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pelagius_i · c. 557 · score 0.02
As the blessed apostle says, we will not boast beyond measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God has measured to us, a measure reaching even to you; for we do not stretch ourselves beyond our reach as though not reaching to you. Thus, with shared solicitude, our predecessors through the grace of God go …
pelagius_i · c. 558 · score 0.02
By the present order we command you to undertake the care of that patrimony without omission, knowing that we shall henceforth require from you both the remaining sixth indiction and the revenues of all subsequent individual indictions from the seventh onward, so that according to custom you may both send a security do …
pelagius_i · c. 556 · score 0.02
Having received the report sent by you through Jordanes, defender of our church, we were greatly astonished that you are so forgetful of apostolic authority as to have wished even to confirm your division from the universal Church, God forbid, by our consent, and that those who ought to suppress the ignorance of the pe …
pelagius_i · c. 559 · score 0.02
Through the bearer of these letters we have received the report of your love, and we respond with the care and authority that the apostolic see owes to all the churches entrusted to its governance. The matters you have raised concern the administration of the ecclesiastical patrimony, and we address them with all serio …
pelagius_i · c. 558 · score 0.02
The care which the apostolic see bears for all the churches, entrusted to us by the authority of the blessed apostle Peter, compels us to respond with all diligence to the matters which have been brought to our attention from your province. The reports which we have received fill us with both sorrow and concern: sorrow …
pelagius_i · c. 558 · score 0.02
The solicitude which we bear for all the churches, entrusted to us by the authority of the blessed apostle Peter, compels us to respond to the matters which have been brought to our attention. We have received reports concerning the state of the churches in your region, and we are deeply concerned by what we have learn …
pelagius_i · c. 559 · score 0.01
We have received the letters of your love with great attention and have carefully considered all the matters which you have laid before us. As the successor of the blessed apostle Peter, to whom the Lord entrusted the care of his entire flock, we are bound to respond to every question that affects the faith, the discip …
pelagius_i · c. 559 · score 0.01
We have received the report of your love and have read with great concern the account of the excesses committed by certain bishops in your province. The apostolic see cannot tolerate such behavior, for the bishops are the shepherds of the flock of Christ and must conduct themselves in a manner worthy of their sacred ca …
pelagius_i · c. 559 · score 0.01
Pope Pelagius I to Bishop Agnellus of Ravenna. The Apostle Paul's teaching against those who err and trouble the Church calls for decisive action. We therefore instruct you that if the schismatic bishops — who refuse to accept the condemnation of the Three Chapters — have not within ten days come to their senses and su …
pelagius_i · c. 559 · score 0.01
Pope Pelagius I to the addressee. Pope Pelagius I writes to call to mind the oath that a certain Severus swore, in which he promised to present himself before the papal see. The promise has not been kept. Pelagius insists that the man honor his oath and appear as he pledged, and charges the recipient of the letter to e …
pelagius_i · c. 558 · score 0.01
Pope Pelagius I to Dulcitius, defender of the Church. Among other matters, we take issue with the accounts you have sent us — accounts which, following the Greek fashion, are obscured and difficult to interpret — regarding the revenues of the sixth indiction. You report that you collected properties on behalf of fifty …
pelagius_i · c. 558 · score 0.01
This condemnation stands in full force, and we anathematize anyone who teaches or holds this heresy. What the fifth council did was to condemn certain writings and persons that gave comfort to the opposite heresy of Nestorius, which teaches that there are two persons in Christ. Far from contradicting Chalcedon, this co …
pelagius_i · c. 559 · score 0.01
Pope Pelagius I to Bishop Agnellus of Ravenna. We charge Your Fraternity to choose a suitable man for the presbyterate — one who is firm in religion, upright in character, and effective in resisting adversaries — and to send him to the glorious John the patrician, instructing him above all that he is to name no other n …
pelagius_i · c. 558 · score 0.01
Pope Pelagius I to Bishop Eucarpus of Messina. The love with which we have always cherished Your Charity we believe surpasses all things, as the Apostle says, and we are confident that no difficulty will diminish your dedication to the holy Church. We write to commend to your attention the question of the election of a …