Resultados25 letters/passages
gregory_great · c. 600 · score 0.02
Gregory to Maximus, Bishop of Salona. When our mutual friend the priest Veteranus arrived in Rome, he found me so weakened by gout that I could not personally answer your Fraternity's letters. Regarding the Slavic nation [the Slavs, who were pressing into the Balkans and threatening the Dalmatian coast], from which you …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.02
Gregory to Phocas Augustus. It gives us joy to consider, with rejoicing and deep thanksgiving, what praises we owe Almighty God now that the yoke of sorrow has been lifted and we have come to times of freedom under the imperial authority of Your Benign Piety. That Your Serenity has not found a deacon of the Apostolic S …
gregory_great · c. 597 · score 0.02
The men who bear this letter to you are from Histria [Istria] and are seeking their bishop, who I believe is currently residing somewhere in Sicily. I ask you to assist them in locating him and in whatever they need to complete their journey safely. These are troubled times for travel, especially for men coming from a …
symmachus · c. 376 · score 0.02
My brother Entrechius, a man of distinction, sent his children away -- driven by a father's impatient love, with the city's shortages adding urgency to their departure. They set out without waiting for the proper season. Since sea travel is impossible right now, they'll stay briefly on the Campanian coast. But please s …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.02
The church of Populonia has been left destitute of priestly ministry — there is no one there to give penance to the dying, no one to baptize the newly born. This state of affairs must be remedied immediately. I am therefore directing you to visit Populonia, assess the condition of the community, and ordain whatever pri …
gregory_great · c. 600 · score 0.02
The bearer of this letter is Candidus the abbot, a man of God whom I commend to your care and hospitality. He carries with him relics which I am sending for the benefit of your community, and I ask you to receive both him and these sacred gifts with all due reverence. Sardinia is far from Rome in miles but not in our p …
symmachus · c. 372 · score 0.01
The fortunes of our shared homeland have been reduced to such dire straits that the worst must be avoided. I want to send your brother back to you immediately. Please provide him with pack animals so that his haste can be properly supported. As for my daughter, she must not be subjected to the hardship of travel, as I …
pope_john_iii · c. 567 · score 0.01
The care of the apostolic see, which by the grace of God extends to all the churches throughout the world, compels us to address the matters which have been brought to our attention. We have received reports concerning the state of the churches in your region, and we are moved by the needs of the faithful to respond wi …
symmachus · c. 373 · score 0.01
Whole cohorts of letters follow in the wake of your departure, and just as some people seek Athens for its schools or the gymnasiums of the Muses, so your travels attract an admiring crowd. And I don't imagine that a man blessed with the resources of high office finds it burdensome to host friends. So feed these schola …
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 …
pope_symmachus · c. 508 · score 0.01
King Sigismund to Pope Symmachus — dictated by Bishop Avitus in the name of the lord King Sigismund, addressed to Pope Symmachus of Rome. Through the deacon Julian, King Sigismund requests sacred relics from Pope Symmachus, having already received others previously. 1. Since the sacred pledges of relics, with which thr …
gregory_great · c. 601 · score 0.01
Donatus, the bearer of this letter, reports that he is oppressed by various troubles there, and has asked to be supported by ecclesiastical protection. Therefore we command your experience by authority that you defend the same Donatus with equity preserved, and do not permit him to be subjected to any burdens or damage …
leo_great · c. 447 · score 0.01
From Galla Placidia Augusta [mother of Emperor Valentinian III, and effective ruler of the Western Roman Empire] to Theodosius [Emperor Theodosius II of the Eastern Empire]. To the Lord Theodosius, Conqueror and Emperor, her ever august son — Galla Placidia, most pious and prosperous, perpetual Augusta and mother. When …
gregory_great · c. 602 · score 0.01
Your letter reached us at a time when we were burdened with many cares, yet we could not postpone our response to the matters you raised, for they touch upon the welfare of souls entrusted to our common care. You ask how to deal with the recent converts from paganism who still cling to certain superstitious practices. …
symmachus · c. 386 · score 0.01
You were joking, I think, when you wrote that you'd been frightened by soldiers on the road -- a transparent excuse to keep us from following you deep into Campania. If even you, a man who spent years in military camps, felt some alarm, what would a soft civilian like me have suffered? But I won't let a pretended scare …
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 …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Book I, Letter 36 To Peter the Subdeacon [Gregory's delegate in Sicily]. Gregory, bishop, servant of the servants of God, to Peter the Subdeacon. The instructions I gave you when you departed for Sicily must be studied carefully. The greatest attention must be paid to ensuring that bishops do not involve themselves in …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
The bearer of this letter is Fuscus, abbot of a monastery known to us, who has undertaken this journey in pursuit of his community's needs. I commend him and his monastery warmly to Your Fraternity. Please receive him with the hospitality his office deserves and assist him in whatever he requires. A bishop who supports …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
I have received troubling reports about abuses of the defensorship in Sicily — men who have arrogated to themselves the title and authority of defender without proper appointment from this see. This must stop. The office of defender exists to protect the poor and the Church's interests, not to be usurped as a tool of p …
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. 601 · score 0.01
Gregory to Theoderic, King of the Franks. Your Excellency's letter -- a window into your heart -- has shown in its clear and flowing language what great prudence accompanies your royal power. There can be no doubt about the truth of whatever fame has reported in your praise. And since you indicate that my exhortation h …
gregory_great · c. 600 · score 0.01
We address you on a matter of pastoral discipline that requires your immediate attention. It has come to our knowledge that certain priests in your diocese are admitting persons to baptism without adequate instruction in the faith. This practice, while perhaps motivated by zeal for winning souls, is dangerous and contr …
symmachus · c. 378 · score 0.01
With the blessing of the divine powers, my son Symmachus will assume the fasces [the ceremonial rods symbolizing... [The Latin manuscript tradition for this letter (Symmachus, Epistulae Book 8, Letter 25) is heavily corrupt or fragmentary. The above is a partial rendering based on the best available source.]
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.01
Those who with sincere intention wish to bring strangers to the Christian religion and the right faith ought to pursue this by gentleness, not by harshness, lest adversity drive far away those whose minds clear reason could have attracted. For those who act otherwise and wish under this cover to remove them from their …
symmachus · c. 368 · score 0.01
Your letter was delivered to me while I was staying at the seventh milestone on the Via Ostiensis [the road from Rome to its port city of Ostia]. I immediately arranged through the distinguished vicarius [deputy prefect] to have the official records released at my request. But your servant left the city without my know …