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leo_great · c. 447 · score 0.02
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 …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.02
This fatalism destroys free will and makes God the author of sin. The Catholic faith affirms that while God governs all things by His providence, He has endowed humanity with free will, and each person bears responsibility for his own choices. No star compels a man to sin, and no celestial configuration excuses wickedn …
leo_great · c. 447 · score 0.02
For this reason, we pray your clemency to oppose such disturbances with the Truth, and to order the Faith of the Catholic religion to be preserved without stain. We ask that, in accordance with the standard and decision of the Apostolic See — which we likewise revere as preeminent — Flavian may remain completely unharm …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.02
Leo to Turribius, Bishop of Astorga, concerning the errors of the Priscillianists. I. Introduction: Leo has received Turribius's report on heresy in Spain We have read with deep concern, dear brother, the letter in which your loving zeal for the Catholic faith brought to our attention the errors that have taken root am …
leo_great · c. 444 · score 0.02
He would have it understood that Christ's nature belongs to His Godhead alone, so that what "took the form of a servant" and was "like us in every respect" (Philippians 2:7; Hebrews 2:17) was a kind of phantom, not the reality of our nature. II. Human salvation required the union of both natures in Christ But it is of …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.02
III. On the origin of souls They teach that human souls are a portion of the divine substance, thereby making the Creator and the creature one and the same. This blasphemy must be utterly rejected. The soul is God's creation, not a fragment of His being. To say that the soul is of the same substance as God is to subjec …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
He considers himself subject to no law, bound by no ordinance of God, and in his eagerness for novelty, departs from your practice and ours, adopting unlawful measures and letting what he ought to preserve fall into disuse. II. Hilary is disturbing the peace of the Church by his insubordination But with the approval, a …
leo_great · c. 444 · score 0.01
From this letter, you also, beloved, and the whole Church may know about the ancient and unchanging Faith that this unlearned opponent has attacked: what we hold as handed down from God and what we preach without alteration. Yet, because we must not forget our duty of mercy, we have judged it consistent with our priest …
leo_great · c. 444 · score 0.01
Leo to Pulcheria Augusta. I. He reminds Pulcheria of her former services to the Church and urges her involvement in the Eutychian controversy How great is the protection the Lord has extended to His Church through your piety, most serene Augusta, we have confirmed by many proofs. And whatever stand the priesthood has m …
leo_great · c. 442 · score 0.01
The God of the Old Testament and the God of the New are one and the same. The Law and the Prophets prepared the way for the Gospel. Christ Himself testified: "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill" (Matthew 5:17). VI. On the devil and the origin of evil Th …
leo_great · c. 443 · score 0.01
Letter 28: The Tome of Leo. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople. I. Eutyches has been driven into his error by presumption and ignorance Having read your letter, beloved -- and we are surprised it arrived so late -- and having examined the detailed record of the bishops' proceedings, we have at last discovered what sc …
leo_great · c. 443 · score 0.01
Thus, without the devil's knowledge, the sin would not stand, and man, led by the craft of the devil's wickedness into guilt, would not perish contrary to the purposes of God. The Son of God therefore enters these lowly conditions of the world, descending from His heavenly throne yet not departing from the Father's glo …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
I have never denied the reality of Christ's human flesh. I have never suggested that His body was of a different substance from ours. I have never taught that the two natures were confused or mingled into a third thing that is neither God nor man. What I have taught -- and what the universal Church confesses -- is that …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
We are compelled to issue this stern correction because the wound inflicted by Hilary's misconduct requires a strong remedy. We do not wish to be harsh, but when patience is exploited and gentleness is mistaken for approval, severer measures are unavoidable. The entire Church is damaged when its proper order is overtur …
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 …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
It is the faith of Nicaea restated and confirmed; the faith of the Apostles, of the Prophets, and of the Fathers, vindicated against both the heresy that divides Christ and the heresy that dissolves His true humanity. That definition now stands as the permanent standard of the Church's confession, and whoever opposes i …
leo_great · c. 443 · score 0.01
An acknowledgment of Flavian's first letter and a promise of a fuller reply. Leo to Flavian [Patriarch of Constantinople, 446-449], bishop of Constantinople. At the first opportunity we could find — the arrival of our honorable son Rodanus — we acknowledge, beloved, the receipt of your letter, which was meant to inform …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to his beloved brother Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus. I. He congratulates Theodoret on their shared victory, and approves of honest inquiry that leads to good results On the return of our brothers and fellow bishops, whom the See of the blessed Peter sent to the holy council, we learned, beloved, of …
leo_great · c. 455 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to the whole body of monks settled throughout Palestine. I. They may have been misled by a faulty translation of his letter on the Incarnation The anxious care that I owe to the whole Church and to all her children has made me aware, through many sources, that some offense has been given to your mi …
leo_great · c. 452 · score 0.01
Of these you were the chief, as the head is to the members, representing your authority through those who stood in your place. II. The definitions of the Council Following your lead, we drove out the madness of Eutyches and confirmed the true faith. Just as night yields to day, so did error yield to the proclamation of …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
On it, finally, the Holy Spirit who had been promised to the Apostles by the Lord descended upon them. Thus we understand it to have been appointed by a kind of heavenly ordinance that on this day above all others we should celebrate the mysteries of priestly consecration, since all these gracious gifts were bestowed u …
leo_great · c. 450 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. I. Anatolius, with Leo's delegates, is to settle the question of receiving back those who temporarily went astray after Eutyches Although I trust, beloved, that you are devoted to every good work, it was nonetheless needful and fitting to dispatch our brother …
leo_great · c. 441 · score 0.01
To the bishops of the Province of Vienne, in the matter of Hilary, Bishop of Arles. I. The solidarity of the Church, built upon the rock of St. Peter, must be maintained everywhere To the beloved brothers, the whole body of bishops of the province of Vienne: Leo, Bishop of Rome. Our Lord Jesus Christ, Savior of mankind …
leo_great · c. 452 · score 0.01
From the great and holy and universal Synod, assembled by the grace of God and the decree of our most pious and Christ-loving Emperors in the city of Chalcedon in the province of Bithynia: to the most holy and blessed Archbishop of Rome, Leo. I. They congratulate Leo on taking the foremost part in upholding the faith " …
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 …