Letter LXX, from Pope Leo to Empress Pulcheria
Leo, bishop, to Pulcheria Augusta. Leo Awaits Anatolius’s Profession of Faith; The Tome or Cyril’s Letter Required; The Italian Council Sought I rejoice in the faith of your clemency, which you worthily devote to renewing the ecclesiastical peace that has been seen to be disturbed by the dissensions of certain persons. It especially pertains to […]
Letter LXIV, from Emperor Theodosius to Empress Licinia Eudoxia
To my lady Eudoxia, venerable Augusta — Theodosius. Theodosius Affirms Leo Has Been Fully Informed; Flavian Received His Due; All Peace Now Reigns in the Churches We are always delighted by the letters of your desire and embrace them with all the sweetness of our soul, and we are accustomed to grant all your petitions […]
Letter LXIII, from Emperor Theodosius to Empress Galla Placidia
To my lady Galla Placidia, venerable Augusta — Theodosius. Theodosius Defends the Ephesine Council; Nothing Has Been Defined Beyond the Paternal Faith; Flavian Was Rightly Expelled From your clemency’s letters our eternity has learned what the most reverend patriarch Leo requested of your eternity. By these letters, accordingly, we indicate that what was said by […]
Letter LXII, from Emperor Theodosius to Emperor Valentinian
To my lord Valentinian Augustus — Theodosius. Theodosius Affirms the Council of Ephesus Was Rightly Convened and Properly Conducted; Flavian Received His Due; Peace Now Reigns in the Churches That your meekness arrived in Rome and the petition presented by the most reverend patriarch Leo — these have been indicated in the very text of […]
Letter LXI, from Pope Leo to Presbyters Martinus and Faustus
Leo, bishop, to Martinus and Faustus, presbyters and archimandrites. Chapter I: Leo Informs Martinus and Faustus of the Letters Sent to Them That God is the author of good works and spiritual zeal — rousing minds and aiding actions — is beyond doubt. This has appeared clearly to us in present experience. For amidst the […]
Letter LVIII, from Empress Galla Placidia to Empress Pulcheria
Galla Placidia, most pious, ever Augusta — to Aelia Pulcheria, most pious, ever Augusta and daughter. The Faith Has Been Disturbed by One Man’s Will; Galla Placidia Urges Pulcheria to Move Theodosius to Command an Italian Council Knowing that to come to Rome frequently for the sight of this ancient city is for you as […]
Letter LVII, from Empress Licinia Eudoxia to Emperor Theodosius
To the lord Theodosius, renowned, ever Augustus and father — Licinia Eudoxia, most pious and perpetual Augusta and daughter. Licinia Eudoxia’s Visit to Rome; Leo’s Preaching Moves Her to Tears; She Urges an Italian Council That We desire to come frequently to Rome is for Us a matter of the love of religion — in […]
Letter LVI, from Empress Galla Placidia to Emperor Theodosius
To the lord Theodosius, victorious and triumphant, ever Augustus and son — Galla Placidia, most pious and flourishing, ever Augusta and mother. Leo at Peter’s Altar, Weeping for the Faith, Surrounded by Bishops He Has Gathered Throughout Italy When upon entering the ancient city We had given Our veneration to the most blessed Apostle Peter, […]
Letter LV, from Emperor Valentinian to Emperor Theodosius
To the lord Theodosius, victorious and triumphant, ever Augustus and son — Valentinian, glorious, victorious and triumphant, the senior Augustus and father. Valentinian’s Visit to Rome and Leo’s Petition; The Bishop of Rome Holds the Primacy of the Priesthood Over All by Antiquity When We had come to the city of Rome to propitiate the […]
Letter LII, from Bishop Theodoret of Cyrrhus to Pope Leo
Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus, to Leo, Bishop of Rome. Chapter I: It Is Fitting That the Apostolic See Hold First Place in All Things; Peter and Paul’s Tombs Have Made It the Apex of All Good If Paul, the herald of the truth, the trumpet of the Holy Spirit, betook himself to the great Peter […]
Letter LI, from Pope Leo and the Roman Synod to the Archimandrites of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, and the holy Synod convened in the city of Rome, to Faustus, Martinus, Petrus, and Emmanuel, presbyters and archimandrites of Constantinople, most beloved sons in the Lord. Urge to Hold Firm in Faith and with Flavian; Ephesus II’s Acts Are Invalid Though the things we wrote regarding solicitude for the Constantinopolitan Church might […]
Letter L, from Pope Leo and the Roman Synod to the People of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, and the holy Synod convened in the city of Rome, to the clergy, honorable men, and people of Constantinople, most beloved sons in the Lord. Chapter I: The Report of Hilarus; The Presumption of One Man Wounded the Universal Church The things done contrary to all expectation at Ephesus have come to our […]
Letter XLIX, from Pope Leo to Bishop Flavian of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, to Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople. Leo Consoles Flavian and Promises Action How greatly your beloved endures for the defense of the Catholic faith we have learned through the deacon who fled from Ephesus — greatly grieving. God, however, who strengthens you by the grace of his power, cannot fail to grieve for those […]
Letter XLVIII, from Pope Leo to Bishop Julian of Cos
Leo, bishop, to the most beloved brother and fellow bishop Julian. Leo Acknowledges the Ephesine Disaster and Urges Julian to Hold Firm Having learned what was done at Ephesus through the presumption of one man — things most grievous, committed impiously and furiously — we have been greatly afflicted; yet, directing our minds to the […]
Letter XLVII, from Pope Leo to Bishop Anastasius of Thessalonica
Leo, bishop of the city of Rome, to the most beloved brother Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica. Chapter I: Providence Kept Anastasius from Ephesus II From the report of our deacon Hilarus we have learned how great a crime was committed at the instance and execution of the Alexandrian bishop — so that while long-standing jealousies […]
Letter XLVI, from Deacon Hilarius to Empress Pulcheria
Hilarus, deacon, to the most glorious and most pious Pulcheria Augusta. Chapter I: Dioscorus Attempted to Prevent Hilarus from Reaching Rome That it was my purpose, after the synod, to come to Constantinople, I need not say — for it was a manifest necessity that compelled me to deliver to Your Clemency and to the […]
Letter XLV, from Pope Leo and the Roman Synod to Empress Pulcheria
Leo, bishop, and the holy Synod convened in the city of Rome, to Pulcheria Augusta. Chapter I: Leo Sends Copies of the Suppressed Letters; The Integrity of the Catholic Faith Must Not Be Violated If the letters directed to your piety for the cause of the faith through our clergy had reached you, it is […]
Letter XLIV, from Pope Leo and the Roman Synod to Emperor Theodosius
Leo, bishop, and the holy synod convened in the city of Rome, to Emperor Theodosius. Chapter I: The Ephesine Pseudo-Synod Favored Private Enmities and Disrupted the Church; Apostolic Letters Were Rejected; Actions Were Coerced; Hilarius Barely Escaped; The Synod Is Never to Be Accepted by the Apostolic See From your clemency’s letters, sent to the […]
Letter XLIII, from Pope Leo to Emperor Theodosius
Leo, bishop, to the most glorious and clement Emperor Theodosius. Chapter I: Leo Complains of the Ephesine Robbery From the beginning, in councils held, we have received such confidence from the blessed Peter, Prince of the Apostles, that we have authority to defend the truth for our peace, so none may disturb it, fortified as […]
The Tome of Pope Gelasius On the Bond of Anathema
The Tome of Pope Gelasius On the Bond of Anathema. That the Acts of the Council of Chalcedon are valid only to the extent that the Apostolic See has approved them; that the things established against Acacius are just; and that Peter of Alexandria could only have been absolved by the Apostolic See. Chapter I: […]
