General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . the? aptertf were the writings of Theodoreof Mopsuestia ; the books of Theodoret ofCyrus, written in answer to the twelve ana-them is which Cyril had published against theNestorians ; and the letter which Ibas of Edhad written to one Maria a Persian, concerninguncilof Ephesus, and the condemnationof Nentorius. Theodore of Mopsuestia hadlived before the time of Nestorius, and haddied not only in the communion of the ch
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . the? aptertf were the writings of Theodoreof Mopsuestia ; the books of Theodoret ofCyrus, written in answer to the twelve ana-them is which Cyril had published against theNestorians ; and the letter which Ibas of Edhad written to one Maria a Persian, concerninguncilof Ephesus, and the condemnationof Nentorius. Theodore of Mopsuestia hadlived before the time of Nestorius, and haddied not only in the communion of the church,but with the highest reputation for the council of Chalcedon had declared thefaith of Theodoret and Ibas to be entire Kthodox. The pieces constituting the Three (ters, however, were supposed to favour the;Nestorian doctrine. With the design, there-fore, of entirely crushing ths Nestorian ,and of gaining repose for the followers ofOrigen, to whi 1 ns the bishop of Casarea was warmly attached, that prelate had procure!the imperial edict above mentioned. It be!to the province of the ecclesiastical historianto relate ilu dissensions in the church to which. TN ORNATISS. VIRI GVILHEOlI FABRICII Hildani chirursica medicaque arte nobilifs: Hexaft: Caroli Vtenhouij F A D ( 13 ) F A E that edict gave rise, and the circumstanceswhich produced the subsequent condemnationcf the Three Chapters, in the fifth general coun-cil held at Constantinople in the year 553,which serve to shew how widely councils,as well as doctors, differ. We have only tonotice the effects which the edict pr iduced Finding the orthodoxy of the ThreeChapters thus openly impeached, he boldly andwarmly undertook the defence of them, andwrote a treatise for that purpose, consisting oftwelve chapters, which have byDupin. In his opposition to the imperial edictFacundus was joined by the African and West-ern bishops, and by V igilius the Roman pon-tiff, who considered it as highly
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