Decree of the Synod in the Matter of Euprepius and
Cyril.
(
Found in Latin only
. Labbe and Cossart,
Concilia
, Tom. III., col. 810.)
The petition of the most pious bishops Euprepius and
Cyril, which is set forth in the papers they offered, is honest.
Therefore from the holy canons and the external laws, which have from
ancient custom the force of law,
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let no
innovation be made in the cities of Europa, but according to the
ancient custom they shall be governed by the bishops by whom they have
been formerly governed. For since there never was a metropolitan
who had power otherwise, so neither hereafter shall there be any
departure from the ancient custom.
Note.
(
Hist. of the Councils
, Vol. III., p. 77.)
Two Thracian bishops, Euprepius of Biza (Bizya) and
Cyril of Cœle, gave occasion for a decree, praying for protection
against their Metropolitan, Fritilas of Heraclea, who had gone over to
the party of John of Antioch, and at the same time for the confirmation
of the previous practice of holding two bishoprics at the same
time. The Synod granted both.
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The text, as the
side note remarks, “seems to be mutilated and depraved” in
this passage, but the meaning is clear enough as given by Hefele in the
note.