Resultados25 letters/passages
simplicius_pope · c. 472 · score 0.02
… ts that the emperor has the spirit of a most faithful priest and ruler, so that imperial authority may protect the faith. He commends the action taken and urges Zeno to ensure that the properly elected bishop is installed and the peace of the Antiochene church restored.
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. 478 · score 0.02
… of the Council of Chalcedon are preserved inviolate. He commends the emperor's imperial zeal for the Catholic faith and presses him to resist all those who seek to undermine the Chalcedonian settlement, whether by convening a new council or by restoring condemned Monophysite leaders to their sees.
simplicius_pope · c. 468 · score 0.02
We have received through the presbyter and the deacon whom your love sent the report concerning the affairs of the church of Alexandria, and the distressing events that have unfolded there fill us with the deepest sorrow. For we have learned that after the death of the catholic bishop Timothy, the heretical Peter has b …
simplicius_pope · c. 472 · score 0.02
Pope Simplicius to Emperor Zeno. When recently the brother and fellow-bishop of Simplicius's humbleness came to the city, various parties seeking to exploit the peace of the Church for factional purposes presented themselves. Simplicius addresses the dangerous situation in Alexandria where Timothy Aelurus and his suppo …
simplicius_pope · c. 471 · score 0.02
Pope Simplicius to Emperor Zeno (through Petrus, a distinguished man and count of the noble lady Placidia). Long ago, when the glorious triumph of Zeno's reign was extended in the Lord to the rejoicing of the universal Church, Simplicius recalls having sent letters expressing his joy. Now, amid universal gratitude for …
simplicius_pope · c. 480 · score 0.01
… t that you possess the spirit of a most faithful priest and prince, so that the imperial authority, joined to Christian devotion, might be made more acceptable to God, and integrity might be apparent, when those who engaged in sacrilegious slaughter of bishops are ordered to perish by fitting punishments. In this you p …
simplicius_pope · c. 476 · score 0.01
… rdotal ministry through the presumption of a condemned man may by a promulgated imperial constitution be ordered excluded and banished from the assembly of men; so that when these have been removed and condemned to perpetual relegation in the wilderness, Catholic bishops may be either restored to their deceived churche …
simplicius_pope · c. 479 · score 0.01
Pope Simplicius to Emperor Zeno. Simplicius urges Zeno to expel Peter Mongus from the city of Alexandria. Recently, when certain matters were brought to his attention, he had occasion to write to the emperor on this subject. He insists that Peter Mongus, who was condemned by the orthodox party and by the apostolic see, …
simplicius_pope · c. 481 · score 0.01
The solicitude which the apostolic see bears for all the churches compels us to respond without delay to the matters which your love has brought to our attention. We have learned from your report that certain questions have arisen concerning the boundaries of dioceses and the jurisdiction of bishops, and we address the …
simplicius_pope · c. 468 · score 0.01
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. 480 · score 0.01
Pope Simplicius to John, Bishop of Ravenna. Simplicius writes to the Bishop of Ravenna on a matter of ecclesiastical discipline or administration. He addresses a question concerning proper canonical procedure and the authority of the metropolitan see, instructing John on how to proceed in a specific case and reminding …
simplicius_pope · c. 483 · score 0.01
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. 475 · score 0.01
We have received with deep concern the letters of your love, reporting the continuing troubles in the churches of the East. The apostolic see, to which by the will of God the oversight of all the churches has been entrusted, watches with unceasing vigilance over the affairs of the universal Church and especially over t …
simplicius_pope · c. 476 · score 0.01
In this matter neither our prayers before the most religious emperor, nor the representations of your love, nor the entreaty of so many of our brethren the priests who we find have come to Constantinople, nor the supplication of the monks, need labor. For whatever pertains to the integrity of the Catholic faith, in whi …
simplicius_pope · c. 480 · score 0.01
Wherefore if any other remnants are found under your rule, order them now at least to be driven into foreign lands, so that henceforth there may be no necessity or cause for punishment in this matter, because it is better to have blocked the entrance than to exact the penalty of sin. 3. And since you judged that the se …
simplicius_pope · c. 483 · score 0.01
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. 474 · score 0.01
Pope Simplicius to Bishops Florentius, Equitius, and Severus. Simplicius deprives a certain bishop of the power of ordination which he has abused, removes those illicitly ordained by him from ecclesiastical ministries, and forbids him from administering church revenues independently. He reduces his authority, leaving h …
simplicius_pope · c. 474 · score 0.01
The bearer of these letters has made known to us the condition of the churches in the East, and the account has filled us with both grief and indignation. For we learn that the heretical faction continues to hold sway in certain churches, and that the faithful are being oppressed by those who should be their shepherds. …
simplicius_pope · c. 470 · score 0.01
Pope Simplicius to the Priests and Abbots (Archimandrites) at Constantinople. Through Simplicius's beloved son Epiphanius, a praiseworthy man, he received their letters later than they wished, and was greatly troubled to learn that repeated fires of scandal are breaking out within the Church of God in Constantinople, s …
simplicius_pope · c. 482 · score 0.01
Pope Simplicius to Emperor Zeno (482, fragment). A fragment of a letter in which Simplicius addresses the emperor on the increasingly troubled situation in the Eastern churches. He protests against the Henotikon or related measures that are compromising Chalcedonian orthodoxy, urges Zeno to reverse course, and reminds …
simplicius_pope · c. 478 · score 0.01
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. 470 · score 0.01
The report that has reached us concerning the church of Antioch has moved us to great sorrow, for we have learned that after the expulsion of the catholic bishop, a certain person of suspect faith has been installed in that venerable see. Since the apostolic see bears responsibility for all the churches and especially …
simplicius_pope · c. 482 · score 0.01
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 …