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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. 460 · score 0.02
They have already been heard. They have already been answered. They have already been condemned. There is nothing left to discuss with them. If your Majesty permits the faith to be debated again, the heretics will interpret this not as an exercise of fairness but as an admission that the Council's definition was uncert …
leo_great · c. 453 · score 0.02
He believes that his overreaching self-promotion can be advanced by asserting that certain bishops indicated their agreement -- an agreement that is invalid on its face, since it was obtained without the authority of the Apostolic See and in violation of the canons established at Nicaea. The regulations of the holy Cou …
leo_great · c. 460 · score 0.02
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Leo Augustus, by the hand of Philoxenus, agens in rebus. I. The decrees of Chalcedon and Nicaea are identical and final My mind exults with great joy in the Lord, and I have abundant cause for thanksgiving, now that I perceive your clemency's most excellent faith being enlarged in all things by …
leo_great · c. 453 · score 0.02
We therefore urge that the ringleaders of these disturbances be removed from the vicinity where they can do further harm. Their influence must be broken, and the faithful must be reassured that the Catholic truth, confirmed by the Council and by the authority of the Apostolic See, stands firm against all assaults. Let …
leo_great · c. 440 · score 0.02
The only interest worth seeking is what comes from mercy shown here on earth — knowing the Lord will restore a thousandfold what endures forever. On compliance This directive makes clear: if any of our brothers attempts to contravene these rules and dares to do what is forbidden, he must know that he is liable to depos …
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. 453 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Pulcheria Augusta. I. He congratulates the Empress on the triumph of the faith but deplores a new controversy We rejoice beyond words with your Grace that the Catholic faith has been defended against heretics and peace restored to the whole Church through your clemency's holy and God-pleasing ze …
leo_great · c. 461 · score 0.01
Endure with patience what you cannot change, and trust that the same Lord who gave you the charge will give you the strength to bear it. III. Replies to his canonical questions To the specific questions you have raised, we respond as follows: Concerning those who, under threat of torture or death during barbarian invas …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
This faith is no novelty; it is the ancient apostolic teaching, received from the Fathers, tested by the Councils, and confirmed by the authority of the blessed Peter through his See. Let the memory of Nestorius and Eutyches serve as a warning to all who would tamper with the mystery of the Incarnation. The Son of God …
leo_great · c. 440 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to all bishops serving in Campania, Picenum, Etruria, and the surrounding provinces: greetings in the Lord. The peaceful order of the churches is a great joy to us — and it troubles us deeply whenever we learn that anything has been done in violation of canon law and church discipline. If we fail t …
leo_great · c. 460 · score 0.01
The voice of Peter spoke through the letter we sent to Flavian of blessed memory, and the entire Council acknowledged that voice as the voice of truth. What more can be said than what has already been said? What remains to be examined that has not already been examined? The faith is defined. Christ is truly God and tru …
leo_great · c. 457 · score 0.01
The heresy of Eutyches is not dead simply because the Council condemned it; it lives on in the hearts of those who refuse to accept that Christ is truly man as well as truly God. Stand firm upon the rock of the Apostles' confession. Let no fear of human power and no desire for human approval cause you to waver again. T …
leo_great · c. 453 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Julian, Bishop of Cos. I. He laments the recent violence in Palestine The information you provide, brother, about the riotous actions of the false monks is grave and deeply lamentable. These disturbances are the direct result of the war that the wicked Eutyches, through the madness of his deceiv …
leo_great · c. 452 · score 0.01
From the great and holy and universal Synod, assembled by the grace of God and the decree of our most pious and Christ-loving Emperors in the city of Chalcedon in the province of Bithynia: to the most holy and blessed Archbishop of Rome, Leo. I. They congratulate Leo on taking the foremost part in upholding the faith " …
leo_great · c. 461 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Rusticus, Bishop of Gallia Narbonensis, with replies to his questions on various points. I. He urges moderation toward two priests who have offended Rusticus Your letter, brother, which your archdeacon Hermes brought, I have gladly received. The number of different matters it contains makes it l …
leo_great · c. 452 · score 0.01
… stantinople, which the Council, following ancient custom and the dignity of the imperial city, has determined should hold the second rank after the most holy see of Rome. We trust that Your Holiness will approve this arrangement, seeing that it was made with the reverence due to the Apostolic See and in accord with the …
leo_great · c. 453 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Theodore, Bishop of Forum Julii. I. He should have consulted his metropolitan first Your first course of action, when troubled by this question, should have been to consult your metropolitan. If he too was unable to assist you, beloved, then both of you should have sought instruction from us tog …
leo_great · c. 447 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to the clergy, dignitaries, and people residing at Constantinople. I. He congratulates them on their forthright resistance to error Though we are deeply grieved by what is reported to have taken place recently at the council of priests at Ephesus -- because, as consistent testimony and the results …
leo_great · c. 443 · score 0.01
Letter 28: The Tome of Leo. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople. I. Eutyches has been driven into his error by presumption and ignorance Having read your letter, beloved -- and we are surprised it arrived so late -- and having examined the detailed record of the bishops' proceedings, we have at last discovered what sc …
leo_great · c. 457 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of the City of Rome, to Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem. I. He rejoices at Juvenal's return to orthodoxy, though chiding him for having gone astray When I received your letter, beloved -- brought to me by our sons Andrew the presbyter and Peter the deacon -- I rejoiced that you had been permitted to return to …
leo_great · c. 444 · score 0.01
He would have it understood that Christ's nature belongs to His Godhead alone, so that what "took the form of a servant" and was "like us in every respect" (Philippians 2:7; Hebrews 2:17) was a kind of phantom, not the reality of our nature. II. Human salvation required the union of both natures in Christ But it is of …
leo_great · c. 440 · score 0.01
Husbands of widows have been admitted to the priesthood. Men who have been married more than once and led dissolute lives have been given every accommodation and ordained to Holy Orders — in direct violation of the blessed Apostle's requirement that a bishop be "the husband of one wife" (1 Timothy 3:2), and contrary to …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Maximus, Bishop of Antioch, by the hand of Marian the presbyter and Olympius the deacon. I. The faith is the mean between the two extremes of Eutyches and Nestorius How deeply, beloved, you have at heart the most sacred unity of our common faith and the tranquil harmony of the Church's peace, th …
leo_great · c. 444 · score 0.01
Leo, the bishop, to Julian, Bishop of Cos [a small island near Constantinople; Julian served as Leo's trusted liaison in the East], his beloved brother. I. Eutyches is now clearly seen to have departed from the Faith. Your letter, beloved, which has just reached me, shows the spiritual love for the Catholic Faith that …