Quotes:Symmachus

Zirkoff, Boris

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.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 5, p. 383