PL 54 · cols. 1109–1112

Leo the Great, Letters

Letters CXL–CXLIV

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EPISTOLA CXL.

LETTER CXL.

AD JULIANUM EPISCOPUM COENSEM.

To Julian, Bishop of Cos.

LEO JULIANO episcopo.

Leo to Bishop Julian.

Litteras dilectionis tuae per filium nostrum Gerentium me accepisse rescribo, mihique fuisse pergratum, quia non omiseris opportunitatem familiaris alloquii, quod omni occasione inter nos convenit frequentari: ut de his quae ad curam nostram pro Ecclesiae statu pertinent, nihil incognitum, nihil habeamus incertum. In hac autem sollicitudine constitutis numquam desunt divina praesidia, quae hypocritarum simulationes nihil posse permittunt, occultamque eorum nequitiam manifesta destructione confundunt. Quamvis enim jampridem omnia haereticorum machinamenta confracta sint et universas ejus vires dextera veritatis abstulerit, nunc tamen intereunte, ut scripsistis, Dioscoro, in profundiora ceciderunt, et perfidiae incentore sublato, instabiles quaedam et insipientes animae habent quod paveant, non habent quod sequantur.

I write back that I have received your Love's letter through our son Gerentius, and that it was most welcome to me that you did not pass over the opportunity of a familiar conversation, which it is fitting that we keep up between us on every occasion: so that of the things that pertain to our care for the state of the Church we may have nothing unknown, nothing uncertain. And to those set in this solicitude divine protections are never lacking, which allow the pretences of the hypocrites to avail nothing, and confound their hidden wickedness by a manifest destruction. For although long since all the contrivances of the heretics have been shattered, and the right hand of truth has taken away all its strength, yet now, with Dioscorus perishing, as you have written, they have fallen into deeper depths, and with the instigator of the perfidy removed, certain unstable and foolish souls have something to fear, and have nothing to follow.

Unde auxiliante misericordia Dei facilius est errantium speranda correctio, et efficacior erit praedicatio Evangelii, exstincto defensore mendacii: cooperante ad hoc remedium Christianissimi principis pietate, cujus devotio pro omnibus catholicae fidei provectibus sanctas semper praetendit excubias. Et ideo fraternitatem tuam hortor et moneo ut dignatione et charitate regia sapienter utaris, et de omnibus quae profutura credideris, opportunas suggestiones non moreris offerre: quia multis experimentis probavimus eam esse gloriosissimi Augusti fidem, ut tunc maxime se arbitretur regno suo consulere, cum praecipue studuerit pro integritate Ecclesiae laborare. Si quid sane de Alexandrinae plebis provectibus cognoveris, scire nos facito: ut sicut de Orientalium populorum pace laetamur, ita

Hence, with the mercy of God helping, the correction of those who err is the more easily to be hoped for, and the preaching of the Gospel will be more effective now that the defender of falsehood is extinguished: the piety of the most Christian prince cooperating towards this remedy, whose devotion ever keeps holy watch on behalf of every advance of the catholic faith. And therefore I urge and admonish your Fraternity to make wise use of the royal favour and charity, and not to delay offering timely suggestions about all things that you believe will be profitable: for by many experiences we have proved the faith of the most glorious Augustus to be such that he thinks he best provides for his kingdom when he has most zealously striven to labour for the integrity of the Church. If indeed you learn anything of the advances of the people of Alexandria, let us know: so that, just as we rejoice over the peace of the peoples of the East, so […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 1109

Footnotes

(a) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 1109

Alias 111. Quae autem antea 140 erat, nunc 172. Scripta 6 Dec. an. 454.

Otherwise 111. But the one that was formerly 140 is now 172. Written 6 Dec. in the year 454.

(b) ‹AD JULIANUM EPISCOPUM COENSEM (call before the caption)› · printed under col 1109

In unico ms. Grim, hactenus inventa est, ex quo a Quesnello edita fuit.

Hitherto it has been found in the single Grimani manuscript, from which it was edited by Quesnel.

Nostrum adjecimus auctoritate ejusdem codicis cujus apographum P. Cacciarius adhibuit.

We have added "nostrum" on the authority of the same manuscript, of which Fr. Cacciari used a copy.

(d) ‹divina praesidia, quae› · printed under col 1109

Monachos Eutychianos intelligit, qui zelum adversus Nestorianos praeferentes, specie vindicandae Nicaenae fidei et Ephesini concilii, Eutychiano errori favebant.

He means the Eutychian monks, who, displaying zeal against the Nestorians, under the pretext of defending the Nicene faith and the council of Ephesus, favoured the Eutychian error.

(e) printed under this column; its call is in col 1110, set in n1110. (f) printed under this column; its call is in col 1110, set in n1110. (g) printed under this column; its call is in col 1110, set in n1110. (h) printed under this column (running on under col 1110); its call is in col 1110, set in n1110.

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — Faciliorem fore deinceps errantium correctionem, Dioscoro sublato, cujus mortem Julianus Leoni nuntiaverat. Eumdem monet ut de statu Alexandrinae Ecclesiae scribat.

SYNOPSIS. — That the correction of those in error will henceforth be easier, now that Dioscorus has been removed, whose death Julian had announced to Leo. He admonishes the same to write about the state of the Church of Alexandria.

Ancient version (Greek)

(End of the Greek version of the preceding letter, continued from col 1108 (see n1108); printed in three full-width lines at the head of page 560, above both columns.) οἰκείαν ἐκτὸς ἑαυτοὺς ποιήσωσι τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧτινι συναπεθάνομεν καὶ συνανέστημεν· ἐπειδὴ οὔτε ἡ εὐσέβεια ἡ τῆς πίστεως, οὔτε ὁ τοῦ μυστηρίου λόγος ἀνέχεται, ἢ ἐν τῇ ἰδία οὐσία εἶναι τὴν Θεότητα παθητὴν, ἢ διεψεῦσθαι ἐν τῇ ληφθείφῃ φύσει τῇ ἡμῶτ τὴν ἀλήθειαν.

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running head: 1109 EPISTOLA CLII. 1110 (one head across page 560)
marginal letters: A ‹EPISTOLA CXL (level of the caption; beside "de provectibus" in col 1110)›; B ‹numquam desunt divina›; C ‹ut dignatione et charitate›; D in the gutter beside the second line of note (d)
old-edition numerals: 1295 before EPISTOLA CXL; 1296 after regno
signature: none
other: three full-width lines of Greek (end of the preceding letter's Greek version) at the head of the page, set above under Ancient version (Greek)

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de provectibus etiam hujus populi gaudeamus. Datum octavo idus Decembris, Aetio et Studio viris clarissimis consulibus.

[…] we may rejoice also over the advances of this people. Given on the eighth day before the Ides of December, Aetius and Studius being consuls, men most illustrious.

EPISTOLA CXLI.

LETTER CXLI.

AD EUMDEM JULIANUM.

To the same Julian.

LEO JULIANO episcopo Coensi.

Leo to Julian, Bishop of Cos.

CAP. I. — Per filium meum Gerontium litteras tuae fraternitatis accepi, quibus devotione consueta, quae ad curam nostram pro causa fidei merito aestimas pertinere, significas: Carosum scilicet in fidei confessione correctum; sed ita contra fratrem Anatolium in simultate nescio qua permanere, ut propter ipsius discordiam etiam nunc a communione desciscat. Joannem vero spectabilem virum et in fidei sinceritate laudabilem ad Aegyptum causa fidei fuisse directum, qui quantum paci emendationique profuerit, cum primum redierit, scire me facias, quod te etiam sine meo monitu facturum esse non dubito.

CHAP. I. — Through my son Gerontius I have received your Fraternity's letter, in which, with your accustomed devotion, you make known the things you rightly judge to pertain to our care for the cause of the faith: namely, that Carosus has been corrected in the confession of the faith; but that he persists in some sort of grudge against our brother Anatolius, so that on account of his quarrel with him he still withdraws from communion. And that John, a man of rank and praiseworthy in the sincerity of his faith, has been sent to Egypt for the cause of the faith; as soon as he returns, you will let me know how far he has profited peace and amendment, which I do not doubt you will do even without my prompting.

CAP. II. — De Antiocheni autem episcopi statu multo animi dolore contristor, si, quod absit, vera adversus eum ab accusatoribus proferuntur. Sed praeter sacerdotalem diligentiam, quam curam utilitatis habituram esse non ambigo, maxima mihi de justitia et benevolentia gloriosissimi principis fiducia datur, qua certus sum in quantum potest fieri providendum, ne in ullam partem possit valere fallacia. Sed ad quem finem haec causa pervenerit, cum opportunum fuerit, dignaberis indicare. Datum quinto idus Martii, Valentiniano Augusto octies consule.

CHAP. II. — But concerning the state of the bishop of Antioch I am saddened with great grief of mind, if, which God forbid, what is brought against him by his accusers is true. But besides the priestly diligence, which I do not doubt will take care for what is expedient, the greatest confidence is given me by the justice and benevolence of the most glorious prince, by which I am sure that provision will be made, as far as can be done, that deceit may not prevail in any part. But to what end this case has come, when it is opportune, you will be good enough to inform me. Given on the fifth day before the Ides of March, Valentinian Augustus being consul for the eighth time.

EPISTOLA CXLII.

LETTER CXLII.

AD MARCIANUM AUGUSTUM.

To Marcian Augustus.

LEO MARCIANO Augusto.

Leo to Marcian Augustus.

CAP. I. — Quanta sit in vestra clementia dilectio

CHAP. I. — How great is the love […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 1110

Footnotes

(e) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 1109

Alias 113. Quae autem erat 141, nunc 173. Scripta 11 Martii an. 455.

Otherwise 113. But the one that was 141 is now 173. Written 11 March in the year 455.

(f) ‹AD EUMDEM JULIANUM (call before the caption)› · printed under col 1109

Haec quoque epistola est in solo ms. Grimanico.

This letter too is in the Grimani manuscript alone.

(g) ‹significas:› · printed under col 1109

Hic Carosus, qui correctus traditur, distinguendus est a Caroso monacho, qui cum Dorotheo ob Eutychianam haeresim in exsilium pulsus traditur epistola sequenti.

This Carosus, who is reported as corrected, is to be distinguished from the monk Carosus who, with Dorotheus, is reported in the following letter to have been driven into exile for the Eutychian heresy.

(h) ‹a communione desciscat.› · printed under col 1109, running on under col 1110

De hoc Joanne Alexandriam misso vide epistolam Marciani ad monachos Alexandrinos tom. IV Concil. pag. 1794 edit. Ven., quam imperialem epistolam, chronica notatione carentem, sub finem anni praecedentis, vel sub hujus anni initio datam, ex tempore hujus epistolae cognoscimus.

On this John sent to Alexandria see Marcian's letter to the monks of Alexandria, vol. IV of the Councils, p. 1794 of the Venice edition; this imperial letter, which lacks a chronological note, we recognize from the date of this letter to have been given at the end of the preceding year or at the beginning of this one.

(i) ‹De Antiocheni autem› · printed under col 1110

Maximum Domno subrogatum intelligit, de cujus causa in synodo discussa confer diss. 1 Quesn. de an. 455, et ibidem annotationem nostram.

He means Maximus, put in the place of Domnus; on his case, discussed in the synod, compare Quesnel's Dissertation 1 on the year 455, and our annotation there.

(j) ‹Datum› · printed under col 1110

Cum duae sequentes epistolae III idus datae fuerint, eodemque die a Leone notari soleant litterae quas simul in aliquam provinciam direxit, hanc quoque epistolam III idas Martii signatam arbitramur; nec dubitamus quin si vel Ratisp. vei alius emendatus codex hanc epistolam praeferret, haec dies ibidem notaretur, et emendandum esset Grimanicum exemplum, sicuti in data epistolae sequentis corrigetur vel supplebitur. Nullo tamen codice opitulante, datam ex uno Grimanico editam immutare noluimus.

Since the two following letters were given on the third day before the Ides, and letters which Leo sent together into some province are usually dated by him on the same day, we judge that this letter too was signed on the third day before the Ides of March; nor do we doubt that if either the Ratisbon or some other corrected manuscript carried this letter, this day would be noted there, and the Grimani copy would have to be corrected, just as in the date of the following letter it will be corrected or supplied. Yet with no manuscript to help, we have not wished to change the date edited from the Grimani manuscript alone.

(k) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 1110

Alias 112. Scripta 13 Martii an. 455.

Otherwise 112. Written 13 March in the year 455.

(l) ‹AD MARCIANUM AUGUSTUM (call before the caption)› · printed under col 1110

Edita fuit a Quesnello ex ms. Grimanico collect. 18. Relegimus cum optimo cod. Ratisp. collect. 19.

It was edited by Quesnel from the Grimani manuscript, collection 18. We have read it again with the excellent Ratisbon manuscript, collection 19.

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — I. De Carosi monachi correctione et Joannis decurionis in Aegyptum legatione. — II. De Maximo Antiocheno episcopo criminis alicujus accusato, quid evenerit, ut rescribat.

SYNOPSIS. — I. On the correction of the monk Carosus, and on the mission of John the decurion to Egypt. — II. That he should write back what has happened concerning Maximus, bishop of Antioch, accused of some crime.

SYNOPSIS. — I Fide Augusti laudata, iterum de consensu suo circa diei festi celebrationem dato certiorem eum facit. — II. Gratias agit pro ablatis Caroso et Dorotheo e suis monasteriis.

SYNOPSIS. — I. Having praised the faith of the Augustus, he informs him again of the consent he has given concerning the celebration of the feast day. — II. He gives thanks for the removal of Carosus and Dorotheus from their monasteries.

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running head: 1109 EPISTOLA CLII. 1110 (one head across page 560)
marginal letters: A ‹de provectibus etiam›; B ‹discordiam etiam nunc›; C ‹num fuerit, dignaberis›; D ‹eodemque die (note j)›
old-edition numerals: 1297 after finem
signature: none
other: the last word of the column, dilectio, is printed with a hyphen although col 1111 begins with a new word (Dei); set whole as dilectio

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Dei, cui serviendo regnatis, et regnando servitis, ipsa dignatio religiosissimi sermonis ostendit, et in hunc me affectum totius cordis inflammat, ut pro incolumitate gloriae vestrae vota offerre et supplicare non desinam: quia multum et sanctae Ecclesiae et Romanae reipublicae divinitus vestra salute consulitur. Eadem igitur occasione qua pietatis vestrae apices veneranter accepi, debita salutationis obsequia exsolvo, et insufficientes gratias ago, quod de sacratisssima die Paschae sacerdotali me sollicitudine pietas vestra commonuit. Licet dudum in hac observantiae regula me acquiescere sim professus, et eumdem diem venerabilis festi omnibus Occidentalium partium sacerdotibus intimasse, quem Alexandrini episcopi declaravit instructio, id est ut anno praesenti octavo kalendas Maii Pascha celebretur, omissis omnibus scrupulis studio unitatis et pacis.

[…] of God, Whom you serve in reigning and in serving reign, the very graciousness of your most religious letter shows, and it kindles me to such an affection of my whole heart that I do not cease to offer prayers and supplications for the safety of your Glory: since by divine disposition the holy Church and the Roman commonwealth alike are much provided for by your well-being. On the same occasion, then, on which I reverently received your Piety's letter, I pay the due courtesies of greeting, and give thanks that fall short, because your Piety has admonished me, with priestly solicitude, concerning the most sacred day of Easter. Although I have long since professed that I acquiesce in this rule of observance, and have notified all the bishops of the Western parts of the same day of the venerable feast which the instruction of the bishop of Alexandria declared, that is, that in the present year Easter should be celebrated on the eighth day before the Kalends of May, all scruples being set aside out of zeal for unity and peace.

CAP. II. — De Caroso vero et Dorotheo, qui haeretica pravitate in multorum perniciem damnatos tuebantur errores, gaudeo pietatem vestram, sicut mihi venerator vester frater meus Julianus episcopus indicavit, saluberrime praecepisse ut ablati a monasteriis suis apud eos degere juberentur, quibus nocere non possent: quod, ut spero, multis remedio erit, quos a perversis doctoribus liberastis, crescentibus per omnia gloriae vestrae meritis in amore fidei Christianae, ob quam justus et misericors Deus tribuit ut vobis sicut divina sunt chara, ita sint mundana subjecta. Datum tertio idus Martii, Valentiniano Augusto VIII consule.

CHAP. II. — As for Carosus and Dorotheus, who with heretical depravity defended condemned errors to the ruin of many, I rejoice that your Piety, as my brother Bishop Julian, your venerator, has informed me, has most wholesomely ordered that they be removed from their monasteries and bidden to live among those whom they could not harm: which, as I hope, will be a remedy for many whom you have freed from perverse teachers, as the merits of your Glory grow in every way in love of the Christian faith, on account of which the just and merciful God has granted that, as divine things are dear to you, so worldly things should be subject to you. Given on the third day before the Ides of March, Valentinian Augustus being consul for the eighth time.

EPISTOLA CXLIII.

LETTER CXLIII.

AD ANATOLIUM EPISCOPUM CONSTANTINOPOLITANUM.

To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople.

LEO ANATOLIO episcopo.

Leo to Bishop Anatolius.

Curae esse dilectioni tuae charitatis officia libenter accipio; et ut his crebrius utaris exhortor: quoniam

I gladly accept that the duties of charity are a care to your Love; and I exhort you to make use of them more often: since […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 1111

Footnotes

(a) ‹et› (before insufficientes) · printed under col 1111

Sic Ratisp. Apud Quesn., insufficienter.

So the Ratisbon manuscript. In Quesnel, "insufficienter" [insufficiently].

(b) ‹acquiescere sim› · printed under col 1111

Epist. 137.

Letter 137.

Quesnellus, propter studium unitatis et pacis. Praetulimus lectionem Ratis., quam praefert etiam Prosper in Chronico integro. Vide annot. 2 (Col. 1100, n. i) in epist. 137.

Quesnel reads "propter studium unitatis et pacis" [on account of zeal for unity and peace]. We have preferred the reading of the Ratisbon manuscript, which Prosper also presents in the complete Chronicle. See annotation 2 (col. 1100, note i) on Letter 137.

(d) ‹CAP. II. — De› · printed under col 1111

Ita imperator satisfecit Leoni, qui in hoc remedium postulaverat epist. 136, c. 4. De his Caroso et Dorotheo est peculiaris actio concilii Chalcedonensis in editis tom. IV Concil. Ven. edit. pag. 1426, subjecta actioni 4; at in mss. Graecis Venetis 164 et 555, in fine concilii exhibetur, ut in suis quoque codd. Balsamon reperit.

Thus the emperor satisfied Leo, who had asked for this remedy in Letter 136, ch. 4. On these men, Carosus and Dorotheus, there is a special session of the council of Chalcedon, in the editions in vol. IV of the Councils, Venice edition, p. 1426, placed after the fourth session; but in the Greek manuscripts of Venice 164 and 555 it is given at the end of the council, as Balsamon also found it in his manuscripts.

(e) ‹nocere› · printed under col 1111

Ratisp., non possint.

The Ratisbon manuscript: "non possint".

(f) ‹meritis› · printed under col 1111

Ita Ratisp. Apud Quesn., in amorem.

So the Ratisbon manuscript. In Quesnel, "in amorem".

(g) ‹tertio idus› · printed under col 1111

Cum in ms. Grimanico legatur: Datum III id. Aug. Valentiniano VIII cons., Quesnellus in notis animadvertit non posse legi II idus Augusti, eo quod haec epistola in Augustum produci nequeat; et edidit: Data III idus Augusto Valentiniano VIII consule; mensem autem omissum ratus, in marginali postilla addendum putavit Januarii, vel Februarii, eo quod Carosum hisce litteris memoratum eumdem censuit acqui epistola praecedenti correctus traditur. Omnem difficultatem adimit cod. Ratisp., ex quo verum mensem discimus, et Carosum hic indicatum ab alio Caroso emendato diversum agnoscimus.

Since the Grimani manuscript reads "Datum III id. Aug. Valentiniano VIII cons.", Quesnel observed in his notes that one cannot read "II idus Augusti", because this letter cannot be brought forward into August; and he edited "Data III idus, Augusto Valentiniano VIII consule"; but, thinking the month omitted, he considered in a marginal gloss that "Januarii" or "Februarii" should be added, because he judged the Carosus mentioned in this letter to be the same as the one who is reported as corrected in the preceding letter. The Ratisbon manuscript removes all difficulty: from it we learn the true month, and we recognize that the Carosus indicated here is different from the other, corrected Carosus.

(h) ‹EPISTOLA› (CXLIII) · printed under col 1111

Alias 114. Scripta 13 Martii an. 455.

Otherwise 114. Written 13 March in the year 455.

(i) ‹AD ANATOLIUM EPISCOPUM CONSTANTINOPOLITANUM (call before the caption)› · printed under col 1112

Hanc quoque epistolam e Grim. editam cum nostro Ratisp. contulimus.

This letter too, edited from the Grimani manuscript, we have collated with our Ratisbon manuscript.

Editors' prose

Ne haereticorum reliquiae in urbe latentes nimia lenitate foveantur ac revalescant.

That the remnants of the heretics lurking in the city should not be fostered by excessive leniency and revive.

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running head: 1111 S. LEONIS MAGNI EPISTOLAE. 1112 (one head across page 561)
marginal letters: A ‹Dei, cui serviendo›; B ‹pulis studio unitatis›; C ‹AD ANATOLIUM EPISCOPUM›; D in the gutter beside the end of note (d) (samon reperit)
old-edition numerals: 1298 after pietatem
signature: none
other: the italic line under the heading of CXLIII (a sentence with a verb) is treated as the editors' synopsis and set above under Editors' prose; the (i) call before the caption is printed with a damaged mark

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ad totius Ecclesiae pertinet utilitatem, cum quae aguntur agnoscimus. In qua autem sollicitudine dilectionem tuam vigilare conveniat indubitanter intelligis: quia aliquantas apud vos pravorum hominum resedisse reliquias recognoscis, quibus comprimendis, vel potius, quantum Dominus auxiliatur, abolendis cupimus te instanter incumbere: ne, quod absit, sub aliqua segnitie lenitatis, quae tardius fuerint destructa revalescant. Datum tertio idus Martii, Valentiniano Augusto VIII consule.

[…] it pertains to the benefit of the whole Church when we learn what is being done. And in what solicitude it befits your Love to keep watch you understand without doubt: for you recognize that some remnants of wicked men have remained among you, and we desire you to apply yourself urgently to suppressing them, or rather, as far as the Lord helps, to abolishing them: lest, which God forbid, under some sluggishness of leniency, the things that have been destroyed too slowly should revive. Given on the third day before the Ides of March, Valentinian Augustus being consul for the eighth time.

EPISTOLA CXLIV.

LETTER CXLIV.

AD JULIANUM EPISCOPUM COENSEM.

To Julian, Bishop of Cos.

LEO papa JULIANO episcopo.

Pope Leo to Bishop Julian.

Gratias Deo, quod in omnibus quae ad Ecclesiae statum et ad fidei pertinent sacramentum, in nullo dilectionis tuae industria me fefellit, quam intelligo vigilanter prospicere, ne quid adversum evangelicam apostolicamque doctrinam haereticorum insidiae valeant obtinere. Siquidem, ut indicare dignaris ea quae Eutychianistae post obitum venerabilis memoriae principis Marciani excitare moliti sunt, efficacia tua et eorum quos tecum Dei Spiritus incitavit, agente causam suam ipsa veritate, destructa sunt: quia vere et fraternitati tuae, et omnibus fidelibus Christi, maximeque glorioso et catholico, ut probamus, Augusto nihil est ad aeternam beatitudinem fructuosius quam ut ea quae ab ipso spei nostrae auctore fundata sunt, nulla perversorum hominum improbitate violentur, sed ad perpetem Ecclesiae tranquillitatem secura pace permaneant. Quod ergo adjuvante Domino pie utiliterque curatum est, perseveranti opere muniatur. Nam quidam ad nos rumores de Alexandrini populi

Thanks be to God that in all things which pertain to the state of the Church and to the mystery of the faith, your Love's diligence has in nothing disappointed me; I understand that it watchfully takes care that the snares of the heretics may gain nothing against the evangelical and apostolic doctrine. For, as you are good enough to inform me, the things which the Eutychianists attempted to stir up after the death of the prince Marcian of venerable memory have been destroyed by your efficacy and that of those whom the Spirit of God roused together with you, truth itself pleading its own cause: for truly, both for your Fraternity and for all the faithful of Christ, and above all for the glorious and, as we find, catholic Augustus, nothing is more fruitful towards eternal blessedness than that the things founded by the very Author of our hope should be violated by no wickedness of perverse men, but should remain in secure peace for the perpetual tranquillity of the Church. What, then, with the Lord's help, has been piously and usefully taken care of, let it be fortified by persevering work. For certain rumours of the doings of the people of Alexandria […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 1112

Footnotes

(i) printed under this column; its call is in col 1111, set in n1111.

(j) ‹intelligis:› (before quia) · printed under col 1112

Ratisp., qui.

The Ratisbon manuscript: "qui".

(k) ‹ne, quod absit,› (before sub aliqua) · printed under col 1112

Quesn., sub alia. Melius Ratisp.

Quesnel: "sub alia". The Ratisbon manuscript is better.

(l) ‹EPISTOLA› (CXLIV) · printed under col 1112

Scripta die 1 Junii an. 457.

Written on 1 June in the year 457.

(m) ‹ea quae› (before Eutychianistae) · printed under col 1112

Hi Eutychianorum motus statim post Marciani mortem excitati, qui Juliani et aliorum catholicorum industria cito fuerunt repressi, ad Constantinopolim pertinent: quae enim Alexandriae contigerant, nondum Leoni plane explorata fuere, et sequentibus epistolis remedium iisdem procuratum fuit. Enimvero Epiphanius Scholasticus in praefatione codicis encyclii tom. V Concil. pag. 34, narrata Marciani morte et novi imperatoris electione ait: Illi Eutychiani autem qui universalem synodum respuebant, credentes se habere licentiam agendi quae vellent, turbarum repente cogitaverunt vias: et alii quidem venientes ad Constantini regiam civitateem, infringi imperiali jussione ea quae Chalcedone bene sunt statuta, poscebant; et dein Alexandrinos motus subjicit. Quid vero statim novus Augustus Leo ad comprimendos eos priores motus gesserit, vide epistolam sequentem. c. 2, annot. 2 (Col. 1113, n. c.).

These disturbances of the Eutychians, stirred up immediately after Marcian's death, which were quickly suppressed by the diligence of Julian and other catholics, belong to Constantinople: for what had happened at Alexandria was not yet clearly ascertained by Leo, and a remedy was provided for it in the following letters. Indeed Epiphanius Scholasticus, in the preface to the Codex Encyclius, vol. V of the Councils, p. 34, having narrated the death of Marcian and the election of the new emperor, says: "But those Eutychians who rejected the universal synod, believing that they had licence to do what they wished, suddenly devised ways of making disturbances: and some, coming to the royal city of Constantine, demanded that what had been well decreed at Chalcedon be broken by imperial command"; and then he adds the disturbances at Alexandria. What the new Augustus Leo did at once to suppress those earlier disturbances, see the following letter, ch. 2, annotation 2 (col. 1113, note c).

(n) ‹ad nos› (before rumores) · printed under col 1112, running on under col 1113

Timotheus Aelurus Eutychianus, qui anteriorum seditionum fautor, a Proterio episcopo depositus fuerat, audita imperatoris Marciani morte, novam seditionem adversus eumdem episcopum commovit, adeo ut hoc vivente ad Alexandrinam sedem promotus fuerit, et seditiosi ejus asseclae die 28 Martii ipsum Proterium in baptisterio necaverint, et alia dira atque horrenda commiserint, quae ab Evagrio et Liberato, ac in aliis pluribus ecclesiasticis documentis fuse describuntur.

Timothy Aelurus the Eutychian, who, as a promoter of the earlier seditions, had been deposed by Bishop Proterius, on hearing of the death of the emperor Marcian stirred up a new sedition against the same bishop, so far that he was promoted to the see of Alexandria while Proterius was still living, and his seditious followers on 28 March killed Proterius himself in the baptistery and committed other dreadful and horrible deeds, which are described at length by Evagrius and Liberatus and in several other ecclesiastical documents.

Editors' prose

Nunc primum edita ex ms. Ratisponensi.

Now edited for the first time from the Ratisbon manuscript.

SYNOPSIS. — Ejus diligentiam laudat. Eutychianorum nisus post Marciani mortem. Ipsorum tumultus Alexandriae.

SYNOPSIS. — He praises his diligence. The attempts of the Eutychians after the death of Marcian. Their tumults at Alexandria.