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boniface · c. 742 · score 0.02
She is known to be related in the third degree to the man who wishes to marry her and who now declares that the necessary permission has been granted. Furthermore, before her first marriage she had made a solemn vow of chastity and, after taking the veil, threw it aside. For this marriage the man states that he has per …
boniface · c. 742 · score 0.02
Of such matters the Apostle says reprovingly: " You have begun to observe special days and months, special seasons and years. I am anxious over you: has all the labour I have spent on you been useless? " And St. Augustine says: " The man who puts his faith in such nonsense as incantations, fortune-tellers, soothsayers, …
boniface · c. 742 · score 0.02
[Context: Pope Zacharias (741-52) was of Greek extraction. He seems to have been less understanding of Boniface's difficulties than the previous Popes, though to him must be ascribed the confirmation of the synods and much else that Boniface undertook. It was through his efforts that the Synod of Cloveshoe in England, …
epistulae_merowingici · c. 596 · score 0.02
Brunhild, queen, to the most blessed and holy Pope Gregory. I write to the shepherd of all shepherds with respect for your office and with genuine need for your support. The work of building up the church in the territories I govern is ongoing, and it requires resources, patronage, and — I want to be honest — the prest …
epistulae_merowingici · c. 601 · score 0.02
Brunhild to the most blessed Pope Gregory. The reports reaching us about the mission to Britain are followed here with great interest. That the Anglo-Saxons — who raid our coasts and whom our merchants encounter in trade — are now hearing the Gospel is something I find genuinely moving. I want to ask you about the miss …
boniface · c. 742 · score 0.02
Peter's word and the Apostolic See's command, which neither present nor future generations will presume to change in defiance of the authority of the Apostolic See. Let it be known to you also, Holy Father, that Carloman, Emperor of the Franks, summoned me to his presence and desired me to convoke a synod in that part …
boniface · c. 742 · score 0.01
Among them are bishops who deny the charges of fornication and adultery but who, nevertheless, are shiftless drunkards, addicted to the chase, who march armed into battle and shed with their own hands the blood of Christians and heathens alike. Since I am recognised as the servant and legate of the Apostolic See, my de …
pliny_younger · c. 112 · score 0.01
Trajan to Pliny. It would be very hard on the provincials to lay upon them the necessity of approaching the pontifical college whenever they desired for some sufficient reason to remove the ashes of their ancestors from one place to another. You should therefore follow the precedents set by those who have governed the …
pliny_younger · c. 112 · score 0.01
Trajan to Pliny. If permission has been granted to the people of Amisus, whose memorial you enclosed with your letter, in the laws which govern the terms of their alliance, to make a collection for the poor, we have no reason to prevent them ; and we can permit it the more readily in that the collection is utilised for …
pliny_younger · c. 112 · score 0.01
Trajan to Pliny. You have given me an abundance of private and all the public reasons I could desire for asking leave of absence, but, personally, I should have been quite content to accept the mere expression of your wish, for I have not the slightest doubt that you will return as early as you possibly can to resume y …