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In Defence of the Three Chapters 67 part 2/2

Latin original · 1 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss · long chapter, split into parts; this part covers 67:40–67:40 (40 verses in all)

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67:40
Atque ut illorum vitam, non ex quibusdam culpabilibus factis impiam, sed ex aliis multo pluribus rectis justam, secundum Scripturæ Dei testimonium judicamus: ita et horum doctrinam, non ex quibusdam culpabilibus dictis hæreticam, sed ex aliis multo pluribus rectis catholicam secundum Ecclesiae Dei testimonium judiemus. Unde sancta synodus Orienlis Theodosio scribens dicebat: i Si autem quidquam, imperator sancte, obscurum aliquis inveniri dicat in Theodori vel aliorum litteris, hoc retractari necessarium non est. Quorum enim vita in sacedotio et ministerio optimum habuit finem, his prælatam gloriam dedicamus, et non ex illis eos judicamus de quibus aliqui atrociter eos accusant. >
And just as we judge their life — not from certain blameworthy deeds as impious, but from other far more numerous right ones as righteous — according to the testimony of God's Scripture: so let us also judge their doctrine — not from certain blameworthy sayings as heretical, but from other far more numerous right ones as catholic — according to the testimony of the Church of God. Whence the holy synod of the East, writing to Theodosius, said: 'But if anyone, holy Emperor, should say that something obscure is found in the letters of Theodore or of others, it is not necessary that this be reconsidered. For to those whose life had its best end in the priesthood and ministry, we dedicate a pre-eminent glory, and do not judge them from those things of which some atrociously accuse them.'
又正如我們憑神聖經的見證來評斷他們的生命——不是憑某些當受責備的行為斷其為不虔,而是憑其他更多正當的行為斷其為義;照樣,讓我們也憑神的教會之見證來評斷他們的教義——不是憑某些當受責備的話語斷其為異端,而是憑其他更多正當的話語斷其為大公。因此東方的聖會議寫信給狄奧多西時說道:「聖潔的皇帝啊,倘若有人說在狄奧多若或別人的著作中發現什麼晦澀之處,這並不需要重新審查。因為對那些一生在祭司職分與聖工中善終的人,我們獻上卓越的榮耀,並不憑某些人惡毒控告他們的那些事來評斷他們。」
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