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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. 460 · score 0.02
Leo, the bishop, to Neo, bishop of Ravenna — greeting. I. Those taken captive in infancy who cannot remember or bring witnesses of their baptism must not be denied this sacrament. We have indeed frequently, with the Spirit of God guiding us, strengthened the brethren's hearts when they were wavering on the slippery gro …
leo_great · c. 460 · score 0.02
Nevertheless, the first marriage retains its validity, and when the first husband returns, the woman must go back to him. The children born of the second union are not to be considered illegitimate, for they were born in a marriage contracted in good faith. III. On men who were weakened in faith during captivity If any …
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. 440 · score 0.02
The only interest worth seeking is what comes from mercy shown here on earth — knowing the Lord will restore a thousandfold what endures forever. On compliance This directive makes clear: if any of our brothers attempts to contravene these rules and dares to do what is forbidden, he must know that he is liable to depos …
leo_great · c. 460 · score 0.02
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Nicetas, Bishop of Aquileia: greetings. I. Introduction My son Adeodatus, deacon of our See, on his return has delivered your request, beloved, to receive from us the guidance of the Apostolic See on matters that seem difficult to resolve but for which we must make provision in light of the nece …
leo_great · c. 453 · score 0.01
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 0.01
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. 442 · score 0.01
This fatalism destroys free will and makes God the author of sin. The Catholic faith affirms that while God governs all things by His providence, He has endowed humanity with free will, and each person bears responsibility for his own choices. No star compels a man to sin, and no celestial configuration excuses wickedn …
leo_great · c. 460 · score 0.01
Baptism performed by heretics must not be invalidated by a second baptism. But if it is established that a person has been baptized by heretics, the sacrament of regeneration must in no way be repeated. Only what was lacking before should be conferred — that is, the person should receive the power of the Holy Spirit th …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.01
Leo to Turribius, Bishop of Astorga, concerning the errors of the Priscillianists. I. Introduction: Leo has received Turribius's report on heresy in Spain We have read with deep concern, dear brother, the letter in which your loving zeal for the Catholic faith brought to our attention the errors that have taken root am …
leo_great · c. 444 · score 0.01
He would have it understood that Christ's nature belongs to His Godhead alone, so that what "took the form of a servant" and was "like us in every respect" (Philippians 2:7; Hebrews 2:17) was a kind of phantom, not the reality of our nature. II. Human salvation required the union of both natures in Christ But it is of …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.01
III. On the origin of souls They teach that human souls are a portion of the divine substance, thereby making the Creator and the creature one and the same. This blasphemy must be utterly rejected. The soul is God's creation, not a fragment of His being. To say that the soul is of the same substance as God is to subjec …
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. 447 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to the clergy, dignitaries, and people residing at Constantinople. I. He congratulates them on their forthright resistance to error Though we are deeply grieved by what is reported to have taken place recently at the council of priests at Ephesus -- because, as consistent testimony and the results …
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. 444 · score 0.01
Leo to Pulcheria Augusta. I. He reminds Pulcheria of her former services to the Church and urges her involvement in the Eutychian controversy How great is the protection the Lord has extended to His Church through your piety, most serene Augusta, we have confirmed by many proofs. And whatever stand the priesthood has m …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.01
The God of the Old Testament and the God of the New are one and the same. The Law and the Prophets prepared the way for the Gospel. Christ Himself testified: "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill" (Matthew 5:17). VI. On the devil and the origin of evil Th …
leo_great · c. 443 · score 0.01
Letter 28: The Tome of Leo. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople. I. Eutyches has been driven into his error by presumption and ignorance Having read your letter, beloved -- and we are surprised it arrived so late -- and having examined the detailed record of the bishops' proceedings, we have at last discovered what sc …
leo_great · c. 460 · score 0.01
They have already been heard. They have already been answered. They have already been condemned. There is nothing left to discuss with them. If your Majesty permits the faith to be debated again, the heretics will interpret this not as an exercise of fairness but as an admission that the Council's definition was uncert …
leo_great · c. 453 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Pulcheria Augusta. I. He congratulates the Empress on the triumph of the faith but deplores a new controversy We rejoice beyond words with your Grace that the Catholic faith has been defended against heretics and peace restored to the whole Church through your clemency's holy and God-pleasing ze …
leo_great · c. 443 · score 0.01
Thus, without the devil's knowledge, the sin would not stand, and man, led by the craft of the devil's wickedness into guilt, would not perish contrary to the purposes of God. The Son of God therefore enters these lowly conditions of the world, descending from His heavenly throne yet not departing from the Father's glo …
leo_great · c. 447 · score 0.01
II. Those who deny the truth of Christ's flesh must be rejected Let such men be excluded by the holy members of Christ's body, and let Catholic liberty not submit to the yoke of unbelievers. For those who deny the nature of our flesh in Christ are to be counted outside the scope of divine grace and outside the mystery …
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 …