Chapter XLVII.
Lucianus [2653] the presbyter, a holy man to whom, at the time when Honorius and Theodosius were Emperors, God revealed the place of the sepulchre and the remains of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr, wrote out that revelation in Greek, addressing it to all the churches.
[2653] Lucianus of Caphargamala, flourished 415.
Chapter XLVIII.
Avitus [2654] the presbyter, a Spaniard by race, translated the above mentioned work of the presbyter Lucianus into Latin, and sent it with his letter annexed, by the hand of Orosius the presbyter, to the Western churches.
[2654] Avitus of Braga, died 440.
Chapter XLIX.
Paulinus, [2655] bishop of Nola in Campania, composed many brief works in verse, also a consolatory work to Celsus On the death of a christian and baptized child, a sort of epitaph, well fortified with christian hope, also many Letters to Severus, and A panegric in prose written before he became bishop, On victory over tyrants which was addressed to Theodosius and maintained that victory lay rather in faith and prayer, than in arms. He wrote also a Sacramentary and Hymnal.
He also addressed many letters to his sister, On contempt of the world, and published treatises of different sorts, on various occasions.
The most notable of all his minor works are the works On repentance, and A general panegyric of all the martyrs. He lived in the reign of Honorius and Valentinianus, and was distinguished, not only for erudition [2657] and holiness of life, but also for his ability to cast out demons.
[2655] Pontius Meropius (Anicius?) Paulinus, Born at Bordeaux 353 (354?), pupil of Ausonius, baptized before 389, bishop before 410, died 431.
[2656] on various occasions is omitted by T 31 e.
[2657] erudition A T 31 a e 21; observation 25 30 Her.
Chapter L.
Eutropius, [2658] the presbyter, wrote to two sisters, handmaids of Christ, who had been disinherited by their parents on account of their devotion to chastity and their love for religion, two Consolatory letters in the form of small books, written in polished and clear language and fortified not only by argument, but also by testimonies from the Scriptures.
[2658] Pupil of Augustine about 430.
Chapter LI.
Another Evagrius [2659] wrote a Discussion between Simon the Jew and Theophilus the Christian, a work which is very well known.
[2659] Pupil of St. Martin of Tours 405.
Chapter LII.
Vigilius [2660] the deacon. composed out of the traditions of the fathers a Rule for monks, which is accustomed to be read in the monastery for the profit of the assembled monks. It is written in condensed and clear language and covers the whole range of monastic duties.
[2660] Flourished about 430.
Chapter LIII.
Atticus [2661] bishop of Constantinople, wrote to the princess daughters [2662] of the Emperor Arcadius, On faith and virginity, a most excellent work, in which he attacks by anticipation the Nestorian doctrine.
[2661] Bishop of Constantinople 406, died 425.
[2662] Daughters Pulcheria and her sisters.
Chapter LIV.
Nestorius [2663] [2664] the heresiarch, was regarded, while presbyter of the church at Antioch, as a remarkable extemporaneous teacher, [2665] and composed a great many treatises on various Questions, into which already at that time [2666] he infused that subtle evil, which afterwards became the poison of acknowledged impiety, veiled meanwhile by moral exhortation. But afterwards, when commended by his eloquence and abstemiousness he had been made pontiff of the church at Constantinople, showing openly what he had for a long while concealed, he became a declared enemy of the church, and wrote a book On the incarnation of the Lord, formed of sixty-two passages from Divine Scripture, used in a perverted meaning. What he maintained in this book may be found in the catalogue of heretics.
[2663] Bishop of Constantinople 428, deposed 431, died in the Thebaid about 439.
[2664] Nestorius 25 30 Her; Nestor A T 31 a e 21.
[2665] teacher A T 30 31 a e; omit 25 Her.
[2666] at that time A T a e; omit 25 30 31.
Chapter LV.
Caelestinus, [2667] bishop of Rome, addressed a volume to the churches of the East and West, giving an account of the decree of the synod against the above mentioned Nestorius and maintaining that while there are two complete natures in Christ, the person of the Son of God is to be regarded as single. The above mentioned Nestorius was shown to be opposed to this view. Xystus likewise, the successor of Caelestinus, wrote on the same subject and to the same Nestorius and the Eastern bishops, giving the views of the Western bishops against his error.
[2667] Bishop (Pope) of Rome 422, died 432.