Event Factoid
https://spear-prosop.org/3134-43Date:Sometime between 0519 and 0525Event Factoid:
Sometime between 519 and 525
Severus of Antioch anwered a letter he received from
Photius and
Andrew on the subject of receiving
clergy from Nestorian and Diphysite groups who renounce their heresy and make a right confession and on
whether or not catechumens, the demon possed, and penitents should be present for the Lord's Supper.
Severus of Antioch states that after a period
of repentance they should be received into the same rank without re-baptism or re-ordination.
Sources:
- E. W. Brooks (ed.), Translation, The Sixth Book of the Select Letters of Severus Patriarch of Antioch in the Syriac Version of Athanasius of Nisibis vol. 2.1 (Oxford: Williams and Norgate, 1903), p: 179-191.