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letter he reads\ Stephan refers to himself in almost exactly the 

 same words. Among the signatures under Secretarius I of this 

 same counciP appears in Latin the name : Stephano Dorensi episc. 

 In the Greek of both Mansi and Harduin, however, the name does 

 not appear. 



The address of Stephan to the Council" proves him to be a man 

 zealous for the orthodox faith, in defence of which he has incurred 

 the bitter hate of his opponents. He points out that Christ must 

 possess both a divine and a human will if he is at once true God 

 and true man. Any other teaching is opposed to that of the Council 

 of Chalcedon. No innovations must be permitted to stain the faith. 

 Stephan and those in the East renew the request of Sophronius that 

 the Council reject and destroy these false teachings which are again 

 being spread abroad by Theodore of Pharan, Cyrus, and by Sergius 

 of Joppa and his followers. 



In a letter to John, Bishop of Philadelphia*, Pope Martin says 

 that John had been strongly recommended to him by Stephan of 

 Dor and the eastern monks. He therefore appoints John as his 

 vicar in the East, with the task of restoring order and appointing 

 in the patriarchates of Antioch and Jerusalem bishops, priests and 

 deacons. Bishop Stephan, to whom this commission had originally 

 been given, had been hindered by others* from executing it. 



Pope Martin wrote to a certain Pantaleon' in reply to his criti- 

 cism of Stephan of Dor. The Pope laments the circumstance that, 

 while Stephan had been given full authority to depose certain 

 bishops and priests, the documents authorizing him to appoint 

 others to fill their places had been kept from him. In this way the 

 clergy in those districts had become insufficient for the needs. The 

 Pope has now appointed a new vicar and instructed him whom he 

 may or may not appoint. This new vicar is evidently John, Bishop 

 of Philadelphia, to whom reference has just been made. How 



1 Mansi X, pp. 891 E., 901 B ; Harduin, III, pp. 709 ff., 720. 



2 Mansi X, p. 867. 



3 Hef ele. III, pp. 216 f . 



* Mansi X, pp. 806 ff. ; Harduin, III, p. 639 ; Hefele, III, p. 230. 

 5 Cp. Letter to Pantaleon following. 



* Mansi X, p. 821 A ; Harduin, IH, p. 652 ; Noris, Annus etc. p. 455 ; 

 Hefele, III, p. 231. — Nothing further is known about Pantaleon. The letter 

 was probably written shortly after 649 (cp. Mansi). 



