Letter LXXXVI, from Pope Leo to Bishop Julian of Cos
Leo, bishop, to Julian, bishop. Leo Requests Julian’s Solicitude Join His Legates’ Efforts; The Ephesine Storm’s Remnants Require Sagacious Moderation It is always pleasing to receive the letters of your charity, and it is fitting that our writing be sent to you — especially since we do this not only for the sake of common […]
Letter LXXXV, from Pope Leo to Bishop Anatolius of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, to Anatolius, bishop. Chapter I: Legates Sent So That Nothing Is Done Sluggishly; Repentant Bishops to Receive Peace Through Satisfaction and Anathema Though I trust your charity is devoted to every good work, to make your diligence more effective I judged it necessary and fitting to send my brothers Lucentius, bishop, and Basilius, […]
Letter LXXXIV, from Pope Leo to Empress Pulcheria
Leo, bishop, to Pulcheria Augusta. Chapter I: Leo Sends Legates to Act With Prudence Among the Lapsed; The Apostolic See’s Legates to Execute Leo’s Dispositions I presume to urge your pious solicitude — which, inspired by God, consoles the whole world — with more frequent letters, so that the progress of your works may attain […]
Letter LXXXIII, from Pope Leo to Emperor Marcian
Leo, bishop, to Marcian, ever Augustus. Chapter I: Leo’s Confidence; The Church’s State and the Empire’s Might Strengthened Together; Legates Directed from the Apostolic See Your clemency’s letters, which I reverently received, and my fellow bishops returning from Constantinople have given me great confidence to write — demonstrating not only by words but by the […]
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 LXXVIII, from Pope Leo to Emperor Marcian
Leo, bishop, to Marcian, ever Augustus. Leo Thanks Marcian for His Letters and Defense of the Faith; Fuller Correspondence Sent Through Legates I rejoice to have received the letters of your piety and recognize that they pertain to the fulfillment of all prosperity — since the very words of your beginning make us confident in […]
Letter LXXV, from Pope Leo to Presbyters Faustus and Martinus
Leo, bishop, to Faustus and Martinus, presbyters and archimandrites. Through Maximinus, count. Chapter I: Leo Declares It Intolerable That Ephesus Acted Against the Faith; By God’s Favor the Liberty of Catholics Has Greatly Increased Embracing every occasion to write, I do not cease to address your charity with episcopal affection — so that from the […]
Letter LXXIV, from Pope Leo to Presbyter Martinus
Leo, bishop, to his most beloved Martinus, presbyter. Leo Praises Martinus’s Faith; True God and True Man Confessed; Legates Sent for the Liberty of the Apostolic Faith We give thanks to God and take great confidence in pious joy, knowing that your charity and Catholic brotherhood thrive so vigorously in the spirit of faith that […]
Letter LXXI, from Pope Leo to the Archimandrites of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, to Faustus, Martinus, Petrus, Manueli, Job, Antiochus, Abrahamius, Theodorus, Pientius, Eusebius, Helpidius, Paulus, Asterius, and Charosus, presbyters and archimandrites, and Jacobus, deacon and archimandrite. Leo Complains of Anatolius’s Silence on Renouncing Errors; Legates Dispatched; The Archimandrites Called to Collaborate The cause of the faith — on which Christian salvation rests — compels me […]
Letter LXVII, from Pope Leo to Bishop Ravennius of Arles
Leo, pope, to his most beloved brother Ravennius. Leo Sends Ravennius His Letter to Flavian and Commissions the Distribution of the Tome Throughout Gaul We long detained our sons Petronius, presbyter, and Regulus, deacon, in the City — as they merited this favor and the cause of the faith, now assailed by the error 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 LIX, from Pope Leo to the Clergy and People of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, to the clergy, honorati, and people dwelling at Constantinople. Chapter I: Joy at Their Fidelity to Flavian; Those Who Deny Christ’s True Humanity Are Confederates of the Manicheans; Leo’s Fatherly Care Although the memory of what was recently done at the council of priests at Ephesus afflicts Us with much grief — seeing […]
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 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 XXXIX, from Pope Leo to Bishop Flavian of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, to Bishop Flavian. Leo’s Solicitude Grows at Flavian’s Silence; He Urges an Immediate Full Report Your prolonged silence increases our solicitude. We have long received no letters from your beloved, though, solicitous for the defense of the faith, we have frequently sent letters to you through suitable opportunities, to support you with the […]
Letter XXXVIII, from Pope Leo to Bishop Flavian of Constantinople
Leo to Bishop Flavian of Constantinople. Encouragement After the Legates’ Departure; The Letters Already Sent as Doctrinal Standard; Mercy for Those Who Repent After our representatives, sent to you for the cause of the faith, had already departed, we received the writings of your beloved through our son the deacon Basilius — who rightly provided […]
Letter XXXII, from Pope Leo to Faustus, Martinus, and Other Archimandrites of Constantinople
Leo, bishop, to the most beloved sons Faustus, Martinus, and the other archimandrites. Leo Decrees Eutyches’s View Detestable and Desires His Restoration to Communion Since, on account of the cause of faith which Eutyches turbulently attempted to disturb, I have judged it fitting to send envoys from my side to assist in the defense of […]
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 XVI, from Pope Leo to the Bishops Throughout Sicily
Leo, bishop, to all the bishops established throughout Sicily, greetings in the Lord. Divine precepts and apostolic admonitions urge Us to watch over the state of all the Churches with tireless zeal, and where anything merits reproof, to apply the necessary correction and instruct you with the clearest truth. For since the command of the […]
