About the English. Route 3: the Greek original is lost; the source is the ancient Latin translation in the Collectio Casinensis (ACO 1.4, Schwartz 1922-23), translated by Claude with a note; the Latin is never shown.
1Eutherius warns against communion with Cyril unless he retracts his Twelve Chapters, refutes the anathemas one by one, and reports the embassy of Paul of Emesa to Egypt.
2Eutherius praises Helladius for standing firm like the three young men in the furnace and reports what he thinks of the latest letters from Egypt.
3Eutherius and Helladius appeal to Pope Sixtus III against Cyril's Twelve Chapters, the condemnation of Nestorius at Ephesus, and John of Antioch's reconciliation with Cyril.
authentic · Three letters in the ancient Latin translation of the Collectio Casinensis: to John of Antioch, to Helladius of Tarsus, and (jointly with Helladius) to Pope Sixtus III. The Greek originals are lost. The long Greek Confutationes among the works of Athanasius (PG 28) are a separate work, not staged here.
Standing
Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. Writer in the church of his time (metropolitan of Cappadocia II, in communion with the Eastern bishops), not venerated by any of the three traditions.
Date
ca. 431-433 (approximate) · Written after the Council of Ephesus (431), before and around the Union of 433.
Written at
Cappadocia (approximate)
Language
Greek
Genre
letter
Reference system
letter number (1-3, in the order of the Collectio Casinensis)
SBL abbreviation
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Text from
Eduard Schwartz, ed., Acta conciliorum oecumenicorum, tom. 1, vol. 4: Concilium universale Ephesenum, Collectio Casinensis (Berlin and Leipzig: de Gruyter, 1922-1923) (Printed edition (1922-23); US public domain (published before 1931); text produced by our own OCR of a scan)
Critical editions
Eduard Schwartz, ed., Acta conciliorum oecumenicorum 1.1-1.7 (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1927-1929) (cited, not reproduced)