Eutherius of Tyana anti-Cyrilline dossier transmission seam

Epistemic status

Inferred L3 evidence-packet article.

This article describes an entity that is not directly attested. It is an inference from the evidence listed below.

Summary

Inferon for Eutherius of Tyana's dossier as a textual-transmission seam through attribution instability and Latin-letter preservation.

What is being inferred

What is reconstructed as inferred here is a transmission seam for Eutherius of Tyana's anti-Cyrilline dossier: the claim is that his Greek Confutationes/Protestation and associated letters survive through a fractured, partly misattributed manuscript route (Latin-only for some letters, long hidden under other authors' names for the treatise) rather than through a single clean line of copying, and that this fracture is itself the object worth inferring, not any lost content.

What is attested

• Evidence 1920 records: The entry identifies Eutherius as bishop of Tyana active around Ephesus 431 and linked to John of Antioch's party.
• Evidence 1921 records: It records later opposition letters, deposition/exile, and a treatise with disputed attribution.
• Evidence 1922 records: The notice describes Eutherius as a little-known Tyana bishop and says the Protestation was long hidden under Athanasius or Theodoret.
• Evidence 1923 records: It notes that five letters survive only in Latin in the Collectio Casinensis.
• Evidence 1924 records: The catalogue records Eutherius's Greek Confutationes/Protestation under CPG 6147 and points to Tetz's edition.
• Evidence 1925 records: MS Holkham Gr. 30 is catalogued as containing a work attributed to Eutherios of Tyana on folios 139v-182v.
• Evidence 1926 records: Syriaca supplies controlled names and a URI for Eutherius of Tyana with reference-tradition linkage.
• Evidence 4045 records: Offline judge treated existing inferon 264 (source_dependence) as support for Eutherius of Tyana anti-Cyrilline dossier transmission seam. Evidence strength: bounded but below-publication structural/source inferon; sufficient for L2 review, not for article promotion. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1444.

Why infer this entity

The Dictionary of Christian Biography entry (Evidence 1920, Evidence 1921) supplies the biographical spine: Eutherius as bishop of Tyana active around Ephesus in 431 and aligned with John of Antioch's party, later facing opposition letters, deposition or exile, and a treatise of disputed attribution. The Revue des Etudes Grecques review notice adds the transmission-fracture detail directly: the Protestation was long hidden under Athanasius's or Theodoret's name (Evidence 1922), and five of the letters survive only in Latin, in the Collectio Casinensis, not in the original Greek (Evidence 1923) — this Latin-only survival is the clearest single piece of evidence for calling this a transmission seam rather than a normal authorial history. Manuscript-level confirmation comes from two catalogue records: the Bodleian work catalogue (Evidence 1924) registers the Greek Confutationes/Protestation under CPG 6147 pointing to Tetz's edition, and the Bodleian manuscript catalogue for MS Holkham Gr. 30 (Evidence 1925) independently catalogues a work attributed to Eutherios of Tyana on folios 139v-182v, giving a concrete surviving witness. Syriaca.org (Evidence 1926) supplies controlled-name authority linkage but is bibliographic control, not additional textual evidence. The packet carries no counterevidence item; the misattribution history itself is not in dispute across the sources used here, so that absence is recorded honestly.

Evidence ledger

• Evidence 1920: Dictionary of Christian Biography, Eutherius of Tyana, DCB entry. The entry identifies Eutherius as bishop of Tyana active around Ephesus 431 and linked to John of Antioch's party. Role: Supporting evidence.
• Evidence 1921: Dictionary of Christian Biography, Eutherius of Tyana, DCB entry. It records later opposition letters, deposition/exile, and a treatise with disputed attribution. Role: Supporting evidence.
• Evidence 1922: Revue des Etudes Grecques review notice on Eutherius, review notice. The notice describes Eutherius as a little-known Tyana bishop and says the Protestation was long hidden under Athanasius or Theodoret. Role: Supporting evidence.
• Evidence 1923: Revue des Etudes Grecques review notice on Eutherius, review notice. It notes that five letters survive only in Latin in the Collectio Casinensis. Role: Supporting evidence.
• Evidence 1924: Bodleian work catalogue, Eutherius Confutationes/Protestation, work catalogue. The catalogue records Eutherius's Greek Confutationes/Protestation under CPG 6147 and points to Tetz's edition. Role: Bibliographic control.
• Evidence 1925: Bodleian manuscript catalogue, MS Holkham Gr. 30, manuscript catalogue. MS Holkham Gr. 30 is catalogued as containing a work attributed to Eutherios of Tyana on folios 139v-182v. Role: Primary trace.
• Evidence 1926: Syriaca.org person record for Eutherius of Tyana, person record. Syriaca supplies controlled names and a URI for Eutherius of Tyana with reference-tradition linkage. Role: Bibliographic control.
• Evidence 4045: Offline existing-inferon judge ledger control source, existing_inferon_judge_promote:inferon:264. Offline judge treated existing inferon 264 (source_dependence) as support for Eutherius of Tyana anti-Cyrilline dossier transmission seam. Evidence strength: bounded but below-publication structural/source inferon; sufficient for L2 review, not for article promotion. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1444. Role: Noetic interpretation.

Counterarguments

• The packet contains no separate counterevidence item; this absence does not remove the need for challenge.

Confidence scores

• Direct attestation: 15
• Existence warrant: 78
• Specificity confidence: 58
• Reconstruction dependence: 70
• Counterevidence pressure: 0

What would change the score

• A direct attestation would move this out of the inferred catalogue.
• Stronger independent evidence would raise the warrant or specificity.
• Better counterevidence would lower the warrant or force retirement.