buttheacknowledgedfailuremayservetoindicate,thatthepassionsandprejudicesofthemultitudewerenotenlistedonthesideoftheMonothelites。Inthenextgeneration,whenthesonofConstantinewasdeposedandslainbythediscipleofMacarius,theytastedthefeastofrevengeanddominion:theimageormonumentofthesixthcouncilwasdefaced,andtheoriginalactswerecommittedtotheflames。Butinthesecondyear,theirpatronwascastheadlongfromthethrone,thebishopsoftheEastwerereleasedfromtheiroccasionalconformity,theRomanfaithwasmorefirmlyreplantedbytheorthodoxsuccessorsofBardanes,andthefineproblemsoftheincarnationwereforgotteninthemorepopularandvisiblequarreloftheworshipofimages。^107
[Footnote101:Thisextraordinary,andperhapsinconsistent,doctrineoftheNestorians,hadbeenobservedbyLaCroze,ChristianismedesIndes,tom。i。p。19,20,andismorefullyexposedbyAbulpharagius,Bibliot。Orient。tom。ii。p。292。
Hist。Dynast。p。91,vers。Latin。Pocock。andAssemanhimself,tom。iv。p。218。Theyseemignorantthattheymightallegethepositiveauthorityoftheecthesis。thecommonreproachoftheMonophysitesConcil。tom。vii。p。205。]
[Footnote102:SeetheOrthodoxfaithinPetavius,DogmataTheolog。tom。v。l。ix。c。6—10,p。433—447:allthedepthsofthiscontroversyintheGreekdialoguebetweenMaximusandPyrrhus,acalcemtom。viii。Annal。Baron。p。755—794,whichrelatesarealconference,andproducedasshort—livedaconversion。]
[Footnote103:Impiissimamecthesim……scelerosumtypumConcil。tom。viip。366diabolicaeoperationisgenimina,fors。