PL 54 · cols. 1035–1038

Leo the Great, Letters

Letters CXVI–CXVII

miseratio, sensiant se et didicisse quod credant, et agnovisse quod timeant. Quia vero omnibus modis obediendum est pietatis vestrae religiosissimae voluntati, constitutionibus synodalibus, quae mihi de confirmatione fidei catholicae, et de haereticorum damnatione placuerunt, libens adjeci sententiam meam; quae ut ad notitiam omnium sacerdotum Ecclesiarumque perveniat, vestrae clementiae praeceptio ordinare dignabitur. Affu⟨t⟩uram credo et spero gratiam Dei, quae tam sanctam tanti principis curam plenissimum desiderii sui fructum faciat obtinere, ut omnibus dissentiendi occasionibus amputatis, apostolicae ubique doctrinae pax regnet et veritas. Fratri autem meo Juliano episcopo noverit vestra clementia hoc me proprie delegasse, ut quidquid illic ad custodiam fidei pertinere probaverit, meo nomine vestrae fiducialiter suggerat pietati: quoniam certus sum vos ad haec omnia emendanda vel defendenda, Deo auxiliante, sufficere.

[…] mercy, they may perceive that they have both learned what they are to believe and recognized what they are to fear. But since the most religious will of your piety is to be obeyed in every way, I have gladly added my judgement to the synodal constitutions which pleased me concerning the confirmation of the catholic faith and the condemnation of the heretics; and the command of your clemency will deign to arrange that it reaches the knowledge of all the bishops and Churches. I believe and hope that the grace of God will be present, to make so holy a care of so great a prince obtain the fullest fruit of its desire, so that, all occasions of dissent being cut away, the peace and truth of the apostolic teaching may reign everywhere. And let your clemency know that I have specially delegated this to my brother Julian the bishop, that whatever he finds there to pertain to the safeguarding of the faith he may confidently suggest in my name to your piety: for I am sure that you, with God's help, are equal to amending or defending all these things.

Data duodecimo kalendas Apriliis, Opilione viro clarissimo consule.

Given on the twelfth day before the Kalends of April, in the consulship of Opilio, a man of clarissimus rank.

EPISTOLA CXVI.

LETTER CXVI.

AD PULCHERIAM AUGUSTAM.

TO PULCHERIA AUGUSTA.

Leo episcopus Pulcheriae Augustae.

Leo, bishop, to Pulcheria Augusta.

CAP. I. — Quamvis nullas nunc litteras tuae pietatis acceperim, scribente tamen gloriossimo principe, non aliter dignatione ipsius sum gavisus, quam si mihi etiam tuae serenitatis redderentur alloquia. Unde consuetudinem debiti a me officii oportuit custodiri, qua me significarem clementiae vestrae salute gaudere, et incessabilibus a Deo precibus postulare ut vos, et Romanae reipublicae, et catholicae Ecclesiae in omni prosperitate conservet. De vignoret autem fidei vestrae, qua indesinenter Domino sacrificium laudis offertis, quantas Deo gratias agam, enarrare non valeo:

CHAP. I. — Although I have not now received any letter from your piety, yet since the most glorious prince has written, I have rejoiced at his condescension no otherwise than if the words of your serenity also had been delivered to me. Hence it was fitting that the custom of the duty owed by me should be kept, by which I might signify that I rejoice in the welfare of your clemency, and that I ask God with unceasing prayers that He may preserve you in all prosperity, both for the Roman commonwealth and for the catholic Church. But what thanks I give to God for the vigour of your faith, with which you unceasingly offer the Lord the sacrifice of praise, I cannot tell:

Editors' notes and page, col. 1035

Footnotes

(a) ‹deseruit divina› (call at the head of this column, before "miseratio") · printed under col 1035

Sic Ratisp. et mss. collect. 11 et 21. Alias, misericordia. Codd. Vat, Hisp. et Isid., miseratio, sciant se et didieisse.

So the Regensburg manuscript and the manuscripts of collections 11 and 21. Elsewhere "misericordia" [mercy]. The Vatican manuscript of the Spanish collection and the Isidorian: "miseratio, sciant se et didicisse" [(divine) compassion, they may know that they have both learned].

(b) ‹obediendum est› · printed under col 1035; its call is printed "(b" without the closing bracket

Iidem codd. Vat. Hisp. et Isid. aliique inde profecti cum editis ante Quesn., Pietati vestrae et religiosissimae voluntati. Vindebon. Hisp., Grim et Ratisp., cum Graeca versione, ut in textu.

The same manuscripts, the Vatican one of the Spanish collection and the Isidorian, and others derived from them, with the editions before Quesnel: "Pietati vestrae et religiosissimae voluntati" [your piety and most religious will]. The Vienna manuscript of the Spanish collection, the Grimani and the Regensburg, with the Greek version, as in the text.

Vide not. 4 Quesn.

See Quesnel's note 4.

(d) ‹Fratri autem meo Juliano› · printed under col 1035

Ratisp. ms. delet episcopo.

The Regensburg manuscript deletes "episcopo".

(e) ‹ad haec omnia› · printed under col 1035

Codd. Grim. et Thuan, a Quesn. laudati, et unus noster coll. 21 emundanda, Mox Ratisp. omittit Deo auxiliante.

The Grimani and de Thou manuscripts, cited by Quesnel, and one of ours of collection 21: "emundanda" [to be cleansed]. Next, the Regensburg manuscript omits "Deo auxiliante".

(f) ‹EPISTOLA› (caption of Letter CXVI) · printed under col 1035

Alias 90. Quae autem ante 116 erat, nunc 146. Scripta 21 Martii an. 453.

Elsewhere 90. The one that was formerly 116 is now 146. Written 21 March in the year 453.

(g) ‹AD PULCHERIAM AUGUSTAM› (call before the address of the caption) · printed under col 1035

Hanc epistolam relegimus cum ms. Ratisp. collect. 19 et cum Veneto S. Marci collect. 12, in quibus collectionibus tantum eam reperire licuit.

We have re-read this letter with the Regensburg manuscript of collection 19 and with the Venice manuscript of St Mark of collection 12, the only collections in which it could be found.

(h) ‹alloquia. Unde› · printed under col 1035

Vulgati cum mss. collect. 12, consetudinem debitam mei officii oportuit me custodire, per quam significarem clementiae vestrae, absolute me gaudere. Locus egregie restitutus ex optimo codice Ratisponensi.

The printed editions, with the manuscripts of collection 12: "consetudinem debitam mei officii oportuit me custodire, per quam significarem clementiae vestrae, absolute me gaudere" [it was fitting that I should keep the due custom of my office, by which I might signify to your clemency that I rejoice absolutely]. The passage has been excellently restored from the very good Regensburg manuscript.

(i) ‹fidei vestrae,› · printed under col 1035

Ita idem Ratisp. Al., quo.

So the same Regensburg manuscript. Elsewhere "quo".

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — I. Pro vigore fidei et sanctionibus contra rebelles monachos editis gratias agit. — II. Se ad Chalcedonenses episcopos litteras dedisse consensus sui testes.

SYNOPSIS. — I. He gives thanks for the vigour of [her] faith and for the sanctions issued against the rebellious monks. — II. That he has given letters to the bishops of Chalcedon as witnesses of his consent.

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running head: 1035 S. LEONIS MAGNI (continuing "EPISTOLAE." over col 1036)
marginal letters: A ‹miseratio, sensiant se›; B ‹quid illic ad custodiam fidei›; C ‹CAP. I. — Quamvis nullas›; D in the footnote band ‹giosissimae voluntati. Vindebon.› (note b)
old-edition numerals: 1205 before ‹damnatione›
signature: none
other: Letter CXV (Latin) ends in this column with its date; below the right column's Greek, two full-width lines finish the Greek version of CXV (set in n1036); the caption of CXVI and its synopsis are printed in this column only, not full width. The last word "va-leo" is hyphenated into col 1036 and set whole here.

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quoniam principibus temporis nostri non solum potentiam regiam, sed etiam sacerdotalem cognoscimus inesse doctrinam. Indicante enim fratre meo Juliano episcopo, pervenerunt ad nos in exemplaribus praeceptionum vestrarum saluberrimae sanctiones, quibus insanam imperitiam monachorum dignati estis parcendo plectere, et docendo punire: ut, si eos ad poenitentiam miseratio divina converterit, multis lacrymis, et a nefandis caedibus, et ab haereticorum blasphemiis diluantur.

for we recognize that in the princes of our time there is not only royal power but also priestly teaching. For through the report of my brother Julian the bishop there have reached us, in copies of your commands, most wholesome sanctions, by which you deigned to chastise the insane ignorance of the monks by sparing them, and to punish it by teaching them: so that, if divine compassion turns them to penance, they may be washed with many tears both from their abominable slaughters and from the blasphemies of the heretics.

CAP. II. — Quod vero piissimus imperator ad omnes episcopos, qui Chalcedonensi synodo interfuere, voluit me scripta dirigere, quibus ea quae illic de fidei regula sunt definita firmarem libenter implevi, ne fallax cujusquam simulatio sententiam meam haberi vellet incertam, cum per Constantinopolitanum episcopum, cui laetitiam meam largiter indicavi, in omnium potuerit notitiam pervenire, quod scripseram,

CHAP. II. — As to the most pious emperor's wish that I should direct writings to all the bishops who took part in the synod of Chalcedon, by which I should confirm what was defined there concerning the rule of faith, I have gladly fulfilled it, lest anyone's deceitful pretence should wish my judgement to be held uncertain, although through the bishop of Constantinople, to whom I made my joy abundantly known, what I had written could have come to the knowledge of all,

Editors' notes and page, col. 1036

Footnotes

(j) ‹sacerdotalem cognoscimus inesse› · printed under col 1036

Marcianus scilicet et Pulcheria in litteris adversus Palaestinos monachos datis, quae leguntur tom. IV Concil, edit. Ven. pag. 1798 et 1819, catholicam fidem optime vindicant. Exemplaria autem earumdem litterarum, quae hic appellantur, si in commodiorem Leonis intelligentiam Latine reddita erant eam forte praeferebant versionem, quam Epiphanius Scholasticus Codici encycho praemisit, ut indicatur tom. V Concil. pag. 33.

That is, Marcian and Pulcheria, in the letters issued against the monks of Palestine, which are read in vol. IV of the Councils, Venice edition, pp. 1798 and 1819, defend the catholic faith excellently. The copies of those letters mentioned here, if they had been rendered into Latin for Leo's easier understanding, perhaps presented the version which Epiphanius Scholasticus prefixed to the Codex Encyclius, as is indicated in vol. V of the Councils, p. 33.

(k) ‹voluit me› · printed under col 1036

Epist. 114.

Letter 114.

(l) ‹notitiam pervenire, quod› · printed under col 1036

Epist. 106.

Letter 106.

1 ‹ὡς εὐσεβεῖ› (Greek version, Letter CXV) · printed under col 1036 Leg., κατηξιώσατε.

Read κατηξιώσατε [you deigned].

2 ‹καὶ διδάξαι, ὥστε› (Greek version) · printed under col 1036 Leg., εἰ μή.

Read εἰ μή [if not].

3 ‹ἡδέως τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ› (Greek version) · printed under col 1036 προστόθεικα.

προστέθεικα [I have added].

4 ‹τῆς σῆς ἡμερότητος› (Greek version) · printed under col 1036 Leg., πρόσταξις.

Read πρόσταξις [the command].

5 ‹Χάριν Θεοῦ› (Greek version) · printed under col 1036 Leg., παρέσεσθαι.

Read παρέσεσθαι [will be present].

6 ‹παρασκευάσει ἐπιτυχεῖν·› (Greek version) · printed under col 1036 Haec quidem, ut puto, ab ieterprete, sed male omnino. Vertere debuerat hoc aut simili modo: ὥστε, πάσης διχονοίας ἀποτμηθείσης, τῆς ἀποστολικῆς πανταχοῦ διδασκαλίας εἰρήνην καὶ ἀλήθειαν κρατεῖν.

This, I think, is from the translator, but quite wrongly done. He should have translated in this or a similar way: "so that, all discord being cut away, the peace and truth of the apostolic teaching may prevail everywhere."

7 ‹εὐσεβείᾳ θαρρῶν› (Greek version, full-width line) · printed under col 1036 Leg., ὑποβάλλοι, ὑποβαλλη.

Read ὑποβάλλοι or ὑποβάλλῃ [may suggest].

8 ‹ἐπιτρέποντος, ὑμᾶς› (Greek version, full-width line) · printed under col 1036 Leg., ἐπαρκεῖν.

Read ἐπαρκεῖν [to be sufficient].

Ancient version (Greek)

ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἐμοῦ καὶ συνεπισκόπου καὶ ἀδελφοῦ Ἰουλιανοῦ δεδηλῶσθαι σημαίνω ὡς εὐσεβεῖ κατηξιώσατο ἀποκρίσει τῶν ἀπείρων μοναχῶν τὰς ψυχὰς καὶ ἐπισχεῖν ὁμοῦ, καὶ διδάξαι, ὥστε μὴ πάντῃ αὐτοὺς ἡ θεία φιλανθρωπία καταλέλοιπεν, αἰσθάνεσθαι, καὶ δεδιδάχθαι αὐτοὺς ὅπερ πιστεύουσι, καὶ εἰδέναι ὅπερ εὐλαβεῖσθαι ὀφείλουσιν. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ παντὶ σθένει πείθεσθαι δεῖ τῇ τῆς σῆς εὐσεβείας εὐλαβεῖ προαιρέσει, τοῖς τύποις τῆς συνόδου, οἵτινές μοι περὶ τῆς βεβαιώσεως τῆς καθολικῆς πίστεως, καὶ περὶ τῆς τῶν αἱρετικῶν κατακρίσεως ἤρεσαν, ἡδέως τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ προτέθεικα γνώμην· ἥτις ὡς ἂν εἰς γνῶσιν πάντων τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶ⟨ν⟩ ἐκκλησιῶν ἔλθοι, τῆς σῆς ἡμερότητος προτάξει τυπῶν σαι καταξιώσει. Χάριν Θεοῦ ἔσεσθαι ἐλπίζω καὶ πιστεύω· ἥτις τὴν οὕτως ὁσίαν τοῦ τοσούτου βασιλέως φροντίδα τῆς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας τοῦ καρποῦ παρασκευάσει ἐπιτυχεῖν· πρὸς τὸ, πάσης διχονοίας ἀποτμηθείσης, τῆς ἀποστολικῆς πανταχοῦ διδασκαλίας, εἰρήνη, καὶ ἀλήθεια κρατήσει. Τῷ ἀδελφῷ τῷ ἐμῷ Ἰουλιανῷ τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ γινωσκέτω με ἡ σὴ γαληνότης τοῦτο ἰδικῶς προστεταχέναι, ἵνα εἴ τι δηποτοῦν αὐτόθι εἰς παραφυλακὴν τῆς πίστεως ἀνήκειν δοκιμάσει, ἐμῷ ὀνόματι τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ εὐσεβείᾳ θαρρῶν ὑποβάλλει· ἐπειδὴ ὁμολογουμένως ἐπίσταμαι εἰς πάντων τούτων διόρθωσιν καὶ ἐκδίκησιν, τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπιτρέποντος, ὑμᾶς ἐπαρκεῖν.

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running head: MAGNI EPISTOLAE. 1036 (continuing "S. LEONIS" from col 1035)
marginal letters: A ‹ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἐμοῦ καὶ συνεπισκόπου›; B ‹τῆς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας›; C ‹ut, si eos ad poenitentiam›; D in the footnote band ‹Leonis intelligentiam Latine› (note j)
old-edition numerals: 1206 after ‹περὶ τῆς› (Greek version); 1207 after ‹nostri non› (Latin, CXVI)
signature: none
other: the upper part of this column is the end of the Greek version of CXV (from col 1034's "μετ'"); its last two lines (from "στεως ἀνήκειν δοκιμάσει" to "ἐπαρκεῖν") run across the full page width and are set here in reading order. Below them the column carries the Latin of CXVI (layer 1, no Greek version), continuing col 1035's "valeo" (hyphenated "va-leo", set whole in col 1035); this column's rail stands at "quoniam". The Greek "τυπῶν σαι" is printed so, split over a line end without a hyphen.

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nisi maluisset meum gaudium tacere, quam repulsam sui ambitus, publicare. Fratri et coepiscopo meo Juliano, cui sollicitudinem meam in causa fidei delegavi, rogo ut eam fiduciam praebere dignemini, qua pietati vestrae possit quae universali Ecclesiae sint profutura, suggerere.

had he not preferred to keep silent about my joy rather than make public the rebuff of his ambition. I ask that you deign to grant my brother and fellow bishop Julian, to whom I have delegated my solicitude in the cause of the faith, such confidence that he may be able to suggest to your piety what will be of profit to the universal Church.

Data duodecimo kalendas Aprilis, Opilione viro clarissimo consule.

Given on the twelfth day before the Kalends of April, in the consulship of Opilio, a man of clarissimus rank.

EPISTOLA CXVII.

LETTER CXVII.

AD JULIANUM EPISCOPUM COENSEM.

TO JULIAN, BISHOP OF COS.

Leo Juliano episcopo.

Leo to Julian, bishop.

CAP. I. — Quam vigilanter, quamque devote pro catholica fide fraternitas tua excubet, litterarum tuarum textus ostendit, quibus instruentibus multum mea sollicitudo relevatur; accedente religiosi imperatoris religiosissima pietate, quam evidenter apparet ad universalis Ecclesiae firmamentum a Domino praeparatam; ut dum sancto studio pro fide agunt Christiani principes, fidenter pro eorum regno supplicent Domini sacerdotes.

CHAP. I. — How vigilantly and how devotedly your brotherliness keeps watch for the catholic faith the text of your letter shows, by whose information my solicitude is much relieved; there is added the most religious piety of the religious emperor, which plainly appears to have been prepared by the Lord for the strengthening of the universal Church; so that, while Christian princes act with holy zeal for the faith, the priests of the Lord may confidently make supplication for their reign.

Quod ergo necessarium credidit clementissimus imperator, libenter implevi, ut ad omnes fratres, qui Chalcedonensi synodo interfuerunt, scripta dirigerem quibus placuisse mihi, quae a sanctis fratribus nostris de regula fidei confirmata sunt, demonstrarem: propter eos scilicet, qui ad occasionem velandae perfidiae suae, infirma vel dubia videri volunt statuta concilii, quae nulla sunt consensus mei sententia roborata; cum tamen post reversionem fratrum, quos vice mea miseram ad Constantinopolitanum episcopum epistolas delerim: ut, si eas publicare voluisset, abunde ex ipsis potuisset agnosci quanto gaudio ea quae de fide synodus sanxerat approbarem. Sed quia in eisdem continebatur quale responsum accepisset ambitio ignorari

What, then, the most clement emperor believed necessary I have gladly fulfilled, directing writings to all the brethren who took part in the synod of Chalcedon, in which I should show that what was confirmed by our holy brethren concerning the rule of faith has pleased me: on account, that is, of those who, as a pretext for veiling their faithlessness, wish the statutes of the council to seem weak or doubtful, as not having been strengthened by any judgement of my consent; although after the return of the brethren whom I had sent in my stead I gave a letter to the bishop of Constantinople, so that, if he had been willing to publish it, it could have been abundantly recognized from it with what joy I approved what the synod had sanctioned concerning the faith. But since it contained what answer his ambition had received, he wished what I thought

Editors' notes and page, col. 1037

Footnotes

(a) ‹EPISTOLA› (caption of Letter CXVII) · printed under col 1037

Alias 88. Quae autem antea 117 erat, nunc 136. Scripta 21 Martii an. 453.

Elsewhere 88. The one that was formerly 117 is now 136. Written 21 March in the year 453.

(b) ‹AD JULIANUM EPISCOPUM COENSEM› (call before the address of the caption) · printed under col 1037

Hanc epistolam a Quesnello ex ms. Grim. editam, cum Ratisponensi contulimus.

We have collated this letter, edited by Quesnel from the Grimani manuscript, with the Regensburg one.

Sic codex Ratisp. Quesnellus ex Grimanico intervenientibus.

So the Regensburg manuscript. Quesnel, from the Grimani: "intervenientibus" [by whose intervention].

(d) ‹supplicent Domini sacerdotes.› (call before "Quod ergo") · printed under col 1037

Haec uncinis inclusa referuntur in epist. Pelagii papae II ad Eliam, c. 6.

These words enclosed in brackets are quoted in the letter of Pope Pelagius II to Elias, chap. 6.

(e) ‹quanto gaudio ea quae› · printed under col 1037

Quesnellus cum Grimanico, de fide sanxerant. Ratisponensis cod. supplementum et emendationem suggessit.

Quesnel, with the Grimani manuscript: "de fide sanxerant" [they had sanctioned concerning the faith]. The Regensburg manuscript suggested the supplement and the correction.

(f), (g) and the beginning of (h) are printed under this column; their calls are in col 1038, set in n1038.

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — I. Se ut imperatori satisfaceret et occasionem haereticis auferret, ad episcopos Chalcedonenses de consensu suo litteras dedisse. — II. De monachis edicto Marciani repressis, et archimandritis Pulcheriae responsione increpatis. — III. De Eudocia a Leone monita ex secreto imperatoris mandato. — IV. Aetii dejectionem patienter habendam esse, ne aliarum Ecclesiarum regimini se immiscens mensuram propriam videretur excedere. — V. Anatolium ab Illyricianis subscriptionem in sui ambitus patrocinium elicere voluisse. De epistola ad Chalcedonenses episcopos scripta,

SYNOPSIS. — I. That, to satisfy the emperor and to take away a pretext from the heretics, he has given letters to the bishops of Chalcedon concerning his consent. — II. On the monks restrained by Marcian's edict, and the archimandrites rebuked by Pulcheria's reply. — III. On Eudocia, admonished by Leo at the emperor's secret request. — IV. That the removal of Aetius is to be borne patiently, lest by interfering in the government of other Churches he should seem to exceed his own measure. — V. That Anatolius wished to elicit a subscription from the Illyrians in support of his ambition. On the letter written to the bishops of Chalcedon,

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running head: 1037 EPISTOLA (continuing "CXVII." over col 1038)
marginal letters: A ‹nisi maluisset meum gaudium›; B ‹rum Ecclesiarum regimini› (in the synopsis); C ‹imperator, libenter implevi›; D in the footnote band ‹tam, cum Ratisponensi› (note b)
old-edition numerals: 1208 before ‹Leo Juliano episcopo›
signature: none
other: Letter CXVI ends at the head of this column with its date; the caption of CXVII and its synopsis are printed in this column only. CXVII has no Greek version. The last word "ignora-ri" is hyphenated into col 1038 and set whole here. The synopsis ends with a comma as printed.

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voluit quod de fraternis constitutionibus sentiebam, ne simul cognosceretur quod pro inviolabili Nicaenorum canonum auctoritate rescripseram. Unde studeat dilectio tua piissimum principem crebris suggestionibus commonere, ut adjunctis affatibus suis ad singularum provinciarum sacerdotes deferri apostolicae sedis scripta praecipiat: ne ulterius quisquam veritatis inimicus de silentio meo se excusare praesumat.

[…] about the constitutions of the brethren to remain unknown, lest at the same time what I had written back in defence of the inviolable authority of the Nicene canons should be known. Therefore let your love take care to remind the most pious prince with frequent suggestions that he order the writings of the apostolic see to be carried, with his own words added, to the bishops of each province: so that no enemy of the truth may any longer presume to excuse himself on the ground of my silence.

CAP. II. — De edicto autem Christianissimi imperatoris, quo imperita quorumdam monachorum insania quid mereretur ostendit, et de responsione piissimae Augustae, qua monasteriorum praesules increpavit, multum me gaudere significo; non ignorans hunc ipsis fervorem fidei divina inspiratione conferri, ut omnibus excellentiam ipsorum non solum regii culminis, sed etiam sacerdotalis esse appareat sanctitatis, apud quos ut fraternitati tuae familiarior esset fiducia, et nunc et antea postulavi, confidens de eorum benevolentia, quod necessariis suggestionibus non difficulter dignabuntur annuere.

CHAP. II. — As for the edict of the most Christian emperor, by which he showed what the ignorant madness of certain monks deserved, and the reply of the most pious Augusta, in which she rebuked the heads of the monasteries, I tell you that I rejoice greatly; knowing that this fervour of faith is conferred on them by divine inspiration, so that it may be plain to all that their excellence is not only that of royal eminence but also of priestly holiness. I have asked, both now and before, that your brotherliness should have a more familiar confidence with them, trusting in their benevolence that they will without difficulty deign to assent to necessary suggestions.

CAP. III. — Et quia secretius mihi clementissimus imperator per filium nostrum Paulum mandare dignatus est, de admonenda filia nostra clementissima Augusta Eudocia; feci quod voluit, ut litteris meis quam fructuosum ipsi foret, si catholicae fidei faveret, agnosceret, et ut clementissimi principis filii sui litteris super hoc admonetur, obtinui; non ambigens ipsam quoque pio studio elaboraturam ut auctores seditionum propositum suae professionis agnoscant, et si non intelligunt docentium praedicationem, saltem vindicantium timeant potestatem. Quem itaque profetum haec nostra cura obtineat, protinus litteris dilectionis tuae opto cognoscere, et utrum tandem rebellis imperitia conquiescat; quae si de nostra putat ambigendum esse doctrina, saltem beatae memoriae Athanasii, Theophili et Cyrilli Alexandriae sacerdotum scripta non renuat; cum quibus ita fidei nostrae forma concordat, ut in nullo a nobis discrepet, qui se illis consentire profitetur.

CHAP. III. — And since the most clement emperor deigned to send me word more privately through our son Paul about admonishing our daughter the most clement Augusta Eudocia, I have done what he wished, so that she might learn by my letter how profitable it would be for her if she favoured the catholic faith; and I have obtained that she should be admonished on this by a letter of the most clement prince, her son; not doubting that she too will labour with pious zeal that the authors of the seditions may recognize the purpose of their profession, and, if they do not understand the preaching of those who teach, may at least fear the power of those who punish. What progress, then, this care of ours obtains, I wish to learn at once by a letter from your love, and whether the rebellious ignorance is at last quieting down; and if it thinks there is doubt about our teaching, let it at least not reject the writings of the bishops of Alexandria of blessed memory, Athanasius, Theophilus and Cyril; with whom the form of our faith so agrees that whoever professes to agree with them differs from us in nothing.

CAP. IV. — Filio nostro Aetio presbytero in suo moerore compatimur; et cum in locum officii ejus is fuerit ascitus, qui reprobatione dignus fuerat judicatus, non est dubium hanc commutationem ad catholicorum

CHAP. IV. — We sympathize with our son Aetius the presbyter in his grief; and since one who had been judged worthy of reprobation has been taken into the place of his office, there is no doubt that this change [tends] to the […] of the catholics

Editors' notes and page, col. 1038

Footnotes

(f) ‹ostendit, et› · printed under col 1037

Litterae Pulcheriae responsio vocantur, quippe quae libello supplici monachorum redditae fuerunt, Vide not. 4 Quesn. Vide annot. 4 (Col. 1036, n. j) in epistolam praecedentem.

Pulcheria's letter is called a "reply", since it was given in answer to the petition of the monks. See Quesnel's note 4. See note 4 (col. 1036, n. j) on the preceding letter.

(g) ‹appareat› (call before "omnibus excellentiam") · printed under col 1037

Ms. Ratisp., omnem excellentiam.

The Regensburg manuscript: "omnem excellentiam" [all excellence].

(h) ‹clementissima Augusta› · printed under col 1037, running over under col 1038

Ita hoc nomen in Ratisponensi melius scribitur sicut et in aliis nostris codicibus in titulo epistolae 123, cujus scribendae stimulus ex hoc loco cognoscitur. Sermo est de Eudocia Theodosii junioris uxore, quae in Palaestina degens, monachis tumultuantibus aliquamdiu favit. Quesnellus Eudoxia, sicut et in inscriptione epistolae 123 Eudoxiae ex Grimanico edidit; perperam. Eudoxia enim Valentiniani III uxor hujus Eudociae ex Theodosio filia fuit. Quesnellus in postilla marginali: Nota ex hoc unico monumento, unde Eudoxia (lege. Eudocia) in melius mutata, catholicae fidei favere coeperit. Immo ex hoc loco colligitur eam Eutychianis favisse, ita ut hac de causa imperator ipsam a Leone admonendam duxerit. Enimvero solum resipuit anno 456 post auditam Valentiniani necem et Eudoxiae filiae captivitatem, uti ex Vita S, Euthymii in Analectis Graecis a PP. Benedictinis edita discimus.

So this name is better written in the Regensburg manuscript, as also in our other manuscripts in the title of letter 123, the occasion for writing which is learned from this passage. It concerns Eudocia, wife of Theodosius the Younger, who, living in Palestine, for some time favoured the rioting monks. Quesnel edited "Eudoxia", as also "Eudoxiae" in the heading of letter 123, from the Grimani manuscript; wrongly. For Eudoxia, the wife of Valentinian III, was the daughter of this Eudocia by Theodosius. Quesnel in a marginal gloss: "Note from this single document how Eudoxia (read Eudocia), changed for the better, began to favour the catholic faith." On the contrary, it is gathered from this passage that she favoured the Eutychians, so that for this reason the emperor thought she should be admonished by Leo. Indeed she came to her senses only in the year 456, after hearing of the murder of Valentinian and the captivity of her daughter Eudoxia, as we learn from the Life of St Euthymius in the Analecta Graeca edited by the Benedictine Fathers.

(i) ‹feci quod voluit, ut› · printed under col 1038

Hae ad Eudociam Leonis litterae desiderantur; neque enim credendae sunt epistola 123, quae nullo post, id est 15 Junii scripta fuit.

This letter of Leo to Eudocia is lost; for it is not to be thought to be letter 123, which was written [a little] later, that is, on 15 June.

(j) ‹ut clementissimi› · printed under col 1038

Valentinianum intelligit, cui Eudoxia Eudociae filia nupserat.

He means Valentinian, whom Eudoxia, Eudocia's daughter, had married.