Resultados25 letters/passages
pelagius_i · c. 558 · score 0.02
We have received your report and have carefully considered all the matters which you have referred to our judgment. The care of the apostolic see extends to all the churches throughout the world, and we are bound to respond to every question that affects the faith, the discipline, and the good order of the Church. You …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.02
And yet even this is not enough; but something besides is said to be exacted according to a custom of many years. This practice we altogether detest, and desire it to be utterly extirpated from the patrimony. But, whether in this or in other minute imposts, let your Experience consider what is paid too much per pound, …
symmachus · c. 382 · score 0.02
Word is that you've ordered Ampelius and some other senators from Sardinia, as is claimed, to appear before the appropriate court on criminal charges. I now hear they've been transferred to another tribunal. If your own recollection matches this account, I think it's only fair that you attend to the enforcement of your …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.02
Gregory to the Empress Constantina. Almighty God, who holds your devout heart in His right hand, both protects us through you and stores up for you eternal rewards in return for your earthly deeds. I have learned from the letters of my representative, the deacon Sabinianus, how justly Your Serenity has taken up the cau …
leo_great · c. 459 · score 0.02
… of the Council's decrees, we support wholeheartedly. The Lord has given you the imperial authority not only for the governance of the state but for the protection of His Church, and we are confident that you will exercise this sacred trust with the same wisdom and firmness that have distinguished your reign. Dated from …
hormisdas · c. 522 · score 0.02
Blessed be the Trinity, our God, who has committed to you the governance of the earthly empire — to whom veneration would be owed not only by right of sovereignty, but also for the modesty and integrity of your glorious purpose. For truly we glorify God in you, seeing the fulfillment of his promises and the fruit of yo …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
These things having been ordained and granted by us, study in the governing of your community to show yourself so earnest and attentive in all respects that the malice of the evil one may find nothing there that can be corrupted. All these provisions, set out in this document of injunctions, we decree to be observed, u …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.01
Gregory to the Emperor Mauricius. Anyone who is not blameless in all he does and says toward our most serene sovereigns is guilty before Almighty God. I, however, your Piety's unworthy servant, speak in this appeal neither as a bishop nor as your subject by right of the state, but in a private capacity — for, most sere …
hormisdas · c. 515 · score 0.01
Hormisdas to the Illustrious men, jointly. Although our concern for the ecclesiastical cause has never ceased, we have now been more promptly spurred by the sacred communications of the most serene Emperor, and we have sent legates with the favor of heavenly mercy — through whose office the good things we anticipate fr …
gregory_great · c. 600 · score 0.01
The monks who carry this letter are engaged in the task of recovering servants who belong to the Roman monastery of Saint Demetrius. This is a legitimate exercise of the monastery's property rights, and I ask you to assist them in their efforts. Use your authority as defender to facilitate the process wherever you can …
pliny_younger · c. 112 · score 0.01
To Trajan. Sempronius Caelianus, who is an excellent young officer, has sent me two slaves who were discovered among the recruits, and I have postponed their punishment in order to consult you, who are at once the founder and upholder of military discipline, as to the penalty I should inflict What makes me specially do …
gregory_great · c. 597 · score 0.01
We write to you concerning a matter that has been brought to our attention and demands immediate resolution. The bearer of this letter has petitioned us for justice, claiming that he was unjustly expelled from his monastery by the abbot without the hearing required by the Rule and the canons. We take such complaints se …
symmachus · c. 392 · score 0.01
To Longinianus. You previously deigned to embrace the friendship of my lord and son Flavianus, but now the time has come for you to show him proofs of true intimacy. For he has been summoned by the sacred letters of our lord Honorius, the most august emperor, to the office of the distinguished consul, and this will giv …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to the Emperor Mauricius. The generosity of my Lords, which has always mercifully sustained your servants, has shone forth here in so generous a supply that the needs of all who are weak and suffering have been relieved by your bounty. For this we all pray with tears to Almighty God -- who moved your Clemency t …
simplicius_pope · c. 468 · score 0.01
We have received through the presbyter and the deacon whom your love sent the report concerning the affairs of the church of Alexandria, and the distressing events that have unfolded there fill us with the deepest sorrow. For we have learned that after the death of the catholic bishop Timothy, the heretical Peter has b …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
I want you to correct whatever has been done in this way without delay. Slaves taken into church possession without trial should be returned before any trial, so that if the Church has a legitimate claim, the current possessors may then be dispossessed through proper legal proceedings. Correct all this permanently. You …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
The value of the farmland produce matters little to me if fraud is mixed in. If it comes to my knowledge that you are lax about this, you will be held responsible. Furthermore, I have learned that the Jews in Catania have been complaining that they were expelled by force from the site of their synagogue, which they had …
pelagius_ii · c. 585 · score 0.01
The solicitude which the blessed apostle Peter entrusted to this see for the care of all the churches compels us to respond to the matters which have been brought to our attention from your region. We have learned with deep concern of the continuing disturbances which afflict the churches and of the divisions which pre …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Your glory has been eager to send me a copy of the bond of the magnificent Libertinus, so that you might show me with what obligation and intention the same Libertinus had entered upon the dignity of the prefecture. This bond, having been read to me carefully and explained by my glorious brother the patrician Palatinus …
simplicius_pope · c. 476 · score 0.01
… rdotal ministry through the presumption of a condemned man may by a promulgated imperial constitution be ordered excluded and banished from the assembly of men; so that when these have been removed and condemned to perpetual relegation in the wilderness, Catholic bishops may be either restored to their deceived churche …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
Come to Rome as soon as you can. I need to speak with you directly about matters that cannot be resolved through correspondence. Make whatever arrangements are necessary for your monastery in your absence and set out without delay. I would not summon you away from your community without reason — the urgency is real.
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
Gregory to Anthemius, Subdeacon of Campania. Whenever we hear things about our brother bishops that show them at fault and cause us sadness, we are compelled to act for their correction. I have been told that the bishops of Campania are so negligent that, unmindful of the dignity and character of their office, they sho …
gregory_great · c. 598 · score 0.01
You recall that we directed your experience in the present matter to act justly regarding the property which is said to have been granted by way of a gift to the monastery of Saints Marcus, Marcellinus, and Felicula, which is situated at Ravenna, since you know the case well. For this reason we have thought it necessar …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to Secundinus. A monastery is in danger of falling under the control or power of a layperson. I direct you to prevent this. The principle is fundamental: monasteries are ecclesiastical institutions, governed by the church's law and protected by the church's authority. They are not to be treated as private prope …
gregory_great · c. 597 · score 0.01
Gregory to Hilarius, notary. A ship has been sent carrying supplies for the support of a monastery. I direct you to ensure that this ship is protected in all respects for the purpose for which it was sent. Monastic communities depend on reliable supply chains. When something is sent for their support, it must reach the …