Bellarmine · De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis · On the Ecclesiastical Writers
Chapter 15: The End of the Fourth Century: Theophilus, Rufinus, Palladius, Gaudentius, Prudentius, Chromatius, Chrysostom, Severian
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Theophilus of Alexandria. 390
Theophilus, Bishop of the Church of Alexandria, a contemporary of St. Jerome, as the letters each wrote to the other testify, wrote three Easter letters, which St. Jerome put into Latin. And these fairly useful and learned letters are extant in the Library of the Holy Fathers, volume 3. He wrote besides against Origen, and other things which Gennadius mentions in the book On Illustrious Men; but these are not extant.
John, Bishop of Jerusalem. 390
John, Bishop of Jerusalem, lived in the time of St. Jerome, as is known from the quarrels more than once stirred up between them. He wrote, on the witness of Gennadius, a book against the detractors of his pursuit, showing that he was not an Origenist. There is attributed to the same John a book to Caprasius on the instruction of a Monk, which is found in the Library of the Holy Fathers, volume 9, second edition. But this book seems written by someone much later; since in that book the author says he is of the order of Carmelites, and describes the habit of the Carmelites; but in those times the name of Carmelite religious was plainly unheard of, as Cardinal Baronius too affirms, Annals volume 6, at the year 444. Add that the style is of a Latin man, and of later times.
Diadochus. 390
Diadochus, Bishop of Photice, wrote a notable book on perfection, containing a hundred chapters. This book is extant in the Library of the Holy Fathers, volume 5, second edition.
Dorotheus the Archimandrite
Dorotheus the Archimandrite wrote twenty-four sermons, which are extant in the Library of the Holy Fathers, volume 2, second edition. When these two lived I have not found out, though it is clear enough that they were ancient.
Rufinus the Presbyter. 390
Rufinus, Presbyter of Aquileia, once a very close friend of St. Jerome, then become his rival, wrote two books of Church history, which he added to the history of Eusebius of Caesarea that he had turned from the Greek. He wrote also an explanation of the Apostles' creed; likewise commentaries on some Psalms; two invectives against St. Jerome; and an apology for Origen, in which he tells many lies, on the witness of Jerome himself in the second apology. He wrote also many letters. All these are extant, partly among the works of St. Jerome, partly in the history of Eusebius, partly also separately. He turned certain sentences of Sixtus the Pythagorean Philosopher and attributed them to St. Sixtus, Pontiff and Martyr, as Jerome testifies in the letter to Ctesiphon. St. Augustine too, deceived by Rufinus's version, thought those sentences were St. Sixtus the Martyr's; which he retracts, Retractations book 2, chapter 46 [42]. These sentences are extant in volume 5 of the Library of the Holy Fathers, second edition. He turned besides into the Latin tongue the Recognitions of Clement, as Gennadius testifies in the book On Illustrious Men. But as the Recognitions themselves are perhaps falsely attributed to Clement, so too it is not incredible that the preface of Rufinus, as translator, was falsely joined to them. Lastly Rufinus is rightly marked for error by Pope Gelasius, chapter Sancta Romana, distinction 15.
Palladius the Galatian. 390
Palladius the Galatian was a contemporary and friend of Rufinus, as can be understood from his works. He wrote the Lausiac History and the Paradise of Heraclides, in which are briefly described the lives of many saints, which can bring no small profit to readers. He himself, however, is blamed as an Origenist by St. Jerome in the letter to Ctesiphon, and by St. Epiphanius in the letter to John of Jerusalem, which is extant in the second volume of St. Jerome. There is extant also a certain dialogue under the name of Palladius in the first volume of the works of St. John Chrysostom, Paris edition.
St. Gaudentius of Brescia. 390
St. Gaudentius, the successor of Philastrius in the episcopate of Brescia, wrote most useful treatises on various subjects, which are extant in volume 2 of the Library of the Holy Fathers, second edition: On the dedication of a Basilica, 1 treatise; On Easter, on Exodus, 7; On the reading of the Gospel, 2; On Exodus again, 1; On the paralytic, 1; on the words, Now is the judgement of the world, 1; On the promise of the Paraclete, 1; On the Machabee Martyrs, 1; On the unjust Steward, to Germinius, 1; on the words, The Father is greater than I, 1.
Aurelius Prudentius. 390
Aurelius Prudentius, the Christian poet, flourished under Theodosius the elder and his sons. He wrote excellent poems: the Psychomachia, on the battle of faith and idolatry, of chastity and lust, of patience and anger, of pride and humility, of luxury and sobriety, of avarice and generosity, of concord and discord. He wrote the book Cathemerinon, that is, of the things of the day, in which are contained hymns from Matins to Vespers. He wrote the book Peristephanon, that is, on the crowns, in which are the praises of many Martyrs: St. Lawrence, St. Vincent, St. Eulalia, Saints Peter and Paul, St. Agnes, St. Cyprian, St. Cassian and others. He wrote the Apotheosis, that is, on the Godhead, where there are hymns against unbelievers, against the Sabellian Heretics, against the Jews; likewise on the nature of the soul and on the resurrection of the flesh. He wrote the Hamartigenia, that is, on the origin of sins, against Marcion. He wrote two books against Symmachus. Gennadius adds, in the book On Illustrious Men, that there were written by him also an enchiridion of the old and new Testament, and on the work of the six days.
St. Chromatius, Bishop of Aquileia. 399
St. Chromatius was a most holy and most learned Bishop, by the testimony of St. Jerome in the preface to the book of Paralipomenon. He is said to have written commentaries on Matthew; but now there are extant only homilies on the eight beatitudes in Matthew 5, and a treatise on the words, “I ought to be baptized by thee.” See the Library of the Holy Fathers, volume 2. There is extant in the fourth volume of the works of St. Jerome a letter under the name of Chromatius and Heliodorus to Jerome, and Jerome's answer, in which the birth of the most Blessed Virgin is treated; but both are false and forged; as also Cardinal Baronius proves false the letter of the same Chromatius and Heliodorus to Jerome about the martyrology. See Cardinal Baronius's preface to the Roman martyrology, chapters 3 and 7.
St. John Chrysostom. 398
St. John Chrysostom, the great Doctor of the Church, first worked in the courts with great praise; then he practised the monastic life, and, called from the desert to the clergy, was ordained Presbyter of Antioch in the 11th year of Valentinian the younger and the 8th of Theodosius the elder; then in the 4th year of Arcadius and Honorius he was made Bishop of Constantinople; at last, in the 13th year of the same emperors and the ninth of his episcopate, he died, about the year of the Lord 407. The works that are extant are comprised in five volumes in the Venice edition of the year of the Lord 1574; for I was using this edition while I wrote.
The first volume: on Genesis, 67 homilies; on the Psalms, 26; on various places of the old Testament, 52, of which five are on the vision of Isaias.
The second volume: on Matthew, 89 homilies [90?]; on the same, of the unfinished work, 54; on various places of Matthew, 26; on Mark, 14; on various places of Luke, 7.
The third volume: on John, 78 [88?] homilies; on various places of John, 6; on the Acts of the Apostles, 51 [55?]; sermons on the sacred feasts, 32; on various places of Paul, 14, among which are many on the praises of Paul.
The fourth volume: Commentaries by homilies on all the letters of blessed Paul.
The fifth volume: to the People of Antioch, 80 homilies; On the priesthood, dialogues or books, 6; On compunction of heart, 2 books; On the providence of God, 6 books [3?]; On praying to God, 2 books; On the comparison of the king and the monk, 1; Against the detractors of the monastic life, 3; Against the Gentiles, or on Babylas the martyr, 1; sermons on penance, 12; sermons against the Jews and Heretics, 15; sermons against those who keep concubines, 2; sermons on various subjects, 48; Letters, 8: to Pope Innocent, 2; to Cyriacus, 1; to the Bishops and Presbyters shut in prison for piety, 1; to Theodore who had fallen, 2; to Eutropius, 1; to Olympias, a noble woman, 1; the Liturgy, or Mass, of St. John Chrysostom.
Note. In the first volume, among the homilies on various places of the old Testament, is a homily on Genesis 2 which begins “God the founder of the world”; which homily does not seem possibly Chrysostom's, since two whole chapters are inserted in it from the Latin book On Church dogmas, namely the thirty-first and thirty-second. And that book has an author later than Chrysostom, as we shall say below. Some others too there are that may seem of doubtful faith. But the homilies on Genesis, on the Psalms, on the vision of Isaias, and very many others are undoubted.
In the second volume the Commentaries on Matthew are without doubt Chrysostom's. But the unfinished work does not seem to be Chrysostom's; for there was no reason why the same author should write so much twice on the same subject. But whoever's work it is, it was either composed by some heretic or corrupted by some heretic, though otherwise the book is learned and by no means to be despised. In homily 4 it says “that the Holy Spirit is the minister of the Son”, and in homily 48 it counts the homoousians among the Heretics; which two opinions are the Arians'. But on the contrary in homilies 28 and 44 it says that those are Heretics who affirm that the Son is less than the Father; which is contrary to what was said above. So it is credible that the author was a Catholic, but that his work was depraved by the Arians. In the same volume are commentaries on Mark, which without doubt are not Chrysostom's, but of some simple Monk who was explaining the Gospel to his brethren, as is clear from homilies 3, 4, 8 and 9 and from others. Of the others found in the same volume, some are plainly Chrysostom's, as the homily on the betrayal of Judas; likewise on the rich man and Lazarus, homily 4; and another on the Publican and the Pharisee, and another on the cross and the thief. The rest seem taken partly from Chrysostom's Commentary on Matthew, partly from the unfinished work, partly from the homilies on Mark.
In the third volume the 87 [88?] homilies on John are by the consent of all Chrysostom's. I think the same must be judged altogether of the 55 homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, though they are called into doubt by Erasmus. Certainly in homily 9 the author says he is a Bishop, and in homily 11 adds that he is Bishop of a very large City, and in homily 41 says he lived in the time of Julian the apostate, and in homily 52 says his name is John; nor is there anything of any weight from which a suspicion of a forged work can be gathered. Add that John Damascene, On the faith book 3, and Oecumenius, in the chain of explanation on the Acts, draw testimonies from these homilies under the name of St. John Chrysostom. Of the six homilies placed between the Commentaries on John and on the Acts it is not altogether certain whether they are Chrysostom's, except the third, which begins “The young of the swallows”. All the rest are believed to be Chrysostom's, and especially the homilies on the praises of Paul. In the fourth volume there is nothing that can rightly be called into doubt. In the fifth volume almost everything is certain and undoubted, except the homilies to the people of Antioch, of which only twenty-one are said to be found in manuscript in old libraries; and it is plainly gathered from their context that very many of them are fragments of Chrysostom's homilies on Matthew, or on John, or on the Acts of the Apostles, or on the letters of Paul. For example, the twenty-seventh homily to the people of Antioch is taken partly from homily 10, partly from 11, partly from 12 on the Acts; and homilies 60 and 61 to the people are taken from homily 83 on Matthew and 45 on John. But this does not much matter, since the sayings are of the same author.
Severian of Gabala. 398
Severian, Bishop of Gabala, is said to have been a most eloquent man; and Gennadius in the book On Illustrious Men writes that he read this Severian's exposition on the Letter to the Galatians, and certain other things; he adds also that he was often wont to be invited by St. John Chrysostom and by the emperor Arcadius to give sermons in the Church of Constantinople. There is extant one sermon of this Severian in the fifth volume of the works of St. John Chrysostom.
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De Theophilo Alexandrino. 390. Theophilus Alexandrinae Ecclesiae Episco¬ pus Sancti Hieronymi aequalis, ut epistolae utriusque invicem scriptae testantur, scri¬ psit epistolas tres Paschales, quas Sanctus Hieronymus Latinas fecit. Atque epistolae istae satis utiles et doctae exstant in Biblio¬ theca sanctorum Patrum tomo iii; scripsit praeterea adversus Origenem et alia quorum meminit Gennadius in lib. de viris illustribus, sed haec non exstant. De Joanne Episcopo Hierosolymitano . 390. Joannes Episcopus Hierosolymitanus vixit tempore Sancti Hieronymi, ut notum est ex contentionibus inter eos non semel excitatis, scripsit, teste Gennadio, librum in obtrecta¬ tores studii sui, ostendens se non esse Ori- genistam. Tribuitur eidem Joanni liber ad Caprasium de institutione Monachi, qui ha¬ betur in Bibliotheca sanctorum Patrum to¬ mo ix. edit. 2. sed hic liber videtur scriptus ab aliquo longe posteriore : siquidem eo in libro dicit auctor se esse ordinis Carmelita- rum, et describit habitum Carmelitarum : at illis temporibus nomen Carmelitarum reli¬ giosorum erat plane inauditum, ut etiam Card. Baronius affirmat, tomo vi. Anna¬ lium, ad annum 444. Adde quod stylus est hominis Latini, et temporum posteriorum. De Diadocho. 390. Diadochus Episcopus Photices scripsit in¬ signem librum de perfectione, continentem capita centum : hic liber exstat in Bibliothe¬ ca sanctorum Patrum tomo quinto, edit, 2. De Dorotheo Archimandrita. Porotheus Archimandrita scripsit sermo- 392 DE SCRIPTORIBUS ECCLESIASTICIS nes viginti quatuor, qui exstant in bibliothe¬ ca sanctorum Patrum, tomo ii. edit. 2. Hi duo quando vixerint, non compertum habeo, quamvis antiquos fuisse satis constet. De Ruffino Presbytero. 390. Ruffinus Presbyter Aquileiensis , Sancti Hieronymi quondam amicissimus, deinde aemulus factus, scripsit libros duos historiee Ecclesiasticae, quos addidit ad historiam Eusebii Caesariensis a se conversam ex Grae¬ co : scripsit etiam explicationem symboli Apostoloci : item in Psalmos aliquot com¬ mentaria ; invectivas duas in Sanctum Hie¬ ronymum ; et apologiam pro Origene, in qua multa mentitur, ipso Hieronymo teste in se¬ cunda apologia : scripsit quoque multas epi¬ stolas. Haec omnia exstant, partim inter opera Sancti Hieronymi, partim in historia Eusebii, partim etiam seorsim. Vertit quas¬ dam sententias Sixti Philosophi Pythago¬ rici, easque tribuit Sancto Sixto Pontifici et Martyri, ut testatur Hieronymus in epistola ad Ctesiphontem. Sanctus etiam Augustinus ex versione Ruffini deceptus, eas sententias esse putavit Sancti Sixti Martyris ; quod re¬ tractat. lib. ii. retract. cap. 46. Hae senten¬ tiae exstant in tomo quinto bibliothecae san¬ ctorum Patrum, editionis secundae. Vertit praeterea in Latinam linguam recognitiones Clementis, ut Gennadius testatur in lib. de Viris illustribus. Sed sicut ipsae recognitio¬ nes falso fortasse tribuuntur Clementi, ita etiam non est incredibile, falso adjunctam illis fuisse praefationem Ruffini, quasi inter¬ pretis; denique Ruffinus merito notatur er¬ roris a Gelasio Papa, cap. Sancta Romana, distinet. 15. De Palladio Galata. 390. Palladius Galata, Ruffini aequalis et ami¬ cus fuit : ut ex operibus ejus intelligi potest. Scripsit historiam Lausiacam, et Paradisum Heraclidis, in quibus describuntur breviter multorum sanctorum vitae, quae non modi¬ cam praestare possunt legentibus utilitatem. Ipse tamen reprehenditur, ut Origenista, a S. Hieronymo in epistola ad Ctesiphontem, et a S. Epiphanio in epistola ad Joannem Hierosolymitanum, quae exstat in secundo tomo S. Hieronymi. Exstat etiam dialogus quidam sub nomine Palladii in tomo primo operum S. Joannis Chrysostomi, editionis Parisiensis. De S. Gaudentio Brixiensi. 390. Sanctus Gaudentius successor Philastrii in Episcopatum Brixiae, scripsit utilissimos tractatus de variis arg umentis, qui exstant in tomo n. bibliothecae S. Patrum editio¬ nis ii. De dedicatione Basilicae, tractatus 1 De Pascha in Exodum, 7 De lectione Evangelii, 2 De Exodo iterum, 1 De paralytico, 1 In illud, nunc judicium est mundi, 1 De promissione Paracleti, 1 . De Macchabaeis Martyribus, 1 De Villico iniquitatis ad Germinium, 1 In illud, Pater major me est, 1 De Aurelio Prudentio. 390. Aurelius Prudentius poeta Christianus , floruit sub Theodosio seniore, et filiis ejus : scripsit egregia carmina, psychomachiam, de pugna fidei, et idololatriae : ‘pudicitiae, et libidinis; patientiae, et irae : superbiae, et humilitatis : luxuriae, et sobrietatis : avari¬ tiae, et largitatis : concordiae, et discordiae. Scripsit librum Cathemerinon, id est, re¬ rum diurnarum, in quo continentur hymni a Matutino ad Vespertinum. Scripsit librum Peristephanon, id est, de coronis, in quo sunt laudes multorum Mar¬ tyrum, S. Laurentii, S. Vincentii, S. Eula- liae, SS. Petri et Pauli, S. Agnetis, S. Cy¬ priani, S. Cassiani, et aliorum. Scripsit Apotheosim, id est, de divinitate, ubi sunt hymni in infideles, in Haereticos Sabellianos, in Judaeos; item de natura ani¬ mae, et de resurrectione carnis. Scripsit Amartingenia, id est, de origine peccatorum ; contra Marcionem. Scripsit libros duos contra Symmachum. Addit Gennadius in libro de viris illustri¬ bus, scripta quoque fuisse ab eo, enchiri¬ dion veteris et novi Testamenti, et de opere sex dierum. De S. Chr ornatio Episcopo Aquileiensi. 399. Sanctus Chromatius Episcopus sanctissi¬ mus et doctissimus fuit testimonio S. Hiero¬ nymi, praefatione in librum Paralip. Seri- AB ANNO DOM. 300. AD 400. psisse fertur commentaria in Matthaeum; sed nunc exstant solum homilise de octo bea- titudinibus in cap. v. Matthaei,, et tractatus in illud, « Ego a te debeo baptizari. » Yide in bibliotheca S. Patrum tomo 2. Exstat in quarto tomo operum S. Hiero¬ nymi epistola sub nomine Ghromatii, et He¬ liodori ad Hieronymum, et responsio Hiero¬ nymi, in quibus agitur de nativitate Beatis¬ simae Virginis : sed utraque falsa et suppo- posititia est : ut etiam falsam esse convincit Card. Baronius epistolam eorumdem Chro- matii et Heliodori ad Hieronymum circa martyrologium. Vide praefationem Card. Ba- ronii ad martyrologium Romanum, cap. 3* et 7. De S. Joanne Chrysostomo. 398. Sanctus Joannes Chrysostomus, magnus Ecclesiae Doctor, primum in foro versatus est magna cum laude : deinde monasticam vitam exercuit, atque ab eremo ad clerum vocatus, Presbyter Antiochenus ordinatus est anno 1 1 . Valentiniani junioris et 8. Theo¬ dosii senioris : anno deinde 4. Arcadii et Honorii Episcopus Gonstantinopolitanus fa¬ ctus; tandem anno 13. eorumdem impera¬ torum, et episcopatus sui nono, mortem obiit circa annum Domini 407. Opera, quae exstant, quinque tomis comprehenduntur, in editione Veneta anni Domini 1574; hac enim editione utebar dum scriberem. Tomi primi : In Genesim homiliae, 67 In Psalmos homiliae, 26 In varia loca Testamenti veteris, 52 Ex quibus quinque sunt de visione Isaiae. Secundi tomi : In Matthaeum homiliae, 89 In eumdem operis imperfecti hom. 54 In varia loca Matthaei hom. 26 In Marcum hom. 14 In varia loca Lucae hom. 7 ' Tertii tomi : In Joannem hom. 78 In varia loca Joannis hom. 6 In Acta Apostolorum hom. 51 Conciones de sacris feriis, 32 393 In varia loca Pauli hom. 14 ln quibus sunt multae de laudibus Pauli. Quarti tomi : Commentaria per homilias in omnes episto¬ las B. Pauli. Quinti tomi : Ad Populum Antiochenum hom. 80 De sacerdotio dialogi, sive libri, 6 De compunctione cordis, lib. 2 De providentia Dei, lib. 6 De orando Deo, lib. 2 De comparatione regis et monachi. 1 Contra vituperatores vitae monasticae, 3 Contra Gentiles, sive in Babylam marty¬ rem, 1 De poenitentia sermones. 12 Adversus Judaeos, et Haereticos serm. 15 Contra Concubinarios serm. 2 Variorum argumentorum serm. 48 Epistolae. 8 Ad Innocentium Papam. ' 2 Ad Cyriacum. 1 Ad Episcopos et Presbyteros ob pieta¬ tem in carcere inclusos, 1 Ad Theodorum lapsum, 2 Ad Eutropium, 1 Ad Olympiam illustrem feminam, 1 Liturgia, sive Missa S. Jo. Chrysostomi. Observatio. In primo tomo ex homiliis in diversa loca Testamenti veteris est homilia in cap. ii. Gen. quae incipit, « Deus institutor mundi » : quae homilia non videtur posse esse Chryso¬ stomi, cum in ea inserta sint duo integra capita ex libro Latino de Ecclesiasticis do¬ gmatibus, videlicet tricesimum primum, et tricesimum secundum. Liber autem iste ha¬ bet auctorem Chrysostomo posteriorem, ut infra dicemus. Aliae quoque nonnullae sunt, quae dubiae fidei videri possunt. Sed homi¬ liae in Genesim, et in Psalmos, et de visione Isaiae, et aliae plurimae indubitatae sunt. In secundo tomo Commentaria in Mat¬ thaeum sine dubio Chrysostomi sunt. Sed opus imperfectum non videtur esse Chryso¬ stomi : non enim erat ulla ratio , cur bis de argumento eodem tam multa idem auctor scriberet. Sed cujuscumque sit opus, aut ab 394 DE SCRIPTORIBUS ECCLESIASTICIS haeretico aliquo compositum fuit, aut ab haeretico aliquo corruptum, quamvis alio- qui liber sit doctus, et minime spernendus. Hom. 4. dicit « Spiritum sanctum esse mini¬ strum Filii» : et hom. 48. homousianos nu¬ merat inter Haereticos : quae duae sententiae Arianorum sunt. Contra tamen hom. 28. et 44. dicit, Haereticos esse, qui affirmant, Fi¬ lium esse minorem patre : quae superioribus dictis contraria sunt ; proinde credibile est auctorem fuisse Catholicum, sed opus illius ab Arianis esse depravatum. In eodem tomo sunt commentaria in Mar¬ cum, quae sine dubio Chrysostomi non sunt, sed alicujus simplicis Monachi, qui fratribus suis Evangelium explicabat, ut constat ex hom. 3. 4. 8. 9. et ex aliis. Ex aliis, quae in eo¬ dem tomo habentur, quaedam sunt manifeste Chrysost. ut homilia de proditione Judae; item de divite, et Lazaro ; hom. 4. et alia de Publicano, et Pharisaeo, et alia de cruce, et latrone. Reliqua videntur excerpta partim ex Comm. Chrys. in Mat. partim ex opere im¬ perfecto, partim ex ho. in Mare. Ip tertio tomo hom. 87. in Joannem om¬ nium consensu Chrysostomi sunt. Idem omnino sentiendum existimo de hom. 55. in Acta Apostolorum, quamvis ab Erasmo revocentur in dubium. Certe hom. 9. auctor Episcopum se esse dicit, et hom. 11. addit Episcopum se esse Urbis amplissimae, et hom. 41. dicit, se vixisse tempore Juliani apostatae, et hom. 52. nomen suum dicit esse Joannem : neque est aliquid alicujus momenti, unde suspicio supposititii operis colligi possit. Adde quod Joannes Damasce¬ nus lib. in. de fide, et QEcumenius in cate¬ na explanationis in Acta, testimonia petunt ex his homiliis sub nomine S. Jo. Chryso¬ stomi. De sex homiliis interpositis inter Commentaria in Joannem, et in Acta, non est omnino certum, an sint Chrysostomi, excepta tertia, quae incipit, « Hirundinum pulli. » Reliqua omnia creduntur esse Chry¬ sostomi, ac praesertim homiliae de laudibus Pauli. In quarto tomo nihil est, quod jure revo¬ cari possit in dubium In quinto tomo omnia fere sunt certa, et indubitata, exceptis homiliis ad populum Antiochenum, ex quibus viginti et una tan- tum reperiri dicuntur raanuscriptaa in antir quis bibliothecis : et aperte colligitur ex contextu ipsarum, permultas earum esse fragmenta homiliarum ChryBostomi in Mat¬ thaeum, vel in Joannem, vel in Acta Apo¬ stolorum, vel in epistolas Pauli, ut exempli gratia, homilia ad populum Antiochenum vicesima septima decerpta est partim ex hom. 10. partim ex 1 1 . partim ex 12 in Acta, et hom. 60. et 61. ad ^populum decerptae sunt ex hom. 83. in Matthaeum, et 45. in Joannem. Sed hoc non multum refert, cum sententiae ejusdem auctoris sint. De Severiano Gabalensi. 398. Severianus Episcopus Gabalensis, vir elo- quentissimus dicitur fuisse : et Gennadius in lib. de viris illustr. scribit se legisse hujus Severiani expositionem in Epistolam ad Ga¬ latas, et alia quaedam ; addit etiam, illum saepe invitari solitum a S. Joanne Chryso- stomo, et ab Arcadio Imperatore ad sermo¬ nes habendos in Ecclesia Constantinopoli- tana. Exstat hujus Severiani sermo unus in quinto tomo operum S. Joannis Chrysosto¬ mi.