successor to Nestorius a man was elected, Maximian by name, with whom he could be quite satisfied[1]. And when the emperor, though no decision had been reached at Chalcedon, officially dissolved the council, Cyril's return to Alexandria was allowed and Memnon was permitted to remain in his office at Ephesus[2].
This change of feeling in the court is explained by Nestorius in a passage of his Treatise of Heraclides by the fact, as he thinks, that Cyril gave or promised much money to the count John and through him to the emperor[3]. He presumes, that the favour which John showed towards him was as unreal as his disfavour towards Cyril, as this disfavour only enabled him to let Cyril escape from custody[4]. The narration by which Nestorius tries to prove this assertion[5] is very similar
- ↑ Comp. Cyril, ep. 32 (Migne, 77, 157 f.; Mansi, v, 265)
- ↑ Mansi, iv, 1765 b; v, 805 b.
- ↑ Bedjan, p. 385 ff.; Nau, p. 247 ff.
- ↑ Bedjan, p. 388; Nau, p. 249.
- ↑ Bedjan, p. 385; Nau, p. 247 f.
missa sacra ultima omnium, directa est, quando jam redierat in civitatem suam beatus Cyrillus. Now this sacra was later than the consecration of Maximian which took place on the 25th of October (Socrates, 7, 37, 19; Mansi, v, 255 b = 659 a: post hoc): the Alexandrian deputies of the Ephesian synod assisted at this consecration (Mansi, v, 255 = 658; Cyril, ep. 32, Migne, 77, 157 f. = Mansi, v, 265), and the Antiochian deputies, too, had not yet departed from Chalcedon, although they were not allowed to assist at Maximian's consecration (Acacius Beroe., Mansi, v, 819 cd). But Cyril arrived at Alexandria as early as October 30th (Mansi, v, 255 c = 659 a); hence he left Ephesus before the council was dissolved.
