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gelasius_i · c. 493 · score 0.02
We had grieved until now at the barbarian raids devastating the provinces nearest to the city and the cruel tempest of wars, but as much as amid the very fervent dangers of recent calamities we have discovered, the devil has inflicted a more pernicious ruin upon the minds of Christians than hostile savagery has upon th …
gelasius_i · c. 492 · score 0.02
We had grieved until now at the barbarian raids devastating the provinces nearest to the city and at the cruel tempest of war, but as much as we have discovered amid the very fervent dangers of recent calamities, the devil has inflicted a more pernicious ruin upon the minds of Christians than hostile savagery has upon …
gelasius_i · c. 496 · score 0.02
For the tree is known by its fruit. Come, then, you also, O most honorable ones, to the see which you yourselves have proclaimed holy; hasten to the immovable rock of Peter; number yourselves with the apostolic choir; confirm the crowns of your victory; claim the reverence prepared for you, O most reverend ones, among …
gelasius_i · c. 493 · score 0.02
As soon as it was possible for us to draw breath from the tempest of continual wars, which the circumstances of the times have relentlessly inflicted upon those provinces and these alike, we resolved to address all the priests of the Lord throughout Dardania with the concern of fraternal charity. First, because having …
gelasius_i · c. 492 · score 0.02
As soon as it was possible for us to draw breath from the tempest of continual wars, which the circumstances of the times have relentlessly inflicted upon those provinces and these alike, we resolved to address all the priests of the Lord throughout Dardania with the concern of fraternal charity. First, because having …
gelasius_i · c. 493 · score 0.02
Pope Gelasius I to Succonius, an African Bishop residing at Constantinople (493). Having heard much-celebrated report of Succonius's steadfast faith in Christ and fervent teaching, Gelasius is unable to express his distress at learning that Succonius — a bishop who had fled the Arian persecution — has apparently been c …
gelasius_i · c. 494 · score 0.01
Gelasius, bishop, to all the bishops throughout Dardania and Illyricum. 1. Hearing of the orthodox constancy of your love in Christ, and that you so cling to the traditions of the ancient faith and sincere communion that the neighboring contagion of the transgressors has in no way infected a mind devoted to Christian t …
gelasius_i · c. 495 · score 0.01
Pope Gelasius I to Vincomalo (495). A second receipt of the same kind. Gelasius acknowledges to Vincomalo that he has paid into the accounts of the church from the proceeds of a farm which he holds under a tenancy agreement, for the fruits of the year of the consulship of Asterius and Praesidius, men of the highest ran …
gelasius_i · c. 494 · score 0.01
Pope Gelasius I to Rusticus (25 January 494). Gelasius touches in passing on how much consolation he draws from Rusticus's affection for the apostolic see, and how much he endures on account of the Acacian schism. He commends Bishop Epiphanius and instructs Rusticus on ecclesiastical discipline, warning that divine aut …
gelasius_i · c. 492 · score 0.01
Although entangled amid the various difficulties of the times and scarcely able to draw breath from continual occupations, yet treating without ceasing the care of the entire flock of the Lord for the governance of the apostolic see, which was delegated by the very voice of our Savior to the blessed Peter — and you, be …
gelasius_i · c. 493 · score 0.01
Indeed his stolid and dull mind is such that concerning the poisons which he has badly drunk and vomited forth, he can neither receive nor render any account whatsoever, but hardened by diabolical blindness and already delivered over to himself, he stands condemned by the deadly obstinacy of his own heart, and nothing …
gelasius_i · c. 494 · score 0.01
The Bishops of Dardania to Pope Gelasius I (494). The bishops announce with joy that they have received Gelasius's precepts with a willing spirit, and report that they had already long before avoided communion with Eutyches, Peter Mongus, Acacius, and their followers. They ask Gelasius to hear favourably the matters th …
gelasius_i · c. 494 · score 0.01
Pope Gelasius I to Bishops Crispinus and Sabinus (c. 496). Two clergymen of the church of Grumentum — Silvester and Faustinianus — have tearfully complained to Gelasius that their master withheld from them the freedom which had been granted them by their owner. Gelasius commits the investigation of their claim to freed …
gelasius_i · c. 494 · score 0.01
Pope Gelasius I to the bishops of Sicily (494). Gelasius instructs the bishops of Sicily to administer the resources of their churches in accordance with canon law. He rules that the thirty-year prescription that applies to the possession of dioceses and their estates holds good, just as it does for other property, and …
gelasius_i · c. 493 · score 0.01
After five hundred years they wish to subvert the things established by Christ. Saint Athanasius was not condemned by a synod of the East for this reason: because this see did not consent; nor was Saint John of Constantinople nor Saint Flavian condemned. If therefore those who were condemned by a synod of the East coul …
gelasius_i · c. 496 · score 0.01
Pope Gelasius I to Bishops Majoricus and John (496). Because of the double murder of bishops in the church of the Scyllacians (Squillace), Gelasius deprives that church of the right of having its own bishop and commits it to the visitation of Majoricus and John. He also strictly forbids the superstitious practice, atte …
gelasius_i · c. 493 · score 0.01
Although for the governance of the blessed apostle Peter divinely instituted, by which the vicars of his see are indebted to all the churches, we have given suitable letters to our brothers and fellow bishops established throughout Dardania, following the path of the ancient faith and communion, so that they may be abl …
gelasius_i · c. 492 · score 0.01
Pope Gelasius I to Honorius, Bishop (of Dalmatia). Gelasius expresses surprise that Honorius was surprised at the pastoral concern the apostolic see shows for all the churches throughout the world in accordance with ancestral custom, including his region. News had reached Rome that certain persons in Dalmatia were tryi …
gelasius_i · c. 494 · score 0.01
Pope Gelasius I to Bishops Rufinus and April (494). A similar decree concerning two serfs of Maxima, an illustrious and magnificent lady, who have been ordained as deacons in violation of the laws of princes and the rules of the fathers. The agents of Maxima have complained to Rome that Silvester and Candidus, her serf …
gelasius_i · c. 496 · score 0.01
Pope Gelasius I to John, Bishop of Spoleto (496). A religious woman named Olibula has petitioned Gelasius with tears that she is being oppressed by the claims of her sisters. Gelasius commends her case to John of Spoleto and instructs him to protect her from their attacks. He cites the received rule about ecclesiastica …
gelasius_i · c. 496 · score 0.01
Gelasius, by divine mercy minister of the Catholic and apostolic faith, to his most religious and most holy lords the bishops Cosmas, Severianus, Cyrus, Zoilus, Eusebius, Thomas, and Silvanus. 1. If any right things exist that you have written, press the work forward. Why should I communicate my sorrows to you, O most …
gelasius_i · c. 494 · score 0.01
Pope Gelasius I to Bishops Herculentius, Stephanus, and Justus (494–496). Frequent and insistent complaints reach Gelasius about bishops who neither know the ancient canons nor obey his own decrees. This letter deals in particular with two serfs of Placidia, an illustrious lady, who have been ordained as deacons in vio …
gelasius_i · c. 495 · score 0.01
Pope Gelasius I to the Urban Estate-Managers (28 July 495). A receipt concerning certain revenues of the Roman Church for the year 494. Gelasius acknowledges that the estate-managers have paid into the accounts of the church from the proceeds of a farm which they hold under a tenancy agreement, during the third indicti …
gelasius_i · c. 493 · score 0.01
Hearing the orthodox steadfastness of your love in Christ and finding you so firmly attached to the traditions of the ancient faith and sincere communion that the neighboring contagion of apostates could in no way infect your mind dedicated to Christian truth, we magnified the Lord and took care with all eagerness of h …
gelasius_i · c. 494 · score 0.01
Among the cares which the guardianship of the apostolic see imposes upon us, it is especially necessary for the moderation of the faith that whatever has been constituted by our predecessors concerning ecclesiastical discipline, we take care to preserve. But because time and circumstances sometimes demand, certain matt …