Resultados25 letters/passages
boniface · c. 719 · score 0.02
Finally, we command you that in admitting within the Church those who have some kind of belief in God you will insist upon using the sacramental discipline prescribed in the official ritual formulary of the Holy Apostolic See. Whatever means you find lacking in the furtherance of your work, you are to report to us as o …
boniface · c. 726 · score 0.02
If they obey, they will save their souls, and you, on your side, will attain your reward. Do not refuse to eat and speak with them at the same table. It often happens that where correction fails to bring men to an acknowledgment of the truth, the constant and gentle persuasion of their table companions leads them back …
boniface · c. 743 · score 0.02
Be assured that you have a special place in our affections and that it would give us great pleasure to have you always by our side as a minister of God in charge of the churches of Christ. Finally, beloved brother, take strength in God. Persevere manfully in the work to which God'. in His mercy, has called you; for the …
boniface · c. 751 · score 0.02
Pope Zacharias to Bishop Boniface and through him to the abbots of the monastery built by him, in succession for ever. Since reasonable requests ought always to be granted, it is right that the devotion of the founder of a house of prayer should not be denied the grant of privileges. For this reason, since you have ask …
boniface · c. 722 · score 0.02
Gregory, the servant of the servants of God, to the clergy and people [of Thuringia], greeting in the Lord. Acceding without delay to your praiseworthy desire, we have raised our colleague Boniface to the episcopal dignity. We have commanded him not to ordain a man who has been married twice or one who has married a wo …
boniface · c. 722 · score 0.02
Pope Gregory to his distinguished sons Asulf, Godolaus, Wilareus, Gundhar, Alvold and all the faithful of Thuringia who are beloved of God. The report of your loyalty to Christ and of your steadfast answers to the heathen when they urged you to return to the worship of idols that you would rather die than break faith w …
boniface · c. 723 · score 0.01
As for the bishop who was too lazy to preach the Word of God and now claims a part of your diocese, we have written to our son, Duke Charles, asking him to restrain him, and we believe that he will put a stop to it. For your part, however, continue to preach in season and out of season. We have written to the people of …
boniface · c. 726 · score 0.01
This we strictly forbid, for it is an impious thing to allow children who have been offered to God by their parents to follow their baser instincts for pleasure. You mention also that some have been baptized by adulterous and unworthy priests without being questioned on their belief in the articles of the Creed. In suc …
boniface · c. 719 · score 0.01
[Context: Gregory was known as "The Younger ", 715-31. It was to him that Abbot Ceolfrid brought the famous Codex Amiatinus, so precious for establishing the text of the Vulgate, and on his encouragement that King Ina, on his visit to Rome, founded the Schola Anglorum, later the nursery of many martyrs during the Refor …
boniface · c. 722 · score 0.01
Having learned, beloved son in Christ, that you are a man of deeply religious feeling, we make known to you that our brother Boniface, who now stands before you, a man of sterling faith and character, has been consecrated bishop by us, and after being instructed in the teachings of the Holy Apostolic See, over which by …
boniface · c. 722 · score 0.01
If, therefore, any man assists and gives succour to this servant of God sent by the Apostolic See for the enlightenment of the heathen, may he enjoy through the prayers of the princes of the Apostles the fellowship of the saints and martyrs of Jesus Christ. But if (which God forbid) any man should attempt to hinder his …
boniface · c. 732 · score 0.01
Gregory, the servant of the servants of God, to our most reverend and holy brother Bishop Boniface, sent by this apostolic Church of God for the enlightenment of the German people who live in the shadow of death, steeped in error. It was a source of great satisfaction to us to learn from a repeated reading of your lett …
boniface · c. 743 · score 0.01
Brought up at Saint Denys, he was more religious than his brother Pippin the Short and was of great assistance to Boniface. He eventually abdicated and entered the monastic life. But they attach no importance to this and proceed to call down on themselves the wrath of God by committing the still greater, crime of murde …
boniface · c. 743 · score 0.01
Peter, the Apostle, or in the city of Rome, we consider them to be sinful and pernicious not only for us but for all Christians, according to God's word in the Scriptures: " Jacob needs no soothsayer, Israel no divination: time will reveal the marvellous things God does to them." We consider also that auguries and divi …
boniface · c. 743 · score 0.01
Zacharias, servant of the servants of God, to his very reverend' and holy brother and fellow bishop Boniface. When we received your letter, most holy brother, which was brought to us by your priest Denehard, and heard that you were in good health (as we hope you may always be), we gave thanks to Almighty God who has de …
boniface · c. 726 · score 0.01
Nevertheless, he should continue to support the woman who is sick, unless she has contracted the disease through her own fault. As regards a priest or bishop who has been accused by the people, if the evidence for the charge against him is not substantiated by reliable witnesses he should protest his innocence on oath …
boniface · c. 724 · score 0.01
Our Lord, Jesus Christ, came down from heaven and, true God as He was, became Man, suffered and was crucified for our sakes was buried and the third day rose again from the dead and ascended into heaven. But to His holy Apostles he said: " Go, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and, of the Son …
boniface · c. 743 · score 0.01
For a long time no council has been held there, and as a result many who call themselves priests hardly know what the priesthood is. When Carloman has put his promises into effect and you take your place by his side at the council, if you see bishops, priests or deacons living in adultery or having more than one wife i …
boniface · c. 739 · score 0.01
Those who were baptized with a formula expressed in a heathen tongue, provided their Baptism was performed in the name of the Trinity should be confirmed with sacred chrism and the laying-on-of-hands. Bishop Vivilo was consecrated by us. If, however, he has deviated from orthodox teaching in any point, correct and inst …
boniface · c. 732 · score 0.01
If you are able, forbid those whose wives have died to enter into second marriages. We declare that no one who has slain his father, mother., brother or sister can receive the Holy Eucharist except at the point of death. He must abstain from eating meat and drinking wine as long as he lives. He must fast on every Monda …
boniface · c. 739 · score 0.01
Gregory, servant of the servants of God. A sentence of the teacher of all nations, the celebrated Apostle St. Paul, tells us that everything helps to secure the good of those who love God. Therefore when we learned from your report that God in His mercy had loosed a great number of the German people from the toils of p …
boniface · c. 722 · score 0.01
Bishop Gregory, servant of the servants of God, to all the very reverend and holy brethren, fellow-bishops, religious priests and deacons, dukes, provosts, counts and all Christian men who fear God. Knowing that some of the peoples in the parts of Germany that lie on the eastern bank of the Rhine have been led astray b …
boniface · c. 732 · score 0.01
If you find that he has fallen into error again we command you by the authority of the Holy See to correct and discipline him in accordance with the sacred canons, as also any other person you should meet like him. For when he came here he said, " I am a priest ", and he asked for letters of recommendation to our son C …
boniface · c. 726 · score 0.01
Gregory, the servant of the servants of God, to Boniface, our most holy brother and colleague in the episcopate. Your devout messenger Denual has brought us the welcome news that you are well and that, by the help of God, you are making progress in the work for which you were sent. He also delivered to us letters from …
boniface · c. 723 · score 0.01
[Context: To his most reverend brother and fellow-bishop Boniface,] Gregory, the servant of the servants of God. Moved by our anxiety for the charge committed to us and by the words of the Gospel, which says, "You must ask the lord to whom the harvest belongs to send labourers out to the harvesting", we sent you just a …