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leo_great · c. 461 · score 0.02
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. 447 · score 0.02
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. 453 · score 0.02
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. 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. 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. 459 · score 0.02
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. 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. 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. 442 · score 0.01
This fatalism destroys free will and makes God the author of sin. The Catholic faith affirms that while God governs all things by His providence, He has endowed humanity with free will, and each person bears responsibility for his own choices. No star compels a man to sin, and no celestial configuration excuses wickedn …
leo_great · c. 447 · score 0.01
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. 442 · score 0.01
Leo to Turribius, Bishop of Astorga, concerning the errors of the Priscillianists. I. Introduction: Leo has received Turribius's report on heresy in Spain We have read with deep concern, dear brother, the letter in which your loving zeal for the Catholic faith brought to our attention the errors that have taken root am …
leo_great · c. 459 · score 0.01
Leo to the Catholic Egyptian bishops sojourning in Constantinople. He encourages them in their sufferings for the Faith and in their appeals for justice to the Emperor. The news of the crimes committed in Alexandria [the murder of Proterius, the orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, by a pro-Eutychian mob in 457] has so sa …
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. 442 · score 0.01
III. On the origin of souls They teach that human souls are a portion of the divine substance, thereby making the Creator and the creature one and the same. This blasphemy must be utterly rejected. The soul is God's creation, not a fragment of His being. To say that the soul is of the same substance as God is to subjec …
leo_great · c. 445 · score 0.01
He acknowledges the receipt of a letter and advises mercy if Eutyches will recant. Leo to Flavian [Patriarch of Constantinople], bishop of Constantinople. Our brothers whom we dispatched to you in the cause of the Faith had already departed when we received your letter, beloved, through our son Basil the deacon. In it …
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 444 · score 0.01
Leo to Pulcheria Augusta. I. He reminds Pulcheria of her former services to the Church and urges her involvement in the Eutychian controversy How great is the protection the Lord has extended to His Church through your piety, most serene Augusta, we have confirmed by many proofs. And whatever stand the priesthood has m …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.01
The God of the Old Testament and the God of the New are one and the same. The Law and the Prophets prepared the way for the Gospel. Christ Himself testified: "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill" (Matthew 5:17). VI. On the devil and the origin of evil Th …
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. 460 · score 0.01
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. 442 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to all the bishops established in Sicily: greetings in the Lord. I. The occasion of this letter Through the reports of several brothers and fellow bishops we have learned that certain practices have crept into your province contrary to the discipline of the Church and the authority of the canons. A …