Resultados25 letters/passages
symmachus · c. 382 · score 0.02
… ause of justice itself — that's your chief concern — but I do dare ask that the imperial response come quickly, to give force to the rulings already made.
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.02
… dvised connivance that neither is the fear of God maintained there, nor are the imperial commands carried out. They add that in the aforesaid province, through the bribes of the Donatists, the Catholic faith is being openly sold. The distinguished Gennadius, on the other hand, has in turn lodged a complaint against one …
leo_great · c. 459 · score 0.02
… of the Council's decrees, we support wholeheartedly. The Lord has given you the imperial authority not only for the governance of the state but for the protection of His Church, and we are confident that you will exercise this sacred trust with the same wisdom and firmness that have distinguished your reign. Dated from …
symmachus · c. 394 · score 0.02
You are still silent, but my loquacity is not restrained by your example, and my leisure gives me too convenient an opportunity for a flood of words. For I am in the country, though I do not rusticate. From the bank of the Tiber -- for the river flows through my estate -- I watch the laden ships pass by, no longer anxi …
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.
gregory_great · c. 601 · score 0.02
My brother Maximus, I must address something that has caused repeated difficulties: your representatives have been presenting themselves at this see and speaking on your behalf in ways that I can no longer simply accept at face value. There have been too many instances where what they claimed to represent was not what …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
While each metropolitan retains his authority to ordain within his province, the ordination of metropolitans themselves must be conducted only after careful and considered judgment. We demand particular excellence in those who preside over their fellow priests. Attend to this with all diligence, so that you may be seen …
symmachus · c. 378 · score 0.01
With the blessing of the divine powers, my son Symmachus will assume the fasces [the ceremonial rods symbolizing... [The Latin manuscript tradition for this letter (Symmachus, Epistulae Book 8, Letter 25) is heavily corrupt or fragmentary. The above is a partial rendering based on the best available source.]
leo_great · c. 460 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Leo Augustus. I. He sends envoys but urges against any fresh discussion of the faith Rejoicing that it has been demonstrated to me by many clear proofs how earnestly you safeguard the interests of the universal Church, I have not delayed in obeying your Majesty's instructions at the first opport …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to the Emperor Mauricius. The generosity of my Lords, which has always mercifully sustained your servants, has shone forth here in so generous a supply that the needs of all who are weak and suffering have been relieved by your bounty. For this we all pray with tears to Almighty God -- who moved your Clemency t …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
I want you to correct whatever has been done in this way without delay. Slaves taken into church possession without trial should be returned before any trial, so that if the Church has a legitimate claim, the current possessors may then be dispossessed through proper legal proceedings. Correct all this permanently. You …
symmachus · c. 375 · score 0.01
Sicily's provincial assembly has sent Ambrosius, one of the leading men of the provincial bar, to our lords and emperors. He carries various petitions that seem to concern the public good. If you lend him your support, I believe his effort will bear fruit. I ask you, therefore — whether for the merit of the delegation …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
Castorius, who serves as chartularius, is well known to me as a man of integrity and competence. He has business to conduct in your area, and I ask you to extend him whatever assistance he requires. Smooth the way for him where you can — men who serve the Church faithfully in administrative roles deserve the support of …
leo_great · c. 452 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Pulcheria Augusta, by the hand of the magistrian Theoctistus. I. He informs the Empress that he has recognized the Council she ordered and has sent representatives with letters Your clemency's unfailing devotion to the Catholic faith I recognize in everything, and I give thanks to God for seeing …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
The value of the farmland produce matters little to me if fraud is mixed in. If it comes to my knowledge that you are lax about this, you will be held responsible. Furthermore, I have learned that the Jews in Catania have been complaining that they were expelled by force from the site of their synagogue, which they had …
innocent_i · c. 406 · score 0.01
… opal judgment was being awaited, sacred bishops were driven into exile? That by imperial favor, while the wretched prisons of the guilty were being opened, the innocent ministers of sacred law and peace were shut in by a cruel prison? That everything was thrown into confusion in the manner of war, and some were killed …
leo_great · c. 448 · score 0.01
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 …
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, …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
We cannot properly govern those entrusted to us unless we pursue with the zeal of faith those who are both destroyers and themselves destroyed, cutting them off from contact with sound minds with all the severity we can bring to bear, lest this pestilence spread further. I urge you, beloved -- I implore and warn you -- …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
He considers himself subject to no law, bound by no ordinance of God, and in his eagerness for novelty, departs from your practice and ours, adopting unlawful measures and letting what he ought to preserve fall into disuse. II. Hilary is disturbing the peace of the Church by his insubordination But with the approval, a …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.01
I am directing you to see to it that Centegus and his wife Flora receive the ten pounds of gold that have been withheld from them. I have looked into the matter and I am satisfied that this payment is properly owed. Delay in rendering just payment is itself an injustice, and I will not have the Church's administrators …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to Vincomalus, Guardian. For the benefit of the Church, it is our will and decision that -- provided you are not bound by any obligation of public service, have not been a cleric of any other city, and face no canonical objection -- you shall assume the office of Guardian of the Church. In this role you are to …
pliny_younger · c. 112 · score 0.01
To Trajan. You acted with your usual prudence, Sir, in instructing that eminent man, Calpurnius Macer, to send a legionary centurion to Byzantium. Consider, I pray, whether for similar reasons one should be sent to Juliopolis also, which, though one of the tiniest of free cities, has very heavy burdens to bear, and if …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
I need your help in compelling Stephen, who holds episcopal office, to submit himself to the judgment he has been evading. A bishop who flees from canonical examination is not only failing in his own duty — he is making a mockery of the system of ecclesiastical accountability that exists to protect the faithful. Use wh …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
He claims for himself the right to ordain bishops throughout all the provinces of Gaul and seizes the dignity that belongs to metropolitan bishops. He even diminishes the reverence owed to the blessed Peter himself with his proud assertions, for while the power of binding and loosing was given to Peter before all other …