Resultados25 letters/passages
leo_great · c. 461 · score 0.02
Endure with patience what you cannot change, and trust that the same Lord who gave you the charge will give you the strength to bear it. III. Replies to his canonical questions To the specific questions you have raised, we respond as follows: Concerning those who, under threat of torture or death during barbarian invas …
leo_great · c. 453 · score 0.02
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Julian, Bishop of Cos. I. He laments the recent violence in Palestine The information you provide, brother, about the riotous actions of the false monks is grave and deeply lamentable. These disturbances are the direct result of the war that the wicked Eutyches, through the madness of his deceiv …
leo_great · c. 443 · score 0.02
For both the moderation of the Church and the devout faith of our most godly Emperor require us to show great concern for the peace of Christendom — so that disagreements may be resolved, the Catholic Faith kept intact, and those whose faith has been proven may be strengthened by our authority, once those who hold wron …
leo_great · c. 453 · score 0.02
We therefore urge that the ringleaders of these disturbances be removed from the vicinity where they can do further harm. Their influence must be broken, and the faithful must be reassured that the Catholic truth, confirmed by the Council and by the authority of the Apostolic See, stands firm against all assaults. Let …
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 …
leo_great · c. 443 · score 0.02
The first letter from Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople, to Pope Leo. I. The devil's scheming has led Eutyches astray To the most holy and God-loving father and fellow bishop Leo: Flavian sends greetings in the Lord. Nothing can restrain the devil's wickedness -- that restless evil, full of deadly poison (James 3:8). " …
leo_great · c. 443 · score 0.01
Accordingly, he was deposed by the synod and stripped of all priestly dignity for his estrangement from the true faith, as the acts of the synod, which we have sent to Your Holiness, will make clear. We have written this account so that what has been done here may be known to Your Holiness, and so that, since this matt …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
He wishes to be informed how far she succeeds. If, then, those who have erred revere and love the name of Catholic, and wish to be counted among the members of the Lord's body, let them reject the twisted errors they have rashly committed. Let them show repentance for their wicked blasphemies and acts of bloodshed. For …
leo_great · c. 454 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Julian, Bishop of Cos. I. After expressing thanks for Julian's sympathy, he protests the removal of Aetius from the archdeaconry I recognize in your letter, beloved, the sentiments of brotherly affection, in that you share our genuine grief at the many grievous trials we have endured. But we pra …
leo_great · c. 461 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Rusticus, Bishop of Gallia Narbonensis, with replies to his questions on various points. I. He urges moderation toward two priests who have offended Rusticus Your letter, brother, which your archdeacon Hermes brought, I have gladly received. The number of different matters it contains makes it l …
leo_great · c. 444 · score 0.01
From this letter, you also, beloved, and the whole Church may know about the ancient and unchanging Faith that this unlearned opponent has attacked: what we hold as handed down from God and what we preach without alteration. Yet, because we must not forget our duty of mercy, we have judged it consistent with our priest …
leo_great · c. 459 · score 0.01
They cannot bear the light that exposed their error, and so they seek to extinguish it. But the truth, once proclaimed, cannot be unsaid. The five hundred and twenty bishops who spoke with one voice at Chalcedon spoke not their own words but the words of the Holy Spirit, and their decree stands forever. We therefore co …
leo_great · c. 451 · score 0.01
The doctrine of the holy Fathers is the measuring line against which all new claims must be tested. We must hold fast to the faith that the eternal Son of God became true man without ceasing to be true God, and that in one Person two complete natures are preserved, united without confusion, without conversion, without …
leo_great · c. 459 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Leo Augustus. I. There is no need to reopen the question of doctrine now Your clemency's letter, full of vigorous faith and the light of truth, I have received with the deepest respect. I wish I could comply even with the suggestion of my personal attendance, which your Majesty considers necessa …
leo_great · c. 457 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of the City of Rome, to Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem. I. He rejoices at Juvenal's return to orthodoxy, though chiding him for having gone astray When I received your letter, beloved -- brought to me by our sons Andrew the presbyter and Peter the deacon -- I rejoiced that you had been permitted to return to …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
I have never denied the reality of Christ's human flesh. I have never suggested that His body was of a different substance from ours. I have never taught that the two natures were confused or mingled into a third thing that is neither God nor man. What I have taught -- and what the universal Church confesses -- is that …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.01
He thanks him for his information about the revival of Nestorianism and commends his zeal. Leo, the bishop, to his dearly beloved son, Eutyches [a prominent monk and abbot in Constantinople], presbyter. Your letter has brought to our attention, beloved, that through the efforts of certain individuals, the heresy of Nes …
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 …
leo_great · c. 457 · score 0.01
The heresy of Eutyches is not dead simply because the Council condemned it; it lives on in the hearts of those who refuse to accept that Christ is truly man as well as truly God. Stand firm upon the rock of the Apostles' confession. Let no fear of human power and no desire for human approval cause you to waver again. T …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
To Eudocia Augusta [wife of Emperor Theodosius II, living in Jerusalem after 443], about the monks of Palestine. I. A request that she use her influence with the monks of Palestine to restore order. Leo, the bishop, to Eudocia Augusta. I have no doubt that your piety is aware of my great devotion to the Catholic Faith, …
leo_great · c. 444 · score 0.01
He acknowledges their zeal and refers them to the Tome. To his beloved sons Faustus, Martinus, and the rest of the archimandrites [heads of monasteries] — Leo the bishop. Since I was already sending representatives on behalf of the Faith that Eutyches [a monk in Constantinople who taught that Christ had only one nature …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
It is the faith of Nicaea restated and confirmed; the faith of the Apostles, of the Prophets, and of the Fathers, vindicated against both the heresy that divides Christ and the heresy that dissolves His true humanity. That definition now stands as the permanent standard of the Church's confession, and whoever opposes i …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to his beloved brother Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus. I. He congratulates Theodoret on their shared victory, and approves of honest inquiry that leads to good results On the return of our brothers and fellow bishops, whom the See of the blessed Peter sent to the holy council, we learned, beloved, of …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to the whole body of monks settled throughout Palestine. I. They may have been misled by a faulty translation of his letter on the Incarnation The anxious care that I owe to the whole Church and to all her children has made me aware, through many sources, that some offense has been given to your mi …
leo_great · c. 446 · score 0.01
These Apostles have made your see glorious: this is the chief of all your blessings. And their see is still graced by the light of God's presence, since He has placed Your Holiness there to shed abroad the rays of the one true faith. II. He commends Leo's zeal against the Manichaeans and, more recently, against Eutychi …