The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus - Coptic ...

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY: BOOK II 125
And again, at another meeting Juvenal and Maximus came to an
agreement and it was decided that the bishop of Antioch should control
the two Phoenicias and Arabia, but that of Jerusalem the three Palestines.
And after discussion by the o⁄cials and bishops this was
con¢rmed. 235
And at the ninth meeting the a¡air of Theodoret was dealt with, and
he anathematized Nestorius saying: ‘Anathema on Nestorius and on
him who does not call the holy Virgin Mary Mother of God and who
divides the one Only-begotten Son into two sons. I subscribe both to the
de¢nition of faith and to the letter of Leo.’ And on a unanimous proposal
he was restored to his own see. 236
And at another meeting the a¡air of Ibas was dealt with, and there
were read out the judgements on him which Photius, Bishop of Tyre,
and Eustathius, Bishop of Beirut, had passed; but the vote was put o¡
until the next time. 237
Now at the eleventh session, although the majority of bishops voted
that he should be among the priests, some bishops opposed and said
that his accusers were outside and asked that they be admitted. And the
transactions relating to him were read out. When the o⁄cials proposed
that the transactions at Ephesus relating to Ibas should be read out, [93]
the bishops stated that all the transactions at Ephesus in the Second
Synod were invalid except for the appointment of Maximus of Antioch.
And concerning this they also requested the emperor to ordain that
nothing at Ephesus subsequent to the First Synod, over which Cyril
who is among the saints, the prelate of the Alexandrians, had presided,
should be valid. And it was determined that Ibas should have his
bishopric.
And at another occasion the a¡air of Basianus, Bishop of Ephesus,
235 For discussion of this provincial dispute, see n. 68 above; the settlement was rati¢ed
on 26 October (ACO II.i.3, pp. 6:34^7:5).
236 On 26 October. For the a¡air of Theodoret, see n. 69 above; the quotation is from
ACO II.i.3, p. 9:27^30.
237 The a¡air of Ibas (cf. n. 69 above) was raised immediately after that of Theodoret,
but was not concluded until the following day. Evagrius has slightly confused the order of
events: the accusers were ¢rst admitted (ACO II.i.3, p. 17:24^8), after which were read the
acta of Tyre, where Ibas was acquitted, and Beirut, where he was convicted (ACO II.i.3, pp.
19:6^34:27); the o⁄cials were then prevented from having the acta of Second Ephesus read
(ACO II.i.3, p. 38:3^24), and Ibas was reinstated.