Resultados12 letters/passages
simplicius_pope · c. 482 · score 0.02
Therefore, finding opportunities, never cease to supplicate the will of the most merciful emperor on behalf of the Catholic faith, and to draw him back diligently from things harmful to Christian doctrine, and to inform him frequently according to what we command, and to press rather toward that side which is friendly …
simplicius_pope · c. 468 · score 0.02
Pope Simplicius to Acacius, Bishop of Constantinople. so Since our sons illustrious uir Latinus patricius and respectable Madusius for on embassy publiea were being sent, neglegere not potuimus, that every intentione we take care of. proxime for indeed when of the priests and of the monks concerning Timotheo olim ab un …
simplicius_pope · c. 483 · score 0.02
The care which this apostolic see bears for all the churches, committed to us by the authority of the blessed apostle Peter, compels us to address the matters which have been brought to our attention from the regions of the East. The reports of the faithful and the letters of our brothers the bishops have revealed to u …
simplicius_pope · c. 483 · score 0.02
The heretical faction, emboldened by the support it has received from certain quarters, grows more audacious with each passing day, and if it is not checked now, the consequences for the Church will be incalculable. We therefore call upon all bishops to exercise the utmost vigilance in their dioceses, to root out every …
simplicius_pope · c. 478 · score 0.02
We have received through our brother the bearer of these letters the report concerning the affairs of the church in your region, and we respond with the care and authority that the apostolic see owes to all the churches. The matters you have reported require our attention, and we address them in order. Concerning the o …
simplicius_pope · c. 482 · score 0.02
Simplicius, bishop, to Acacius, bishop of Constantinople. Sent through Uranius. 1. We are equally amazed and grieved that the care of love and faith has been so dissembled in the mind of your love: that while the most Christian emperor, moved by the instinct of piety and religion, sent faithful and diligent intermediar …
simplicius_pope · c. 482 · score 0.01
I immediately drew back my step and revoked my judgment concerning his confirmation, lest I be judged to have acted precipitously against such great testimony. 3. But what astonished me not a little was that in those same letters the emperor should think that Peter — who is proven and, as I believe, not hidden from the …
simplicius_pope · c. 476 · score 0.01
… way violated. He urges Acacius to use his position at Constantinople to resist imperial pressure that would compromise the Chalcedonian settlement, and to inform the pope immediately of any new developments threatening the peace of the churches.
simplicius_pope · c. 469 · score 0.01
Pope Simplicius to Acacius, Bishop of Constantinople. As has been made clear by the report of priests and monks from various monasteries who are serving the Lord, the devil is once more troubling the churches of the Lord: the Catholic bishop of Alexandria has been expelled and a heretic condemned by the universal Churc …
simplicius_pope · c. 480 · score 0.01
Pope Simplicius to Acacius, Bishop of Constantinople (October). Simplicius writes to Acacius urging him once more to act before the emperor in defense of the Chalcedonian decrees. He expresses alarm at reports of renewed Monophysite activity in the Eastern churches and presses Acacius to ensure that no condemned person …
simplicius_pope · c. 472 · score 0.01
Pope Simplicius to Acacius, Bishop of Constantinople. Simplicius had recently informed Acacius by letter of their shared joy that Timothy, the Catholic bishop of the church of Alexandria — who had been expelled by the heretic — has been restored. He now writes again to reinforce this good news and to urge Acacius to co …
simplicius_pope · c. 473 · score 0.01
Pope Simplicius to Acacius (on Calendion ordained as Bishop of Antioch). Wounded and deeply affected by the most clement emperor's letter and by the account of the sacrilegious and most calamitous murder that took place at Antioch, Simplicius writes to Acacius. He discusses the ordination of Calendion as the new bishop …