SPEAR Factoids about heresy

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event: Severus wrote a letter to Solon concerning his ordination, piety, and relationship to unorthodox bishops. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to John. See factoid page

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

event: Severus wrote a letter to Dionysius disagreeing with his decision to commune with Indacus. He urged Dionysius to bring Indacus to repentance. 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 Dionysius on the subject of the repentance of Mark and whether he should become an archimandrite. The following factoids deal with the same event: 3063-9, 3064-1. The following factoids deal with the same event: 3063-9, 3064-1. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Sergius and Marion on the subject of converts form Chalcedonianism doing penance but not being re-baptized or re-anointed and the subject of needing more ordained clergy. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to Dionysius on the subject of the repentance of Mark and whether he should become an archimandrite. The following factoids deal with the same event: 3063-10, 3064-1. The following factoids deal with the same event: 3063-10, 3064-1. See factoid page

event: In 515, Severus and the bishops gathered in Antioch wrote a letter to the bishops under the metropolis of Apamea about their embrace of heresy and mistreatment of the orthodox. See factoid page

event: Anonymous 3778 wrote a letter to John disclosing false theology. See factoid page

event: In 516 or 517, Severus wrote a letter to Solon the bishop of Seleucia in Isauria about the controversy between Musonius and Paul. See factoid page

event: John completed twenty-five years in the monastery before the monks were assailed by heresy. See factoid page

event: Peter told the bishops how the Apamean bishops had broken communion from the orthodox, and submitted a petition to Severus concerning the injustice that he had experienced at the hands of the unorthodox. See factoid page

event: Severus and the bishops of Antioch urged the Apamean bishops to repent of their sin. See factoid page

event: Marinus rejected the incarnation and adopted the errors of Eutyches and Valentinus. See factoid page

event: Gaian was commemorated like a pagan diety by heretical Christians. See factoid page

event: After 12 years, persecution against Thomas and the brothers came from Armenia, instigated by Ephraim. See factoid page

event: Severus sent Eusebius and Victor to urge Marinus to repent and abandon his Eutychian views of the incarnation. See factoid page

event: John wrote a letter to Severus denouncing Timothy. See factoid page

event: Basil wrote a letter to Urbicius on the subject of refraining from communion with heretics. The following factoids deal with the same event: 3018-6, 3064-2. The following factoids deal with the same event: 3018-6, 3064-2. See factoid page

event: Sergius and Marion wrote a letter to Severus on the subject of what rites to perform when receiving converts form Chalcedonianism. See factoid page

event: Menas and Isidore wrote a letter to Severus reporting that Epiphanius excommunicated Anonymi 3034 when they would not commune with him. See factoid page

event: To convince Misael to remain in his position, Severus cited several scripture passages, as well as an historical anecdote of Anonymous 3057 and Anonymous 3058 who gave up their solitude in order to combat the heresy of Arius. 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

event: Anonymi 3115 were circulating theological treatises, falsely bearing the name of Severus. See factoid page

event: In 515, Severus wrote a letter to the Master of the Offices about the sins of the unorthodox bishops. See factoid page

event: Many of the persecuted convent leaders and bishops flocked to Thomas, so John targeted him in the persecution. See factoid page

event: The God-loving bishops of Antioch thought it necessary to warn the bishop of Epiphania , the bishop of Arethusa , and the bishop of Rhaphania about the monastic-heads and leaders who have broken communion with the orthodox. See factoid page

event: Severus accused the unorthodox of denying scripture, canon-law, and the authority of the bishops, because they insulted the orthodox bishops of Antioch . See factoid page

event: Between 514 and 518, Severus wrote to Theotecnus the Chief Physician about the bishops of Constantinople affirming the teachings of the council of Chalcedon. See factoid page

event: Most of the bishops assembled at Constantinople, except the Romans, were found to be orthodox, but the pious bishops Eleusinius and Proclus had fled the royal city. See factoid page

event: The synod in Constantinople intended to affirm the council of Chalcedon as a repudiation of the teachings of Eutyches. See factoid page

event: Severus had corresponded with the Master of Offices in Constantinople through Leontius about the illegitimacy of corrupt bishops. See factoid page

event: Severus wrote a letter to archimandrite of the monastery of Bassus about a controversy surrounding a corrupt bishop of Apamea. 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: Flavian, who was challengeing the ordination of Solon, had previously ordained a priest in Germanicupolis . See factoid page

event: Between 513 and 518, Severus wrote a letter to Entrechius bishop of Anazarba about accusations against an heretical bishop. See factoid page

event: Hiba the Bishop of Edessa allowed certain heresies to spread in Edessa, such as Nestorianism, which was promoted by the School of the Persians. See factoid page

event: Procopius had attempted to profit off his ordinations, and had ordained Lampetius, a known follower of the heresy of Adelphius which had been condemned by the synod at Commanus in Armenia. 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

event: Severus wrote a letter to Archaelaus concerning the invalidity of heretics who adminsister bans. 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: Bishop Cyrus of Edessa was opposed to the School of the Persians and stopped it from flourishing in Edessa. The School moved to Nisbis. See factoid page

event: Simeon travelled wherever heresy was taking root and debated with those who promoted heresy until they all fell silent. See factoid page

event: Severus sent the eucharistic elements to Anastasius because he was unable to find an orthodox priest to provide it. See factoid page

event: When Severus became bishop of Antioch, he opposed those who insisted that Chalcedonians who repented of their theology needed to be re-baptized or re-annointed. See factoid page

event: Simeon also battled the Magian heresy and converted three distinguished Magians to Christianity. See factoid page

event: Basil wrote a letter to Urbicius on the subject of refraining from communion with heretics. The following factoids deal with the same event: 3018-6, 3064-2. The following factoids deal with the same event: 3018-6, 3064-2. See factoid page

event: When Stephen united with bishops in the regions of Palestine and Alexandria he opposed those who insisted that Chalcedonians who repented of their theology needed to be re-baptized or re-annointed. See factoid page

event: Simeon gained a reputation among the leaders and doctors of the heretical movements in various countries for being a great debater. He was nicknamed the Invincible Satan, Simeon the debater. See factoid page

event: Simeon travelled far and wide to preach against the followers of Theodore , Nestorius , Mani , Bar Daisan , and Marcion . He travelled from Jerusalem to Illyricum and Persia and Constantinople to spread the Christian faith. See factoid page

event: Theotecnus wrote a letter to Severus about the theological erros of Romanus. 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: Emperor Anastasius sent his formula of satisfaction to Flavian, prelate of Antioch. 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: Severus urged Theotecnus to condemn Romanus in a synodical letter. 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: Severus argued that by ordaining priests in a diocese that was not his own, Epiphanius was not violating the sacred canons, which only outlaws such behavior in the cases of bishops forcing themselves on other dioceses, citing the examples of Eusebius of Samosata during the controversy of Arius, Theodoret, Basil, and Gregory the Theologian. See factoid page

event: The Nestorian faith flourished under Khosrau See factoid page

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