Resultados11 letters/passages
hormisdas · c. 515 · score 0.02
Hormisdas to John, bishop of Nicopolis, and the Synod. As above. Delivered by his deacon John. We would wish, dearest brothers, that you could live your lives free from all the waves of trouble, passing your days in the security of tranquility, serving our God with your minds undisturbed by worldly storms. But what we …
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.02
The Emperor Caesar Flavius Anastasius, Renowned Pontiff, Renowned Conqueror of the Germans, Renowned Conqueror of the Alamanni, Renowned Conqueror of the Franks, Renowned Conqueror of the Sarmatians, in the 25th year of his Tribunician Power, Consul for the Third Time, Pious, Fortunate, Victor and Triumphant, Ever Augu …
hormisdas · c. 515 · score 0.02
Hormisdas to the Emperor Anastasius Augustus. Delivered by the bishops Ennodius and Peregrinus. When Your Clemency's envoys returned some time ago, I replied to your letters and instructions — not covering everything as fully as the gravity of the matter demanded, but at least touching on the essential points as circum …
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.02
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 0.02
With the help of God and the prayers of the apostles, upon arriving in the regions of Greece: if bishops wish to come to meet you, receive them with the reverence that is fitting. And if they wish to prepare lodging for you, do not refuse, lest it be judged by the laity that you wish to have no concord with them. If, h …
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.02
Hormisdas to his dearest brother Dorotheus. Where love requires us to keep its commandments, even if something happens that might upset anyone, we must still let it pass with patience, so that the principles of harmony we have already laid down are upheld. After all, if something like this comes from ignorance, the ver …
hormisdas · c. 515 · score 0.01
Copy of the Sacred Letter of the Emperor Anastasius Augustus to Pope Hormisdas. Delivered by the bishops Ennodius and Fortunatus, the priest Venantius, the deacon Vitalis, and the notary Hilarus. We give thanks to almighty God that Your Holiness, instructed in heavenly disciplines, sent — as we requested — ambassadors …
hormisdas · c. 516 · score 0.01
Hormisdas to Justinian, the Illustrious. I received your letter with love — a letter full of holy faith — in which you announced that an opportunity for exercising the firmness of apostolic teaching among you has been divinely granted. We give thanks to our Lord, though we cannot do so adequately, for He has given you …
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.01
The Emperor Anastasius Augustus to Pope Hormisdas. Delivered by Theopompus and Severianus, men of distinction. Everything that benevolence conceives is driven forward by a sweet eagerness of spirit and praiseworthy haste. Such desires grant themselves no rest until they have brought what is longed for to its most salut …
hormisdas · c. 514 · score 0.01
But for the living, the door of reconciliation remains open to all who accept the faith of Chalcedon and the letters of blessed Leo, and who anathematize those who have been condemned. If the emperor presses you on matters beyond your instructions, say that you will faithfully report his words to the apostolic see and …
hormisdas · c. 515 · score 0.01
Hormisdas to John, Bishop of Constantinople. I have indeed sent, brother, a fitting reply to your letters with the freedom that the Church requires, and I have made clear both what caused me joy and what I passed over in silence. Although your long experience in the Church and the steady flow of communications between …