Christian Emperors, Christian Church,
and the Jews of the Diaspora in the Greek East,
..–
*Cessent igitur, quaeso, haec de cetero usque in finem per te et sapien-
tiam tuam et sudores et labores singulorum dierum, qui semper eccle-
siis prosunt, pro quibus constituat te nobis deus ecclesiae propugnato-
rem in longa et pacifica tempora, ut paulum quidem ex his improvisis
malis respirantes, quae propter maledictum Nestorium mundus exper-
tus est, adversum gentiles Phoeniciae possimus obsistere et Palaestinae
et Arabiae et adversum cuncta Iudaica et maxime quae sunt in Lao-
dicia (subito enim impii Iudaei archidiaconum, mirabilem virum, in
theatrum deducentes puniverunt), insuper et contra eos qui in Cilicia
effrenate resistunt.
E. Schwartz,Acta Conciliorum Oecumenicorum
., no. , pp. –From now on, I beg you, let these (troubles) cease for good, through
yourself and your wisdom and your everyday toils and efforts, which
are ever for the good of the churches, and for which let God estab-
lish you on your behalf as the champion of the Church for a long and
peaceful period. Thus, being able for a moment to catch our breath
after these unexpected evils, which the world has experienced on ac-
count of the cursed Nestorius, we may stand up against the pagans of
Phoenicia and Palaestina and Arabia, and against all the Jewish goings-
on and above all those in Laodicea (for recently the impious Jews took*First published inJournalofJewishStudies (): –. I am very grateful to the Lever-
hulme Trust for the Emeritus Fellowship which has made this work possible.