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== [[Zirkoff, Boris]] == | == [[Zirkoff, Boris]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Symmachus}}'''. Pope, 498-514, b. in Sardinia. Chosen to fill vacancy left by Anastasius II. Byzantine minority faction set up archipresbyter Laurentius as rival. Schism caused bloody encounters. Ostrogothic King Theodoric gave voice for Symmachus. Appealed to again, Theodoric caused Bishop of Altinum to administer affairs of Church for a time, leaving decision to Synod. In the latter’s fourth session, 502, it decided in favor of Symmachus. Vindicating Synod’s action, deacon Ennodius gave clear expression that the Pope is above every human tribunal and responsible only to God himself. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Symmachus}}'''. Pope, 498-514, b. in Sardinia. Chosen to fill vacancy left by Anastasius II. Byzantine minority faction set up archipresbyter Laurentius as rival. Schism caused bloody encounters. Ostrogothic King Theodoric gave voice for Symmachus. Appealed to again, Theodoric caused Bishop of Altinum to administer affairs of Church for a time, leaving decision to Synod. In the latter’s fourth session, 502, it decided in favor of Symmachus. Vindicating Synod’s action, deacon Ennodius gave clear expression that the Pope is above every human tribunal and responsible only to God himself. | ||
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|detail = vol. 5, p. 383 | |detail = vol. 5, p. 383 | ||
|link = Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#383 | |link = Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.5)#383 | ||
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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Symmachus, Quintus Aurelius}} (ca. 345-410)'''. Brilliant representative of 4th-century paganism in Rome. ^Educated in Gaul. Proconsul of Africa, 373. His public dignities, which included that of ''pontifex maximus'', his great wealth and high character, added to his reputation for eloquence, made him the champion of the pagan senate against the Christian emperors. Banished from Rome by Gratian, 382, for his protest against the removal of the statue and altar of Victory from the senate-house, and the curtailment of the sums allowed for the maintenance of the Vestal Virgins and the public celebration of sacred rites. Prefect of Rome, 384. Involved in the rebellion of Maximus, but pardoned by Theodosius, who elevated him to consul ordinarius, 391. A man of unimpeachable character, he performed his duties with a degree of mildness, firmness, and integrity, seldom found among statesmen in that corrupt age. His leisure hours were devoted to literary pursuits and his friendship with distinguished authors of the day proves that he delighted in associating with the learned. By his example, inspired for a time new life into the literature of his country. Of his writings we possess: ''Panegyrics''; Ten Books of *''Epistles'', published after his death by his son; parts of ''Complimentary Orations''; the ''Relationes'', dealing with life in Rome. All earlier editions are now superseded by that of Otto Seeck in ''Monumento Germaniae Histórica'', Ser. I, Auct. Antiq., Vol. 6, Part 1, Berlin: Weidemann, 1883. | |||
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|author = Boris de Zirkoff | |||
|title = H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings | |||
|detail = vol. 7, p. 398 | |||
|link = Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.7)#398 | |||
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