Resultados25 letters/passages
leo_great · c. 459 · score 0.02
… of the Council's decrees, we support wholeheartedly. The Lord has given you the imperial authority not only for the governance of the state but for the protection of His Church, and we are confident that you will exercise this sacred trust with the same wisdom and firmness that have distinguished your reign. Dated from …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.02
While each metropolitan retains his authority to ordain within his province, the ordination of metropolitans themselves must be conducted only after careful and considered judgment. We demand particular excellence in those who preside over their fellow priests. Attend to this with all diligence, so that you may be seen …
leo_great · c. 460 · score 0.02
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Leo Augustus. I. He sends envoys but urges against any fresh discussion of the faith Rejoicing that it has been demonstrated to me by many clear proofs how earnestly you safeguard the interests of the universal Church, I have not delayed in obeying your Majesty's instructions at the first opport …
leo_great · c. 452 · score 0.02
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Pulcheria Augusta, by the hand of the magistrian Theoctistus. I. He informs the Empress that he has recognized the Council she ordered and has sent representatives with letters Your clemency's unfailing devotion to the Catholic faith I recognize in everything, and I give thanks to God for seeing …
leo_great · c. 448 · score 0.02
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to the Emperor Theodosius, ever Augustus. I. He suspends judgment on the appointment of Anatolius until he has made an open confession of the Catholic faith In all your piously expressed letters, amid the anxieties we endure for the faith, you have given us hope of security by upholding the Council …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.02
We cannot properly govern those entrusted to us unless we pursue with the zeal of faith those who are both destroyers and themselves destroyed, cutting them off from contact with sound minds with all the severity we can bring to bear, lest this pestilence spread further. I urge you, beloved -- I implore and warn you -- …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
He considers himself subject to no law, bound by no ordinance of God, and in his eagerness for novelty, departs from your practice and ours, adopting unlawful measures and letting what he ought to preserve fall into disuse. II. Hilary is disturbing the peace of the Church by his insubordination But with the approval, a …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
He claims for himself the right to ordain bishops throughout all the provinces of Gaul and seizes the dignity that belongs to metropolitan bishops. He even diminishes the reverence owed to the blessed Peter himself with his proud assertions, for while the power of binding and loosing was given to Peter before all other …
leo_great · c. 461 · score 0.01
Leo, the bishop, to Leo Augustus [Emperor Leo I, who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire 457-474]. I. He heartily thanks the Emperor for what he has done and asks him to complete the work. If we sought to reward your Majesty's glorious resolution in defense of the Faith with all the praise the greatness of the matter demand …
leo_great · c. 459 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Leo Augustus. I. There is no need to reopen the question of doctrine now Your clemency's letter, full of vigorous faith and the light of truth, I have received with the deepest respect. I wish I could comply even with the suggestion of my personal attendance, which your Majesty considers necessa …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
Leo to his beloved brother Anastasius. The brotherly love of our colleagues means we read letters from our fellow priests with a grateful heart. Through correspondence we embrace one another in spirit as though face to face. But your letter stood out — the affection in it was greater than usual, for it gave a full acco …
leo_great · c. 446 · score 0.01
From Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus, to Leo, Bishop of Rome. I. If Paul appealed to Peter, how much more must ordinary believers have recourse to his successor To Leo, Bishop of Rome: If Paul, the herald of the truth and trumpet of the Holy Spirit, had recourse to the great Peter in order to obtain a ruling for the faith …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
We are compelled to issue this stern correction because the wound inflicted by Hilary's misconduct requires a strong remedy. We do not wish to be harsh, but when patience is exploited and gentleness is mistaken for approval, severer measures are unavoidable. The entire Church is damaged when its proper order is overtur …
leo_great · c. 444 · score 0.01
… ory, since you have learned from the teaching of the Holy Spirit to submit your imperial authority in all things to Him by whose favor and under whose protection you reign. Because I have learned from the report of my brother and fellow bishop Flavian that a dispute has arisen in the church of Constantinople, through t …
leo_great · c. 445 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, and the holy synod assembled in the City of Rome: to Pulcheria Augusta. I. He sends a copy of a former letter that failed to reach her If the letters we dispatched to your Grace concerning the faith, entrusted to our clergy, had reached you, you would certainly have been able -- with the Lord's hel …
leo_great · c. 461 · score 0.01
… Magnus and Apollonius (460). (Delivered by the hand of Philoxenus, agent of the imperial post.)
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.01
This must not continue. The appointment of one who is to govern all must proceed from the consent of all. A man who is to preside over a community must be chosen by that community. Otherwise he will be rejected or despised by those over whom he was imposed, and a peace that should have been preserved will be disturbed …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of the City of Rome, to all the bishops of Mauritania Caesariensis in Africa: greetings in the Lord. I. The disorderly appointment of bishops in the province is reprehensible Frequent reports from visitors to Rome have brought to our attention certain unlawful practices concerning the ordination of bishops …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
To the bishops of the Province of Vienne, in the matter of Hilary, Bishop of Arles. I. The solidarity of the Church, built upon the rock of St. Peter, must be maintained everywhere To the beloved brothers, the whole body of bishops of the province of Vienne: Leo, Bishop of Rome. Our Lord Jesus Christ, Savior of mankind …
leo_great · c. 445 · score 0.01
Some were excluded; others, at Bishop Dioscorus's demand, surrendered themselves to an unrighteous subscription, knowing they would suffer harm if they refused. The resolution he forced through was of such a nature that by attacking one man he vented his fury on the entire Church. Our delegates from the Apostolic See f …
leo_great · c. 445 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, and the holy synod assembled at Rome: to Theodosius Augustus. I. He exposes the unscrupulous nature of the proceedings at Ephesus From your clemency's letter, written out of love for the Catholic faith and addressed some time ago to the see of the blessed Apostle Peter, we drew such confidence in y …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.01
If promotion is granted to those who are without fault only after thorough examination, how much more must it be denied to those who are under suspicion? Therefore, beloved brother, in whose devotion we rejoice, apply your attention to our directives and ensure the careful and prompt carrying out of these commendable a …
leo_great · c. 459 · score 0.01
You have One who knows your struggles and has prepared the rewards of recompense. Let no one shrink from this labor, whose reward is to reign and live forever. Let all who fight stand firm with their eyes fixed on the heavenly Jerusalem. In the hope of that reward, they need not fear the battlefield or the enemy's assa …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.01
Leo to his beloved brother Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica. I. He reminds him of his appointment as papal vicar and its responsibilities The divine kindness has so ordered it, dear brother, that some things are administered by us in person and some things are executed through you as our representative, so that by di …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
This is contrary to the canons and the tradition of the Fathers — and it must stop. The same rule applies to all sacred orders without exception: after a proper interval, a man being ordained priest or deacon must have advanced through all the lower clerical ranks in sequence, so that he has time to learn what he will …