330 OBSERVATIONS ON THE CASE OF THEODORET. ritable succourer of him in his distress, by his countenance and en- deavour to relieve him.' He only was supposed erroneous in faith and a perilous abettor of Nestorianism, because he had smartly contradicted Cyril; which prejudice caused him to be prohibited from coming to the synod of Ephesus, and there in his absence to be denounced heterodox.' His appeal, then, to the pope (having no other recourse [resource] in whom he confided, finding him to concur with himself in opinion against Eutychianism) was no other than (as the word is often used in common speech, when we say, " I appeal to yourjudgment in this or that case") a referring it to the pope's consideration whether his faith were sound and orthodox,'capacitating him to retain his office : which, upon his explication and profession thereof, presented in terms of extraordinary respect and deference, the pope approved; thereby, as a good divine rather than as a formal judge, acquitting himof hete- rodoxy ;which approbation, in regard to the great opinion then had of the pope's skill in those points, and to the favour he had obtained by contesting against the Eutychians, bore great sway in the synod; so that, although not without opposition of many, and not upon ab- solute terms, he was permitted to sit among the fathers of Chal- cedon. OBSERVATIONS [ON THE CASE OF THEODORET.] 1. We do not read of any formal trial the pope made of Theo- doret's case, that he was cited, that his accusers appeared, that his cause was discussed; but only a simple approbation of him. 2. We may observe, that Theodoret wrote to Flavianus in like terms: " We entreat your holiness to fight in behalf of the faith, which is assaulted; and to defend the canons, which are trampled under foot"' 3. We may observe, that Theodoret expecting this favour of Pope Leo, and thence being moved to commend the Roman see to the height, and to reckon its special advantages, does not yet mention his supremacy of power or universality of jurisdiction; for these words, "It befits you to be prime" [orpwreiiuv, to have the first place] "in all 1 Vid. Ep. cxii. ad Domnum. 'Axxa xdpcé Tay ácróvma ópssimç xaxdptá xaTioOaSrsv, 01.11-E xaxioaç 6íç Srxaomñptov, otoTS orapóvTce xpíve4 . ¡46má Toçorimovç JSpmmaç xai aóvavç p497 Srxa- oá¡.ó4,ee xaTSxpíAnv. 02 S's Srxarómamar Sfx60.1-t4Ì 7áv áa41,7a xaTixpvav 011 -2ç, p4axxov Si xai XI= ivrarvioayTtç Ta SñAty eh zaTnyopiavñluwv icrróaAivra ovyypd¡4pcama. Ep. cxxxviii. 2 Baç,X ,e, ç yap i7¡uaç Tñ Kriplepá wpaAoitravmeç ypáp aamrv, &c. Ep. cxlv. Vid. Theod. Ep. eupr. et Ep. cxxvii. cxxix. Kai p s vópcoç ivAáSs zaA6ípysr ßaoixrxóç. Baçrxrxorç ypág,uaor xmxvAivTts xaTaxaßsry Ti]v "EQtçov, &c. Ep. cxxxviii. Cxxxix. Mega, ávTrßoxm crap' ,ium, tire xptí pes oTíplar rev äSrxov 7467,71, xaSaipsorv, m 1a4. Ep. Cxiii. "Í2o76 xai Thç ois ávama- ?. ç ixxxnoias Tiç úp4sTpae ácroxaüoar xnS6pcoviaç. Ep. oxviii. = Tá yap crap' ú¡swv xp4Ançó¡osva çTipIopesv óaoTa áv aj. 4 Thy , , áyrmovvnv pazaxvI vv rl, a'oxspc,vp4EVns cr'ioTS.vç úcrsycaxñoar, xai T4Zv oee c- At'vmmv úortpaywvíoaopar xavtawv.Theod., Ep. lxxxvi.
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