Event Factoid
https://spear-prosop.org/3134-43Date: Sometime between 0519 and 0525Event Factoid:
Sometime between 519 and 525
Severus of Antioch anwered a letter he received from
Photius and
Andrew on the subject of receiving
clergy from Nestorian and Diphysite groups who renounce their heresy and make a right
confession and on
whether or not catechumens, the demon possed, and penitents should be present for
the Lord's Supper.
Severus of Antioch states that after a period
of repentance they should be received into the same rank without re-baptism or re-ordination.
Sources:
- Ernest Walter Brooks,The Sixth Book of the Select Letters of Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, in the Syriac
Version of Athanasius of Nisibis. Translation, Part I: Letters I.1-II.3, vol. 2.1 (London: Williams and Norgate, 1903), p: 179-191.
