Letter XCIV, from Pope Leo to Emperor Marcian
Leo, bishop, to Marcian, ever Augustus. Leo Commends His Legates to the Emperor and Requires That No Disputation on the Faith Be Admitted I received with heartfelt gladness your clemency’s holy zeal to hold a synod for the restoration of ecclesiastical peace — even though I had requested it be held in Italy, and had […]
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 XCII, from Pope Leo to Bishop Julian of Cos
Leo, bishop, to Julian, Bishop of Cos. Leo Commands Julian to Join His Care and Counsel With the Legates at the General Council, Acting With the Authority of the Papal Command What We should command of your devoted spirit, you have recognized many times — for many prior instances have given Us cause to presume […]
Letter XCI, from Pope Leo to Bishop Anatolius of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, to Anatolius, bishop. Despite the Short Time Given, Leo Sends His Legates; Anatolius to Join His Care to Their Action by the Authority of Leo’s Command Having learned from the letters of the most clement prince sent to us that so short a time had been set for convening a synod — as […]
Letter XC, from Pope Leo to Emperor Marcian
Leo, bishop, to Marcian, ever Augustus. Chapter I: Leo Consents to the Council; Ephesus II Cannot Be Called a Council; Marcian Has Annulled It I had requested your most glorious clemency to postpone the synod — which both you and we deemed necessary for restoring the Eastern Church’s peace — to a more opportune time, […]
Letter LXXXIX, from Pope Leo to Emperor Marcian
Leo, bishop, to Marcian, ever Augustus. Leo Sends Legates to Act on His Behalf at a General Council; Aiming to Restore All Matters to the Unity of Faith and Peace We believed your clemency could grant our desire to postpone the episcopal synod to a more opportune time — considering the present necessity, so that […]
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 XIV, from Pope Leo to Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica
Leo, bishop of the city of Rome, to Anastasius, bishop of Thessalonica. How great the things entrusted to your brotherhood by the authority of the most blessed Apostle Peter, and how many also committed to you by Our own favor — if you were truly to weigh these with right reason and just judgment, we […]
Letter XIII, from Pope Leo to the Metropolitan Bishops of Illyricum
Leo, to the most beloved brothers Senecio, Carosus, Theodulus, Lucus, Antiochus, and Vigilantius, metropolitans established throughout the provinces of Illyricum. Chapter I: Leo’s Solicitude for the Churches; The Illyrian Churches Belong to the Care of Anastasius We receive with a grateful heart the testimony of your letters that Our writings — sent out of solicitude […]
Letter VI, from Pope Leo to Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica
Leo to our most beloved brother Anastasius. I. Leo Explains the Purpose of Fraternal Correspondence and the Duty of Pastoral Vigilance The charity of our fraternal fellowship makes us receive all priests’ letters with a grateful heart, embracing through the grace of the Spirit those with whom we are united by mutual correspondence. Yet our […]
Letter V, from Pope Leo to the Metropolitan Bishops of Illyricum
Leo to the most beloved brother bishops established as metropolitans throughout Illyricum. I. Illicit Attempts Against the Canons Must Be Prudently Forestalled Before They Are Made Every salutary admonition that we believe comes with the Lord’s inspiration benefits both the one who gives it and the one who receives it — and so we undertake […]
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 X, from Pope Hilarius to the Bishops of Various Provinces of Gaul
Hilarus, bishop, to his most beloved brothers, the bishops of the provinces of Vienne, Lyons, Narbonensis Prima and Secunda, and the Pennine Alps. Although We remember that your brotherhood retains the things that have been established by Us, and does not conceal any of those things which We have written — namely that, for the […]
Letter VIII, from Pope Hilarius to the Bishops of Various Provinces of Gaul
Hilarus, bishop, to his most beloved brothers, the bishops of the provinces of Vienne, Lyons, Narbonensis Prima and Secunda, and the Pennine Alps. Although the extent and character of the wrongs long committed in the churches of Narbonne and Béziers are not hidden from your charity, and the improbity of presumption which has come all […]
Letter, from Leontius, Bishop of Arles, to Pope Hilarius
Letter of Leontius, bishop of Arles, to Pope Hilarius. That death has taken away your most holy predecessor Leo — who kept watch against heresies and uprooted the tares that were sprouting all too thickly, alas, in the Lord’s field — we grieve; that he has repaired the loss through Your Holiness, we rejoice. For […]
Letter XV, from Pope Gelasius to Rusticus, Bishop of Lyon
Pope Gelasius narrates what assistance he has received from Rusticus, bishop of Lyon, and how great the persecutions are which he sustains from Acacius. From the papers of the Reverend Father Hieronymus Vignerius. To his most beloved brother Rusticus, Gelasius. Amid the whirlwinds of impending evils and the afflictions of various trials by which we […]
