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274 Lives of the Saints. [Nov.h.
entered a protest against the very principle of Byzantine
despotism. He told the emperor that the guidance of
the affairs of State and the prosecution of war belonged to
his duties, but that the care of the Church, the administration of the sacred services, the maintenance of the faith, did
not belong to his province. S. Paul, in Ephesians iv., had
said that Christ appointed apostles, prophets, and pastors in
his Church, not kings. Said the emperor, "Do not rulers,
then, belong to the Church ?" " When they do not wilfully
exclude themselves from it by favouring heresy, yes." Upon
this the emperor indignantly dismissed them. Still it was by
no means his intention to stand forth as an avowed opponent
of images. He wanted to establish a modus vivendi between
the conflicting parties, to be a mediator, to be neutral,
between them, and to effect, if possible, a compromise, so as
to put a stop to the mutual recriminations, excommunications, and conflicts which were at once a weakness and
a scandal in the Eastern Church. But the violence of the
image-worshippers and the impatience of the military gradually
propelled the emperor into the position of a decided partisan.
After he had dismissed the ecclesiastics from the palace, the
monks assembled in a body in the Studium, under the presidency of Theodore, and mutually encouraged one another
to resistance. Leo sent orders that these meetings were
forbidden, and required the monks to sign a promise not to
hold conferences without his permission. Some subscribed;
others, with Theodore at their head, refused to do so.
Christmas was at hand, and the emperor was unwilling to
disturb this solemn festival with strife; he therefore took no
further steps. At Christmas, however, he prostrated himself on entering the sanctuary to receive the Eucharist, and
as the sanctuary curtains were embroidered with the story
of the Nativity, it was loudly proclaimed that Leo had
adored the picture.
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| Title | The lives of the saints - 13 |
| Creator | Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine) |
| Publisher | J. Grant |
| Place of Publication | Edinburgh |
| Date | 1914 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000328 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ft—__ ft 274 Lives of the Saints. [Nov.h. entered a protest against the very principle of Byzantine despotism. He told the emperor that the guidance of the affairs of State and the prosecution of war belonged to his duties, but that the care of the Church, the administration of the sacred services, the maintenance of the faith, did not belong to his province. S. Paul, in Ephesians iv., had said that Christ appointed apostles, prophets, and pastors in his Church, not kings. Said the emperor, "Do not rulers, then, belong to the Church ?" " When they do not wilfully exclude themselves from it by favouring heresy, yes." Upon this the emperor indignantly dismissed them. Still it was by no means his intention to stand forth as an avowed opponent of images. He wanted to establish a modus vivendi between the conflicting parties, to be a mediator, to be neutral, between them, and to effect, if possible, a compromise, so as to put a stop to the mutual recriminations, excommunications, and conflicts which were at once a weakness and a scandal in the Eastern Church. But the violence of the image-worshippers and the impatience of the military gradually propelled the emperor into the position of a decided partisan. After he had dismissed the ecclesiastics from the palace, the monks assembled in a body in the Studium, under the presidency of Theodore, and mutually encouraged one another to resistance. Leo sent orders that these meetings were forbidden, and required the monks to sign a promise not to hold conferences without his permission. Some subscribed; others, with Theodore at their head, refused to do so. Christmas was at hand, and the emperor was unwilling to disturb this solemn festival with strife; he therefore took no further steps. At Christmas, however, he prostrated himself on entering the sanctuary to receive the Eucharist, and as the sanctuary curtains were embroidered with the story of the Nativity, it was loudly proclaimed that Leo had adored the picture. 3, . ft |
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