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E05077: Evagrius Scholasticus in his Ecclesiastical History quotes a sentence by the theologian Theodore Ascidas (ob. 558) concerning the miracles of the saints and their state after death. Original text written in Greek in Palestine, before 558; quoted by Evagrius in Antioch (Syria), 593/594.
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posted on 13.02.2018, 00:00 by CSLA AdminEvagrius Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History, 4.38
Τούτοις συνέζευξαν καὶ τὰ κεφάλαια τὰ ὅσα πρεσβεύειν οἱ τὰ Ὠριγένους δοξάζοντες ἐδιδάχθησαν δηλοῦντα, τάς τε συμφωνίας αὐτῶν ἀτὰρ καὶ τὰς διαφωνίας, καὶ τὴν πολυσχεδῆ τούτων πλάνην. Ἐν τούτοις ἐστὶ πέμπτον κεφάλαιον τῶν βλασφημηθέντων ἀπὸ ἰδικῶν προσώπων τῆς καλουμένης νέας λαύρας, ἔχον ὧδε· „Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἀσκιδᾶς ὁ Καππαδόκης εἶπεν· Εἰ νῦν οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ μάρτυρες θαυματουργοῦσι καὶ ἐν τῇ τοσαύτῃ τιμῇ ὑπάρχουσιν, ἐν τῇ ἀποκαταστάσει εἰ μὴ ἴσοι γένοιντο τῷ Χριστῷ, ποία ἀποκατάστασις αὐτοῖς ἐστιν;“
‘To this they also attached the chapters which revealed what those who held the doctrines of Origen were taught to profess, both their agreements and disagreements, and their multiple error. Among these, the fifth chapter of the blasphemies by individual members of the so-called New Lavra ran thus: ‘Theodore Ascidas the Cappadocian said: ‘‘If the apostles and martyrs perform miracles and enjoy so much honour now, what sort of a restoration will there be for them in the Restoration (apokatastasis), unless to become equal to Christ?’’’
Text: Bidez, Parmentier 2014. Translation: E. Rizos
Τούτοις συνέζευξαν καὶ τὰ κεφάλαια τὰ ὅσα πρεσβεύειν οἱ τὰ Ὠριγένους δοξάζοντες ἐδιδάχθησαν δηλοῦντα, τάς τε συμφωνίας αὐτῶν ἀτὰρ καὶ τὰς διαφωνίας, καὶ τὴν πολυσχεδῆ τούτων πλάνην. Ἐν τούτοις ἐστὶ πέμπτον κεφάλαιον τῶν βλασφημηθέντων ἀπὸ ἰδικῶν προσώπων τῆς καλουμένης νέας λαύρας, ἔχον ὧδε· „Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἀσκιδᾶς ὁ Καππαδόκης εἶπεν· Εἰ νῦν οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ μάρτυρες θαυματουργοῦσι καὶ ἐν τῇ τοσαύτῃ τιμῇ ὑπάρχουσιν, ἐν τῇ ἀποκαταστάσει εἰ μὴ ἴσοι γένοιντο τῷ Χριστῷ, ποία ἀποκατάστασις αὐτοῖς ἐστιν;“
‘To this they also attached the chapters which revealed what those who held the doctrines of Origen were taught to profess, both their agreements and disagreements, and their multiple error. Among these, the fifth chapter of the blasphemies by individual members of the so-called New Lavra ran thus: ‘Theodore Ascidas the Cappadocian said: ‘‘If the apostles and martyrs perform miracles and enjoy so much honour now, what sort of a restoration will there be for them in the Restoration (apokatastasis), unless to become equal to Christ?’’’
Text: Bidez, Parmentier 2014. Translation: E. Rizos