CATHOLIC TRADITION. FIFTEENTH CENTURY. YEAR 1453. OF GENNADIUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE, CALLED SCHOLARIUS, ALL THE COMPLETE WORKS. GENNADIUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE, WHO IS ALSO GEORGIUS SCHOLARIUS, COMPLETE WORKS, PARTLY ALREADY PUBLISHED, PARTLY HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED. ADDED THERETO ARE THE SHORT TREATISES AND EPISTLES OF NICHOLAS V, ROMAN PONTIFF; GREGORIUS MAMMA, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE; GEORGIUS GEMISTUS PLETHO; MATTHAEUS CAMARIOTA; AND MARCUS OF EPHESUS. EDITED AND REVISED BY J.-P. MIGNE, PUBLISHER OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ENTIRE CLERGY, OR THE COMPLETE COURSES ON THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF ECCLESIASTICAL KNOWLEDGE. SINGLE VOLUME. PRICE 11 FRENCH FRANCS. PRINTED AND SOLD BY J.-P. MIGNE, PUBLISHER, AT THE STREET CALLED THIBAUD, FORMERLY D’AMBOISE, NEAR THE GATE OF THE CITY OF PARIS COMMONLY CALLED D’ENFER, OR PETIT-MONTROUGE, BUT NOW WITHIN THE WALLS OF PARIS. 1866
CATHOLIC TRADITION. — CENTURY XV. YEAR 1453.
LIST OF AUTHORS AND WORKS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME CLX
GREGORIUS MAMMA, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Notice of the age, deeds, and writings of Gregorius Mamma, prepared by the Würzburg Editor, 9. A WRITINGS. Apology against the confession of Ephesus, now published for the first time under the care of D. Hergenröther, Professor of Theology at the University of Würzburg, 13. — Response to the encyclical epistle of the same Ephesian, 111. — To the Emperor of Trebizond concerning the addition made to the Creed, from Leo Allatius’ *Græcia orthodoxa*, 205.
GENNADIUS OR GEORGIUS SCHOLARIUS, PATRIARCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Dissertation of Eusebius Renaudot on the life and writings of Gennadius, 249. B WRITINGS. Confession of faith I, or a discourse on several heads of the Christian faith which he debated with the sect of Mohammed, which is also titled *On the Way of Human Salvation* (See Renaudot in the Dissertation, col. 290), 319. — Confessio fidei II. Homily on the straight and true faith of the Christians addressed to the wise Agarenes, spoken at the urging of the great Sultan and in his presence (On the double confession of faith, see the judgment of Brn. Jul. Kimmel in the note to col. 289), 537. — Homily on the sacramental body of our Lord Jesus Christ (See Renaudot, col. 289), 351. — Another short homily on the same subject, reported by Meletius Syrigos in the *Refutation of the Confession of Cyril Lucaris*, Patriarch of Constantinople (See the same, ibid.), 375. (We shall see the refutation by Gennadius Scholarius of the book of Marcus of Ephesus against the Latins, hitherto unpublished, in the following volume, at the very beginning, where Gennadius, who had begun the work, and Bessarion, who completed it, are edited. But we fear that regarding the name of Georgius Scholarius, the learned editor may be in error.) Orations of Georgius Scholarius delivered at the Council of Florence (See Renaudot, col. 287), 381. Admonition to the Reader by the translator Joannes Matthæus Caryophilus, 581. — Exhortation at the oriental synod convened in Florence concerning peace and giving aid to the fatherland, 385. — Oration to the ecumenical synod. That a dogmatic union must be made, 403. — Oration II, in which the obstacles to peace are removed, 439. — Oration III, in which are set forth the means by which peace may be established, 475. — Prayer to our Lord Jesus C Christ, edited and translated by Aldus Manutius at Rome, 1501, with poems of Prudentius and others, 523. — Monitum of Eusebius Renaudot on the following fragments, 529. — Words of the dying Marcus of Ephesus to Georgius Scholarius, 529. — Response of Scholarius, 533. — Final words of Marcus of Ephesus, 535. — From the epistle of Gennadius to the monk Maximus, called Sophianus in the world, and to all the ascetics of Mount Sinai, 537. — Epistle on predestination to Joseph the Exarch. Published in Greek by Häschelius, Augsburg 1606, in 4to. In Latin by Fed. Morellus, Paris 1618, in 12mo, 539. — On God one in Trinity, against atheists and polytheists, 567. — Epistle to Pletho on his book on the procession of the Holy Spirit, or rather on his dogmatic innovations, 597. — Epistle to Joseph the Exarch. He announces that he has burned the book of Pletho suspected of polytheism, as testified by many, keeping only certain parts, 631. — Monitum of the editor of the Patrologia on the following minor works. They come from Dositheus’ *Τόμος ἀγάπης* edited at Jassy in the year 1698, 649. — Response to a friend concerning a certain opinion of B. Theodorus Graptus which the Acindyniastæ abused, and concerning those things which they teach regarding the procession of the Holy Spirit (Second volume of this work. The title and preface of the former were described by Renaudot, whom see at col. 303), 663. — On the addition to the Creed made by the Latins, 713. — On the Simoniacal heresy, 731. — On the Lenten Saturday fast of the Latins, that it is not fitting for the sacrifice to be celebrated daily during Lent, and on the marriage of priests, 737. — Epistle to Marcus, Metropolitan of Ephesus. He transmits his book which he had written for the defense of Aristotle (1), 743. — Fragments of the same book, 745. — (Fragments from the Apology to the Emperor D Constantine. See the Life of Gennadius, col. 255 and 281. Fragments of the epistle sent to Marcus Lipomanus at Venice, and another to Ambrosius Camaldulensis. Col. 256. Frag. of a complaint against Latinism. Col. 262. Frag. of a monody in which he laments the destruction of the city. Col. 263. But, which is surprising, this fragment is also read at the end of the *Apology for the Five Chapters of the Council of Florence* which is not by Gennadius, but by Joseph of Methone, and exists outside as published in the previous volume; hence would arise, as we have already surmised, a vehement suspicion of interpolation. Fragment of an epistle to all the faithful in Christ, when he abdicated his dignity. Col. 264. Fragment of an epistle to his ecclesiastical and secular fellow-citizens, written six months before the city was taken. Col. 272. From an epistle to Silvester, the great ecclesiarch, written when the liturgy was celebrated publicly after the renewed union with Isidore the Cardinal of Russia, the apostolic legate. Col. 273.) Amœbæan epistle of Gennadius and Lucas Notaras. (Inserted is the *Narrative* of Joannes Moschus concerning Lucas Notaras and the slaughter of his sons, killed by the order of Mahomet II), 747. — Exposition of the letters which were inscribed on the tomb of Constantine the Great, from Banduri’s *Imperium Orientale*, 767. — Monitum on the books of Gennadius *On Divine Providence and Predestination*, partly already published, partly now for the first time transcribed from Parisian manuscripts of Gennadius’ own hand, 1103. — On Divine Providence and Predestination, book one, 1103. — Epistle on predestination to Joseph the Exarch, or book two of the whole work (Exists at col. 339). On Divine Providence, book three, from Reg. Paris. MS 1289, 1125. — Book four, from the same codex, 1137. — Book five, from the same codex, 1149. — On the humanation of Christ, from Gr. Paris. MS 1292, 1137. — (The *Apology for the Five Chapters of the Council of Florence*, which was published in Greek and Latin in Rome in the 16th century under the false name of Gennadius, we restored to Joseph of Methone, the true author, as it seems, in the previous volume; but, in our judgment, the work is not free of interpolations.) Review of the Greek Madrid codex which contains the *Logic* of Petrus Julianus Ulyssiponensis (Pope John XXII) and the book of St. Thomas *On Sophisms*, translated into the Greek tongue by Georgius Scholarius, 1143.
GEORGIUS GEMISTUS PLETHO. Notice from Allatius concerning the Georgii, 773. — Another notice, excerpted from the Preface of D. Alexander to Pletho *On the Laws*, passim, 795. — Hieronymus Charitonymus’ funeral oration for Pletho, 803. — Monody of the monk Gregorius on the same subject, 813. WRITINGS. Oration I on Peloponnesian affairs to the Emperor Manuel, 821. — Oration II, 841. — Argument of the oration in which Manuel Palæologus praised his deceased brother, the Despot Theodore, 863. — Just explanation of the four virtues, from the Basel edition, 1552, 863. — Comparison of the Platonic and Aristotelian philosophies. Preceded by Georgius Chariander’s Preface on the use of philosophy accommodated to the knowledge of divine things. From the Basel edition, 1574, 889. — Funeral oration for Cleopa Augusta, from the edition of Georgius Gustavus Fulleborn, Leipzig 1793, with the funeral oration of Michael Apostolius for Bessarion, 959. — Funeral oration for Helena Palæologina the Empress, who after having received the holy habit was called the nun Hypomone. From Gr. Paris. MS 1760, with our translation, 931. — Fragments from the book *On the Laws*, 955. — Compendium of the dogmas of Zoroaster and Plato, 973. — Against the dogma of the Latins on the procession of the Holy Spirit, from Dositheus’ *Τόμος ἀγάπης*, 975. — Against the defense of Aristotle by Scholarius, 979.
MATTHÆUS CAMARIOTA. Rhetorical Synopsis, from Joannes Scheffer’s *Miscellanea*, Uppsala 1697, 1019. — Lamentable narrative of the taking of Constantinople, from Martin Crusius’ *Turco-Græcia*, 1039.
MARCUS EUGENICUS, METROPOLITAN OF EPHESUS. Historical and literary notice, 1071. WRITINGS. That divine gifts are sanctified not only by the utterance of the Lord’s words, but by the following prayer and blessing of the priest, by the virtue of the Holy Spirit. From the *Liturgy of the Holy Fathers*, 1079. — Confession of faith, 1091. — Epistle to all the orthodox, 1091. — Sequence, transcribed from manuscripts, supplied to us by D. Hergenröther, Professor of Theology at the University of Würzburg. Epistle of Marcus of Ephesus to Georgius Scholarius, 1091. — His epistle to the monk Theophanes, 1096. — Apology spoken by Marcus, Metropolitan of Ephesus, at the moment of death, 1099. — Dialogus of Marcus of Ephesus which is entitled *Latinus*, or on the addition to the Creed, 1099. — From his epistle to the Emperor Joannes Palæologus, 1103. — Exposition of the ecclesiastical office, published at the end of the Works of Symeon of Thessalonica, at Jassy in Moldavia, 1105. — Epistle to Isidore concerning the end of life, 1193.
NICOLAUS V, ROMAN PONTIFF. Epistle to Constantine, the last Emperor of the Romans, concerning the union of the Churches, with a Greek translation by Theodorus Gaza, 1201.
(1) Of these books see the note at col. 715.