Euthymius Zigabenus, Panoplia Dogmatica; Theodoretus, Historia Religiosa

tion: Title four: Concerning the incomprehensibility of the Divine
nature; Title five: Concerning the name of God; Title six:
Concerning the Divine creation; Title seven: Concerning the
incarnation of God; Title eight: Against the Hebrews; Title nine: Against
Simon of Samaria; and Marcion of Pontus, and the
Persian Manes, and the Manichaeans; Title ten: Against Sabellius;
Title eleven: Against the Arians and the Eunomians; ~

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Prologue·

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And all the achievements of the greatest and God-governed
king of ours, Alexios, are much-praised and brilliant and
admirable; scientific arrangements of political affairs;
and skillful handlings and grasps; the prudence of military
strategies; and advice of opinions; and the inventions of
machines; often yielding nothing to those of Palamedes
and Archimedes; carefully considered responses and full
of quick-wittedness, to the ambassadors of the great
nations; to speak all other things briefly, from which the
Autocrat Emperor, being assembled from everywhere; and in social
matters; both finding a way in helpless situations and adapting
advantageously to the times and the conditions,
is known and recognized; but of his other advantages, he
has no less a reason for praise; the proposed study;
I mean the collection of the dogmas of the Orthodox
faith; how, being swamped with so many worldly cares;
and being moved here and there by myriad pulls of affairs,
he did not have this part unthought-of; just as
many of the preceding emperors; to whom it sufficed
only, as it does to most of those, both then and now, who are subjects,
the elementary and brief confession of faith, which also is called
the sacred symbol. But having reflected and known by experience: that in many parts of the Roman Empire,