Lives of the Saints - breaking communion with heretics

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Lives of the Saints - breaking communion with heretics

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What examples do you know from the Lives of the Saints who had broken communion with heretics before their synodal condemnation?

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Saint Maximus the Confessor is generally mentioned. Also investigate the case of Nestorianism; it seems that when Nestorius invented his teaching, some immediately broke communion. Arius was also expelled since the beginning by his bishop Peter of Alexandria, I believe. Also have a lookk to canon 15 of First-Second council that deals with stopping commemoration of heretic bishops.

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Thank you, Jean-Serge, but I need some examples.
By now I know cases of St. Hipatius of Rufinian, St. Maximus the Confessor and St. Theodore the Studite - interesting is that all of them have lived before the I-II Council of Constantinople.

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Andrei C. wrote:

Thank you, Jean-Serge, but I need some examples.
By now I know cases of St. Hipatius of Rufinian, St. Maximus the Confessor and St. Theodore the Studite - interesting is that all of them have lived before the I-II Council of Constantinople.

Please do share your findings and sources. Thanks.

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