Letter CLXIV, from Pope Leo to Emperor Leo
Leo, bishop, to Leo, Augustus. Chapter I: Leo Sends His Legates to Petition for the Church’s Liberty and Insists That the Chalcedonian Definition Not Be Reopened Rejoicing that it has been made clear by many plain proofs how deeply you care for the welfare of the universal Church, I have complied, as soon as I […]
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 CXXXII, from Bishop Anatolius of Constantinople to Pope Leo
Anatolius, bishop of Constantinople, to the most holy and blessed fellow bishop, Pope Leo, greetings in the Lord. Chapter I: Anatolius Reports Immediate Compliance With Leo’s Letters, and Expresses His Desire to Obey Leo’s Commands in All Things I had hoped that all the comfort and support required by a life filled with labors and […]
Letter CXXVII, from Pope Leo to Bishop Julian of Cos
Leo, bishop of Rome, to Julian, Bishop of Cos. Chapter I: Leo Congratulates Julian on the Palestinian Restoration and Acknowledges Proterius of Alexandria We have often confirmed the faith of the most Christian prince with evident proofs — giving thanks to our God who deigned to grant such a ruler for human affairs, one who […]
Letter CXXVI, from Pope Leo to Emperor Marcian
Leo, bishop, to Marcian Augustus. Leo Thanks Marcian for the Restoration of Juvenal and the Pacification of Palestine, and Urges His Continued Zeal for the Universal Church Gladdened by the double words of your clemency, I respond with due thanksgiving — rejoicing in the mercy of God, who placed glorious protection in the virtues of […]
Letter CXX, from Pope Leo to Bishop Theodoret of Cyrrhus
Leo, bishop, to Theodoret, most beloved brother and bishop. Chapter I: The Victory of the Faith at Chalcedon Demonstrates That What the First of All Sees Defined Was Received by the Universal Church With our brothers and fellow bishops — who were sent by the see of blessed Peter to the holy council — now […]
Letter CIX, from Pope Leo to Bishop Julian of Cos
Leo, pope, to Julian, Bishop of Cos. Chapter I: Leo Laments the Violent Eutychian Disturbances Among Palestinian Monks Grave and deeply lamentable are the things which your brotherhood reports of the tumults of false monks — as Eutyches’s impious fury wages war against evangelical and apostolic preaching, recoiling to the ruin of himself and his […]
Letter XCV, from Pope Leo to Empress Pulcheria
Leo, bishop, to Pulcheria Augusta. Chapter I: Leo Recognizes Pulcheria’s Devotion and Reports the Dispatch of His Legates to the Synod Your clemency’s religious solicitude, devoted without ceasing to the Catholic faith, I fully recognize; and I give thanks to God for the great care you show for the universal Church, most glorious Augusta. And […]
Letter XCIII, from Pope Leo to the Synod at Chalcedon
Leo, bishop, to the holy Synod established at Nicaea, most beloved brothers in the Lord, greetings. Chapter I: Leo Notes That Neither Time Nor Custom Permits His Attendance but Declares He Will Be Present in His Legates and Preside Through Them I had desired, most beloved, for the charity of our college, that all bishops […]
Letter LXXX, from Pope Leo to Bishop Anatolius of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, to Anatolius, bishop. Chapter I: Leo Rejoices in Anatolius’s Proven Faith; The Acts Are Approved; Leo’s Emissaries Returned After Easter We rejoice in the Lord and glory in the gift of His grace — which, as we learned from the letters of your charity and from the report of our brothers whom we […]
Letter LXXIX, from Pope Leo to Empress Pulcheria
Leo, bishop of the city of Rome, to Pulcheria Augusta. Chapter I: Pulcheria’s Twofold Victory Over Nestorius and Eutyches What we always presumed of your holy piety’s mind we have confirmed fully by experience: the Christian faith — though assailed by the diverse snares of the perverse — cannot be disturbed, with you present and […]
Letter LXXVII, from Empress Pulcheria to Archbishop Leo
To Leo, most reverend bishop of the Church of the glorious city of Rome — Pulcheria, most venerable Augusta. Anatolius Has Subscribed to the Tome; A Synod to Be Held with Leo as the Authority; Flavian Buried in the Basilica of the Apostles; Exiled Bishops Recalled [Editorial note:] Sacred letters were sent by Pulcheria of […]
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 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 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 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 […]
Letter XII, from Pope Leo to the Bishops of Mauretania Caesariensis
Leo, bishop of Rome, to all the bishops constituted throughout Mauretania Caesariensis, greetings in the Lord. Chapter I: Illicit Ordinations Through Tumult; Leo’s Solicitude Owed by Divine Institution Repeated reports brought to Us by travelers, attesting that illicit ordinations have been usurped among you, have compelled Our duty of piety to investigate the truth — […]
