Unknown recipient of Severus of Antioch I.61-I.62
Unidentified correspondent of Severus of Antioch
The recipient of Select Letters I.61-I.62 is not preserved in Brooks' table of contents: I.61 is marked as having lost its heading, and I.62 is marked as addressed to the same person. The surviving letters concern accusations, discipline, bishops, deaconesses, and the proper evidentiary standard for ecclesiastical judgment.
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←severus antioch #61←severus antioch #62
From Severus of Antiochc. 519 AD
A damaged letter in which Severus urges restraint, witness-based judgment, and canonical procedure in a dispute involving clergy and monastic women.
From Severus of Antiochc. 519 AD
Severus says persecution may make presbyteral and diaconal ordination urgent, but deaconesses in monasteries are mainly a matter of honor.