Trying to think of a peasant from Constantinople

[aball1035]

I can’t remember the names of this hubbub that went down in the early middle ages i think. This newly appointed bishop of constantinople was giving a speech and denied the trinity or something and a peasant cried “heresy” and walked out…

thats all I know… any help?

 

[Dale_M]

Hmm… this is just a guess, and may be wrong, but are you referring to Eusebius’ interruption of Nestorius, who was at the time Patriarch of Constantinople? It happened in the 420s, so not the early Middle Ages. And although he was a layman at the time, Eusebius (of Dorylaeum) was not a peasant, but was respected for his learning and later became a bishop.

Here is a bit of information about the incident:

During the earlier part of his life he followed the profession of an advocate at Constantinople, and was already known as a layman of considerable learning when he protested publicly (423) against the erroneous doctrine of a discourse delivered by Anastasius, the syncellus, or chaplain, of Nestorius. Shortly afterwards he again bore public witness against the Nestorian heresy as to the nature of Christ, this time during a discourse by Nestorius himself, which he interrupted with the exclamation that “the eternal Word had undergone a second generation”—i.e. of a woman, according to the flesh. Much disorder followed, but Nestorius replied with arguments against the “second generation”.

oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Eusebius_of_Dorylaeum