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S. Fabianus papa, Epistolae

Editors' preface

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S. FABIANI PAPAE EPISTOLAE

THE LETTERS OF SAINT FABIAN, POPE

EPISTOLA PRIMA.

FIRST LETTER.

AD UNIVERSOS ECCLESIAE CATHOLICAE MINISTROS.

TO ALL THE MINISTERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Qui non debeant admitti ad excusationem, et non esse communicandum excommunicatis.

Who ought not to be admitted to a plea of excuse; and that there is to be no communion with the excommunicated.

Dilectissimis ubique Catholicae Ecclesiae comministris, FABIANUS salutem in Domino.

To his most beloved fellow ministers of the Catholic Church everywhere, Fabian sends greeting in the Lord.

Divinis praeceptis et apostolicis monemur institutis, ut pro cunctarum Ecclesiarum statu impigro vigilemus affectu. Unde consequens est, debere vos scire quae apud Romanam in sacro aguntur ritu Ecclesiam, ut ejus sequentes exempla, ejus veri filii inveniamini, quae vestra est mater vocata.

By divine precepts and apostolic ordinances we are admonished to keep watch with unwearied care over the state of all the Churches. It follows that you ought to know what is done in the sacred rite in the Roman Church, so that, following her examples, you may be found true sons of her who is called your mother.

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Footnotes

(¹) ‹anchor: et apostolicis monemur› · call in col 183 S. Leo ep. 4.

St Leo, Letter 4.

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(12) ‹anchor: EPISTOLA PRIMA› · call in col 183

Tres illae ep. suppositae ac spuriae viris doctis habentur, et merito.

These three letters are held by learned men to be supposititious and spurious, and rightly so.

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(13) ‹anchor: non debeant admitti› · call in col 183

De errore Novati et Novatiani.

On the error of Novatus and Novatian.

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(14) ‹anchor: Divinis praeceptis› · call in col 183

Divinis praeceptis, etc. Haec epistola aliis spuria, nisi a quibusdam mendis et erroribus expurgetur; aliis non a Fabiano, sed potius a Cornelio scripta esse videtur: eo quod infra de Novato et Novatiano haec referat: Insuper et illud vos scire desideramus, quia nostris temporibus, praepedientibus quidem nostris peccatis, suadente antiquo hoste, qui semper ut leo rugiens circuit quaerens quem devoret (I Petr. V, 8), supervenit Novatus ex Africa, et separavit de Ecclesia Christi Novatianum, et quosdam alios Christi confessores, et convertit in pravam doctrinam. Quae sane non ante Cornelii pontificis creationem contigisse, testimonio Libri pontificalis et Cypriani satis est manifestum. Adde quod Pacianus, epist. 3 ad Sympronianum, cum Novatiani meminit, de iis quae ante sedem Cornelii gesserat, commendat ejus catholicam fidem; sic enim scribit: Cur igitur Novatianus tuus, ne falso quidem adhuc episcopatu sacerdos, longe antequam Cornelius Romae episcopus fieret, antequam sacerdotio illius invideret, haec suasit? Habes Cypriani testimonium, etc. Et post reliqua: At hanc ipsam haeresim Novatiani quando coeperunt? Audite, quaeso, et totum ordinem erroris vestri advertite. Cornelius jam Romae episcopus a sexdecim episcopis factus, locum cathedrae vacantis acceperat, et illa qua fuit praeditus castimonia virginali crebras persecutiones nati principis sustinebat. Tum forte quidam presbyter Novatus ex Africa, etc., Romam venit, etc. Itaque ob hanc causam liceret firma conjectura statuere, auctorem hujus epistolae Cornelium potius quam Fabianum fuisse, nisi infra mentio fieret septem subdiaconorum, quos, ut ex Vita ejusdem apud Librum pontificalem constat, notariis Acta martyrum colligentibus et conscribentibus, Fabianus, non Cornelius, omnium sententia praefecit. Tutius igitur ac verius esse videtur, praedicta de Novato et Novatiano ab aliquo sciolo superaddita fuisse, ideo, quod putarit haec verba Libri pontificalis, eodem tempore supervenit Novatus, ad Fabiani sedis pontificiae tempus referenda esse, cum revera ad ea quae auctor proxime dixerat, post passionem vero ejus, referri debeant. Baron. anno 238, num. 9 et seqq. Sev. Bin.

"By divine precepts," etc. To some this letter seems spurious unless it is purged of certain blunders and errors; to others it seems written not by Fabian but rather by Cornelius, because below it relates this about Novatus and Novatian: "Moreover we wish you to know this too, that in our times, our sins indeed standing in the way, at the prompting of the ancient enemy, who ever goes about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Pet. 5:8), Novatus came over from Africa, and separated Novatian and certain other confessors of Christ from the Church of Christ, and turned them to perverse doctrine." That this did not happen before the creation of Cornelius as pontiff is plain enough from the testimony of the Liber pontificalis and of Cyprian. Add that Pacian, in his third letter to Sympronianus, when he mentions Novatian, commends his catholic faith as regards what he had done before the see of Cornelius; for he writes thus: "Why then did your Novatian, not yet a priest even by a false episcopate, long before Cornelius became bishop of Rome, before he envied him his priesthood, urge these things? You have Cyprian's testimony," etc. And after the rest: "But when did they begin this very heresy of Novatian? Hear, I pray, and mark the whole order of your error. Cornelius, already made bishop at Rome by sixteen bishops, had received the place of the vacant chair, and with the virginal chastity with which he was endowed was enduring frequent persecutions from the prince who had been born. Then by chance a certain presbyter Novatus from Africa," etc., "came to Rome," etc. Hence for this reason one might establish by firm conjecture that the author of this letter was Cornelius rather than Fabian, were there not mention below of the seven subdeacons whom, as is established from his Life in the Liber pontificalis, Fabian, not Cornelius, by the judgement of all, set over the notaries who were collecting and writing up the Acts of the martyrs. It seems safer and truer, then, that what is said of Novatus and Novatian was added by some smatterer, because he supposed that these words of the Liber pontificalis, "at the same time Novatus came over," were to be referred to the time of Fabian's pontifical see, when in truth they ought to be referred to what the author had said just before, "but after his passion." Baronius, year 238, nos. 9 ff. Severinus Binius.

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Septem ergo diaconos in urbe Roma per septem regiones civitatis, sicut a patribus accepimus, habemus, qui per singulas hebdomadas et Dominicos dies, atque festivitatum solemnia, cum subdiaconibus et acolythis, ac sequacium ordinum ministris, injuncta sibi observant ministeria, et parati omni hora sunt ad divinum officium, et quidquid eis injungitur, peragendum. Similiter et vobis, prout opportunum fuerit, per singulas civitates est faciendum, ut divinum absque ulla mora et negligentia studiose ac solemniter agatur officium. Denique septem similiter subdiaconos

We have, then, seven deacons in the city of Rome, through the seven regions of the city, as we have received from the fathers; and every week and on the Lord's days, and at the solemnities of the feasts, together with the subdeacons and acolytes and the ministers of the orders that follow, they carry out the ministries laid upon them, and are ready at every hour to perform the divine office and whatever is laid upon them. In the same way you too, as shall be fitting, must do this in each city, so that the divine office may be carried out with care and solemnity, without any delay or negligence. Then, in the same way, seven subdeacons

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Footnotes

(²) ‹anchor: ac sequacium› · call in col 184 sequentium.

[variant:] "sequentium" (of the following [orders]).

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(15) ‹anchor: Septem ergo diaconos› · call in col 184

Septem ergo diaconos. Vide quae diximus supra in notis in Vitam Clementis, Evaristi, Anteri et Fabiani. Id.

"Seven deacons, therefore." See what we said above in the notes on the Life of Clement, Evaristus, Anterus and Fabian. The same [Binius].

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(16) ‹anchor: septem similiter subdiacones› · call in col 184

Denique septem similiter subdiaconos. Hic colligitur hujus epistolae auctorem esse Fabianum pontificem, et quod illi fidem derogat, surreptitium esse, adeoque expungendum, vel saltem adnotandum. Id.

"Finally, seven subdeacons likewise." Here it is gathered that the author of this letter is Pope Fabian, and that what detracts from its credibility is surreptitious, and so to be struck out, or at least annotated. The same [Binius].

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ordinavimus, qui septem notariis imminerent, et gesta martyrum veraciter in integro colligerent, nobisque rimanda manifestarent. Quod etiam vos omnes agere monemus, ne in posterum aliqua ex his dubitatio fiat, quaestioque oriatur ; quoniam omnia quae scripta sunt, ad nostram doctrinam scripta sunt. Et quae nostris temporibus veraciter scribuntur, ad futurorum doctrinam diriguntur. Et ideo fidelissimis haec negotia committi praecipimus, ne aliqua in eis illusio inveniatur, ex qua fidelibus scandalum, quod absit, oriatur. Unde et charitatem vestram paterna dulcedine petimus, ut in cunctis affectum vestrae charitatis sancta modo Ecclesia inveniat, et favoris vestri solatiis, quocunque necesse fuerit, potiatur. Et sicut bonitas studii vestri de se nobis certitudinem praebet, ut in nullo diffidere debeamus de ea, sed magis, ut sapientibus filiis Ecclesiae nostrae, haec fiducialiter commendemus ; ita postpositis opportunitatis occasionibus, vestra efficacia elaborare enixius debet, atque modis quibus possibile fuerit, omni studio abigere contumelias. Hortamur etiam vos, juxta dictum Apostoli, stabiles esse et immobiles, abundantes in opere Domini semper, scientes quod labor vester non est inanis in Domino. Et alibi : Vigilate et orate, et state in fide. Viriliter agite, et confortamini. Omnia vestra in charitate fiant. Insuper et illud vos scire desideramus, quia nostris temporibus praepedientibus quidem nostris peccatis, suadente antiquo hoste, qui semper ut leo rugiens circuit, quaerens quem devoret, supervenit Novatus ex Africa, et separavit de Ecclesia Christi Novatianum et quosdam alios Christi confessores, et convertit in pravam doctrinam. A quibus vos, fratres, avertite, et cavete ab omnibus qui alteram fidem et doctrinam tenent, quam apostoli et successores eorum tenuerunt et docuerunt, ne, quod absit, post eum abeuntes, in laqueum Satanae cadatis, et compedibus ejus detineamini. Unde fraternitatis vestrae charitatem intimis obsecramus precibus, ut nostrae parvitatis in vestris sacris orationibus memores esse dignemini, orantes ac deprecantes Dominum coeli, ut tam nos quam sancta mater Ecclesia Christi pretioso sanguine redempta, a laqueis venantis Satanae, et ab importunis et malis hominibus liberetur, et sermo Dei currat et clarificetur, et prava eorum et omnium perversa docentium corruat doctrina atque deficiat. Precamur etiam, ut pietatis vestrae precibus impetrare studeatis, ut Deus et Dominus noster Jesus Christus,

we have ordained, who should oversee seven notaries, and truly collect in full the acts of the martyrs, and make them known to us to be examined. Which we also admonish you all to do, lest hereafter any doubt arise from these matters and a question be raised; since all things that have been written, have been written for our instruction. And the things that are truly written in our times are directed to the instruction of those to come. And therefore we command these affairs to be committed to the most faithful men, lest any deceit be found in them, from which a scandal to the faithful, which God forbid, might arise. Whence also with paternal sweetness we ask your charity, that in all things the holy Church may now find the affection of your charity, and obtain the consolations of your favour wheresoever it shall be necessary. And just as the goodness of your zeal affords us certainty concerning itself, so that in nothing ought we to distrust it, but rather, as to wise sons of our Church, confidently commend these things; so, setting aside pleas of convenience, your efficiency ought to labour more earnestly, and by whatever ways it shall be possible, with all zeal drive away reproaches. We exhort you also, according to the saying of the Apostle, to be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. And elsewhere: Watch and pray, and stand fast in the faith. Act manfully, and be strengthened. Let all your things be done in charity. Moreover, we desire you to know this also, that in our times, our sins indeed hindering us, at the persuasion of the ancient enemy, who always goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, Novatus came over from Africa, and separated from the Church of Christ Novatian and certain other confessors of Christ, and turned them to a perverse doctrine. From whom do you, brethren, turn away, and beware of all who hold another faith and doctrine than the apostles and their successors held and taught, lest, which God forbid, going after him, you fall into the snare of Satan, and be held fast by his fetters. Whence with our inmost prayers we beseech the charity of your brotherhood, that you deign to be mindful of our littleness in your sacred prayers, praying and entreating the Lord of heaven, that both we and the holy mother the Church redeemed by the precious blood of Christ may be delivered from the snares of the hunting Satan, and from importunate and evil men, and that the word of God may run and be glorified, and the perverse doctrine of them and of all who teach perverse things may collapse and fail. We pray also that by the prayers of your piety you strive to obtain that our God and Lord Jesus Christ,

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Footnotes

(³) ‹anchor: not visible in the foot image› · call in col 185 Vide Pontificalem librum in Clemente et Antero.

See the Liber pontificalis under Clement and Anterus.

(printed under page 99) (⁴) ‹anchor: not visible in the foot image› · call in col 185 Rom. XV, 4.

Rom. 15:4.

(printed under page 99) (⁵) ‹anchor: not visible in the foot image› · call in col 185 S. Greg. ep. 21, lib. vii.

St Gregory, Letter 21, Book 7.

(printed under page 99) (⁶) ‹anchor: not visible in the foot image› · call in col 185 S. Greg. ep. 95, lib. vii.

St Gregory, Letter 95, Book 7.

(printed under page 99) (⁷) ‹anchor: not visible in the foot image› · call in col 185 agere contendatis.

[variant:] "agere contendatis" (strive to act).

(printed under page 99) (⁸) ‹anchor: inanis in Domino› · call in col 185 I Cor. XV, 58.

1 Cor. 15:58.

(printed under page 99) (⁹) ‹anchor: in charitate fiant› · call in col 185 I Cor. XVI, 13, 14; Matth. XXVI, 41.

1 Cor. 16:13–14; Matt. 26:41.

(printed under page 99) (¹⁰) ‹anchor: quia nostris temporibus› · call in col 185 Greg. lib. xii, ep. 32.

Gregory, Book 12, Letter 32.

(printed under page 99) (¹¹) ‹anchor: ut leo rugiens circuit› · call in col 185 I Petr. V, 8.

1 Pet. 5:8.

(¹¹*) ‹anchor: de Ecclesia Christi› · call in col 185 Hoc sub Cornelio contigit defuncto jam Fabiano, ut pluribus Baronius ad an. 238, n. 9.

This happened under Cornelius, Fabian being already dead, as Baronius [shows] at length at the year 238, no. 9.

(¹¹**) ‹anchor: et compedibus ejus detineamini› · call in col 185 S. Bonifacii A. Mog. ep. 6, quam consule.

St Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, Letter 6, which consult.

(¹¹***) ‹anchor: not visible in the foot image› · call in col 186 I Tim. II, 4.

1 Tim. 2:4.

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(17) ‹anchor: scire desideramus› · call in col 185

Insuper et illud vos scire desideramus. Haec integra periodus surreptitia est, et ab aliquo sciolo superaddita, qui existimavit ea quae in Vita Fabiani de Novato et Novatiano scribuntur, temporibus Fabiani accidisse, ideoque in hanc epistolam inferenda esse. Vide quae diximus verbo, Divinis praeceptis.

"Moreover we wish you to know this too." This whole period is surreptitious, and was added by some smatterer who thought that what is written in the Life of Fabian about Novatus and Novatian happened in Fabian's time, and so was to be brought into this letter. See what we said at the words "Divinis praeceptis."

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qui vult omnes homines salvos fieri et neminem perire, sua ingenti omnipotentia reverti faciat corda eorum ad sanam doctrinam et catholicam fidem, quatenus resipiscant a diaboli laqueis, quibus capti tenentur, et aggregentur filiis matris Ecclesiae. Reminiscentes quoque fratrum vestrorum, miseremini illorum, quibus potestis bonis studiis vestris, ne perdantur, sed ut precibus et aliis bonitatis vestrae studiis Domino salventur. Ita ergo in his agite, ut obedientes filii et fideles sanctae Dei Ecclesiae appareatis, et ut mercedis praemia percipiatis. Hi, et omnes qui rectam non docent doctrinam, vel rectam non tenent fidem, accusatores neminem recte credentium accusare possunt, quia infamia sunt notati, et a sinu sanctae matris Ecclesiae, apostolico mucrone, usque ad rectam conversationem et reversionem eorum abscissi. Unde apostolica auctoritate, cum omnibus ejusdem apostolicae atque universalis Ecclesiae filiis statuentes sancimus, ut omnes qui in catholica fide suspecti sunt in accusatione recte credentium non suscipiantur ; quia suspiciones semper sunt amovendae. Merito ergo eorum reprobatur accusatio qui in recta fide suspecti sunt. Nec eis omnino est credendum, qui Trinitatis fidem ignorant. Similiter omnes, quos sanctorum Patrum statuta tam praeteritis quam futuris temporibus anathematizant, submovemus et ab omni accusatione fidelium alienamus. Discreti ergo semper debent esse fideles ab infidelibus, et justi ab injustis ; quoniam infideles et malevoli, modis quibus possunt, semper infestant fideles et perdere nituntur ; et ideo non sunt suscipiendi, sed repellendi, et procul abjiciendi, ne perdere fideles aut infamare possint. Quapropter, charissimi, cavete talium foveam, in quam multos cecidisse cognovimus. Cavete talium jacula, et antiqui hostis tentamenta, per quae etiam proprios propinquos coram nobis vulneratos cadere vidimus. Attendite laqueos insidiantium, quibus notos et commilitones strangulare solent. Nolite tales sequi, sed procul repellite eos. Estote, juxta Veritatis vocem, prudentes ut serpentes, et simplices ut columbae. Videte, ne in vacuum quoque curratis, aut laboretis, sed alterutrorum fulti precibus et orationibus, voluntatem Dei facere contendite, et a memoratis, si incorrigibiles apparuerint, vos in omnibus separate. Similiter ab omnibus quos Apostolus commemorat dicens : Cum eis nec cibum sumere ; quia et illi, sicut et isti, sunt repellendi, et ante satisfactionem Ecclesiae non sunt suscipiendi ; quoniam illi,

Who wills all men to be saved and no one to perish, by His mighty omnipotence may cause their hearts to return to sound doctrine and the catholic faith, so that they may recover their senses from the snares of the devil, by which they are held captive, and be joined to the sons of mother Church. Remembering also your brethren, have mercy on them by whatever good endeavours of yours you can, lest they perish, but that by prayers and other endeavours of your goodness they may be saved to the Lord. So therefore act in these matters, that you may appear obedient and faithful sons of the holy Church of God, and that you may receive the rewards of recompense. These, and all who do not teach right doctrine, or do not hold the right faith, cannot as accusers accuse anyone of those who believe rightly, because they are branded with infamy, and cut off by the apostolic sword from the bosom of holy mother Church until their right conversation and return. Whence by apostolic authority, decreeing together with all the sons of the same apostolic and universal Church, we ordain that all who are suspected in the catholic faith be not received in the accusation of those who believe rightly; because suspicions must always be removed. Deservedly therefore is the accusation rejected of those who are suspected in the right faith. Nor is any credence at all to be given to those who are ignorant of the faith of the Trinity. Similarly all whom the statutes of the holy Fathers both in past and in future times anathematize, we remove and exclude from every accusation of the faithful. The faithful therefore ought always to be separated from the unfaithful, and the just from the unjust; since the unfaithful and malevolent, by whatever ways they can, always harass the faithful and strive to destroy them; and therefore they are not to be received, but repelled and cast far away, lest they be able to destroy or defame the faithful. Wherefore, dearest brethren, beware of the pit of such men, into which we have known many to have fallen. Beware of the darts of such men, and the temptations of the ancient enemy, through which we have seen even our own kinsfolk fall wounded before our eyes. Mark the snares of those who lie in wait, wherewith they are wont to strangle acquaintances and fellow-soldiers. Do not follow such men, but repel them far away. Be, according to the voice of the Truth, wise as serpents, and simple as doves. See that you also do not run in vain, or labour in vain, but supported by one another's prayers and supplications, strive to do the will of God, and from the aforesaid, if they appear incorrigible, separate yourselves in all things. Similarly from all whom the Apostle mentions, saying: With such not even to take food; because those also, just as these, are to be repelled, and before satisfaction to the Church are not to be received; since those,

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Footnotes

(¹³) ‹anchor: not visible in the foot image› · call in col 186 II Petr. III.

2 Pet. 3. [The numeral is unclear in the image; read as 13 by its place in the sequence.]

(printed under page 99) (¹²) ‹anchor: not visible in the foot image› · call in col 186 II Tim. II, 26.

2 Tim. 2:26.

(printed under page 99) (¹⁴) ‹anchor: not visible in the foot image› · call in col 186 omnino.

[variant:] "omnino" (altogether).

(printed under page 99) (¹⁵) ‹anchor: removendae› · call in col 186 Suspecti omnes semper sunt amovendi et non recipiendi: ita in Luc.

All who are suspect are always to be removed and not received: so in Luc.

(printed under page 99) (¹⁶) ‹anchor: in recta fide suspecti sunt› · call in col 186 Adrian. coll. c. 4.

Hadrian's collection, ch. 4.

(printed under page 99) (¹⁷) ‹anchor: Similiter omnes› · call in col 186 q. 4. Omnes quos sanctorum.

q. 4: "Omnes quos sanctorum" (All whom of the holy …).

(printed under page 99) (¹⁸) ‹anchor: Cavete talium jacula› · call in col 186 S. Bonif. ep. 19, pluribus modis interpolata.

St Boniface, Letter 19, interpolated in several ways.

(printed under page 99) (¹⁹) ‹anchor: et simplices ut columbae› · call in col 186 Matth. X, 16; Phil. II.

Matt. 10:16; Phil. 2.

(printed under page 99) (²⁰) ‹anchor: nec cibum sumere› · call in col 186 I Cor. V, 11.

1 Cor. 5:11.

(printed under page 99) (²¹) ‹anchor: sunt repellendi› · call in col 186 6. q. 1: Omnes illi sunt ab.

[Causa] 6, q. 1: "Omnes illi sunt ab" (All those are [to be] …).

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cum quibus cibum sumere non licet, manifeste apparent sequestrati usque ad satisfactionem a reliquis fratribus. Quamobrem non debent nec possunt in accusationem fidelium suscipi, sed etiam ab eorum consortio, usque ad jam dictam satisfactionem repelli, ne similes eis efficiantur, aut eorum excommunicationi subjaceant ; quoniam sic apostoli statuerunt dicentes : Cum excommunicatis non est communicandum. Et si quis cum excommunicatis, avertendo regulas, scienter psallat in domo, aut simul locutus fuerit aut oraverit, ille communione privetur. Tales ergo in omnibus sunt cavendi, et non suscipiendi, quia juxta Apostolum, non solum qui faciunt damnantur, sed et qui consentiunt facientibus. Unde et beatus apostolorum princeps, Petrus, in ordinatione Clementis alloquens populum, inter caetera ait : Si inimicus est iste Clemens alicui pro actibus suis, vos nolite exspectare, ut ipse vobis dicat : Cum illo nolite amici esse ; sed prudenter observare debetis, et voluntati ejus absque commonitione obsecundare, et avertere vos ab eo, cui ipsum sentitis adversum, sed nec loqui his, quibus ipse non loquitur, ut unusquisque qui in culpa est, dum cupit omnium vestrum amicitias ferre, festinet citius reconciliari ei qui omnibus praeest, ut per hoc redeat ad salutem, cum obedire coeperit monitis praesidentis. Si vero quis amicus non est, et locutus fuerit his quibus ipse non loquitur, unus est et ipse ex illis qui exterminare Dei Ecclesiam volunt : et cum corpore vobiscum esse videatur, mente et animo contra vos est. Et est multo nequior hostis hic quam illi qui foris sunt, et evidenter inimici sunt. Hic enim per amicitiarum speciem, quae sunt inimica, gerit et Ecclesiam dispergit ac vastat. Ideoque, charissimi, his apostolicis institutis vos monentes instruimus, ut effecta certior charitas vestra, sollicitius deinceps agere studeat et cautius, ne perversi et infideles homines, laedendi fideles et benevolos habeant facultatem : quoniam spes talium et omnium impiorum, tanquam lanugo est, quae a vento tollitur, et tanquam spuma gracilis, quae a procella dispergitur, et tanquam fumus, qui a vento diffusus est, et tanquam memoria hospitis unius diei praetereuntis. Summopere, charissimi, tales cavendi sunt, et avertendi atque rejiciendi, si nocentes apparuerint ; quia non solum ecclesiasticae, sed etiam saeculi leges se nocentes non suscipiunt, sed repellunt. Unde scriptum est : Os impiorum devorat iniquitatem. Et Dominus per Prophetam loquitur, dicens : Cum sancto sanctus eris, et cum perverso

with whom it is not lawful to take food, manifestly appear separated from the remaining brethren until satisfaction. Wherefore they neither ought nor can be received to the accusation of the faithful, but must also be repelled from their fellowship until the aforesaid satisfaction, lest they be made like unto them, or be subject to their excommunication; since thus the apostles appointed, saying: With the excommunicated one must not communicate. And if anyone with the excommunicated, turning aside the rules, knowingly sings psalms in a house, or speaks or prays with them, let him be deprived of communion. Such men therefore in all things are to be shunned, and not received, because according to the Apostle, not only those who do them are condemned, but also those who consent to them that do them. Whence also the blessed prince of the apostles, Peter, addressing the people at the ordination of Clement, among other things says: If this Clement is an enemy to anyone on account of his deeds, do not wait for him to say to you: Do not be friends with him; but you ought prudently to observe, and comply with his will without admonition, and turn yourselves away from him to whom you perceive him to be adverse, and not even speak to those to whom he does not speak, so that everyone who is in fault, while he desires to have the friendship of you all, may hasten more quickly to be reconciled to him who presides over all, that hereby he may return to salvation, when he begins to obey the admonitions of the president. But if anyone is not a friend, and speaks to those to whom he does not speak, he himself also is one of those who wish to destroy the Church of God: and though in body he seems to be with you, in mind and spirit he is against you. And this man is a much worse enemy than those who are outside, and are evidently enemies. For through the appearance of friendships he carries on the things that are hostile, and scatters and lays waste the Church. And therefore, dearest brethren, admonishing you by these apostolic ordinances we instruct you, that your charity, having been informed, may strive hereafter to act more solicitously and more cautiously, lest perverse and unfaithful men have the opportunity of harming the faithful and well-disposed: since the hope of such men and of all the ungodly is as down which is carried away by the wind, and as thin foam which is scattered by the storm, and as smoke which is dispersed by the wind, and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passes by. Exceedingly, dearest brethren, are such men to be shunned, and turned away from and rejected, if they appear guilty; because not only ecclesiastical laws, but also the laws of the world do not receive the self-condemned, but repel them. Whence it is written: The mouth of the ungodly devours iniquity. And the Lord speaks through the Prophet, saying: With the holy Thou shalt be holy, and with the perverse

Editors' notes and page, col. 187

Footnotes

(²²) ‹anchor: a reliquis fratribus› · call in col 187 Fidelibus.

[variant:] "Fidelibus" (to the faithful).

(printed under page 100) (²³) ‹anchor: apostoli statuerunt› · call in col 187 11. q. 3: Sicut apostoli statuerunt.

[Causa] 11, q. 3: "Sicut apostoli statuerunt" (As the apostles laid down).

(printed under page 100) (²⁴) ‹anchor: non est communicandum› · call in col 187 can. 11.

Canon 11.

(printed under page 100) (²⁵) ‹anchor: communione privetur› · call in col 187 can. 11 apost. interp. Dionysio.

Apostolic Canon 11, Dionysius [Exiguus] translating.

(printed under page 100) (²⁶) ‹anchor: consentiunt facientibus› · call in col 187 Rom. I, 32.

Rom. 1:32.

(printed under page 100) (²⁷) ‹anchor: inter caetera ait› · call in col 187 dist. 63: Si inimicus.

Distinction 63: "Si inimicus" (If an enemy).

(printed under page 100) (²⁸) ‹anchor: pro actibus suis› · call in col 187 epist. i Clementi tributa ex versione Rufini Patr. t. I.

Letter 1 attributed to Clement, from Rufinus's translation, Patr[ologia], vol. 1.

(printed under page 100) (²⁹) ‹anchor: ut effecta› · call in col 187 S. Leo ep. 2.

St Leo, Letter 2.

(printed under page 100) (³⁰) ‹anchor: hospitis unius diei praetereuntis› · call in col 187 Sap. V, 15.

Wis. 5:15.

(printed under page 100) (³¹) ‹anchor: saeculi leges se› · call in col 187 abest, se, a ms.

"se" is absent from a manuscript.

(printed under page 100) (³²) ‹anchor: devorat iniquitatem› · call in col 187 Prov. XIX, 28.

Prov. 19:28.

(printed under page 100)