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Nov. nj S. Theodore of the Studium. 283
grant What you want, for till now I have never honoured
any image. I shall remain as I am, and you follow your
own convictions. I shall not interfere with you, but I
cannot allow the public erection of any images in Constantinople."
Theodotus, the intruded patriarch, died; Nicephorus urged
his own claims to be re-established in the see from which he
had beenuncanonically ejected. Michaelrepliedthathe would
certainly reinstate him if he would withdraw his adhesion to
the decrees of the councils held by Tarasius and the more
famous one of Nicsea. As he refused to do so, Antony,
metropolitan of Sylaeum, a determined iconoclast, was appointed to the patriarchate. Thomas, a comrade in arms of
Leo the Armenian, and Michael the Phrygian, was jealous
of the success of his fellow soldiers, and thought it possible
that he also might enjoy for a season the pleasure and
authority of sovereignty. He therefore rose in revolt, and
pretending to be Constantine, the son of Irene, come to
avenge the death of Leo, he allied himself with the Saracens
and marched against Constantinople. Michael, fearing that
the orthodox migjit favour his adversary in the hopes of
obtaining better terms for themselves than the cold impartiality he had accorded them, proposed again that they
should come to terms with the iconoclasts on a basis of
mutual concessions. For his own part he was indifferent
whether images were or were not to be venerated, the strife
was raging about a question which, in his eyes, was insignificant beside the great obligation of Christian charity. But
his appeal met with no response. Each party waited the
success of the arms of Thomas to throw its influence into
the descending scale.
Theodore wrote to Leo, treasurer of the emperor; he wrote
also to the Empress Theodosia, widow of Leo the Armenian,
and her son Basil, congratulating them on their conversion
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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 | 00000337 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ft —'—' —■■—— ft Nov. nj S. Theodore of the Studium. 283 grant What you want, for till now I have never honoured any image. I shall remain as I am, and you follow your own convictions. I shall not interfere with you, but I cannot allow the public erection of any images in Constantinople." Theodotus, the intruded patriarch, died; Nicephorus urged his own claims to be re-established in the see from which he had beenuncanonically ejected. Michaelrepliedthathe would certainly reinstate him if he would withdraw his adhesion to the decrees of the councils held by Tarasius and the more famous one of Nicsea. As he refused to do so, Antony, metropolitan of Sylaeum, a determined iconoclast, was appointed to the patriarchate. Thomas, a comrade in arms of Leo the Armenian, and Michael the Phrygian, was jealous of the success of his fellow soldiers, and thought it possible that he also might enjoy for a season the pleasure and authority of sovereignty. He therefore rose in revolt, and pretending to be Constantine, the son of Irene, come to avenge the death of Leo, he allied himself with the Saracens and marched against Constantinople. Michael, fearing that the orthodox migjit favour his adversary in the hopes of obtaining better terms for themselves than the cold impartiality he had accorded them, proposed again that they should come to terms with the iconoclasts on a basis of mutual concessions. For his own part he was indifferent whether images were or were not to be venerated, the strife was raging about a question which, in his eyes, was insignificant beside the great obligation of Christian charity. But his appeal met with no response. Each party waited the success of the arms of Thomas to throw its influence into the descending scale. Theodore wrote to Leo, treasurer of the emperor; he wrote also to the Empress Theodosia, widow of Leo the Armenian, and her son Basil, congratulating them on their conversion ft . , ft |
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