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epistulae_wisigothicae · c. 603 · score 0.02
To our trusted administrator, The audit of the royal estates in your district has been completed and the results have been reviewed. Overall the accounts are in order, and the revenues due to the crown have been collected and rendered correctly. We raise one question: the expenses listed for the maintenance of the esta …
braulio_zaragoza · c. 642 · score 0.02
To the most glorious and Christian King Chindasuinth, greetings in the Lord, Your recent letter on the matter of the contested bishopric in Toledo has required me to think carefully before replying, and I hope you will read this response in the spirit in which it is written — as the honest counsel of a bishop who serve …
epistulae_wisigothicae · c. 601 · score 0.02
From the royal court to our faithful servant, The matter you have brought to our attention regarding the see of [the vacant diocese] requires a decision, and we have considered it carefully. The procedure for the election of a bishop established by the councils requires the participation of the clergy and people of the …
epistulae_wisigothicae · c. 633 · score 0.02
Isidore of Seville [bishop, scholar, c.560-636] addresses the Visigothic court regarding the Fourth Council of Toledo [633], which he presided over and which would prove one of the most important church councils in early medieval Iberia. The letter communicates the council's decisions on liturgical uniformity, clerical …
epistulae_wisigothicae · c. 633 · score 0.02
An epistola from the Fourth Council of Toledo [633] addressed to the Visigothic clergy, communicating the council's... [This letter from the Epistulae Wisigothicae (Letter 24) represents official correspondence of the Visigothic clergy in Spain. The full Latin text requires further translation.]
epistulae_wisigothicae · c. 589 · score 0.02
A synodal letter from the Third Council of Toledo [589], the landmark assembly at which the Visigothic king Reccared [r.586-601] formally renounced Arianism and led his people into Catholic Christianity, ending decades of religious division in the kingdom. The letter announces and explains the conversion to the broader …
epistulae_wisigothicae · c. 598 · score 0.01
From the bishops assembled in the name of Christ, to our brothers in the faith and to our lord the king, We who have gathered in the name of the Lord to address the needs of the church in this kingdom issue the following canons, which we commend to the authority of the crown for promulgation and enforcement. On the mat …
epistulae_wisigothicae · c. 604 · score 0.01
To our lord the king and to our brothers in the faith, The election of the new bishop for the see of [the vacant diocese] has been completed according to the canonical procedure, and we write to report the outcome and to seek the royal confirmation that the law requires. The clergy and people of the diocese assembled a …
epistulae_wisigothicae · c. 589 · score 0.01
Reccared, king of the Goths, by the grace of God, to all our faithful subjects, With the blessing of God and in accordance with the decisions of the holy council assembled at Toledo, we issue the following decree regarding the properties, buildings, and revenues that formerly belonged to the Arian church in our kingdom …
epistulae_wisigothicae · c. 608 · score 0.01
To my brothers in the faith and service of Christ, I write this final letter — final in this collection, though God willing not in my life — as a kind of accounting of where we stand and where we are going. The conversion of the Visigothic kingdom to Catholic Christianity was the great event of our generation, and it w …