CASES OF PAPALRESTITUTION VAINLY ALLEGED. 317 the Acts of the synod of Chalcedon it is said that " he received his place from the bishop of Rome. "' I answer, The act of Leo consisted in an approbation of the faith which Theodoret professed to hold, and a reception of him to com- munion thereon;' which he might well do, seeing the ground of Theodoret's being disclaimedwas a misprision, that he, having op- posed Cyril's writings (judged orthodox), erred in faith, consenting with Nestorius. Theodoret's state before the second Ephesine synod is thus repre- sented in the words of the emperor: " Theodoret, bishop of Cyrus, whom we have before commanded to mind only his own church, we charge not to come to the holy synod, until, to the whole synod as- sembled, it shall seem good that he come and bear his part in it."' He was not perfectly deposed, as others were, who had others sub- stituted in their places.` He was deposed by the Ephesine synod. The popewas, indeed, ready enough to assumethe patronageof so very learned and worthy a man, who in so very suppliant and re- spectful a way had addressed to him for succour; for whom does not courtship mollify? And the majority of the synod, being inflamed against Dioscorus and the Eutychian party, was ready enough to allow what the pope did in favour of him. Yet a good part of the synod (the bishops of Egypt, of Palestine, of Illyricum), notwith- standing the pope's restitution, that is, his approbation in order thereto, did stickle against his admission into the synod, crying out, "Have mercy on us! the faith is destroyed! the canons proscribe this man! cast him out, cast out Nestorius' master! "' so that the imperial agents were fain to compromise the business, permitting him to sit in the synod as one whose case was dependent, but not in the notion of one absolutely restored: " Theodoret's presence shall prejudice no man, each one's right of impleading being reserved both to you and him."6 He therefore was not entirely restored till, upon a clear and satis- factory profession of his faith, he was acquitted by the judgment of TÓ2 aizsí'ov áxoT.aCiv TÓaov ar'apá Tcrv áyrascámou ápzuvrmxáorav Tñ; lasyx,lavúlcov'Prúur,s. Act. i. p. 53. 2 E4 zorvaviav îaé,aTO.-Syn. Chale., Act. viii. p. 368. S eóaapnTOV paCV Ta TÓV faríazG,TOV stólsas, Its Os lx?ñEÚaap.atv 2.5 aá aÚTOÛ FIAT [xxTnaiá axcxásrv. .JEavrolasv ,TpáTSpov ÉñAtrr as Tip, áyíar oúvoaov, iáv ¡.cif oráon áyiá ouváac,, ouvsxAaúan aágn 'sea aúTáv m'apaysvivAar, xai xarvavóv ysvéoAar Tñç aúTñç áyíaç ouváaou.-Imp. Theod.Ep. adDiosc. inSyn. Chalc., Act. i. p. 53. a Pro Theodoreto autem et Eusebio nullus ordinatus est.--Liberat. ail. Vid. Conc. Chale. part iii. p. 490. Excludi vero ab episcopatu, &c. in imperatoris.Theod. rescript. P 5'E,Eßánaav, óñ.sf7aars, A vfiaTlç oá9rá).ñ.r/Tar, a% xarávn; TOYTOV lxPoü,iñaVOlr, Tot7Tav á,a ßaá).s, ÓV ara2azañ.ov Nsaropíy (aßá.ls.Ibid, p. 54. 6 Róxprlaa ávró Tor, araísivar esosa' nror obasvi ysv$asTar, oDxaraolaórtl an).oróTr ZcsT,i TaúTa xasmás xáyou zai 44714, xa1 ixsívz, &C. Rid..
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