Chronicle of Edessa

In the fourth of the year 831, on the fourth of November, Patricius came to Edessa and expelled Mar Paul from the city, because he did not accept the righteousness the orthodoxy of the three Synods.

...namely, Constantinople, the first of Ephesus, and Chalcedon.

LXXXIX. In the year 831, on the fourth of November, Patricius came to Edessa to expel Paul from there: and he compelled...

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1 Patricius. These things are narrated more fully by Dionysius, folio 94, who adds that Paul, Bishop of Edessa, after he was driven from Edessa to Antioch by Patricius, was restored to his See by the advice of Paul, the Prelate of the city of Antioch; however, by this artifice: that he would embrace the Council of Chalcedon in his heart, but with his mouth he would pretend to damn it. This was a pure Monophysite fable, lest they say that Paul, an otherwise preeminent man, had returned to the orthodox faith. Paul himself provided the occasion for such an opinion of himself, as he did not seek communion with the Church until after the death of Asclepius, in order to recover his See, which he held for a few months, as is narrated below in our Chronicle.

2 Paulus. He is called Interpreter of Books m-pashqana commentator/translator by the Jacobites in the Calendar on the 23rd of August (Vat. Syr. Cod. XXV & XXVI) in these words: "The memory of Mar Paul, Bishop of Edessa, Interpreter of Books." ... [Remainder of notes discuss the theological controversy regarding the use of fermented vs. unleavened bread in the Eucharist, quoting Syriac sources.]

[The column repeats the Syriac narrative of Patricius expelling Paul and the theological disputes over bread in the Eucharist, followed by the Latin note translation.]