Innocent I → destinatário desconhecido
Tradução moderna em inglês
Pope Innocent I to John, Bishop of Jerusalem.
John of Jerusalem ought to have foreseen that Paula and Eustochium would be oppressed by so many and such great evils, and unless these matters are henceforth either corrected or restrained, he will be made to render account for them. Innocent reproves John sharply for allowing the outrages against the holy women at Bethlehem to continue, and threatens serious consequences if the bishop does not act to protect Paula, Eustochium, and their community from further violence.
Texto latino / grego
Joanncm Uieromjmum Hierosolymitanum prospicere debuiue , ne tol ac tantis malis, quibus afftictas sunt Puula et Eustbchium, opprimerenlur, ac nisi Itasc deinceps au' corrigantur, aul retundantur, ra- tionem inde redditurum. Dilectissimo Irairi Joanni Innocentius. Direpiioucs, c;cdes, incendia, omne facinus, ex- Irema: h clementiae gencrosissimae sancl;c virgines Eusiochium et Panla deplorayerunt in locis Eecle- siae tuse perpetrasse diabolum : nomen enim liominis caiisamque relicuerunt. Qnod etsi ambiguum non sii. c a quo cominissum, opnrinit tamen custodire rt germaniiatem luam, et d gregi illius snlliciiius pro- videre, ne quid liujusmodi orirelur, quod eum alio- rum periculo tua l.icessit negligeniia e admitlere in gregem Domini ; el tales agnas incendio, armiset perseculionibiis, nudas, debiles, post siioriun c;cdes et morles, vix vivcre audivimus. Nihil movet pie- laiem ' ill.nii sacerdotii tui de lania diaboli in te at- que in luos poiestatc admissa ? in le, inquam ; prorsus cnimGsacerdoiis gravilatem condemnattanlum nefas in Ecclesia fuisse compleluni. Ulii provisiones ttioe? ubi ccrte, si casus eveneranl, anxilia vel consola- conqiieruniur esse pcrpessas ? Altius censerem, si essent aliquid de liac re mecum aperiius cnlloculoe. Vide, fiater, aiitiqui liosiis insidias, et spirilu boni rectoris pervigila, ut haec, quae ad nos opinione magis, quam accusalione manifesla. delata snnl, vel corriganiur, vcl retundantur ; ne jus ccclesiasiicum de laliefaclatis h causas cum, qui non dcfenderit, pracstare compellat.