Epistola ad Joannem Hierosolymitanum
Epiphanius, Constantiensis, Epistola ad Joannem Hierosolymitanum, in: ‘The Iconoclastic Council of St. Sophia (815) and Its Definition (Horos)’, Dumbarton Oaks Papers 7, edited by Alexander, P. J., 1953: 65–66.
♦ the Greek epistle, from codd. Paris. Graecus 1250 and Paris. Coislinianus 93. ♦ Palestinian monk, later bishop of Salamis [Constantia in Cyprus] 367–403; Epistle sent by Epiphanius to John, archbishop of Jerusalem, in 394 or 395, explaining why he tore a curtain in a village church: The curtain bore a painted image, which in his opinion was forbidden to Christians. The epistle was included in a collection of iconoclastic writings presented at the Council of St. Sophia in 815 and refuted by Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinople (Niceph. CP, q.v.).
♦ the Greek epistle, from codd. Paris. Graecus 1250 and Paris. Coislinianus 93. ♦ Palestinian monk, later bishop of Salamis [Constantia in Cyprus] 367–403; Epistle sent by Epiphanius to John, archbishop of Jerusalem, in 394 or 395, explaining why he tore a curtain in a village church: The curtain bore a painted image, which in his opinion was forbidden to Christians. The epistle was included in a collection of iconoclastic writings presented at the Council of St. Sophia in 815 and refuted by Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinople (Niceph. CP, q.v.).