The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus - Coptic ...

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY: BOOK II 105
Thus when all the transactions of the Second Synod at Ephesus had
been read, and its speci¢c sentence against Flavian and Eusebius was
likewise read, 166 at the words, ‘Then Bishop Hilary stated’, the bishops
of the East and those with them shouted: ‘Anathema on Dioscorus. At
the very moment that he deposed, at that very moment was he deposed.
Holy Lord, You avenge him. Orthodox emperor, you avenge him.
Many years for Leo. Many years for the patriarch.’ 167 Then, when the
next parts were also read out which reveal that all the assembled
bishops consented to the deposition of Flavian and Eusebius, 168 the
most illustrious o⁄cials proposed as follows, word for word: 169
Concerning the orthodox and universal faith we resolve that it is
necessary to make a more precise investigation at the next opportunity,
when the assembly is more complete. But as for Flavian
of pious memory and Eusebius the most devout bishop, from examination
of what was done and decided and from the very
words of those who were leaders of the Council then, who stated
that they were mistaken and had deposed those men invalidly,
since they are revealed to have been unjustly deposed in that they
committed no error concerning the faith, it seems to us to be just,
in accordance with the pleasure of God, if it is upheld by our
most sacred and pious master, that upon Dioscorus, the most
devout bishop of Alexandria, and Juvenal, the most devout
bishop of Jerusalem, [73] and Thalassius, the most devout
bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, and Eusebius, the most
devout bishop of Armenia, and Eustathius, the most devout
bishop of Beirut, and Basil, the most devout bishop of Seleucia
in Isauria, who had held authority and were leaders at the Synod
then, the same penalty should be in£icted by the holy Synod: in
accordance with the canons, these men should be estranged from
the dignity of bishop, and all consequentials should be decided
by the sacred eminence.
At this the Easterners cried out: ‘This decision is just.’ The bishops of
Illyria roared out: ‘We have all gone astray, we all request forgiveness.’
166 ACO II.i.1, p. 191:9^28.
167 ACO II.i.1, p. 191:30^6; Hilary said ‘contradicitur’.
168 ACO II.i.1, pp. 192:3^195:9.
169 ACO II.i.1, p. 195:10^24, already quoted by Evagrius at pp. 44.26^45:15.