Resultados8 letters/passages
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. 448 · score 0.02
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to the Emperor Theodosius, ever Augustus. I. He suspends judgment on the appointment of Anatolius until he has made an open confession of the Catholic faith In all your piously expressed letters, amid the anxieties we endure for the faith, you have given us hope of security by upholding the Council …
symmachus · c. 372 · score 0.02
… aim for themselves the windfall gains [bona caduca -- property that fell to the imperial treasury when intended heirs were disqualified], and that the position of honest men will grow worse if the opportunity for fraud falls only to those restrained by neither law nor shame. Therefore, since the emperor's own position …
symmachus · c. 381 · score 0.02
...and you care for me, but I worry that you might take up some fight on my behalf while I'm away and draw hostility onto yourself. Please, I ask you, stand down. Perhaps one day I'll have the chance to make my case before the eternal emperor, our lord Theodosius [Emperor Theodosius I, r. 379–395], whose favor toward m …
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. 444 · score 0.02
Unity of Faith is essential, but the point at issue hardly required a general council — it is so clear. Leo to Theodosius Augustus [Emperor Theodosius II, who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire 408-450]. Upon receiving your clemency's letter, I recognized that the universal Church has much cause for joy — that you insist t …
leo_great · c. 443 · score 0.01
He notifies the appointment of his representatives at the Council of Ephesus. To Emperor Theodosius [Theodosius II], the most devout Augustus — Leo, pope of the Catholic Church of the city of Rome. How greatly God's providence watches over the interests of humanity is shown by your merciful care, which — moved by God's …
symmachus · c. 382 · score 0.01
Although I know that modesty is kin to virtue, I nevertheless wished to find in the letters of your highness an abundance befitting the glory of your great achievements. First, because friendship demanded it -- you should not have feared the stain of boasting before one who loves you. Second, because you are as eloquen …