Christian Emperors, Christian Church and the Jews of the Diaspora in the Greek East, CE 379–450
journal of jewish studies, vol. lv, no. 1, spring 2004 Christian Emperors, Christian Church and the Jews of the Diaspora in the Greek East, CE 379–450 Fergus Millar Oriental Institute, Oxford University Cessent igitur, quaeso, haec de cetero usque in finem per te et sapientiam tuam et sudores et labores singulorum dierum, qui semper ecclesiis prosunt, pro quibus constituat te nobis deus ecclesiae propugnatorem in longa et pacifica tempora, ut paulum quidem ex his improvisis malis respirantes, quae propter maledic- tum Nestorium mundus expertus est, adversum gentiles Phoeniciae possimus obsistere et Palaestinae et Arabiae et adversum cuncta Iudaica et maxime quae sunt in Laodicia (subito enim impii Iudaei archidiaconum, mirabilem virum, in theatrum deducentes puniverunt), insuper et contra eos qui in Cilicia effre- nate resistunt (E. Schwartz, Acta Conciliorum Oecumenicorum I.4, no. 287, pp. 208–10). From now on, I beg you, let these (troubles) cease for good, through yourself and your wisdom and your everyday toils and efforts, which are ever for the good of the churches, and for which let God establish you on your behalf as the champion of the Church for a long and peaceful period. Thus, being able for a moment to catch our breath after these unexpected evils, which the world has experienced on account of the cursed Nestorius, we may stand up against the pagans of Phoenicia and Palaestina and Arabia, and against all the Jewish goings-on and above all those in Laodicea (for recently the impious Jews took an archdeacon, an excellent man, into the theatre and beat him), and beyond that also against those (bishops) who in Cilicia (still) insanely resist (reconcilia- tion).
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