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The Church Fathers · 547–548
In Defence of the Three Chapters
Facundus of Hermiane · 6th century
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What it is
Twelve books arguing that condemning long-dead theologians to appease the Miaphysites betrays Chalcedon, addressed to the emperor who was doing it.
Why it lasted
The most substantial resistance to imperial theology in the sixth century, and the cause of a schism in the West that lasted a hundred and fifty years.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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