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| From Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, to Leo.
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Letter CI.
From Anatolius, Bishop of
Constantinople, to Leo.
(Dealing with much the same subjects as Letter
XCVIII. from Anatolius’ own standpoint: Chap. iii. is
translated in extenso as illustrating XCVIII., chap.
iii.)
III. He describes the circumstances under
which the doctrine of the Incarnation had been formulated by the
Synod.
But since after passing judgment upon him we had
to come to an agreement with prayers and tears upon a definition of the
right Faith; for that was the chief reason for the Emperor’s
summoning the holy Synod, at which your holiness was present in the
spirit with us, and wrought with us by the God-fearing men who were
sent from you; we, having the protection of the most holy and beautiful
martyr Euphemia, have all given ourselves to this important matter with
all deliberateness. And as the occasion demanded that all the
assembled holy bishops should publish a unanimous decision for
clearness and for an explicit statement of the Faith in our Lord Jesus
Christ the Lord God
who is found and revealed even to those who seek Him not, yes, even to
those who ask not for Him444
, in spite of some
attempts to resist at first, nevertheless showed us His Truth, and
ordained that it should be written down and proclaimed by all
unanimously and without gainsaying, which thus confirmed the souls of
the strong, and invited into the way of Truth all who were swerving
therefrom. And, indeed, after unanimously setting our names to
this document, we who have assembled in this ecumenical Synod in the
name of the Faith of the same most holy and triumphant martyr,
Euphemia, and of our most religious and Christ-loving Emperor Marcian,
and our most religious and in all things most faithful daughter the
Empress Pulcheria Augusta, with prayer and joy and happiness, having
laid on the holy altar the definition written in accordance with your
holy epistle for the confirmation of our Fathers’ Faith,
presented it to their pious care; for thus they had asked to receive
it, and, having received it, they glorified with us their Master
Christ, who had driven away all the mist of heresy and had graciously
made clear the word of Truth. And in this way was simultaneously
established the peace of the Church and the agreement of the priests
concerning the pure Faith by the Saviour’s
mercy.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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