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S. Zephyrinus papa, Epistolae
Letter II
S. ZEPHYRINI PAPAE EPISTOLAE.
The Letters of St Zephyrinus, Pope.
EPISTOLA PRIMA.
FIRST LETTER.
AD EPISCOPOS OMNES SICILIENSES.
To all the bishops of Sicily.
De judiciis episcoporum, et majoribus Ecclesiae causis in sede apostolica terminandis.
On the trials of bishops, and on the greater causes of the Church, which are to be settled in the apostolic see.
Romanae urbis archiepiscopus ZEPHYRINUS, omnibus per Siciliam constitutis episcopis in Domino salutem.
Zephyrinus, archbishop of the city of Rome, to all the bishops established throughout Sicily: greeting in the Lord.
Divinae circa nos gratiae memores esse debemus, quae nos per dignationis suae misericordiam, ob hoc ad fastigium sacerdotale provexit, ut mandatis ipsius inhaerentes, et in quadam sacerdotum ejus speculatione constituti, prohibeamus illicita et sequenda doceamus. Sicut stellas coeli non exstinguit nox, sic mentes fidelium, firmamento inhaerentes sanctae Scripturae, non obscurat mundana iniquitas. Idcirco meditari vos oportet, et Scripturas et praecepta divina quae in Scripturis continentur diligenter attendere, ne transgressores legis Dei, sed
We ought to be mindful of the divine grace towards us, which through the mercy of its condescension has raised us to the priestly summit for this purpose: that, holding fast to its commands, and set as it were in a watch-tower over its priests, we should forbid what is unlawful and teach what is to be followed. As night does not put out the stars of heaven, so worldly iniquity does not darken the minds of the faithful who hold fast to the firmament of Holy Scripture. Therefore you ought to meditate, and to attend diligently to the Scriptures and to the divine precepts contained in the Scriptures, so that you may prove not transgressors of the law of God, but
Editors' notes and page, col. 11
Footnotes
¹ ‹anchor: EPISTOLA PRIMA› · call in col 11 Haec cum seq. Ant. Aug. aliisque viris eruditis supposititia habetur.
This letter, with those that follow, is held spurious by Antonius Augustinus and other learned men.
² ‹anchor: memores esse debemus› · call in col 11 Hilari papae sancti Leonis successoris ep. 3.
Pope Hilary, successor of St Leo, letter 3.
³ ‹anchor: non exstinguit nox› · call in col 11 Distinct. 38 : Sicut stellas coeli.
Distinction 38: "As the stars of heaven."
⁴ ‹anchor: firmamento inhaerentes› · call in col 11 Adhaerentes.
[Variant:] "Adhaerentes" (clinging).
⁵ ‹anchor: mundana iniquitas› · call in col 11 Prosperi sentent. 120, ex S. Aug. in Ps. XCIII.
Prosper, Sentences 120, from St Augustine on Psalm 93.
⁶ ‹anchor: discutientes episcopum› · call in col 12 2. q. 4 : Primat. accusat.; et in Felicis I; et in decr. Ivon., lib. iv.
[Cause] 2, question 4: "Primates accusatum"; and in Felix I; and in Ivo's Decretum, book 4.
⁷ ‹anchor: convincatur testes› · call in col 12 Anianus in const. I, tit. 40, lib. ix Cod. Theod.
Anianus, on constitution 1, title 40, book 9 of the Theodosian Code.
⁸⁻⁹ ‹anchor: res quoque› · call in col 12 Adrian., coll. 68 ; 3. q. 4 : Detractores quoque.
Hadrian['s collection], ch. 68; [Cause] 3, question 4: "Detractores quoque."
¹⁰ ‹anchor: aut dispereat› · call in col 12 Desperet.
[Variant:] "Desperet."
¹¹ ‹anchor: in re dubia› · call in col 12 Greg. ep. 30, lib. viii, et 52, xi.
Gregory, letter 30 of book 8, and 52 of book 11.
¹² ‹anchor: Absens vero› · call in col 12 3. q. 9 : Absens vero.
[Cause] 3, question 9: "Absens vero."
¹³ ‹anchor: careant suspicione› · call in col 12 Adrian. coll. 15.
Hadrian['s collection], ch. 15.
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(4) ‹anchor: ad fastigium sacerdotale› · call in col 11
Ad fastigium sacerdotale. Pontificatum summum intelligit, cui simul oves et agni (id est, episcopi, ut Patres exponunt), cum reliquis clericis et tota plebe commissi sunt, Joan. cap. xxi. Ideoque hic recte pontificatum suum sacerdotale fastigium nominat, cujus sacerdotium, dignitate et officio simul, supra omnium sacerdotum et episcoporum longe emineat. Sev. Bin.
"To the priestly summit." He means the supreme pontificate, to which the sheep and the lambs together (that is, the bishops, as the Fathers explain), with the rest of the clergy and the whole people, were committed, John ch. 21. And so here he rightly calls his pontificate the priestly summit, since its priesthood, in dignity and office alike, stands far above that of all priests and bishops. Severinus Binius.
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impletores appareatis.
fulfillers of it.
Patriarchae vero vel primates, accusatum discutientes episcopum, non ante sententiam proferant ⟨de⟩finitivam, quam apostolica fulti auctoritate, aut reum seipsum confiteatur, aut per innocentes et regulariter examinatos convincatur testes; qui minori non sint numero, quam illi discipuli fuerunt, quos Dominus ad adjumentum apostolorum eligi praecepit, id est, septuaginta duo. Detractores quoque, qui divina auctoritate eradicandi sunt, et auctores inimicorum, ab episcopali submovemus accusatione vel testimonio: nec summorum quispiam minorum accusationibus impetatur aut dispereat. Neque in re dubia, certa judicetur sententia; nec ullum judicium, nisi ordinabiliter habitum teneatur. Absens vero nemo judicetur, quia et divinae et humanae hoc prohibent leges. Accusatores autem eorum, omni careant suspicione, quia columnas suas Dominus
But let patriarchs or primates, when examining an accused bishop, not pronounce definitive sentence before, supported by apostolic authority, either the accused confesses himself guilty, or he is convicted by witnesses who are blameless and duly examined; and let these be no fewer in number than those disciples whom the Lord commanded to be chosen to help the apostles, that is, seventy-two. Detractors also, who by divine authority are to be rooted out, and the instigators of enemies, we remove from accusation of or testimony against a bishop: nor is anyone of the highest rank to be assailed or ruined by the accusations of lesser men. Nor is a certain sentence to be passed in a doubtful matter; nor is any judgement to stand unless it has been held in due order. And let no one be judged in his absence, for both divine and human laws forbid this. Let their accusers, moreover, be free of all suspicion, because the Lord His pillars
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firmiter stare voluit, non a quibuslibet agitari. Nullum namque eorum sententia, non suo judice dicta, constringat, quia et leges saeculi idipsum fieri praecipiunt. Duodecim enim judices, quilibet episcopus accusatus, si necesse fuerit, eligat, a quibus ejus causa juste judicetur. Nec prius audiatur, aut excommunicetur, vel judicetur, quam ipsi per se eligantur, et regulariter vocato, ad suorum primo conventum episcoporum, per eos ejus causa juste audiatur, et rationabiliter discernatur. Finis vero ejus causae ad sedem apostolicam deferatur, ut ibidem terminetur. Nec antea finiatur, sicut ab apostolis vel successoribus eorum olim statutum est, quam ejus auctoritate fulciatur. Ad eam quoque ab omnibus, maxime tamen ab oppressis, appellandum est, et concurrendum quasi ad matrem, ut ejus uberibus nutriantur, auctoritate defendantur, et a suis oppressionibus releventur, quia non potest nec debet mater oblivisci filium suum. Judicia enim episcoporum, majoresque Ecclesiae causae, a sede apostolica, et non ab alia, sicut apostoli et sancti successores eorum statuerunt, cum aliis episcopis sunt terminandae: quia licet in alios transferantur episcopos, beato tamen apostolo Petro dictum est: Quaecunque ligaveris super terram, erunt ligata et in caelis; et quaecunque solveris super terram, erunt soluta et in caelis. Et reliqua privilegia, quae soli huic sanctae sedi concessa sunt, et in constitutis apostolorum, eorumque successorum, aliisque quamplurimis cum eis concinentibus, habentur inserta. Septuaginta enim apostoli sententias praefixerunt, cum aliis quamplurimis episcopis, et servandas censuerunt. De occultis enim alieni cordis temere judicare, peccatum est; et eum cujus non videntur opera nisi bona, iniquum est ex suspicione reprehendere, cum eorum, quae hominibus sunt incognita, solus Deus judex sit. Ipse vero novit abscondita cordis, et non alius. Injusta enim judicia ab omnibus cavenda sunt; maxime tamen a servis Dei. Servum autem Dei non oportet litigare, nec quemquam damnare. Episcopi namque a plebibus et clero, et domini a servis ferendi sunt, ut sub exercitatione tolerantiae, sustineantur temporalia, sperentur aeterna. Auget enim merita
willed His pillars to stand firmly, not to be shaken by just anyone. For let a sentence not pronounced by their own judge bind none of them, because the laws of the world also command this very thing to be done. For let any accused bishop, if it be necessary, choose twelve judges, by whom his cause may be justly judged. Nor let him be heard, or excommunicated, or judged, before they themselves are chosen by him, and after he has been regularly summoned to the first assembly of his bishops, let his cause be justly heard by them and reasonably discerned. But let the conclusion of his cause be referred to the apostolic see, that it may be concluded there. Nor let it be ended beforehand, just as was established of old by the apostles or their successors, before it is supported by its authority. To it also appeal is to be made by all, yet especially by the oppressed, and recourse is to be had as to a mother, that they may be nourished by her breasts, defended by her authority, and relieved from their oppressions, because a mother cannot and ought not to forget her son (Isa. 49:15). For the trials of bishops, and the weightier causes of the Church, are to be concluded by the apostolic see, and not by another, just as the apostles and their holy successors established, together with the other bishops: because although they may be transferred to other bishops, nevertheless to the blessed apostle Peter it was said: Whatever you bind upon earth shall be bound also in heaven, and whatever you loose upon earth shall be loosed also in heaven (Matt. 16:19). And the remaining privileges, which have been granted to this holy see alone, are also found inserted in the constitutions of the apostles and of their successors, and in very many others agreeing with them. For seventy apostles fixed the sentences beforehand, together with very many other bishops, and decreed that they should be observed. For to judge rashly concerning the hidden things of another's heart is a sin; and him whose works are not seen to be other than good, it is unjust to reprove out of suspicion, since of those things which are unknown to men, God alone is judge. For He Himself knows the hidden things of the heart (Ps. 43:22), and not another. For unjust judgements are to be avoided by all, yet especially by the servants of God. And the servant of God must not wrangle (2 Tim. 2:24), nor condemn anyone. For bishops are to be borne by the people and clergy, and masters by servants, so that under the exercise of tolerance temporal things may be endured, eternal things hoped for. For it increases the merits
Editors' notes and page, col. 13
Footnotes
¹⁴ ‹anchor: not in view (call above the rendered foot)› · call in col 13 Cod. const. unica, l. iv, tit. 16.
Code [of Justinian], the single constitution, book 4, title 16.
¹⁵ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 13 5. quaest. 4 : Duodecim judices.
[Cause] 5, question 4: "Duodecim judices."
¹⁶ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 13 iv Carth., 10, et iii, 7.
Fourth [Council of] Carthage, [canon] 10, and Third, 7.
¹⁷ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 13 2. q. 6 : Ad Romanam Ecclesiam.
[Cause] 2, question 6: "Ad Romanam Ecclesiam."
¹⁸ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 13 Isai. XLIX, 15.
Isaiah 49:15.
¹⁹ ‹anchor: cum aliis episcopis› · call in col 13 Vox, episcopis, abest a ms.
The word "episcopis" is missing from the manuscript.
²⁰ ‹anchor: et in caelis› · call in col 13 Matth. XVI, 19.
Matthew 16:19.
²¹ ‹anchor: Septuaginta› · call in col 13 Al. sexaginta, ut in ms. Just.; al. quinquaginta. dist. 16 : Sexaginta sententias.
Other copies read "sixty", as in the Justel manuscript; others "fifty". Distinction 16: "Sexaginta sententias."
²² ‹anchor: temere judicare› · call in col 13 Prosperi sent. 21, ex S. Aug. in Ps. CXVIII.
Prosper, Sentence 21, from St Augustine on Psalm 118.
²³ ‹anchor: abscondita cordis› · call in col 13 Ps. XLIII, 22.
Psalm 43:22.
²⁴ ‹anchor: non oportet litigare› · call in col 13 II Tim. II, 24.
2 Timothy 2:24.
²⁵ ‹anchor: ferendi sunt› · call in col 13 Prosperi sent. 34, ex S. Aug. in Ps. CXXIV.
Prosper, Sentence 34, from St Augustine on Psalm 124.
²⁶ ‹anchor: not in view (call above the rendered foot)› · call in col 14 Job xxix, 13 seqq. ex vers. vulgata.
Job 29:13 ff., from the Vulgate version.
²⁷ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 14 Nutriunt.
[Variant:] "Nutriunt" (they nourish).
²⁸ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 14 Sixti sent. 176.
Sentences of Sixtus, 176.
²⁹ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 14 Steph. Dorensis consult. 2, syn. Later. sub Martino I
Stephen of Dor, consultation 2, at the Lateran synod under Martin I.
³⁰ ‹anchor: et Gallicano› · call in col 14 Gallo.
[Variant:] "Gallo."
³¹ ‹anchor: clarissimis consulibus› · call in col 14 Saturninus hic et Gallus coss. fuerunt an. 198, vivente adhuc Victore.
This Saturninus and Gallus were consuls in the year 198, while Victor was still living.
³² ‹anchor: accepimus fiduciam› · call in col 14 S. Leo, ep. 24.
St Leo, letter 24.
³³ ‹anchor: laboremus affectu› · call in col 14 Effectu.
[Variant:] "Effectu" (in effect).
³⁴ ‹anchor: pie vivere› · call in col 14 S. Prosperi sent. 52, ex S. Aug. in Ps. CXXII.
St Prosper, Sentence 52, from St Augustine on Psalm 122.
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(5) ‹anchor: constitutis apostolorum› · call in col 13
Et in constitutis apostolorum. 73 Canonem apostolorum intelligit, quo constitutum est, ut episcopales causae non nisi ab episcopis superioribus, conciliis, aut Romano pontifice dijudicentur. Vide quae diximus ibi in notis ad praedictum canonem 73. Sev. Bin.
"And in the decrees of the apostles." He means the 73rd Canon of the Apostles, by which it was decreed that bishops' causes be judged only by higher bishops, by councils, or by the Roman pontiff. See what we said there in the notes on the said canon 73. Severinus Binius.
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(6) ‹anchor: sententias praefixerunt› · call in col 13
Septuaginta enim apostoli sententias praefixerunt. Alia quaedam lectio habet, sexaginta, alia quinquaginta; quovis modo legatur, verum est, quod per has sententias, canones apostolorum intelligat; quorum numerus, licet quinquagenarius tantum fuerit, ut supra in notis nostris ibidem ostendimus, tamen, quia uno canone quandoque plures sententiae comprehenduntur, 60 aut 70 sententiarum apostolicarum numerus, quinquagenario apostolorum canonum numero, nihil obstat aut praejudicat. Id.
"For the apostles laid down seventy sentences." Another reading has "sixty", another "fifty"; however it is read, it is true that by these sentences he means the canons of the apostles; and although their number was only fifty, as we showed above in our notes at that place, yet, because one canon sometimes comprises several sentences, a number of 60 or 70 apostolic sentences in no way conflicts with or prejudices the number of fifty canons of the apostles. The same [Binius].
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- running head: 13 EPISTOLAE.
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virtutis, quod propositum non violat religionis. Satagendum est vobis, ne aliquis fratrum vestrorum graviter laceretur vel pereat. Succurrere ergo vos oportet oppressis, et liberare eos de manu persequentium, ut cum beato Job dicatis: Benedictio perituri super me veniebat, et cor viduae consolatus sum. Justitia indutus sum, et vestivi me vestimento et diademate, judicio meo. Oculus fui caeco, et pes claudo. Pater eram pauperum, et causam, quam nesciebam, diligentissime investigabam. Conterebam molas iniqui, et de dentibus illius auferebam praedam: et reliqua. Vos ergo, qui in specula a Domino estis positi, comprimere et repellere eos summopere debetis, qui fratribus insidias praeparant, aut in eos seditiones et scandala excitant. Facile est enim verbo fallere hominem, non tamen Deum. Ideo hos repellere, et ab his vos cavere oportet, quatenus exstincta funditus hujusmodi caligine, Lucifer eis resplendeat, et laetitia oriatur, sanctissimi fratres. Data duodecimo Kalend. Octobris, Saturnino et Gallicano viris clarissimis consulibus.
of virtue, when that does not violate the purpose of religion. You must take care lest any of your brethren be grievously torn or perish. Therefore it behoves you to succour the oppressed, and to deliver them from the hand of persecutors, that with blessed Job you may say: The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the widow's heart. I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with my judgement as with a garment and a diadem. I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame. I was a father of the poor, and the cause which I knew not, I most diligently investigated. I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth (Job 29:13–17): and the rest. You therefore, who have been placed on the watchtower by the Lord, ought with the utmost effort to repress and repel those who prepare snares for the brethren, or stir up seditions and scandals against them. For it is easy by a word to deceive man, yet not God. Therefore it behoves you to repel these, and to beware of them, so that when darkness of this kind has been utterly extinguished, the Morning Star may shine upon them, and gladness may arise, most holy brethren. Given on the twelfth day before the Kalends of October, when Saturninus and Gallicanus, most illustrious men, were consuls.
EPISTOLA II.
EPISTLE II.
AD AEGYPTI PROVINCIAE EPISCOPOS.
TO THE BISHOPS OF THE PROVINCE OF EGYPT.
Charissimis fratribus per Aegyptum Domino militantibus ZEPHYRINUS Romanae urbis archiepiscopus.
To the most dear brethren fighting for the Lord throughout Egypt, Zephyrinus, archbishop of the city of Rome.
Tantam a Domino, hujus sanctae sedis et apostolicae Ecclesiae fundatore, et beato Petro principe apostolorum, accepimus fiduciam, ut pro universali Christi sanguine redempta Ecclesia, impigro laboremus affectu, et omnibus Domino famulantibus succurramus, et cunctis pie viventibus apostolica auctoritate opem feramus. Omnes qui in Christo volunt pie vivere, necesse est ut ab impiis et dissimilibus patiantur opprobria, et despiciantur tanquam stulti et insani, ut meliores et purgatiores efficiantur qui bona temporalia perdunt, ut percipiant aeterna. Eorum vero despectio et irrisio in ipsos retorquebitur qui eos affligunt et contumeliis afficiunt, cum et abundantia eorum in egestatem, et superbia transierit in confusionem.
So great a confidence have we received from the Lord, the founder of this holy see and apostolic Church, and from blessed Peter, prince of the apostles, that for the universal Church redeemed by the blood of Christ we labour with unwearied affection, and succour all who serve the Lord, and bring aid by apostolic authority to all who live piously. All who wish to live piously in Christ must needs suffer reproaches from the impious and unlike, and be despised as fools and madmen, that those who lose temporal goods may be made better and more purified, so that they may receive eternal ones. But the contempt and derision of them will be turned back upon those very men who afflict them and load them with insults, when both their abundance shall have passed into want, and their pride into confusion.
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I. De episcopis rebus spoliatis, vel a sede pulsis.
I. On bishops despoiled of their goods, or driven from their see.
Nuntiatum est enim sedi apostolicae per apocrisarios vestros, quosdam fratrum nostrorum, episcoporum videlicet, ab Ecclesiis et sedibus propriis pelli, suaque eis auferri supellectilia, et sic nudos et exspoliatos ad judicia vocari; quod omni ratione caret, cum constituta apostolorum, eorumque successorum, et praecepta imperatorum ac constitutiones legum, idipsum prohibeant, et apostolicae sedis auctoritas idipsum fieri vetet. Praeceptum est ergo in antiquis statutis, episcopos ejectos, atque suis rebus exspoliatos, Ecclesias proprias recipere, et primo sua omnia eis reddi: et tum demum, si quis eos juste accusare voluerit, aequo periculo facere, judices esse decernentes, episcopos recta sapientes, et in ecclesia convenientes, ubi testes essent singulorum, qui oppressi videbantur: nec prius eos respondere debere, quam omnia sua eis et ecclesiis eorum legibus integerrime restituantur. Nec mirum, fratres, si vos persequuntur, cum caput vestrum Christum Dominum nostrum usque ad mortem sint persecuti. Ipsae tamen persecutiones patienter portandae sunt, ut ejus dicipuli esse cognoscamini, pro quo et patimini. Unde et ipse ait: Beati qui persecutionem patiuntur propter justitiam. His fulti suffragiis, non multum debemus timere opprobrium hominum, neque eorum exprobrationibus vinci, quoniam hoc nobis Dominus jubet per Isaiam prophetam, dicens: Audite me qui scitis judicium, populus meus, in quorum cordibus lex mea est. Nolite timere opprobrium hominum, et blasphemias eorum ne timeatis, considerantes quod in Psalmo scriptum est: Nonne Deus requirat ista? Ipse enim novit abscondita cordis, et cogitationes talium hominum, quoniam vanae sunt. Vana autem locuti sunt unusquisque ad proximum suum, labia dolosa in corde, et corde locuti sunt mala. Sed disperdet Dominus universa labia dolosa, et linguam magniloquam. Qui dixerunt: labia nostra a nobis sunt; quis noster Dominus est? Nam si haec in memoria retinerent, minime ad tantam prosilirent iniquitatem. Non enim probabili et paterna doctrina hoc faciunt, sed ut suam exerceant in servos Dei vindictam. Scriptum namque est: Via stulti recta in oculis ejus. Et: Sunt viae, quae videntur homini justae, novissima autem earum deducunt ad mortem.
For it has been reported to the apostolic see through your apocrisiarii that certain of our brethren, namely bishops, are being driven from their own Churches and sees, and their goods are being taken away from them, and thus naked and despoiled they are being summoned to trials; which lacks all reason, since the constitutions of the apostles and of their successors, and the precepts of the emperors and the constitutions of the laws forbid this very thing, and the authority of the apostolic see forbids this very thing to be done. Therefore it is commanded in the ancient statutes that bishops who have been cast out and despoiled of their goods should recover their own Churches, and first all their goods should be restored to them: and then at last, if anyone wishes justly to accuse them, he should do so at equal risk, appointing as judges bishops who judge rightly and assemble in the church, where there are witnesses of each of those who seemed to be oppressed: nor ought they to answer before all their goods and their churches are most fully restored to them according to the laws. Nor is it any wonder, brethren, if they persecute you, since they persecuted your head, Christ our Lord, even unto death. Yet the persecutions themselves are to be patiently borne, that you may be recognized to be His disciples, for Whom also you suffer. Whence He Himself also says: Blessed are they that suffer persecution for righteousness' sake (Matt. 5:10). Supported by these suffrages, we ought not much to fear the reproach of men, nor to be overcome by their upbraidings, since the Lord commands us this through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Hearken unto Me, you that know judgement, My people, in whose heart is My law; fear not the reproach of men, and be not afraid of their blasphemies (Isa. 51:7), considering what is written in the Psalm: Shall not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart (Ps. 43:22), and the thoughts of such men, that they are vain (Ps. 93:11). And they have spoken vain things every one to his neighbour; with deceitful lips, in a double heart have they spoken evil. But the Lord shall destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things: who have said: Our lips are our own; who is Lord over us? (Ps. 11:3–5). For if they retained these things in memory, they would by no means leap forth to such great iniquity. For they do not do this by probable and paternal doctrine, but that they may exercise their vengeance against the servants of God. For it is written: The way of a fool is right in his own eyes (Prov. 12:15). And: There are ways which seem to a man right, yet the ends thereof lead unto death (Prov. 14:12).
Editors' notes and page, col. 15
Footnotes
³⁵ ‹anchor: not in view (call above the rendered foot)› · call in col 15 In decr. Ivonis, l. iv.
In Ivo's Decretum, book 4.
³⁶ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 15 Ethnicorum utique et Ecclesiae persecutorum.
That is, of the heathen and of the persecutors of the Church.
³⁷ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 15 2, quaest. 2 : Praeceptum est.
[Cause] 2, question 2: "Praeceptum est."
³⁸ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 15 Adr. coll. 13, ex Trip. vii, c. 12.
Hadrian['s collection], ch. 13, from the Tripartite [History] 7, ch. 12.
³⁹ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 15 Adr. coll. 5, ex syn. iii, Rom., sub Symmacho.
Hadrian['s collection], ch. 5, from the third Roman synod under Symmachus.
⁴⁰ ‹anchor: propter justitiam› · call in col 15 Matth. V, 10.
Matthew 5:10.
⁴¹ ‹anchor: opprobrium hominum› · call in col 15 Martinus consult. 3, conc. Lateranensis.
Martin, consultation 3, of the Lateran council.
⁴² ‹anchor: ne timeatis› · call in col 15 Isai. LI, 7.
Isaiah 51:7.
⁴³ ‹anchor: abscondita cordis› · call in col 15 Psal. XLIII, 22.
Psalm 43:22.
⁴⁴ ‹anchor: quoniam vanae sunt› · call in col 15 Psalm. xciii, 11.
Psalm 93:11.
⁴⁵ ‹anchor: Dominus est› · call in col 15 Psalm. ii, 3, 4, 5.
Psalm 11:3–5 (the print appears to read "ii"; the words quoted are Ps. 11 in the Vulgate).
⁴⁶ ‹anchor: hoc faciunt› · call in col 15 Idem Martinus.
The same Martin.
⁴⁷ ‹anchor: not in view (call below the rendered text)› · call in col 15 Prov. XII, 15, 28.
Proverbs 12:15, 28.
⁴⁸ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 15 or 16 Matth. XVI, 27.
Matthew 16:27.
⁴⁹ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 15 or 16 Rom. XII, 19.
Romans 12:19.
⁵⁰ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 15 or 16 Joan. XIII, 35.
John 13:35.
⁵¹ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 15 or 16 Psalm. cxxxii, 1.
Psalm 132:1.
⁵² ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 16 Pauli ep. CP. epist. consult. 4, conc. Later. sub Martino I.
Letter of Paul, bishop of Constantinople, consultation 4, Lateran council under Martin I.
⁵³ ‹anchor: not in view› · call in col 16 Sacerdotalem ; ita et ms.
[Read] "sacerdotalem"; so also the manuscript.
⁵⁴ ‹anchor: peccatoribus potestas› · call in col 16 S. Prosperi sent. 23, ex S. Aug. in Ps. CXVIII.
St Prosper, Sentence 23, from St Augustine on Psalm 118.
⁵⁵ ‹anchor: eum pertinet› · call in col 16 Greg. ep. 32, lib. xii.
Gregory, letter 32 of book 12.
⁵⁶ ‹anchor: in lingua mea› · call in col 16 Psalm. xxxviii, 1.
Psalm 38:1.
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(7) ‹anchor: not in view (Apocrisarios vestros)› · call in col 15
Apocrisarios vestros. Apocrisarii dicuntur legati episcoporum, et velut eorum locum tenentes, qui res Ecclesiae gubernant, negotia singulorum audiunt, et ad episcopos referunt. Dicuntur igitur apocrisarii, id est, responsales, ab ἀποκρίνομαι, id est, respondeo. Horum fit mentio in capite Significasti, de elect., et apud Justinianum Novell. Quomodo oporteat episcopos, cap. 12, et de sanctissimis episcopis § Reverendiss. Albericus per apocrisarios nuntios papae intelligit. Sev. Bin.
"Your apocrisiarii." Apocrisiarii is the name for the envoys of bishops, who as it were hold their place, govern the affairs of the Church, hear the business of individuals, and report to the bishops. They are therefore called apocrisiarii, that is, "responsales", from ἀποκρίνομαι, that is, "I answer". They are mentioned in the chapter "Significasti", on elections, and in Justinian, in the Novel "How bishops ought [to be ordained]", ch. 12, and "On the most holy bishops", § "Reverendissimi". Albericus understands by apocrisiarii the pope's nuncios. Severinus Binius.
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Nos enim qui haec patimur, judicio Dei haec reservare debemus, qui reddet unicuique secundum opera ejus. Qui etiam per ministros suos intonuit, dicens: Mihi vindicta, ego retribuam. Vos enim in recta fide, et opere, ac bona voluntate succurrite vicissim, nec aliquis a supplemento fratris subtrahat manum, quoniam in hoc, ait Dominus, cognoscent omnes quia mei estis discipuli, si dilectionem habueritis adinvicem. Unde et ipse per Prophetam loquitur, dicens: Ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum, habitare fratres in unum. Spiritali dico habitaculo et concordia, quae in Deo est, et unitate fidei, hujus delectabilis secundum veritatem habitaculi, quae videlicet in Aaron magis decorabatur, atque sacerdotibus induentibus dignitatem, sicut unguentum super caput, principalem intellectum irrigans, et usque ad ipsam extremam scientiam deducens. In hoc enim habitaculo benedictionem et aeternam vitam promisit Dominus. Hujus igitur propheticae vaticinationis meritum amplectentes, praesentem fraternam syllabam exposuimus, nostra propter charitatem minime quaerentes, aut quaesituri. Non enim detrahentibus bonum est detrahere, aut palo (secundum vulgarem fabulam) excutere palum. Absit! Non sunt ista nostra. Haec enim avertat Divinitas. Justo judicio Dei datur plerumque peccatoribus potestas, qua sanctos ipsius persequantur, ut qui Spiritu Dei juvantur et aguntur, fiant per laborum exercitia clariores. Ipsis tamen, qui eos persequuntur, et exprobrant, atque detrahunt, erit procul dubio vae. Vae, vae illis qui detrahunt servis Dei, quia detractio eorum ad eum pertinet, cujus ministerium agunt et vice funguntur. Oramus autem, ostium circumstantiae, qui neminem perire aut labiis suis pollui volumus, eorum oribus imponi, et verbum minime nocivum concipere, aut ore proferre. Unde et Dominus per Prophetam loquitur, dicens: Dixi, custodiam vias meas, ut non delinquam in lingua mea. Dominus omnipotens, et ejus unigenitus Filius, et Salvator noster Jesus Christus, hoc vobis tribuat incitamentum, ut omnibus fratribus, quibuscunque tribulationum molestiis laborantibus, viribus quibus potestis succurratis, et eorum (ut dignum est) injurias vestras aestimetis; maximum adminiculum eis verbis et factis praebeatis, ut ejus discipuli inveniamini veri, qui fratres, ut se, omnibus diligere praecepit.
For we who suffer these things ought to reserve these things to the judgement of God, Who will render to every man according to his works (Matt. 16:27). Who also thundered through His ministers, saying: Vengeance is Mine, I will repay (Rom. 12:19). For do you in right faith, and work, and good will succour one another in turn, nor let anyone withdraw his hand from supplying his brother, since by this, says the Lord, shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another (John 13:35). Whence He Himself also speaks through the Prophet, saying: Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity (Ps. 132:1). By a spiritual dwelling, I mean, and concord, which is in God, and by unity of faith, of this delightful dwelling according to truth, which namely was more adorned in Aaron, and in the priests putting on dignity, like ointment upon the head, watering the principal understanding, and leading even unto the furthest knowledge itself. For in this dwelling the Lord promised blessing and eternal life. Embracing therefore the merit of this prophetic prediction, we have set forth the present fraternal letter, by no means seeking, or about to seek, our own things on account of charity. For it is not good to disparage those who disparage, or (according to the common proverb) to drive out a stake with a stake. Far be it! Those things are not ours. For may the Divinity avert these things. By the just judgement of God power is oftentimes given to sinners, whereby they persecute His saints, so that those who are helped and led by the Spirit of God may become more illustrious through the exercises of labours. Yet to them themselves, who persecute, and upbraid, and disparage them, there will without doubt be woe. Woe, woe to those who disparage the servants of God, because the disparagement of them pertains to Him Whose ministry they perform and Whose place they fill. And we pray, we who wish no one to perish or to be defiled by his lips, that a door of restraint may be set upon their mouths, and that they may conceive, or utter with their mouth, no word that is harmful. Whence also the Lord speaks through the Prophet, saying: I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue (Ps. 38:2). May the almighty Lord, and His only-begotten Son, and our Saviour Jesus Christ, grant you this incentive, that with what strength you can you may succour all the brethren labouring under whatsoever troubles of tribulations, and account their injuries (as is worthy) your own; and afford them the greatest support in words and deeds, that you may be found true disciples of Him Who commanded all to love the brethren as Himself.
Editors' notes and page, col. 16
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- running head: HYRINI PAPAE EPISTOLAE. 16
- marginal letters: A tem. Nos enim; B tatem, sicut unguentum; C Ipsis tamen, qui; D injurias vestras aestimetis
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II. De ordinatione presbyterorum atque diaconorum.
II. On the ordination of presbyters and deacons.
Ordinationes vero presbyterorum et Levitarum, tempore congruo et multis coram astantibus, solemniter agite, et probabiles et doctos viros ad hoc opus provehite, ut de eorum societate et adjumento
Moreover, solemnly perform the ordinations of presbyters and Levites at a fitting time and in the presence of many bystanders, and promote approved and learned men to this work, so that from their fellowship and assistance
plurimum gaudeatis. Ponite indesinenter corda vestra in virtute Dei, et enarrate haec et caetera divina verba in progenies alteras, quoniam hic est Deus noster in aeternum, et ipse reget nos in saecula. Data 7 Idus Novembris, Saturnino et Gallicano viris clarissimis consulibus.
you may rejoice exceedingly. Set your hearts unceasingly on the power of God, and declare these and the rest of the divine words unto other generations, for this is our God for ever, and He Himself shall rule us for evermore (Ps. 47:15). Given on the 7th day before the Ides of November, when Saturninus and Gallicanus, most illustrious men, were consuls.
Editors' notes and page, col. 17
Footnotes
⁵⁷ ‹anchor: Ordinationes vero presbyterorum› · call in col 17 Distinct. 75. Ordinationes presbyterorum.
Distinction 75: "Ordinationes presbyterorum."
⁵⁸ ‹anchor: opus provehite› · call in col 17 Constituite.
[Variant:] "Constituite" (appoint).
⁶¹ ‹anchor: Gallicano viris› · call in col 18 Gallo.
[Variant:] "Gallo."
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Editors' notes and page, col. 18
Footnotes
⁵⁹ ‹anchor: in virtute Dei› · call in col 18 Gelasius, ep. 9.
Gelasius, letter 9.
⁶⁰ ‹anchor: reget nos in saecula› · call in col 18 Psalm. XLVII, 15.
Psalm 47:15.
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