joseph L. Rife, “Theophanes the Confessor, Chronicle 69.13-23,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/389.
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