Most accounts of Cyril place him in better light like Theodoret of Cyrrhus who referred to Cyril as “ an earnest champion of the apostolic decrees of Nicaea and says nothing about Arian conspiracy to make him Maximus successor ”.

Irenaeus the friend of Nestorius, with the cooperation of Theodoret, became bishop of Tyre, in spite of the protests of Dioscorus, Cyril's successor, who now turned specially against Theodoret ; and, by preferring the charge that he taught two sons in Christ, he secured the order from the court confining Theodoret to Cyrrhus.

Socrates of Constantinople, also known as Socrates Scholasticus, not to be confused with the Classical Greek philosopher Socrates, was a Greek Christian church historian, a contemporary of Sozomen and Theodoret, who used his work ; he was born at Constantinople c. 380: the date of his death is unknown.

Monoimus ( lived somewhere between 150-210 CE ) was an Arab gnostic ( Arabic name probably Mun ' im منعم ), who was known only from one account in Theodoret ( Haereticarum Fabularum Compendium i. 18 ) until a lost work of anti-heretical writings ( Refutation of All Heresies, book 8, chapter V ) by Hippolytus was found.

The flame was fed by leading men who had been disciples of the Interpreter: by Theodoret, who regarded him as a " doctor of the universal church " ( H. E. v. 39 ); by Ibas of Edessa, who in 433 wrote his famous letter to Maris in praise of Theodore ; by John I of Antioch, who in 428 succeeded to the see of Antioch.

Saint Telemachus ( also Almachus or Tilemahos ) was a monk who, according to the Church historian Theodoret, tried to stop a gladiator fight in a Roman amphitheatre, and was stoned to death by the crowd.

He here ( c. 29 ) relates the opinions of heretics to whom he himself gives no title, but whom his copyist Theodoret ( Haer.

Theodoret, bishop of Cyrrhus on the Euphrates in upper Syria in 423, suspecting Tatian of having been a heretic, sought out and found more than two hundred copies of the Diatessaron, which he " collected and put away, and introduced instead of them the Gospels of the four evangelists ".

The papal legates refused to attend the second session at which several more orthodox bishops were deposed, including Ibas of Edessa, Irenaeus of Tyre ( a close personal friend of Nestorius ), Domnus of Antioch, and Theodoret.

Several of the early church fathers, including Irenaeus, Epiphanius, and Theodoret mentioned this group.

In 447 AD he consecrated Irenaeus to the see of Tyre ( Theodoret, Epistle 110 ); but emperor Theodosius II, commanded that the appointment should be annulled on the grounds that Irenaeus was both a digamus and a supporter of Nestorianism.

Although, following Theodoret, we have given the name Ophite to the system described by Irenaeus, it will have been seen that not only does the doctrine concerning the serpent form a very subordinate part of the system, but also that the place it assigns the serpent is very different from that given it by those whom we count as properly to be called Ophites.

Theodoret ( H. F. f. 13 ) merely paraphrases Irenaeus, with a few words from Epiphanius.

Theodoret charged Apollinaris with confounding the persons of the Godhead, and with giving into the heretical ways of Sabellius.

Theodoret charged Apollinaris with confounding the persons of the Godhead, and with giving into the heretical ways of Sabellius.

The historians Sozomen and Theodoret did not included Eudocia in their history because they were written after Eudocia had fallen into disgrace.

Epiphanius undertook the translations into Latin of the Greek church histories of Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen and Theodoret, written in the previous century.

Epiphanius was assigned the translation into Latin of the Greek church histories of Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen and Theodoret, written in the previous century.

For example in the mid 350 ’ s the city of Jerusalem was hit with drastic food shortages at which point church historians Sozomen and Theodoret reported “ Cyril secretly sold sacramental ornaments of the church and a valuable holy robe, fashioned with gold thread that the emperor Constantine had once donated for the bishop to wear when he performed the rite of Baptism ”.

The garrison commander was killed in the violence, so Theodosius ordered the Goths to kill all the spectators in the circus as retaliation ; Theodoret, a contemporary witness to these events, reports:

* A monograph by István Pásztori-Kupán including so far untranslated works of Theodoret is available from Routledge.

Theodoret and Epiphanius of Cyprus reported him as boasting that he had the same knowledge about God as God had about Himself.

; Epiphanius, Panarion, 31 ( including the Letter to Flora ); Theodoret, Haer.

But they concluded that the text had a historical basis and " that the solution of most problems in the fact is to be found in that fact that the text of the Vita transmitted to us represents a revision of the sixth century, which borrowed from the church history of Theodoret of Cyrrhus of 444, e. g. for the Proemium and deleted in particular each mention of John II, Bishop of Jerusalem, replacing it with the name of Praylius, his successor as bishop of Jerusalem in the time of Porphyrius ".

Paschasinus further ordered the reinstatement of Theodoret and that he be given a seat, but this move caused such an uproar among the council fathers, that Theodoret also sat in the nave, though he was given a vote in the proceedings, which began with a trial of Dioscorus.

But Cyril refused to compromise and when he opened his attack ( 437 ) upon Diodorus of Tarsus and Theodore, John sided with them and Theodoret assumed the defense of the Antiochian party ( c. 439 ).

Not familiar with Hebrew, Theodoret uses the Syriac translation, the Greek versions, and the Septuagint.

The Church History of Theodoret, which begins with the rise of Arianism and closes with the death of Theodore in 429, falls far behind those of Socrates Scholasticus and Sozomen.

Of the twenty-seven orations in defense of various propositions, the first six agree in their given content with Theodoret.

The contemporary historians Sozomen and Theodoret were combined with Socrates in a sixth-century compilation, which has obscured their differences until recently, when their individual portrayals of the series of Christian emperors were distinguished one from another and contrasted by Hartmut Leppin, Von Constantin dem Großen zu Theodosius II ( Göttingen 1996 ).

Theodoret, in his account of the sect, repeats the foregoing statement of Clement, and charges the Nicolaitans with false dealing in borrowing the name of the deacon.

His Historia Ecclesiastica, in eighteen books, brings the narrative down to 610 ; for the first four centuries the author is largely dependent on his predecessors, Eusebius, Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen, Theodoret and Evagrius, his additions showing very little critical faculty ; for the later period his labours, based on documents now no longer extant, to which he had free access, though he used them also with small discrimination, are much more valuable.

For instance, Benjamin's identification of the Laish ( Tel Dan ) with Baniyas along with Philostorgius, Theodoret, and Samuel ben Samson is incorrect.

Theodoret, supported only by the appeals of the intimate hermits, himself in personal danger, zealously guarded purity of the doctrine.

Socrates Scholasticus ( born c. 380 ), in his Ecclesiastical History, gives a full description of the discovery ( that was repeated later by Sozomen and by Theodoret ) which emphasizes the role played in the excavations and construction by Helena ; just as the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem ( also founded by Constantine and Helena ) commemorated the birth of Jesus, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre would commemorate his death and resurrection.

Theodoret of Cyrus or Cyrrhus (; c. 393 – c. 457 ) was an influential author, theologian, and Christian bishop of Cyrrhus, Syria ( 423-457 ).

His mother having been childless for twelve years, his birth was promised by a hermit named Macedonius on the condition of his dedication to God, whence the name Theodoret (" gift of God ").

Theodoret was determined to preserve the peace of the Church by seeking the adoption of a formula avoiding the unconditional condemnation of Nestorius, and toward the close of 434 strove earnestly for the reconciliation between the Eastern churches.

Theodoret was compelled to leave Cyrrhus and retire to his monastery at Apamea.

The relationship to the Gospel according to the Hebrews becomes more clear when Theodoret states that the Nazarenes made use of the Gospel of Peter, for we know by the testimony of the Fathers generally that the Nazarene Gospel was that commonly called the Gospel according to the Hebrews.

The two friends assembled their adherents outside the city walls for religious services ( according to Theodoret, it was in these meetings that the practice of antiphonal singing was first introduced in the services of the church ).

Socrates Scholasticus ( born c. 380 ), in his Ecclesiastical History, gives a full description of the discovery that was repeated later by Sozomen and by Theodoret.

Allen also reasons that Evagrius built on Zachariah ’ s work because his was the only comprehensive historical account of events taking place from Theodoret of Cyrus ’ s time till his own era.

This version was repeated by Patriarch Eustathius of Antioch, Bishop Theodoret, and others.

About 380 ‑ 381 he was elevated to the See of Sebaste in Armenia and, without displaying any literary activity, took his stand beside his brothers Basil and Gregory in their fight against the Arian heresy ( Theodoret, " H. E.

The attribution was accepted by Eusebius and appealed to by apologists like Theodoret.