39. On hearing these
matters, those who were present gave great glory to God, and ascribed
to Him such praise as it is meet for Him to receive. And on
Archelaus himself they bestowed many tokens of honour. Then
Marcellus rose up; and casting off his cloak,1857
| 1857 The
text gives the plural form stolas, perhaps for
stolam. |
he threw his arms round
Archelaus, and
kissed him, and embraced him, and clung to him. Then, too, the
children who had chanced to
gather about the place began and set the
example of pelting Manes and driving him off;
1858
| 1858
The text gives fugere, apparently in the sense of
fugare. |
and the
rest of the
crowd followed
them, and moved excitedly about, with the intention of compelling Manes
to take to flight. But when
Archelaus observed this, he
raised
his voice like a
trumpet above the din, in his
anxiety to restrain the
multitude, and addressed them thus: “Stop, my
beloved
brethren, lest mayhap we be found to have the guilt of
blood on us at
the day of
judgment; for it is written of men like this, that
‘there must be also
heresies among you, that they which are
approved may be made manifest among you.’”
1859
And when
he had uttered these words, the
crowds of people were quieted
again.
1860
| 1860 [Note
the testimony against the persecution of heretics,—a
characteristic of early Christians which too soon began to disappear,
notably in Alexandria under Cyril.] |
—Now,
because it was the
pleasure of Marcellus that this disputation should
have a place given it,
1861
and that it should also be described, I
could not gainsay his wish, but trusted to the
kind consideration of
the readers, believing that they would pardon me if my
discourse should
sound somewhat inartistic or boorish: for the great thing which
we have had in view has been, that the means of knowing what took place
on this occasion should not
fail to be brought within the reach of all
who desired to understand the subject. Thereafter, it must be
added, when Manes had once taken to flight, he made his
appearance
nowhere
there again. His attendant Turbo, however, was
handed over by Marcellus to
Archelaus; and on
Archelaus ordaining him
as a
deacon, he remained in the suite of Marcellus. But Manes in
his flight came to a certain
village which was at a considerable
distance from the city, and bore the name of Diodorus. Now in
that place there was also a presbyter whose name likewise was
Diodorus,
1862
| 1862
This Diodorus appears to be called Trypho by Epiphanius, on this
Manichæan heresy, n. 11. |
a man of
quiet
and
gentle disposition, and well reputed both for his
faith and for the
excellence of his general character. Now when, on a certain day,
Manes had gathered a
crowd of auditors around him, and was
haranguing
1863
| 1863
Reading concionaretur for continuaretur. |
them, and
putting before the people who were present certain outlandish
assertions altogether
foreign to the
tradition of the fathers, and in
no way apprehending any opposition that might be made to him on the
part of any of these, Diodorus perceived that he was producing some
effect by his
wickedness, and
resolved then to send to Archelaus a
letter couched in the following terms:—
Diodorus sends greeting to Bishop
Archelaus,1864
| 1864
This epistle is also mentioned, and its argument noticed, by
Epiphanius, Hæres., 11. |
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