Letter CXXXVI, from Pope Leo to Emperor Marcian
Leo, bishop, to Marcian Augustus. Chapter I: Leo Thanks Marcian; Reports That He Has Responded to Anatolius; Notes That Anatolius Attributes the Fault to Others The manifold grace of your clemency’s letters has been received by me with due reverence, and I gladly acknowledge how pious a care for the Christian religion — as is […]
Letter CXXXV, from Pope Leo to Bishop Anatolius
Leo, bishop, to Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. Chapter I: Anatolius’s Own Silence Separated Him From Leo’s Fellowship; Marcian Pressed the Matter to Its Fulfillment Had your charity held firm and unwavering in the care of our common grace, nothing would have arisen to cause you any anxiety. Reason did not permit me to spurn the […]
Letter CXXVIII, from Pope Leo to Emperor Marcian
Leo, bishop, to Marcian Augustus. Leo Explains His Suspended Correspondence With Anatolius and Sets the Conditions for His Full Restoration to Communion If the bishop of Constantinople were as devoted to upholding ecclesiastical rules as your clemency is vigilant in safeguarding the integrity of the evangelical faith, everything would have returned to its proper state […]
Letter CXIX, from Pope Leo to Bishop Maximus of Antioch
Leo, bishop, to Maximus, Bishop of Antioch, through Marianus the presbyter and Olympius the deacon. Chapter I: The Catholic Faith Holds the Middle Path Between Nestorianism and Eutychianism Your letters — delivered by our sons Marianus the presbyter and Olympius the deacon — show how the sacred unity of the common faith and the tranquil […]
Letter CXV, from Pope Leo to Emperor Marcian
Leo, bishop, to Marcian Augustus. Chapter I: Leo Thanks Marcian, Explains Why a New Letter Was Necessary, and Names Anatolius’s Deliberate Concealment Your clemency’s letters give me much cause for joy — as I experience, through the great mercy of divine providence, that you deign to aid ecclesiastical peace with most pious zeal, glorious Augustus: […]
Letter CXIV, from Pope Leo to the Bishops at the Chalcedon Synod
Leo, bishop, to the bishops gathered at the holy Synod of Chalcedon. Chapter I: Leo Formally Confirms His Agreement With Chalcedon’s Faith Definition, and Explains Why He Is Writing Directly to the Bishops I have no doubt that your entire brotherhood knows that I embraced with my whole heart the definition of the holy synod […]
Letter CX, from Emperor Marcian to Pope Leo
Victors Valentinianus and Marcianus, glorious triumphators, ever Augusti, to the most holy and truly venerable Leo, Archbishop. Marcian Reports Doubt About Leo’s Confirmation of Chalcedon and Requests a Definitive Public Statement We earnestly pray with the serenity of our words that Your Beatitude prospers, requesting that you impart the favor of your prayers’ intercession for […]
Letter CVII, from Pope Leo to Bishop Julian of Cos
Leo, pope, to Julian, Bishop of Cos. Chapter I: Leo Marvels That Julian Has Interceded for Anatolius’s Illicit Claims Your charity has often demonstrated, through steadfast and resolute commitment, how faithfully you guard the sacred canons of the Nicene Fathers — judging all ecclesiastical discipline dissolved if anything should violate their holy decrees. I marvel, […]
Letter CVI, from Pope Leo to Bishop Anatolius of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, to Anatolius, bishop. Chapter I: Leo Praises Anatolius’s Recovery From Disorderly Beginnings but Reproves His Ambition With the light of evangelical truth disclosed, as We had hoped, through God’s grace, and the universal Church freed from the night of most pernicious error, We rejoice beyond all telling in the Lord that the labor […]
Letter CV, from Pope Leo to Empress Pulcheria
Leo, bishop, to Pulcheria Augusta. Chapter I: Leo Rejoices That Both Those Who Stood Firm and Those Who Were Led Astray Have Overcome the Enemy We rejoice beyond all telling in the holy and God-pleasing efforts of your clemency — defending the Catholic faith against heretics and restoring peace to the universal Church. We give […]
Letter CIV, from Pope Leo to Emperor Marcian
Leo, bishop, to Marcian Augustus. Chapter I: Leo Rejoices in the Victory of the Faith and the Utility of Error in the Church The joys of the entire Catholic Church multiplied beyond telling through God’s great mercy — its most pernicious error extinguished through the holy and glorious zeal of your clemency. With your principate’s […]
Letter I, from Pope Hilarius to the Bishops of Tarraconensis – Synodal Decree
Hilarius, pope, to the bishops of Tarraconensis. Concerning the synodal decree. In the consulship of Flavius Basiliscus and Hermericus, most illustrious men. Chapter I: The Decrees of the Apostolic See, Like the Divine Constitutions, May Not Be Violated; The Fault for Transgressions Falls on the Chief Priest Since the devout assembly, gathered by the Holy […]
