Θεόφιλος

Theophilos, Theophilus

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Apr 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

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When this man1 returned from India he spent time in Antioch, not having any church assigned to him in particular, but being a sort of common [missionary] and allowed to visit all [churches] without fear as if they were his own. The emperor treated him as much as possible with all honor and respect, and everyone else whom he met received him with all goodwill and was amazed at the greatness of his virtue. For he was a man greater than one could make clear in words, like some image of the apostles. Indeed he is said to have raised a corpse of a certain person in Antioch of Judea. Thalassios says this, one of those who were with the man for no little time, and very little to be suspected of falsehood in such matters; besides, he had not a few fellow-witnesses among those who were with him at the same time.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θεόφιλος· οὗτος ἀπὸ Ἰνδῶν ἐπανελθὼν ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ διῆγεν, ἐκκλησίαν μὲν ἀφωρισμένως οὐδεμίαν ἔχων αὐτός, κοινὸς δέ τις ὢν καὶ πάσαις αὐτῷ μετ' ἀδείας ἐπιφοιτᾶν ὡς ἰδίαις ἐξόν, βασιλέως τε αὐτὸν ἐς τὰ μάλιστα διὰ τιμῆς τε πάσης καὶ αἰδοῦς ἄγοντος καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων, ὁπόσοις ἐπισταίη, μετὰ πάσης προθυμίας αὐτὸν ὑποδεχομένων καὶ τὸ τῆς ἀρετῆς αὐτοῦ μέγεθος καταπληττομένων. ἦν γὰρ ὁ ἀνὴρ κρείσσων ἢ ὡς ἄν τις δηλώσειε λόγῳ, ὡς ἄν τις τῶν ἀποστόλων εἰκών. λέγεταί γέ τοί ποτε καὶ νεκρὸν ἀναστῆσαι ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ Ἰουδαίας τινός. Θαλάσσιος δὲ τοῦτό φησι, τῶν ἐπ' οὐκ ὀλίγον τἀνδρὶ συγγενομένων χρόνον, καὶ ἥκιστα δὴ εἰς τὰ τοιαῦτα ψεύδεσθαι ὕποπτος ὤν, ἄλλως τε καὶ ἔχων οὐκ ὀλίγους τῶν κατ' αὐτὸν αὐτῷ γενομένων χρόνον τοὺς ἐπιμαρτυροῦντας.

Betacode
*qeo/filos: ou(=tos a)po\ *)indw=n e)panelqw\n e)n *)antioxei/a| dih=gen, e)kklhsi/an me\n a)fwrisme/nws ou)demi/an e)/xwn au)to/s, koino\s de/ tis w)\n kai\ pa/sais au)tw=| met' a)dei/as e)pifoita=n w(s i)di/ais e)co/n, basile/ws te au)to\n e)s ta\ ma/lista dia\ timh=s te pa/shs kai\ ai)dou=s a)/gontos kai\ tw=n a)/llwn a(pa/ntwn, o(po/sois e)pistai/h, meta\ pa/shs proqumi/as au)to\n u(podexome/nwn kai\ to\ th=s a)reth=s au)tou= me/geqos kataplhttome/nwn. h)=n ga\r o( a)nh\r krei/sswn h)\ w(s a)/n tis dhlw/seie lo/gw|, w(s a)/n tis tw=n a)posto/lwn ei)kw/n. le/getai/ ge/ toi/ pote kai\ nekro\n a)nasth=sai e)n *)antioxei/a| *)ioudai/as tino/s. *qala/ssios de\ tou=to/ fhsi, tw=n e)p' ou)k o)li/gon ta)ndri\ suggenome/nwn xro/non, kai\ h(/kista dh\ ei)s ta\ toiau=ta yeu/desqai u(/poptos w)/n, a)/llws te kai\ e)/xwn ou)k o)li/gous tw=n kat' au)to\n au)tw=| genome/nwn xro/non tou\s e)pimarturou=ntas.

Notes (1)

  1. Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica III.6a, p. 36 Bidez-Winkelmann.
  2. 1Theophilus the Indian, an Arian, sent by Emperor Constantius (in c.354 CE) on a mission to Arabia and Ethiopia: see Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Nov 2018
  1. tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

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