Letter CXIII, from Pope Leo to Bishop Julian of Cos
Leo, bishop of Rome, to Julian, Bishop of Cos. Chapter I: Leo Laments the Aetius Situation and Explains His Deferred Action Against Anatolius I recognize in your letters the affection of brotherly charity — that you share our pious sorrow for the many and grievous evils we have endured. May these trials, which the Lord […]
Letter CXII, from Pope Leo to Empress Pulcheria
Leo, bishop, to Pulcheria Augusta. Chapter I: Leo Laments Anatolius’s Appointment of Andrew Over Aetius With the many proofs by which your piety’s love for God’s Church has been made manifest, your aid is rightly sought whenever scandals arise — so that the faith, defended by your efforts against the inventions of heretics, may hold […]
Letter CXI, from Pope Leo to Emperor Marcian
Leo, bishop, to Marcian Augustus. Chapter I: Leo’s Initial Suspicion of Anatolius’s Ordination Overcome by Marcian’s Testimony and Anatolius’s Profession of Faith The whole world recognizes how excellently the glorious zeal of your clemency has in our time restored the integrity of the Christian faith — securing through you, by the Lord, a singular protection […]
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 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 XXVIII, to Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople – The Tome of Leo
Leo, bishop, to the most beloved brother Flavian, bishop of Constantinople. Chapter I: Eutyches’s Ignorance of Scripture Led Him into Heresy Having read your beloved’s letters, which We marvel arrived so late, and having reviewed the account of the episcopal proceedings, We have at last come to understand the scandal against the integrity of the […]
Letter XXIII, from Pope Leo to Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, to the most beloved brother Flavian. Chapter I: Flavian’s Silence Is Reproved; Flavian Should Have Reported to Rome First The most Christian and clement emperor, zealous for the peace of the Catholic Church with holy and praiseworthy faith, sent us letters about the disturbances that have arisen among you. We marvel that your […]
Letter XIX, from Pope Leo to Dorus, Bishop of Beneventum
Leo, bishop, to the most beloved brother Dorus. Chapter I: Dorus Is Reproved for Disrupting the Order of the Presbyterate We grieve that the judgment We had hoped for from you has been frustrated, as We perceive you to have committed acts that culpably corrupt the rule of ecclesiastical sanctions with novelty. You know well […]
Letter XVIII, from Pope Leo to Januarius, Bishop of Aquileia
Leo, bishop of the city of Rome, to Januarius, bishop of Aquileia. Reading the letters of your brotherhood, We recognized the vigor of your faith, known to Us before now, and We rejoice that you vigilantly expend your pastoral care on the flock of Christ, guarding against wolves who enter in sheep’s clothing (Matt. 7:15), […]
Letter XI, from Pope Hilarius to the Bishops Judging Mamertus’s Case
Hilarus, bishop, to his most beloved brothers — Victurus, Ingenuus, Ydatius, Eustasius, Fonteius, Viventius, Eulalius, Veranus, Faustus, Auxanius, Proculus, Ausonius, Paulus, Memorialis, Coelestius, Projectus, Eutropius, Avitianus, Ursus, and Leontius. With Us most solicitous, and suspended in much expectation by those things which the recent and certain report had brought to Us, the letters of your […]
Letter VII, from Pope Hilarius to Leontius
Hilarus, pope, to his most beloved brother Leontius. We are astonished that your brotherhood is so forgetful of the Catholic law that, as to iniquitous things done contrary to the statutes of our Fathers in the province which belongs to your metropolitan authority, — if you yourself either will not or cannot act — you […]
Letter III, from Pope Hilarius to Ascanius, Bishop of Tarraconensis
Hilarus, bishop, to his most beloved brother Ascanius. We must be mindful of the divine grace which, through the mercy of its favor, raised Us to the summit of the priestly office for this purpose: that, adhering to its commands and established as watchmen of its priesthood, We may prohibit what is illicit and teach […]
The Tractate of Pope Gelasius Against Andromachus
Pope Gelasius I, Against Andromachus the Senator and the Other Romans Who Resolved to Practice the Lupercalia According to the Old Custom. He condemns the superstitious celebration of the Lupercalia, and proves that the misfortunes of Rome have come about not from the discontinuance of the Lupercalia, but from her own crimes. Chapter I: That […]
