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E04006: Socrates in his Ecclesiastical History reports the transfer in 381/2 of the remains of *Paulos (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 350s, S01500) from Koukousos in Armenia to Constantinople, where they are buried at the former church of the Macedonianists. In the same period, the body of *Meletios (bishop of Antioch, ob. 381, S01192) is transferred from Constantinople to Antioch. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/446.
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posted on 2017-09-11, 00:00 authored by erizosSocrates, Ecclesiastical History, 5.9.-5
1. Ἡ μὲν οὖν σύνοδος τοιοῦτον ἔσχε <τὸ> τέλος. Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τὸ σῶμα Παύλου τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ἐκ τῆς Ἀγκύρας τότε μετέφερεν, ὃν Φίλιππος ὁ τῶν βασιλείων ἔπαρχος διὰ Μακεδόνιον εἰς ἐξορίαν πέμψας ἐν Κουκουσσῷ τῆς Ἀρμενίας ἀποπνιγῆναι πεποίηκεν, ὥς μοι καὶ πρότερον εἴρηται. 2. Σὺν τιμῇ οὖν καὶ σεβάσματι πολλῷ δεξάμενος εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τὴν νῦν ἐξ αὐτοῦ χρηματίζουσαν ἀπέθετο, ἣν πρότερον οἱ τὰ Μακεδονίου φρονοῦντες κατέσχον τῶν Ἀρειανῶν χωρισθέντες, τότε δὲ ἐξωσθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὅτι αὐτοῦ τὴν πίστιν ἀπέφυγον. 3. Τότε δὲ καὶ Μελέτιος ὁ τῆς Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος ἀρρωστίᾳ περιπεσὼν ἐτελεύτησεν, ὅτε καὶ τὸν ἐπικήδειον ἐπ’ αὐτῷ λόγον ὁ ἀδελφὸς Βασιλείου Γρηγόριος διεξῆλθεν. 4. Ἀλλὰ Μελετίου μὲν τὸ σῶμα οἱ προσήκοντες ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν διεκόμισαν, πάλιν δὲ οἱ Μελετίῳ προσκείμενοι ὑπὸ Παυλῖνον εἶναι οὐκ ἤθελον, ἀλλ’ εἰς τόπον Μελετίου Φλαβιανὸν προβληθῆναι παρασκευάζουσιν, πάλιν τε ὁ λαὸς ἄνωθεν διεκρίνετο. 5. Οὕτως αὖθις διὰ τοὺς ἐπισκόπους, οὐ μὴν διὰ τὴν πίστιν ἡ Ἀντιοχέων ἐκκλησία διῄρητο.
‘Such was then the conclusion of the council. The emperor [Theodosius I] had the body of bishop Paulos brought from Ankyra at that time. The Prefect of the Palace Philippos had banished him, because of Macedonius, and he had him strangled at Koukousos of Armenia, as I have already mentioned. The emperor, then, received the body with great honour and reverence, and had it deposited at the church which is now known by Paulos’ name. This had been formerly occupied by the followers of Macedonius, following their separation from the Arians, but then they were ousted by the emperor, because they had rejected his faith. That was also the time when Meletios, the bishop of Antioch, fell sick and died, and Gregory, the brother of Basil, pronounced his funeral oration. Meletios’ associates conveyed his body to Antioch. Now, as his followers were still unwilling to be administered by Paulinos, they caused Flavianos to be elected in Meletios’ succession, and the congregation was once again divided. Thus the Church of Antioch church remained divided, not for doctrinal reasons, but because of the bishops.’
Text: Hansen 1995.
Translation: E. Rizos.
1. Ἡ μὲν οὖν σύνοδος τοιοῦτον ἔσχε <τὸ> τέλος. Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τὸ σῶμα Παύλου τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ἐκ τῆς Ἀγκύρας τότε μετέφερεν, ὃν Φίλιππος ὁ τῶν βασιλείων ἔπαρχος διὰ Μακεδόνιον εἰς ἐξορίαν πέμψας ἐν Κουκουσσῷ τῆς Ἀρμενίας ἀποπνιγῆναι πεποίηκεν, ὥς μοι καὶ πρότερον εἴρηται. 2. Σὺν τιμῇ οὖν καὶ σεβάσματι πολλῷ δεξάμενος εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τὴν νῦν ἐξ αὐτοῦ χρηματίζουσαν ἀπέθετο, ἣν πρότερον οἱ τὰ Μακεδονίου φρονοῦντες κατέσχον τῶν Ἀρειανῶν χωρισθέντες, τότε δὲ ἐξωσθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὅτι αὐτοῦ τὴν πίστιν ἀπέφυγον. 3. Τότε δὲ καὶ Μελέτιος ὁ τῆς Ἀντιοχείας ἐπίσκοπος ἀρρωστίᾳ περιπεσὼν ἐτελεύτησεν, ὅτε καὶ τὸν ἐπικήδειον ἐπ’ αὐτῷ λόγον ὁ ἀδελφὸς Βασιλείου Γρηγόριος διεξῆλθεν. 4. Ἀλλὰ Μελετίου μὲν τὸ σῶμα οἱ προσήκοντες ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν διεκόμισαν, πάλιν δὲ οἱ Μελετίῳ προσκείμενοι ὑπὸ Παυλῖνον εἶναι οὐκ ἤθελον, ἀλλ’ εἰς τόπον Μελετίου Φλαβιανὸν προβληθῆναι παρασκευάζουσιν, πάλιν τε ὁ λαὸς ἄνωθεν διεκρίνετο. 5. Οὕτως αὖθις διὰ τοὺς ἐπισκόπους, οὐ μὴν διὰ τὴν πίστιν ἡ Ἀντιοχέων ἐκκλησία διῄρητο.
‘Such was then the conclusion of the council. The emperor [Theodosius I] had the body of bishop Paulos brought from Ankyra at that time. The Prefect of the Palace Philippos had banished him, because of Macedonius, and he had him strangled at Koukousos of Armenia, as I have already mentioned. The emperor, then, received the body with great honour and reverence, and had it deposited at the church which is now known by Paulos’ name. This had been formerly occupied by the followers of Macedonius, following their separation from the Arians, but then they were ousted by the emperor, because they had rejected his faith. That was also the time when Meletios, the bishop of Antioch, fell sick and died, and Gregory, the brother of Basil, pronounced his funeral oration. Meletios’ associates conveyed his body to Antioch. Now, as his followers were still unwilling to be administered by Paulinos, they caused Flavianos to be elected in Meletios’ succession, and the congregation was once again divided. Thus the Church of Antioch church remained divided, not for doctrinal reasons, but because of the bishops.’
Text: Hansen 1995.
Translation: E. Rizos.