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leo_great · c. 447 · score 0.02
For this reason, we pray your clemency to oppose such disturbances with the Truth, and to order the Faith of the Catholic religion to be preserved without stain. We ask that, in accordance with the standard and decision of the Apostolic See — which we likewise revere as preeminent — Flavian may remain completely unharm …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.02
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 0.02
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. 441 · score 0.02
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 0.02
… 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. 442 · score 0.02
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
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. 447 · score 0.01
From Galla Placidia Augusta [mother of Emperor Valentinian III, and effective ruler of the Western Roman Empire] to Theodosius [Emperor Theodosius II of the Eastern Empire]. To the Lord Theodosius, Conqueror and Emperor, her ever august son — Galla Placidia, most pious and prosperous, perpetual Augusta and mother. When …
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
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Dioscorus, Bishop of Alexandria: greetings. I. The churches of Rome and Alexandria must be united in all things How deeply we hold you in divine love, beloved, you may judge from this: we are determined to establish your new episcopate on the firmest possible foundation, so that nothing may seem …
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. 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. 450 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. I. Anatolius, with Leo's delegates, is to settle the question of receiving back those who temporarily went astray after Eutyches Although I trust, beloved, that you are devoted to every good work, it was nonetheless needful and fitting to dispatch our brother …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
On it, finally, the Holy Spirit who had been promised to the Apostles by the Lord descended upon them. Thus we understand it to have been appointed by a kind of heavenly ordinance that on this day above all others we should celebrate the mysteries of priestly consecration, since all these gracious gifts were bestowed u …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
This practice is not violated if the ceremony actually takes place on Sunday morning without breaking the Saturday fast, since the beginning of Saturday night belongs to that same period and undoubtedly forms part of the day of the resurrection, as is clearly established with regard to the feast of Easter. Beyond the w …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to his beloved brother Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus. I. He congratulates Theodoret on their shared victory, and approves of honest inquiry that leads to good results On the return of our brothers and fellow bishops, whom the See of the blessed Peter sent to the holy council, we learned, beloved, of …
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. 443 · score 0.01
An acknowledgment of Flavian's first letter and a promise of a fuller reply. Leo to Flavian [Patriarch of Constantinople, 446-449], bishop of Constantinople. At the first opportunity we could find — the arrival of our honorable son Rodanus — we acknowledge, beloved, the receipt of your letter, which was meant to inform …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
It is the faith of Nicaea restated and confirmed; the faith of the Apostles, of the Prophets, and of the Fathers, vindicated against both the heresy that divides Christ and the heresy that dissolves His true humanity. That definition now stands as the permanent standard of the Church's confession, and whoever opposes i …
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. 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 …
leo_great · c. 444 · score 0.01
From this letter, you also, beloved, and the whole Church may know about the ancient and unchanging Faith that this unlearned opponent has attacked: what we hold as handed down from God and what we preach without alteration. Yet, because we must not forget our duty of mercy, we have judged it consistent with our priest …
leo_great · c. 443 · score 0.01
And when our Lord and Savior Himself was instructing His disciples' faith by questioning them, He said: "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" (Matthew 16:13). And when they had given various answers, He said: "But who do you say that I am?" -- that is, I who am the Son of Man, and whom you see in the form of a se …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to the whole body of monks settled throughout Palestine. I. They may have been misled by a faulty translation of his letter on the Incarnation The anxious care that I owe to the whole Church and to all her children has made me aware, through many sources, that some offense has been given to your mi …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
I have never denied the reality of Christ's human flesh. I have never suggested that His body was of a different substance from ours. I have never taught that the two natures were confused or mingled into a third thing that is neither God nor man. What I have taught -- and what the universal Church confesses -- is that …