Resultados25 letters/passages
epistulae_langobardorum · c. 641 · score 0.02
Rothari, king of the Lombards, to the most holy Bishop John. I write to you in the spirit of the correspondence that has existed between the Lombard kings and the bishops of Rome for the past three generations, which I regard as useful to both parties even when we do not agree on all things. The specific matter: I have …
epistulae_merowingici · c. 604 · score 0.02
Theudebert, king, to the most holy Pope Gregory. I write to the successor of Peter with the reverence due his office and with several requests that I believe are within his pastoral authority to grant. First: the ecclesiastical situation in several cities of my kingdom where the episcopal succession has been disputed r …
boniface · c. 742 · score 0.02
Peter's word and the Apostolic See's command, which neither present nor future generations will presume to change in defiance of the authority of the Apostolic See. Let it be known to you also, Holy Father, that Carloman, Emperor of the Franks, summoned me to his presence and desired me to convoke a synod in that part …
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.02
Copy of the report of John, bishop of Nicopolis. Delivered by his deacon Rufinus. To my lord, all-holy and most blessed father of fathers, fellow minister and prince of bishops, Hormisdas: John sends greetings in the Lord. My constant concern has always been to seek nothing beyond managing my own affairs and committing …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.02
From John, Bishop of Ravenna, to Pope Gregory. My most reverend colleague Castorius, notary of your Apostolic See, has delivered my lord's letter to me — a letter compounded of honey and venom. Yet it has driven its stings in deeply enough while still leaving room for the healing remedy. For my lord, even while he repr …
boniface · c. 745 · score 0.02
They are not performing their penance in accordance with the sentence passed upon them but, on the contrary, they are still leading the people astray. For this reason I have been despatched with this letter from my master and offer it to Your Apostolic Holiness that it may be read out this sacred council. The reply was …
epistulae_merowingici · c. 596 · score 0.01
Brunhild, queen, to the most blessed and holy Pope Gregory. I write to the shepherd of all shepherds with respect for your office and with genuine need for your support. The work of building up the church in the territories I govern is ongoing, and it requires resources, patronage, and — I want to be honest — the prest …
boniface · c. 751 · score 0.01
It is my desire, sustained by your prayers and led by God's grace, to continue my close relations with you and to remain in your service among the German people to whom I was sent, and to follow your directions as it is written:[Ecclus iii.2] "Hear the judgment of your father, 0 my children, and so act that you may be …
ennodius_pavia · c. 501 · score 0.01
To Pope Symmachus, from Ennodius. While the apostolic see is graced by the care of Your Holiness's crown, and the heavenly governance of the Church proceeds under your direction, those of us who serve the faith from a distance take comfort in knowing that the head is sound. The attacks you face are known to me, and the …
boniface · c. 745 · score 0.01
Leoban sent the letter to the city of Westphalia, where it was received by a priest Macrius. He sent the letter to Mont St. Michel. In the end, through the intervention of an angel, the letter reached Rome, even the tombs of the Apostles, where the keys of the kingdom of heaven are. And the twelve dignitaries who are i …
epistulae_langobardorum · c. 627 · score 0.01
Arioald, king, to the most holy Bishop Honorius. I have received your letter about Bishop Probus, and I want to respond honestly. The situation is more complicated than your letter suggests, and I think you know that. Probus was indeed associated with the political faction of my predecessor's court. In a kingdom where …
boniface · c. 742 · score 0.01
Of such matters the Apostle says reprovingly: " You have begun to observe special days and months, special seasons and years. I am anxious over you: has all the labour I have spent on you been useless? " And St. Augustine says: " The man who puts his faith in such nonsense as incantations, fortune-tellers, soothsayers, …
boniface · c. 752 · score 0.01
[Context: On the death of Pope Zacharias a certain Stephen was elected (23 March 752) but died three days later before his consecration could take place. Early writers did not include him in the fist of Popes and this has caused confusion in the numbering of the Popes Stephen. Tbe Pope who is addressed here is Stephen …
pope_hilary · c. 461 · score 0.01
Would that I were able to obey your commands, venerable archdeacon Hilary, with effect as readily as with desire. For this is indeed an arduous work and the capacity of my understanding is slight. I however, for what concerns me, even if I am surpassed by the magnitude of the assigned material, shall be sufficiently sa …
ennodius_pavia · c. 499 · score 0.01
Ennodius to Pope Symmachus. [Pope Symmachus (r. 498-514) was a pope whom Ennodius energetically defended during the disputed papal election of 498-502. This letter concerns a property settlement.] Your apostolic condescension has raised me to the point of boldness: the confidence you granted has become the mother of my …
boniface · c. 742 · score 0.01
Among them are bishops who deny the charges of fornication and adultery but who, nevertheless, are shiftless drunkards, addicted to the chase, who march armed into battle and shed with their own hands the blood of Christians and heathens alike. Since I am recognised as the servant and legate of the Apostolic See, my de …
hormisdas · c. 515 · score 0.01
Copy of the report of John, Bishop of Constantinople. To my lord, holy in every way, most blessed brother and fellow minister Hormisdas — John sends greetings in the Lord. I greet Your Holiness, dearest brother in Christ, and in greeting I proclaim: the true faith is safe, and the love of brotherhood is confirmed. This …
boniface · c. 745 · score 0.01
In the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ. In the twenty-sixth year of the reign of our august lord, the Emperor Constantine, in the fifth year of his consulship, the 25th of October, the fourteenth indiction, the holy and blessed Pope Zacharias presided over a council held in the Lateran Basilica, at which the following b …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.01
John, bishop of Ravenna, to his most holy lord and most blessed father Gregory, pope. I have received your letter with the corrections and reproaches it contained, and I address each point in turn with as much humility and honesty as I can manage. You have been harder on me than I expected, but perhaps not harder than …
boniface · c. 745 · score 0.01
They should receive a sentence commensurate with their crimes." Zacharias, the Pope, said: " It is rather too late today, but at the next session, when we have heard the account of his life, the prayer he composed for himself and the rest of his malpractices, we may, by the help of God, come to a unanimous decision on …
pope_hilary · c. 462 · score 0.01
Leontius, bishop of Arles, to the most holy Pope Hilary, greetings. That we have lost Leo, the most holy and learned bishop who governed the apostolic see with such distinction for so many years, is a grief that the whole church shares. That we have gained in you a successor who was formed in his school, who served him …
boniface · c. 751 · score 0.01
The Pontiff also told me to make reports to the Apostolic See on the life and customs of the races I visited. And this I hope that I have done. But on the matter which I made known to you about the archbishops making their pleas for pallia from Rome, as the Franks promised they would, I crave the indulgence of the Apos …
boniface · c. 751 · score 0.01
To the most reverend and beloved lord and master to be revered in fear and honour, Zacharias, invested with the privilege of the apostolic office and raised to the dignity of the Apostolic See, Boniface, your humble and most unworthy servant, but your devoted legate in Germany, sends greetings of unfailing love. I beg …
boniface · c. 742 · score 0.01
[Context: Pope Zacharias (741-52) was of Greek extraction. He seems to have been less understanding of Boniface's difficulties than the previous Popes, though to him must be ascribed the confirmation of the synods and much else that Boniface undertook. It was through his efforts that the Synod of Cloveshoe in England, …
pope_hilary · c. 466 · score 0.01
The bishops of the province of Tarraconensis to the most holy Pope Hilary, greetings. We write to lay before the apostolic see two matters on which we need guidance. The first: Bishop Silvanus of Calahorra has consecrated a bishop for a see whose people had not requested a bishop and without following the procedure est …