SPEAR Factoids about Clergy

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event: Severus wrote a letter to Anastasius arguing that the validity of sacraments is not based on the morality of the clergy. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Nicias discussing the impiety of ordination by Nestorian bishops. See factoid page

event: Sometime between 519-520 Severus of Antioch sent a letter to John and John on the subjects of whether or not non-Chalcedonian exiles in Egypt should take communion; and the question of what to do about Epimachus , a devout man ordained to the clergy but who had entered into a second marriage; and questions about the ordination of deacons and deaconesses in monasteries. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Theotecnus on the subject of receiving clergy who repented after holding heretical views. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Peter hoping to correct the bishop's views of ordinations that occur at the hands of those outside a particular diocese. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Stephen promoting the ordination of the kinsman of Marinus and discussing the monk John. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Nicias on the subject of receiving heretical clergy who have repented and seek communion. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Proclus and Eusebuna on the subject of how to readmit the lapsed cleric Cyrus. See factoid page

occupation: Aaron was a priest. See factoid page

event: Theodosius and the rest of the bishops were sent into exile. Along with three hundred clergy and saint Zura, they travelled to a fortress called Dereus in Thrace. They were supported in the court by Empress Theodora. See factoid page

event: Severus commanded Nicias to remain faithful to the sacred canons by stripping the deacons and priests on Minidus who had been ordained by Nestorians of their honor, titles, and ability to administer the sacraments. See factoid page

event: A presbyter in the village of Pessinus became sick by possession of a demon, causing him to wander around the countryside. See factoid page

event: Severus urged Timostratus to take the issue of ordination seriously because many in Antioch and the royal city were seeking ordination. See factoid page

event: Severus suggested that Dionysius treat the man with sympathy, but to ensure that he cannot administer the sacraments. See factoid page

event: Between 513 and 518, Severus wrote a letter to Entrechius about the appointment of Anonymous 3064 in Rhosus. See factoid page

event: Theodora allowed John to stay in a great mansion. Here John set up altars to encourage exiled Christians. See factoid page

event: Clergy and residents of Rhosus petitioned Severus to allow Anonymous 3064 to be instituted as their bishop. See factoid page

event: Jelous of the zealous activity of John, bishops and priests began to petition Theodosius to censure. The archbishop refused. See factoid page

event: Timothy Aelurus expelled Theodotus from the priesthood for re-anointing repentant heretics. See factoid page

event: Severus urged the clergy and residents of Rhosus to include three other eligible and viruous men in their petition. See factoid page

event: the Fathers wrote a letter to Severus about Marinus having trouble with the clergy in Beirut. See factoid page

event: Severus argued that the order of deacons have greater honor than the readers of the church. See factoid page

occupation: Hala was a presbyter. See factoid page

event: Anonymi 3038 wrote to Severus about the readers and and singers claiming more authority than them. See factoid page

event: Severus also wrote to Cassian, advocating the view that Thomas's mutilation was medicinal. See factoid page

event: John confronted Theodora about the corrupt bishops and the persecution of Christians. Theodora, angry, sought to punish the jealous bishops, but relented after John interceded on their behalf. She commanded John to cease his ordinations, something he was glad to do due to a growing illness. See factoid page

event: Between 513 and 518, Severus sent a letter to Cassian concerning the treatment of a man whose genitals had been cut off. See factoid page

event: Antoninus had sent Mark to Antioch in order to give presents to the Christians there. See factoid page

event: In reference to Thomas, Severus refutes Cassian's blaming of the mutilation on the corrupt bishop Julian, suggesting instead that Thomas be allowed to remain in the clergy on the condition that the accident was due to illness performed by a physician. See factoid page

occupation: Martyrius was a cleric. See factoid page

event: Ephraim appealed to the king and queen, revealing that John was causing division by ordaining priests around the empire.Theodora, convinced that John had been laying sick in the palace, dismissed the charges. See factoid page

occupation: Mare was a clergyman. See factoid page

event: Nicias wrote a letter to Severus informing him that Gennadius doubted that heretical clergy who have repented could be received. See factoid page

event: Proclus and Eusebuna wrote a letter to Severus on the subject of how to readmit the lapsed cleric Cyrus. See factoid page

event: After a time,John feigned illness again as a pretense to travel around the empire to ordain more priests. He travelled to Cyprus,Caesarea,Rhodes,Tralles,Chios,Alexandria,and Palestine. See factoid page

event: Between 513 and 518, Severus wrote a letter to Stephen, bishop of Tripoli about a presbyter Stephen who came to Tripoli without a dismissory letter from his original diocese. See factoid page

occupation: Anonymi 3076 were clerics. See factoid page

event: While John was ordaining priests in the Church at Tralles , John of Ephesus administered the eucharist during the ordination service. John also accompanied John to an ordination service in Mar John in Ephesus. See factoid page

event: Stephen had been ordained by force. See factoid page

event: A devout presbyter from the East brought many forged letters and treatises to Severus. See factoid page

event: Between 514 and 518, Severus wrote a letter to Cosmas and Polyeuctus, and Zeno about a conflict in diocesian jurisdiction. See factoid page

event: Appealing to Cyril's letter to Nestorius and the example of Severus the presbyter, Severus urged Stephen to accept the ordination of Stephen because heretics cannot be expected to follow canon-law. See factoid page

event: Cosmas, Polyeuctus, and Zeno had appealed to Severus concerning issues of jurisdiction in their diocese. See factoid page

event: When Marefinished constructing the martyr's chapel and he knew his death was close, he knelt in his coffin to pray for three days and gave up his spirit. The king and queen sent chamberlains, senators, bishops, clergyman, and monks to bury Mare. See factoid page

event: Severus desired for Cosmas, Polyeuctus, Zeno, and those who were in conflict with them to come to Antioch because Isidore the bishop of Chalis had not been present to adjudicate. See factoid page

event: Due to the annoyance caused by Martyrius the poet, Severus condemned the practice of poetry, even among the clergy, as an instigator of passions and fornication. See factoid page

event: Between 514 and 518, Severus wrote a letter to Solon, bishop of Seleucia in Isauria about conflicts over bishops in his diocese. See factoid page

event: Sometime after the end of his episcopacy Severus of Antioch wrote a letter to Thecla discussing her devoutness and answering questions she had posed to Stephen about deacons baptizing in extraordinary situations and whether or not to baptize someone unable to make a profession of faith. See factoid page

occupation: Anonymi 3074 were clergy in a monastery. See factoid page

event: Severus encouraged Solon to live a holy and virtuous life, modelling the piety of Jesus andthe martyrs, especially Thecla, so that the legitimacy of his ordination by a bishop outside of the diocese might be confirmed. See factoid page

event: To defend his belief in the ordination of priests by those outside of a particular diocese, Severus appeals to the examples of Basil during the controversy surrounding Arius, and Gregory the Theologian. See factoid page

event: Because Paul has an ordinarily simple disposition, Solon should not frighten him like a child by forcing him to sign documents. See factoid page

event: Flavian, who was challengeing the ordination of Solon, had previously ordained a priest in Germanicupolis . See factoid page

event: Severus had appointed Cosmas bishop of Apamea before his death. See factoid page

event: Following the example of Constantine, Severus encouraged Solon to commune only with orthodox clergy, rather than following the example of Anastasius who had supported the Henotikon. See factoid page

event: Severus admitted to the archimandrite that he never had confidence in Cosmas, or had previous knowledge of him, but that the religious presbyter Theodore had knowwn and written to him. See factoid page

event: The God-loving bishops meeting in Antioch urged Severus to accept the resignation of Cosmas. See factoid page

event: After Cosmas resigned, the God-loving bishop Peter was instated by Severus. See factoid page

occupation: Podolirius was a cleric. See factoid page

event: Anonymi 3046 and Anonymi 3050 persisted in bringing charges against their bishop Procopius to Severus. See factoid page

event: When Cosmas fell ill, he petitioned Severus several times to go visit him. See factoid page

event: Severus decided not to call on Procopius, but instead sent the presbyter Theodosius to Entrechius in order to examine the accusations. See factoid page

event: Although Theodosius would not ordain clergy after leaving his see for exile in Constantinople, he nevertheless gave his blessing for Jacob Baradaeus and other clergy in Constantinople to ordain twelve bishops and many clergy for cities in Egypt and in Thebais. See factoid page

event: Cosmas did not repent before Severus but merely wanted to engage in conversation, prompting Severus to leave in disgust. See factoid page

event: Theotecnus wrote a letter to Severus seeking advice regarding the decision to receive the presbyter Mark after he repented of heresy. See factoid page

occupation: Eustace was a cleric. See factoid page

event: The heresy of Adelphius had been condemned by Soteric of Caesarea and the bishops of Cappadocia, the bishops of Pontus, and the bishops of Galatia. See factoid page

event: Severus urged Entrechius to work with Theodosius in order to mete out justice on the ecclesiastical offenders. See factoid page

event: 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. See factoid page

event: Sometime in the early 520s Severus of Antioch sent a letter to John and John on the subjects of Christian slaves sold by Jewish owners, fellowship with clergy who accept non-Chalcedonian theology but remain in communion with Chalcedonians, and the persecution of non-Chalcedonians. See factoid page

occupation: Cyrus was a clergyman. See factoid page

event: Monastery authorities were becoming resentful of Hala giving to the poor. See factoid page

event: Cyrus was a lapsed clergyman who sought to be reinstated without signing a written declaration of orthodox faith. See factoid page

event: Severus was aware of many letters written by Peter to himself and to the presbyter Thomas, wherein Peter accused Severus and others of breaking canon-law and tradition by allowing for ordinations outside of the diocese. See factoid page

event: Severus defended his ordination practices by pointing out that many other godly bishops approved, including Julian, who allowed Severus to ordain the deacon Irenaeus, and Dionysius, who allowed Severus to ordain the deacon Anatolius. See factoid page

event: Contrary to the opinion of Peter, Severus had not ordained Leontius out of need, but in order to honour the man. See factoid page

event: Severus encouraged Peter to ordain the scholastics John son of Matronian and Sergius. See factoid page

event: Severus intended to ordain the scholastics Peter and Maximin. See factoid page

event: Theodosius appointed John as bishop of Hephaestu. See factoid page

occupation: Thomas was a member of the clergy. See factoid page

event: Between 508 and 511, Severus wrote a letter to Constantine the bishop about the ordination of bishops and clergy in the wake of the Council of Chalcedon. See factoid page

event: John of Claudiopolis , when he received Severus in the house of Patrick, urged Severus to receive the synod of Chalcedon, not as a positive definition of faith, but as a rejection of Nestorius and Eutyches. See factoid page

event: Severus responded to John by refusing to accept the synod of Chalcedon as a repudiation of Nestorius and Eutyches, because the Chalcedonian creed and the Tome of Leo support Nestorianism; Severus does not believe that anathematizing Eutyches makes the Council of Chalcedon legitimate, because the followers of Arius were still heretics even though they repudiated the teachings of Sabellius. See factoid page

event: Aaron so, when he had attained to the order of the priesthood. See factoid page

event: Nine years previously, when John was ministering in Amida, a handsome man and a beautiful woman often would put on the garb of a mime actor, that they might entertain the public. See factoid page

event: When Paul criticized Hilarian for ordaining priests outside his jurisdiction, Severus had initially prohibited those priests from ministering until an investigation could take place; with Paul's absence, Severus now believed that those men should be reinstated. See factoid page

occupation: Mark was a cleric in Berrhoea See factoid page

event: Between 513 to 518, Severus wrote a letter to Timostratus the Duke about the importance of ordination. See factoid page

event: John asked Severus if Epiphanius had performed his ordinations correctly. See factoid page

event: When Timothy had endured his exile from Alexandria, Epiphanius left his bishopric in Magydum and came to Alexandria, embracing communion with Timothy. See factoid page

event: After Timothy had died and the orthodox began enduring persecution again, Epiphanius withdrew to Palestine where he met with Peter of Iberia and began ordaining priests. See factoid page

event: Severus believed that he had convinced John to not affirm the council of Chalcedon. See factoid page

event: Severus encouraged Constantine to follow his teaching and the advice of Peter the Presbyter and to be alert for John's blacksiding. See factoid page

event: Between 513 and 518, Severus wrote a letter to Dionysius the bishop of Tarsus about a demon-possessed presbyter. See factoid page

occupation: Mari was a clergyman. See factoid page

event: Severus asserts that an oblation delivery is only necessary for those without bishops, making it unnecessary for Misael. Severus appeals to the scriptural story of Elijah and the ravens, asserting that even impious priests can be vessels to deliver the Eucharist. See factoid page

event: Timostratus had previously written to Severus about ordination, upsetting the bishop. See factoid page

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