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symmachus · c. 375 · score 0.02
[This entry preserves only a heading reference to the year 389 AD. The main text of the letter has been lost in transmission.]
pelagius_ii · c. 585 · score 0.02
May God therefore command him to come swiftly to our rescue, before the army of this most wicked nation — God forbid — is able to seize the places still held by the state. For "those who act wickedly shall be cut off, and the enemies" [Psalm 36:9] of the Lord shall perish. Send the priest back to us quickly, God willin …
pelagius_ii · c. 585 · score 0.02
Pelagius, bishop of the city of Rome, to his most beloved brother Aunarius. I write to commend to you the orthodox faith of the Frankish kings, and to urge you to use your influence with them on a matter of the gravest practical importance. The Lombards who occupy much of Italy are not merely a military threat to the r …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.02
Gregory to Hospito, Duke of the Barbaricini. Since no one else of your people is a Christian, I know you are better than all your kinsmen — for you alone among them have been found to be a Christian. While all the Barbaricini live like mindless animals, not knowing the true God but worshipping sticks and stones, the ve …
pelagius_ii · c. 585 · score 0.02
Pelagius, bishop, to his beloved son Gregory, deacon [Gregory was serving as the papal ambassador (apocrisiarius) at the imperial court in Constantinople]. We have taken care to inform you of everything necessary through Honoratus the notary, whom we have sent to you along with our brother and fellow bishop Sebastianus …
simplicius_pope · c. 469 · score 0.02
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 …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
My dear Leander — you of all people will understand what I am about to say: this office is a burden beyond what any man can rightly be expected to carry. The cares of it press on me daily, and the infirmities of my body, which never leave me, make the load heavier than I can describe. I long for the contemplative life …
leo_great · c. 445 · score 0.01
To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles. He asks him to deal with the imposture of a certain Petronianus. Leo the Pope to his beloved brother Ravennius. We want you to be watchful and careful so that no blameworthy presumption leads to unwarranted claims — for once such a thing finds an opening through cunning stealth, it grows …
symmachus · c. 375 · score 0.01
And if fortune favors, I'll follow the letter in person soon. [The Latin manuscript tradition for this letter (Symmachus, Epistulae Book 8, Letter 19) is heavily corrupt or fragmentary. The above is a partial rendering based on the best available source.]
pope_john_iii · c. 567 · score 0.01
The care of the apostolic see, which by the grace of God extends to all the churches throughout the world, compels us to address the matters which have been brought to our attention. We have received reports concerning the state of the churches in your region, and we are moved by the needs of the faithful to respond wi …
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. 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 …
gregory_great · c. 602 · score 0.01
Gregory to Chrysanthus, bishop of Spoleto. From the report of certain persons, we have learned that the priests of the territory of Nursia are living with women who are strangers to them. For this reason, let your fraternity know that we are greatly saddened, that you have so long failed — if indeed you knew — to corre …
pope_hilary · c. 467 · score 0.01
Those who have been illegally ordained must be dealt with according to the canons, and provision must be made so that no church has two bishops at the same time. If Irenaeus does not return to his own church, he shall be subjected to the condemnation prescribed by the canons for those who abandon their sees. These are …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
The affliction of your fraternity, which we have learned you have suffered from the loss of your people, has cast so great a cause of grief upon us that, since charity has made us two into one, our heart feels itself burned especially in your tribulations. But in this sorrow the holiness of your patience has greatly co …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
Gregory to Innocentius, prefect of Africa. I have two feelings about your appointment as prefect of Africa, and I want to be honest about both. The first is genuine joy. I know you and respect you, and the knowledge that a man of your character and ability will be governing Africa is a source of real consolation. The p …
symmachus · c. 375 · score 0.01
Break into the gifts of familiar writing and share with me whatever you've accomplished in administering the city's... [The Latin manuscript tradition for this letter (Symmachus, Epistulae Book 8, Letter 20) is heavily corrupt or fragmentary. The above is a partial rendering based on the best available source.]
pliny_younger · c. 107 · score 0.01
To Maximus. My affection for you is such that I feel compelled not to direct you - for you have no need of a director - but to strongly advise you to keep in strict remembrance certain points that you are well aware of, and to realise their truth even more than you now do. Bear in mind that you have been sent to the pr …
gelasius_i · c. 494 · score 0.01
Pope Gelasius I to Rusticus (25 January 494). Gelasius touches in passing on how much consolation he draws from Rusticus's affection for the apostolic see, and how much he endures on account of the Acacian schism. He commends Bishop Epiphanius and instructs Rusticus on ecclesiastical discipline, warning that divine aut …
gregory_great · c. 602 · score 0.01
Your letter reached us at a time when we were burdened with many cares, yet we could not postpone our response to the matters you raised, for they touch upon the welfare of souls entrusted to our common care. You ask how to deal with the recent converts from paganism who still cling to certain superstitious practices. …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Book II, Letter 41 To Leander, Bishop of Seville [Gregory's close friend in Visigothic Spain]. Gregory to Leander. The bearers of this letter, returning to Spain, have given me a welcome opportunity to write to you. Though I am heavily burdened with the weight of my pastoral duties and frequently crushed by the concern …
pope_hilary · c. 467 · score 0.01
After we received the letters of your love, by which you asked that the presumptions of Silvanus, bishop of the church of Calagurris, be restrained, and again you sought that the quite illicit wishes of the people of Barcelona be confirmed, the letters of the honored men and possessors of the cities of Turiasso, Cascan …
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 …
symmachus · c. 395 · score 0.01
There is plenty to write about, but my spirit recoils from speaking things that are painful to recall. I can see, though, that news about the city can't be suppressed -- and rumor, as it loves to do, will exaggerate the present situation. So to prevent that, I've attached a brief summary of what you need to know: this …
innocent_i · c. 401 · score 0.01
Pope Innocent I to Jerome, Priest (in Bethlehem). Innocent observes that the Apostle testifies that contention never produces anything good in the Church, and therefore orders that the first step against heretics should be rebuke rather than prolonged debate. When this rule is neglected, the evil that should be checked …