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Epistle

Malchion

Section 1

About this work

Author: Malchion

1. After some few introductory words, they proceed thus:—We

‹ In Name of the Synod of Antioch, Against Paul of Samosata.Section 2 ›

wrote

to

many

of

the

bishops

,

even

those

who

live

at

a

distance

,

and

exhorted

them

to

give

their

help

in

relieving

us

from

this

deadly

doctrine

;

among

these

,

we

addressed

,

for

instance

,

Dionysius

,

the

bishop

of

Alexandria

,

and

Firmilian

of

Cappadocia

,

those

men

of

blessed

name

.

Of

these

,

the

one

wrote

to

Antioch

without

even

deigning

to

honour

the

leader

in

this

error

by

addressing

him

;

nor

did

he

write

to

him

in

his

own

name

,

but

to

the

whole

district

,

of

which

letter

we

have

also

subjoined

a

copy

.

And

Firmilian

,

who

came

twice

in

person

,

condemned

the

innovations

in

doctrine

,

as

we

who

were

present

know

and

bear

witness

,

and

as

many

others

know

as

well

as

we

.

But

when

he

(

Paul

)

promised

to

give

up

these

opinions

,

he

believed

him

;

and

hoping

that

,

without

any

reproach

to

the

Word

,

the

matter

would

be

rightly

settled

,

he

postponed

his

decision

;

in

which

action

,

however

,

he

was

deceived

by

that

denier

of

his

God

and

Lord

,

and

betrayer

of

the

faith

which

he

formerly

held

.

And

now

Firmilian

was

minded

to

cross

to

Antioch

;

and

he

came

as

far

as

Tarsus

,

as

having

already

made

trial

of

the

man’s

infidel

iniquity

.

But

when

we

had

just

assembled

,

and

were

calling

for

him

and

waiting

for

his

arrival

,

his

end

came

upon

him

.

Notes

1
παροικίᾳ [= jurisdiction. See p. 163, note 3, supra.]
2
ἀρνησιθέου .