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gregory_great · c. 600 · score 0.02
Gregory to Maximus, Bishop of Salona. When our mutual friend the priest Veteranus arrived in Rome, he found me so weakened by gout that I could not personally answer your Fraternity's letters. Regarding the Slavic nation [the Slavs, who were pressing into the Balkans and threatening the Dalmatian coast], from which you …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.02
This faith is no novelty; it is the ancient apostolic teaching, received from the Fathers, tested by the Councils, and confirmed by the authority of the blessed Peter through his See. Let the memory of Nestorius and Eutyches serve as a warning to all who would tamper with the mystery of the Incarnation. The Son of God …
augustine_hippo · c. 389 · score 0.02
If you have a taste for ridicule, you have ample material among your own gods: Stercutius the dung god, Cloacina the sewer goddess, the Bald Venus, the gods Fear and Pallor, the goddess Fever, and countless others of the same caliber, to whom the ancient Roman idolaters built temples and offered worship. If you neglect …
augustine_hippo · c. 389 · score 0.02
In that spectacle, if you truly are possessed by a god, you surely see what kind of deity he must be — one who robs people of their reason. If, on the other hand, the frenzy is only pretended, then what is the point of all this secrecy in a worship you boast of as public? And what good purpose does so degrading a decep …
avitus_vienne · c. 501 · score 0.02
Bishop Avitus to Bishop Maximus. The delicacies you sent are indeed magnificent and wonderfully generous — in their quantity, their timing, and their quality. And yet they cannot match your affection, your devotion, and your thoughtfulness. This proves that it was not your goodwill but your presence that was lacking. T …
augustine_hippo · c. 389 · score 0.02
Augustine to Maximus of Madaura. 1. Are we having a serious discussion, or do you simply want us to amuse each other? From the tone of your letter, I honestly cannot tell whether it is the weakness of your position or the charm of your personality that has led you to be more witty than weighty in your arguments. First, …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Maximus, Bishop of Antioch, by the hand of Marian the presbyter and Olympius the deacon. I. The faith is the mean between the two extremes of Eutyches and Nestorius How deeply, beloved, you have at heart the most sacred unity of our common faith and the tranquil harmony of the Church's peace, th …
pliny_younger · c. 107 · score 0.01
To Maximus. I have often advised you to publish at the earliest possible opportunity the speeches which you composed either in your defence or against Planta, * or, I should rather say, in your defence and against Planta, for so the subject-matter required. Now that I hear of his death, I do most earnestly beg and advi …
pliny_younger · c. 107 · score 0.01
To Maximus. I find in study both delight and consolation. There is nothing in the world so pleasant as to give more pleasure than study can bestow, and there is no sorrow so grievous that it cannot alleviate. So while I have been sorely troubled by the illness of my wife and the ill-health of my household, some of whom …
augustine_hippo · c. 389 · score 0.01
2. As for your collection of certain Carthaginian names of deceased persons, by which you think you can reproach our religion in what seems to you a clever way — I am not sure whether I should answer this jab or let it pass. If these things strike your good sense as the trifles they really are, I have no time for such …