The Works of St. Ephrem the Syrian: Syriac, Greek, and Latin 9781463223472

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The Works of St. Ephrem the Syrian

Syriac Studies Library

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Sériés Editors Monica Blanchard Cari Griffïn Kristian Heal George Anton Kiraz David G.K. Taylor

The Syriac Studies Library brings back to active circulation major reference works in the field of Syriac studies, including dictionaries, grammars, text editions, manuscript catalogues, and monographs. The books were reproduced from originals at The Catholic University of America, one of the largest collections of Eastern Christianity in North America. The project is a collaboration between CUA, Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, and Brigham Young University.

The Works of St. Ephrem the Syrian

Syriac, Greek, and Latin

Volume 6 Edited and Translated by

Stephen Evodius Assemani Peter Benedictus

1 2010

gorgias press

Gorgias Press LLC, 954 River Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA www.gorgiaspress.com Copyright © 2010 by Gorgias Press LLC Originally published in 1737-46 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise without the prior written permission of Gorgias Press LLC.

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1 ISBN 978-1-60724-827-9

Reprinted from the 1737-46 Rome edition.

Digitized by Brigham Young University. Printed in the United States of America.

Series Foreword

This series provides reference works in Syriac studies from original books digitized at the ICOR library of The Catholic University of America under the supervision of Monica Blanchard, ICOR's librarian. The project was carried out by Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute and Brigham Young University. About 675 books were digitized, most of which will appear in this series. Our aim is to present the volumes as they have been digitized, preserving images of the covers, front matter, and back matter (if any). Marks by patrons, which may shed some light on the history of the library and its users, have been retained. In some cases, even inserts have been digitized and appear here in the location where they were found. The books digitized by Brigham Young University are in color, even when the original text is not. These have been produced here in grayscale for economic reasons. The grayscale images retain original colors in the form of gray shades. The books digitized by Beth Mardutho and black on white. We are grateful to the head librarian at CUA, Adele R. Chwalek, who was kind enough to permit this project. "We are custodians, not owners of this collection," she generously said at a small gathering that celebrated the completion of the project. We are also grateful to Sidney Griffith who supported the project.

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D H o multa » ac magna funt beneficia, quibus me_» cumulavifti, B E A T I S S I M E P A T E R , ut publico ea me documento teilari aequiifimum effe, nemo, qui norit, inficiaiurus fit. Id autem me nulla re commodius praeftiturum putavi, quam fi Auguftifftmo Nomini Tuo dedicarem tertium hunc Tomum Operum Sandi Ephraim Syri, qui nunc primum a me emiilus in lucem, Textum hinc Graecum exhibet, inde Latinam-. verfionem. Opus hoc valde quidem laboriofum fufceperam pridem fuafione Angeli Marias Cardinalis Quirini S. R. E. Bibliothecarii, Viri totius orbis terrarum confenfu cumpietate, tum eruditione clariffimi, deque Bibliotheca Vaticana ben^merentiffimi : fed incoeptum meum abrupcrunt non tam grandis moles operis,quam variae, quibus per id tempus diftentus f u i , occupationes. Harum prima f u k , ac potiffima, quum accitu Patriarchat Antiocheni, & Epifcoporum Nationis meae Syrorum Maronitarum > juffu dementis X I I . Pontificis Maximi Antecefloris S A N C T I T A T I S T U Ì , & Decreto Sacra: Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, profeftus fum in Syriam, Ablegatus Apoftolicus, ad Synodum Provincialem in Monte Libano celebrandam. Quod quidem & Operi huic profuit : nam eo in itinere , quo tres anni lapfi f u n t , mihi peragranti magnam partem^ Graecias, Syriae, Palaefìinse, Cypri, & -¿Egypti, praeterquam quod multos, rarofque Codices Orientales manuicriptos, & varia cum faTom, I I I / a era,

ii AD SS. D . N . erse, turn profana antiquitatis monumenta reperì, cjuce opportuno tempore p r o f e r a m , illud etiam optato contigit, ut in nonnulla quoque inciderem Opufcula Sandi Ephrsem, quae dcfiderabantur ea in colledione, quam procuraveram vel ab anno 1716., quum me Clemens X I . Pont. Max. in Afiam mifit ad colligcnda Mss. Oriental i a , de quibus jam docui, dedique Catalogum in praefatione, & appendice ad Primum T o m u m Bibliothecae mese Orientalis. Ea vero, quae d i x i , Opufcula Graeca, & Syriaca, non folum non mcdiocriter ornarunt editionem meam Graeco-Latinam in tres Tomos diftrib u t a m , fed etiam Syriaco-Latinc-m, editam primum opera P. Petri de Benedidis Societatis j e f u , Viri p r o b i , & d o d i , ac linguarum pernia clariiiìmi : turn poil ejus obitum opera Stephani Evodii A r chiepifcopi Apameni, mei ex Sorore Nepotis, qui ex textu Syriaco verfionem Latinam ibi exoriiis e f t , ubi laudatus a u d o r defierat. Illud etiam Opus hoc noftrum retardavit, quod quum prseter Romanas Bibliotheeas, Vaticanam , Bafilianam, Barberinam, Otthobonianam, & Vallicellanam, multi Sermones Sandi Ephrcem irL, aliis non folum Italia? Bibliothecis, Veneta nempe, Fiorentina , & Mediolanenfi, reperirentur fejundi a ceteris, fed etiam in Lltramontanis, R e g i a , feilieet, Parifìenfi, Casfarea Viennenfi, Oxonieniì i n A n g l i a , & Lugduno-Batavka in Hollandia, m u l t u m , diuque adlaborandum fuit ad colligcnda tciidem ex locis, quae Vaticana noilrae deerant, multum ad exferi bend a , multum ad Latine vertenda, multum denique ad omnia pro typis opportune comparanda. Ultima denique mora? nofl.rce cauifa judicium fuit Clariiiìmi Viri Gerardi Voffii, qui in nuncupatoria ad Clementem V i l i . Epiftola prisfixa fecundo TomoLatinae fuse editionis Operum Sandi Ephraem, obfervat quidem , ea tempore Concili! Fiorentini partim Latine verfa fuiife ab erudito pioque Viro Ambrofio Camaldulenfi, ut gratam_, rem faceret Cofmo Medicei primario, ac potentijfìmo tunc in Fiorentinorum Repubìica Cini, t> eruditorum hominum Mecenati munificenti[fimo pergit deinde Voiìius: Sed quod forte Cofinus, Ù Ambrofius non diu pojìea fupervixerint , accidit, rem ibi inchoatam, non fui ([e pofìea continuatam s Ù ad ulteriora » ficut plurimi optabant , produólam. Quamvis autem tam multi thefauri Operum illius San Sii Tatris per roarias, non folum Gracile t fed ò' Italia ( quo inde adìati erant ) Bibliotheeas reperirentur difperfi, & adeo pajjìm ab omnibus e Graco Latine dejiderati : quum nemo e¡jet, qui manum porrtgeret ad damnum illud refarciendum, Ù ad ulterius in operibus illis progrediendum, quum a multis pepe aSlum effet, Ù quidem ab externis 'Romani aliquoties perferiptum, res diutius protrala eft, ù' ad ultima tempora Gre goni 'Papa XIII, Optimi piorum ìnfihutornm patroni, ac fautoris dilata : quando tandem ferio magis a&um eft de Interprete, ac Scholiafie buie Sanilo Patri adhibendo, monumentifque ejus omnibus, quotquot Grace t

E P I S T O L A . iii Grace incentri pojfent, perqiùrendis, ac Latine reddendis, & in Occidente ad muhorum commodum publicandis . Prima igitur, uberiorque Latino^ editio a Yoffio fufcepta eft fub aufpiciis Magni illius Pontificis Gregorii X I I I . , qui, fundatis Roma? incredibili muniflcentia tot Colleg e s , vifus cft Orientcm tranftuliiie in Occidentem , coque veluti prolufiife ad translationem operum Patrurn Orientalium non folum in Bibliothecas Europee 5 fed edam in Latinum fermonem , opera, ac ftudio Virorum illuftrium, qui ex Gregorianis Collcgiis, tamquam clariifima literarum lumina , prodierunt . Teftes funt inter plurimos Allatii» Arcudii , Alemani , Cariophyli , Ecchellenfes, A m i r i , Scialaquii, Sionita;, aliique V i r i , cum in fcientiis 5 tum in linguis Graecis, Arabicis, Hebraicis, Syriacis clariilìmi. JEquum itaque effe videbatur , B E A T I S S I M E P A T E R , ut Acuti prima editio Latina Operum San&i Ephraem coopta cft fub Gregorio X I I I . Bono nie ni! Patricio ; ita haec ( abfìt verbo invidia ) numeris omnibus abfoluta, Syriaca, Graeca, & Latina perftceretur,Te Pontiiice Optimo M a x i m o , altero Bononienfi Patricio, qui Gregorii zelum, pietatem, doftrinam, amorem denique in Orientalcs gentes noftras non aequares modo, fed etiam fuperares. Non hujus loci eft, nequc temporis, B E A T I S S I M E P A T E R , fingulatim recenfere ea omnia, quae Summi Pontifices, Patria Bononienfes, non pro Ecclefia folum Latina, fed & pro noftris, ftrenue, fapienterque gefferunt. Dicam tantum breviter, adminiflrantibus Romanum Pontiiìcatum H o n o r i o I L , & Lucio I I . , in Paheftina, Phoenice, Syria, & Grascia univerfa Catholicam Religionem deHaerefi, atque infidelitate triumphaviffe per Cruce fignatos Milites, quum in Oriente & Latini Principes, & Ecclefiarum Latini Prsefides dominarentur. D i c a m , ope ac precibus Sandi Pii V. relatam ad Echinadas vidoriam de infenfiffimo Ghriftiani nominis hofte Turcarum tyranno: qua de vittoria loquens Sandinus: (a) /me magna,inquit, Cbriftianorum clade ampìius quadraginta hojlìum milita caja, decern amplias milita capta, centum nonaginta quinque triremes, aliaque complura navigiorum genera redatta in potejlatem feederatorum 3 ac plus quindecim Chritlianorum milita reddita lib ertati: hand humanjt inde opis videri tanta vittoria potuh. Dicam iterum cum eodem, Gregorii X I I I . laudes: tujus inexhaufta, Ù indefejfa liberaìitas orbis nofiri finibus non contema, pojìquam totius Reipublica Chrijììana militate longe maxima in