Resultados24 letters/passages
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.02
Hormisdas to the Emperor Anastasius Augustus. Delivered by the bishops Ennodius and Fortunatus, the priest Venantius, the deacon Vitalis, and the notary Hilarus. It is right and beneficial that Your Serenity exercises the sharp focus of imperial authority not only in administering the affairs of the republic but, ennob …
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.02
Reply of the Senate of the City of Rome to the Emperor Anastasius Augustus. Delivered by Theopompus and Severianus, men of distinction. If the devotion of suppliants is always the first thing rulers look for, unconquered Emperor, and if the favor of one's lords is won by obedience alone, then you will surely recognize …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.02
Here begins the letter of Rechared, King of the Goths, addressed to the blessed Gregory, Bishop of Rome. Rechared to the holy lord and most blessed pope, Bishop Gregory. When the Lord in His mercy led us to break away from the impious Arian heresy, and the holy Catholic Church received us into her arms on the true path …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.02
This is contrary to the canons and the tradition of the Fathers — and it must stop. The same rule applies to all sacred orders without exception: after a proper interval, a man being ordained priest or deacon must have advanced through all the lower clerical ranks in sequence, so that he has time to learn what he will …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.02
None of this can be achieved without great labor and trouble. But let us call to mind the labors of those who went before us, and what we endure will not seem hard. For "through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God" (Acts 14:22). And again: "We were pressed beyond measure, above our strength, so that we d …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.02
One more thing: I've urged our gracious lords [the Emperor and Empress] as forcefully as I can to allow you to come here to Rome — to the threshold of Peter, prince of the apostles — with your full dignity restored, and to live with me for as long as God wills. For however long I am given to be near you, we could ease …
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.01
Hormisdas to the Emperor Anastasius Augustus. You tell me, most merciful Emperor, that your mind is consumed with eager longing until the hoped-for restoration of unity is achieved. The desire for salvation is a good thing, and the intention that commends itself to God in this way is praiseworthy. It is indeed a partic …
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.01
For even with silent lips, the person who seeks to be confirmed or corrected through the apostolic and spotless faith and through qualified preachers proclaims the radiance of a good will. Nevertheless, although there is no precedent for this in any previous age, and although no parallel case has been committed to book …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
Leo to his beloved brother Anastasius. The brotherly love of our colleagues means we read letters from our fellow priests with a grateful heart. Through correspondence we embrace one another in spirit as though face to face. But your letter stood out — the affection in it was greater than usual, for it gave a full acco …
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.01
Hormisdas to the Emperor Anastasius Augustus. Thanks be to the power above, which through the words of Your Piety has seen fit to end a long silence, granting us such a beginning to our exchange that we may both rejoice at the prosperity of Your Clemency and trust that, God willing, the holy church can return to unity. …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.01
This must not continue. The appointment of one who is to govern all must proceed from the consent of all. A man who is to preside over a community must be chosen by that community. Otherwise he will be rejected or despised by those over whom he was imposed, and a peace that should have been preserved will be disturbed …
gregory_great · c. 598 · score 0.01
Gregory to Anastasius, Patriarch of Antioch. I received the letter of your most gracious Blessedness -- it was written more in tears than in words. I saw in it a cloud rising high, as clouds do, but it carried such a darkness of sorrow that I could not easily tell at first where it came from or where it was heading. Th …
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.01
Hormisdas to the Emperor Anastasius Augustus. Delivered by Severianus. Your Clemency is right to trust, as your glorious letter conveyed to me, that your republic will especially prosper if the cause of orthodox faith is placed before all other business. This is indeed the wisest course for a ruler who has taken up the …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
On ordination standards Hold the helm entrusted to you firmly, brother, and keep your attention on everything within your charge — protecting what will earn you reward and resisting those who try to undermine canonical discipline. Throughout the provinces committed to you, let only those men be consecrated who are comm …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.01
Leo to his beloved brother Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica. I. He reminds him of his appointment as papal vicar and its responsibilities The divine kindness has so ordered it, dear brother, that some things are administered by us in person and some things are executed through you as our representative, so that by di …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
Gregory to Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch. I received the letter of your Fraternity, firmly professing the faith, and I gave great thanks to Almighty God. Even when the shepherds of his flock change, he still guards the faith he once delivered to the holy Fathers. The excellent preacher Paul says, "No one can lay any fo …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Gregory to Anastasius, Patriarch of Antioch. Your Blessedness, your letter was like rest to the exhausted, medicine to the sick, water to the thirsty, shade to someone burning in the sun. Your words didn't feel like they came from a human tongue at all — it was as though your very soul were speaking directly, laying ba …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
While each metropolitan retains his authority to ordain within his province, the ordination of metropolitans themselves must be conducted only after careful and considered judgment. We demand particular excellence in those who preside over their fellow priests. Attend to this with all diligence, so that you may be seen …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
Gregory to Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch. I have received through our common son the deacon Sabinianus the welcome letter of your most gracious Holiness, in which the words flow not from your tongue but from your soul. That is no surprise -- a man who lives rightly speaks well. And since you have learned through the Sp …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Book I, Letter 27 To Anastasius, Archbishop of Corinth [a major city in Greece]. Gregory to Anastasius. The more God's judgments exceed our understanding, the more they ought to inspire something like awe. When reason can't follow, the only honest response is to lower your head and go where the will of our Ruler leads. …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
Gregory to Anastasius, Presbyter. "A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart" (Matthew 12:35) -- and your Charity has proven this, both in how you live and in the letter you just sent me. In it I find two people debating about virtues: you championing charity, and another championing fear and …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Book I, Letter 26 To Anastasius, Patriarch of Antioch. [Note: The opening of this letter largely repeats Gregory's earlier letter to Anastasius (Letter 7 in this collection). It picks up with new content after the phrase "you who stand on the shore of virtue."] As for your calling me "the mouth and lantern of the Lord" …
gregory_great · c. 600 · score 0.01
The matters contained in your letter have been weighed with the gravity they deserve, and we respond with both the authority of our office and the affection of a brother. You ask about the proper procedure for dealing with a bishop who has been accused of heresy by members of his own clergy. The canons are clear on thi …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will (Luke 2:14) — for that great river which once left the rocky shores of Antioch dry has at last returned to its proper channel, watering the valleys below and bringing forth fruit, some thirty-fold, some sixty-f …