Letters

Contents

1. 1.1Anastasius answers John of Jerusalem's praise with compliments of his own and asks him to stop praising him.
2. 1.2Rufinus must answer to God for his conscience.
3. 1.3Anastasius has no wish to know Origen, but the reading of his translated works at Rome showed that he undermined the apostolic faith.
4. 1.4Translating Origen is acceptable only to expose him; if the translator agrees with him, the translation overturns the apostolic faith.
5. 1.5Rome cannot accept Origen's teaching; Anastasius quotes his letter to Venerius and reports the emperors' rescripts against reading Origen.
6. 1.6John should judge Rufinus fairly; Rome regards him as separated from its communion.
7. 2.1Like a shepherd, watchman or ship's master, Theophilus of Alexandria keeps watch to protect the churches from Origen's writings.
8. 2.2Anastasius tells the recipient that Rome, Peter's see, has condemned whatever in Origen is contrary to the faith, citing Gal 1:8.
9. 2.3The letter is carried by the presbyter Eusebius; Origen's blasphemous chapters and their author are condemned.