A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca
A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca
568 Roman Life Under the Late Empire hears he our prayers otherwise than He forsees them ere we pray; for when His angels hear them, He hears in them. X. A Case of Grave Robbery Criminal charge before the governor of Egypt. The trial about 400 A.D. A papyrus. Interesting for the religious belief of the age. You have dug up the body of the dead which the city, pursuant to a decree of the people, has buried and mourned. You seem to me to have the heart of a beast, not of a man—and really not even of a beast. For beasts assail indeed living men but spare the dead. You however have plotted against a corpse which has separated itself from the race of men. Whence got you the effrontery to rob of his last hopes the person laid to rest? Truly, by Zeus, these were the last adornments allowed by the laws: they were the gifts of the state to the dead body; they were offerings of purification (which you have stolen). You will atone for this deed with your head. Heresies forbidden. Theodosian Code xvi. 5, 5. 379 A.D. XI. Edict of Theodosius Against Heretics Let all heresies forbidden both by divine and imperial laws forthwith cease. Whatsoever profane person lowers, by acts worthy of punishment, the opinion of God, let him entertain ideas destined to be hurtful to himself alone, let him not publish what will be a hindrance to others. Whoever causes wasting disease to bodies, redeemed by venerable baptism, ... let him not ruin others by wicked instruction. And all teachers and ministers of that perverse superstition,—whether by assuming sacred office they defile the name of bishop or falsify religion with the title of presbyter, or call themselves deacons when they are not even held to be Christians,—let them abstain from meetings devoted to an opinion long ago condemned. Finally let the Rescript recently published at Sirmium
Heresies; Education 569 be cancelled and let those things only abide with Universal . 1 ! \ 1 1 • 1 1 1 (• 1 a. letter by (Catholic) observance, which our ever memorable father the emperor and we ourselves ha^'e ordered as destined to live forever Rescript was fr'^uenT ^ with equally specific command. f° °{ ^ -^ ^ legislaUon. XII. Miseries of the Schoolboy O God, my God, what miseries I suffered there, and how The I was made a subject of mockery, seeing that the end set is painful, before my boyhood was to obey my teachers that I might g^ Augusprosper in the world, by learning to excel in those wordy ^^?^' Confesarts which lead to honor among men, and serve to gain those riches which are not true wealth. To that end I was put to school that I might learn my letters, in which I, poor wTetch, could see no manner of use. But if I was slow in learning them I was whipped. For this was the way approved by our ancestors. For many, going through this life before us, had built up the toilsome ways through which we were compelled to pass with the labor and pain which have been multiplied upon the sons of Adam. Meanwhile I came in contact with some who prayed to Thee, and I learned something from them, and thought of Thee as best I could, as some great One, who though we could not see or touch Thee, couldst hear and help us. As a boy accordingly I began to pray to Thee, who art my refuge and my help. I taught my stammering tongue to cry to Thee, and besought Thee, small as I was, with no little earnestness that I might not be whipped at school. And when Thou didst not answer my prayer—though it was not Thy purpose to put me to confusion— my whippings were matter for mirth to my seniors, even to my parents, who certainly wished no ill to befall me, though these punishments were a great and grave ill to me. . . ,
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568 Roman Life Under the Late Empire<br />
hears he our prayers otherwise than He forsees them ere<br />
we pray; for when His angels hear them, He hears in them.<br />
X. A Case <strong>of</strong> Grave Robbery<br />
Criminal<br />
charge<br />
before the<br />
governor <strong>of</strong><br />
Egypt.<br />
<strong>The</strong> trial<br />
about 400<br />
A.D.<br />
A papyrus.<br />
Interesting<br />
for the religious<br />
belief<br />
<strong>of</strong> the age.<br />
You have dug up the body <strong>of</strong> the dead which the city,<br />
pursuant to a decree <strong>of</strong> the people, has buried and mourned.<br />
You seem to me to have the heart <strong>of</strong> a beast, not <strong>of</strong> a<br />
man—and really not even <strong>of</strong> a beast. <strong>For</strong> beasts assail<br />
indeed living men but spare the dead. You however have<br />
plotted against a corpse which has separated itself from<br />
the race <strong>of</strong> men. Whence got you the effrontery to rob<br />
<strong>of</strong> his last hopes the person laid to rest?<br />
Truly, by Zeus,<br />
these were the last adornments allowed by the laws: they<br />
were the gifts <strong>of</strong> the state to the dead body; they were<br />
<strong>of</strong>ferings <strong>of</strong> purification (which you have stolen). You<br />
will atone for this deed with your head.<br />
Heresies<br />
forbidden.<br />
<strong>The</strong>odosian<br />
Code xvi. 5, 5.<br />
379 A.D.<br />
XI. Edict <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong>odosius Against Heretics<br />
Let all<br />
heresies forbidden both by divine and imperial<br />
laws forthwith cease. Whatsoever pr<strong>of</strong>ane person lowers,<br />
by acts worthy <strong>of</strong> punishment, the opinion <strong>of</strong> God, let<br />
him entertain ideas destined to be hurtful to himself alone,<br />
let him not publish what will be a hindrance to others.<br />
Whoever causes wasting disease to bodies, redeemed by<br />
venerable baptism, ... let him not ruin others by wicked<br />
instruction. And all teachers and ministers <strong>of</strong> that perverse<br />
superstition,—whether by assuming sacred <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
they defile the name <strong>of</strong> bishop or falsify religion with the<br />
title <strong>of</strong> presbyter, or call themselves deacons when they<br />
are not even held to be Christians,—let them abstain<br />
from meetings devoted to an opinion long ago condemned.<br />
Finally let the Rescript recently published at Sirmium
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