PL 54 · cols. 1113–1116

Leo the Great, Letters

Letters CXLV–CXLVII

ausibus deferuntur, quos ideo plenius indicare non possumus, quia necdum ex integro quae dicuntur gesta cognovimus. Sed hoc vobis pro universali Ecclesia laborandum est, ut si vera sunt quae acta dicuntur, sanctae Chalcedonensi synodo praejudicare non possint, ut quae instruente Spiritu sancto ad totius mundi salutem definita sunt, inviolata permaneant, Dat. kal. Junii, Constantino et Rufo coss.

[…] (their daring deeds) are brought to us, which we cannot make known more fully, because we have not yet learned in full what is said to have been done. But this you must labour for on behalf of the universal Church: that, if what is said to have been done is true, it may not prejudice the holy synod of Chalcedon, so that what was defined for the salvation of the whole world under the instruction of the Holy Spirit may remain inviolate. Given on the Kalends of June, Constantine and Rufus being consuls.

EPISTOLA CXLV.

LETTER CXLV.

AD LEONEM AUGUSTUM.

To Leo Augustus.

LEO Romae episcopus LEONI semper Augusto.

Leo, bishop of Rome, to Leo, ever Augustus.

CAP. I. — Officiis quae ad gratulationem imperii vestri pertinent persolutis, etiam hanc paginam necessariae supplicationis adjeci, qua catholicae fidei divinitus praeparatum favoris vestri posco praesidium. Nam talia in Alexandrina Ecclesia perpetrata, fratris et coepiscopi mei Anatolii relatione cognovi, ut omnis Christiana religio sentiat se impeti atque violari, nisi in universum fidei vestrae devotione prospiciatur, et memoratae Ecclesiae, quae antea catholicis fuit clara rectoribus, reddatur Christiana libertas; et cessantibus haereticorum impugnationibus, evangelica doctrina, quae illic ante Dioscorum viguit, unita cum totius Ecclesiae pace reparetur.

CHAP. I. — Having discharged the duties that belong to congratulation on your accession, I have added this page too, of a necessary supplication, by which I ask for the protection of your favour, divinely prepared for the catholic faith. For I have learned from the report of my brother and fellow bishop Anatolius that such things have been perpetrated in the Church of Alexandria that the whole Christian religion feels itself assailed and violated, unless provision is made for the whole by the devotion of your faith, and Christian liberty is restored to the said Church, which formerly was renowned for catholic rulers; and, the attacks of the heretics ceasing, the evangelical doctrine which flourished there before Dioscorus may be restored, united with the peace of the whole Church.

Editors' notes and page, col. 1113

Footnotes

(n) continued from col 1112, set in n1112.

(a) ‹EPISTOLA› (CXLV) · printed under col 1113

Alias 115. Scripta 11 Julii an. 457.

Otherwise 115. Written 11 July in the year 457.

(b) ‹AD LEONEM AUGUSTUM (call before the caption, printed "(a)")› · printed under col 1113

Exstat in mss. collect. 3, 8, 12, 19, 23 et in exemplo primae editionis sermonum S. Leonis.

It is extant in the manuscripts of collections 3, 8, 12, 19, 23 and in the copy of the first edition of the sermons of St Leo.

Aliae litterae gratulatoriae innuuntur, quae desunt. Novi imperatoris electionem acceperat ante kal. Junias, ut liquet ex epistola praecedenti.

Another letter of congratulation is meant, which is lost. He had received [news of] the new emperor's election before the Kalends of June, as is clear from the preceding letter.

(d) ‹divinitus praeparatum› · printed under col 1113

Tres codd. Vat. 5845, Vallicell. et Vercell. collect. 8, cum exemplo primae editionis Sermonum, laboris.

Three manuscripts, Vatican 5845, the Vallicelliana and the Vercelli manuscript of collection 8, with the copy of the first edition of the Sermons, read "laboris".

(e) ‹sentiat se› · printed under col 1113

Prima editio, impediri.

The first edition: "impediri".

(f) ‹violari, nisi› · printed under col 1113

Ita ex nostris mss. ac prima editione. Quesnellus, in universa caeterae editiones, in universali. Mox prospicitur in Vercellensi codice et prima editione; ac dein redditur in Ratisp.

So from our manuscripts and the first edition. Quesnel has "in universa", the other editions "in universali". Next, "prospicitur" in the Vercelli manuscript and the first edition; and then "redditur" in the Ratisbon manuscript.

(g) ‹libertas;› · printed under col 1113

Vulg. cum Vat. collect. 3, Ratisp. et exemplo primae editionis, ut cessantibus.

The common editions, with the Vatican manuscript of collection 3, the Ratisbon manuscript and the copy of the first edition: "ut cessantibus".

(h) printed under this column; its call is in col 1114, set in n1114. (i) printed under this column; its call is in col 1114, set in n1114. (j) printed under this column; its call is in col 1114, set in n1114. (k) printed under this column (running on under col 1114); its call is in col 1114, set in n1114.

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — I. Rogat ut perturbatae Alexandrinorum Ecclesiae succurrat. — II. De fide bene definita disceptandum denuo non esse; et ut catholicus Alexandrinae Ecclesiae episcopus praeficiatur.

SYNOPSIS. — I. He asks him to succour the disturbed Church of the Alexandrians. — II. That the faith, well defined, is not to be disputed afresh; and that a catholic bishop be set over the Church of Alexandria.

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running head: 1113 EPISTOLA CXLV. 1114 (one head across page 562)
marginal letters: A ‹ausibus deferuntur›; B ‹CAP. I. — Officiis›; C ‹horrenda commiserint (note n)›; D in the gutter beside note (h)
old-edition numerals: 1300 after plenius; 1301 after evangelica
signature: none
other: the call before the caption AD LEONEM AUGUSTUM is printed "(a)" (a second (a)); it answers note (b)

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Quod opus virtutibus vestris gloriaeque conveniens celerem et Deo placitum habebit effectum, si apud sanctam Chalcedonensem synodum de Domini Christi incarnatione firmata nulla permiseritis retractatione pulsari: quia in illo concilio per Spiritum sanctum congregato, tam plenis atque perfectis definitionibus cuncta firmata sunt, ut nihil ei regulae quae ex divina inspiratione prolata est, aut addi possit aut minui, gloriosissime imperator.

This work, befitting your virtues and your glory, will have a swift effect and one pleasing to God, if you allow nothing that was established at the holy synod of Chalcedon concerning the incarnation of the Lord Christ to be shaken by any reconsideration: for in that council, assembled through the Holy Spirit, all things were established by definitions so full and perfect that nothing can be either added to or taken from that rule which was set forth by divine inspiration, most glorious emperor.

CAP. II.— Hoc autem etiam apud clementiae vestrae scientiam non ambigimuus esse perspicuum: siquidem, ut multorum ante relatione comperimus, molitiones haereticorum, quae contra praedictae synodi auctoritatem conabantur assurgere, nihil ex hoc permiseritis audere. Unde quod negandum illis sponte vidistis, gloriosum vobis est universali Ecclesiae me supplicante concedere, et incommutabiliter perpetueque praestare ut quae secundum Evangelium Christi et praedicationis apostolicae veritatem omnibus retro saeculis, una fide unaque intelligentia roborata sunt, nulla ulterius possint actione convelli. Prout ergo misericordia Dei, consilio Spiritus sui mentem vestrae pietatis instruxerit, sanctae primitus Alexandrinae Ecclesiae pacis reparatione consulite, et per catholicos sacerdotes talem provideri jubete pontificem, in quo et in actuum probitate et in fidei professione nihil possit reprehensibile reperiri: ut omnibus rite compositis, eadem ubique servetur praedicatio veritatis. Data quinto

CHAP. II. — And we do not doubt that this too is plain to the knowledge of your Clemency: since, as we learned earlier from the report of many, you have allowed the schemes of the heretics, which were trying to rise up against the authority of the aforesaid synod, to dare nothing in this matter. Hence what you have of your own accord seen must be refused to them, it is glorious for you to grant to the universal Church at my supplication, and to guarantee unchangeably and perpetually that what has been confirmed in all past ages by one faith and one understanding, according to the Gospel of Christ and the truth of the apostolic preaching, may no longer be overthrown by any action. As, then, the mercy of God shall instruct the mind of your Piety by the counsel of His Spirit, provide first of all for the holy Church of Alexandria by the restoration of peace, and command that through catholic bishops such a pontiff be provided in whom nothing reprehensible can be found either in the uprightness of his acts or in the profession of his faith: so that, all things being duly settled, the same preaching of the truth may be kept everywhere. Given on the fifth […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 1114

Footnotes

(h) ‹habebit effectum,› (call printed "(n)") · printed under col 1113

Quesn., si sanctam Chalcedonensem synodum.... firmatam, minus bene. Melius in anterioribus vulg., quorum lectionem mss. Ratisp. et Vallicell. ac exemplo primae editionis approbatam revocavimus. Novum concilium imperatorem voluisse cogere tradit Facundus lib. XII, c. 2 Ab hoc autem consilio eum S. Leo hoc loco removere studet, ne velut incerta retractentur, quae apud Chalcedonem firmata fuerant. Mox, quia et in illo concilio in Vallicell. codice et prima editione.

Quesnel: "si sanctam Chalcedonensem synodum.... firmatam", less well. Better in the earlier common editions, whose reading, approved by the Ratisbon and Vallicelliana manuscripts and the copy of the first edition, we have restored. Facundus, book XII, ch. 2, relates that the emperor wished to convene a new council. From this plan St Leo in this passage strives to turn him, lest what had been established at Chalcedon be reconsidered as though uncertain. Next, "quia et in illo concilio" in the Vallicelliana manuscript and the first edition.

(i) ‹prolata est,› (before aut addi) · printed under col 1113

Quesnellus delevit aut. Ex Vat. collect. 3, Vallic. collect. 8, Ratisp. collect. 19 et primae editions exemplo restituimus. Mox quidam codices cum antiquis edit. omittunt gloriosissime imperator.

Quesnel deleted "aut". We have restored it from the Vatican manuscript of collection 3, the Vallicelliana of collection 8, the Ratisbon of collection 19 and the copy of the first edition. Next, certain manuscripts, with the old editions, omit "gloriosissime imperator".

(j) ‹Hoc› (before autem) · printed under col 1113

Ratisp. delet autem.

The Ratisbon manuscript deletes "autem".

(k) ‹ante relatione› · printed under col 1113, running on under col 1114

Ratisp., cognovimus. Vercell., comperi. De molitionibus vero quae hic indicantur confer annot. 2 (Col. 112, n. n) in epistolam praedentem.

The Ratisbon manuscript: "cognovimus"; the Vercelli: "comperi". On the schemes indicated here, compare annotation 2 (col. 112 [sic], note n) on the preceding letter.

(l) ‹ex hoc› (before permiseritis) · printed under col 1114

Eutychiani scilicet ob mutationem imperatoris, opportunitatem, ut ait Leo epistola sequenti, se invenisse temporis aestimabant, quo sanctae synodi Chalcedonensis decreta cassarent; et idcirco, ut narrat Epiphanius Scholasticus in praefat. codicis encyclii, venientes ad Constantini regiam civitatem, infringi imperiali jussione ea quae Chalcedone bene sunt statuta, poscebant. Hanc tamen molitionem Augustus irritam reddidit; in ipso enim imperii exordio litteras dedit ad omnes metropolitanos, quibus praecessorum suorum, ac praesertim Marciani leges pro Chalcedonensi synodo editas confirmavit, uti tradunt Aegyptii episcopi catholici in libello ad eumdem imperatorem, qui legitur tom. IV Concil. Ven. edit. pag. 1837. his vero imperialibus litteris omnes metropolitas respondisse cum subscriptionibus episcoporum provinciae, quibus Chalcedonensem synodum, aeque ac anteriora concilia, ratam haberi affirmabant, discimus ex epistola episcoporum Syriae secundae ad eumdem Augustum tom. IV Concil. pag. 1864.

The Eutychians, that is, because of the change of emperor, thought that they had found, as Leo says in the following letter, an opportunity of time in which to annul the decrees of the holy synod of Chalcedon; and therefore, as Epiphanius Scholasticus relates in the preface to the Codex Encyclius, "coming to the royal city of Constantine, they demanded that what had been well decreed at Chalcedon be broken by imperial command". Yet the Augustus made this scheme vain; for at the very beginning of his reign he sent a letter to all the metropolitans, in which he confirmed the laws of his predecessors, and especially of Marcian, issued on behalf of the synod of Chalcedon, as the catholic bishops of Egypt relate in their petition to the same emperor, which is read in vol. IV of the Councils, Venice edition, p. 1837. And that all the metropolitans answered this imperial letter with the subscriptions of the bishops of their province, in which they affirmed that the synod of Chalcedon, just like the earlier councils, was held as valid, we learn from the letter of the bishops of Second Syria to the same Augustus, vol. IV of the Councils, p. 1864.

(m) ‹praedicationis› (before apostolicae) · printed under col 1114

Al. in antiquis vulg., evangelicae

Otherwise, in the old common editions, "evangelicae".

(n) ‹nulla› (before ulterius) · printed under col 1114

Duo codd. collect. 8 et exemplum primae edit., alterius possint accusatione convelli.

Two manuscripts of collection 8 and the copy of the first edition: "alterius possint accusatione convelli".

(o) ‹jubete› (before pontificem) · printed under col 1114

Proterii scilicet episcopi mortem et totam seriem Alexandrinorum tumultuum ex Anatolii relatione didicerat.

That is, he had learned the death of Bishop Proterius and the whole series of the Alexandrian tumults from the report of Anatolius.

(p) ‹in quo et› (before in actuum) · printed under col 1114

Ita cum antiquis editis nostri codd. Vat. collect. 3, Vallic. collect. 8, Ratisp. ac exemplum primae editionis. Quesnellus in actus. Dein perfectione pro professione in tribus nostris codicibus.

So, with the old editions, our manuscripts Vatican of collection 3, Vallicelliana of collection 8, Ratisbon, and the copy of the first edition. Quesnel: "in actus". Then "perfectione" for "professione" in three of our manuscripts.

(q) ‹Data› · printed under col 1114, running on under col 1115

Quesnellus, V idus Junii; in margine: Al., VI. Tillemontius not. 68 in Leonem errorem in mense detexit. Cum enim ex Anatolii relatione Leo Alexandrinorum tumultus perceperit, eodem tempore et ad imperatorem, et ad Anatolium scripsisse credi debet ita ut vel utraque epistola Junio mense data fuerit vel Juiol. Julium mensem praeferendum credidit quod V idus Julias pariter signetur epistola 147, ad Julianum, quae simul transmissa fuit. Sed codices desideravit qui hac in epistola Julium praeferrent. Nostri codices difficultatem solvunt. Soli enim codd. collect. 12, cum editis exinde derivatis, V idus Junias exhibent. At mss. collect. 3, 8, Ratisp. collect. 19 et Vat. Ottobon. collect. 23, ac exemplum primae editionis Julias notant. Solum in Vat. 1342 collect. 3, pro V idus legitur idibus Julias. Quidam ex his codd. pro Constantino habent Constante, sed perperam; consul enim hujus anni in inscriptionibus aliisque documentis Constantinus vocatur.

Quesnel: "V idus Junii"; in the margin: "Otherwise, VI". Tillemont, note 68 on Leo, detected an error in the month. For since Leo learned of the tumults of the Alexandrians from the report of Anatolius, he must be believed to have written at the same time both to the emperor and to Anatolius, so that either both letters were given in the month of June, or [both] in July. He thought the month of July preferable, because Letter 147, to Julian, which was sent at the same time, is likewise signed on the fifth day before the Ides of July. But he lacked manuscripts that presented July in this letter. Our manuscripts resolve the difficulty. For only the manuscripts of collection 12, with the editions derived from them, show "V idus Junias"; but the manuscripts of collections 3 and 8, the Ratisbon of collection 19 and the Vatican Ottoboni of collection 23, and the copy of the first edition, note "Julias". Only in Vatican 1342 of collection 3 is "idibus Julias" read for "V idus". Certain of these manuscripts have "Constante" for "Constantino", but wrongly; for the consul of this year is called Constantinus in inscriptions and other documents.

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running head: 1113 EPISTOLA CXLV. 1114 (one head across page 562)
marginal letters: A ‹Quod opus virtutibus›; B ‹sponte vidistis›; C ‹(l) Eutychiani scilicet (note l)›; D ‹(m) Al. in antiquis (note m)›
old-edition numerals: 1302 after pontificem, in quo et
signature: none
other: the call answering note (h) is printed "(n)" (at "effectum, si apud"); a second call "(n)" at "nulla ulterius" answers note (n)

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idus Julii, Constantino et Rufo viris clarissimis consulibus.

[…] day before the Ides of July, Constantine and Rufus being consuls, men most illustrious.

EPISTOLA CXLVI.

LETTER CXLVI.

AD ANATOLIUM EPISCOPUM CP.

To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople.

LEO ANATOLIO episcopo.

Leo to Bishop Anatolius.

CAP. I. — Satis claret fraternitatis tuae sermone quem sumpsimus, quam piam et probabilem curam dolori Ecclesiarum omnium nuper impenderis, manifestando nobis quae apud Alexandriam in Christianae religionis opprobrium gesta didicisti, ut gloriosus et clementissimus imperator de prospiciendis remediis etiam meis precibus posceretur. Cujus quidem tam laudabilis fides et tam prompta devotio est, ut quae paci ecclesiasticae congruebant, sine intercessione cujusquam, sicut ipse indicas, sponte praestiterit, omnes haereticorum insidias repellendo; qui opportunitatem se invenisse temporis aestimabant, quo sanctae synodi Chalcedonensis decreta cassarent.

CHAP. I. — It is quite clear from your Fraternity's letter, which we have received, what pious and commendable care you have lately bestowed on the grief of all the Churches, by making known to us what you learned had been done at Alexandria to the reproach of the Christian religion, so that the glorious and most clement emperor might be petitioned by my prayers too concerning the provision of remedies. And indeed so praiseworthy is his faith and so ready his devotion that, without anyone's intercession, as you yourself indicate, he has of his own accord furnished what befitted the peace of the Church, by repelling all the snares of the heretics, who thought that they had found an opportunity of time in which to annul the decrees of the holy synod of Chalcedon.

CAP. II. — Sed gratias Deo, qui post excessum sanctae ac venerandae memoriae Marciani, talem principem omnium electione prospexit, ut in ejus virtutibus et Romana respublica, et religio Christiana gauderet. Secutus ergo tuae dilectionis hortatum, in quantum debui glorioso principi supplicavi, ne in pervasionem Alexandrinae Ecclesiae aliquid ulterius sibi possit haeretica audacia vindicare; sed nefariis ausibus salubri fine praefixo, et libertati ecclesiasticae consuleretur et paci. Superest, ut etiam fraternitas tua ex opportunitate praesentiae fidelissimi imperatoris animum studeat enixius deprecari de statutis sanctae synodi Chalcedonensis sine ulla retractatione servandis; cum ea, quae Deo aspirante decreta sunt, nulla se patiantur varietate corrumpi. In quem autem profectum hujus pietatis cura procedat, frequentibus tuae dilectionis litteris me debebis instruere, ut de sanctis clementissimi principis studiis pariter in Domino gloriemur. Datum quinto idus Julii, Constantino et Rufo consulibus.

CHAP. II. — But thanks be to God, Who after the passing of Marcian of holy and venerable memory has provided, by the election of all, such a prince that both the Roman commonwealth and the Christian religion might rejoice in his virtues. Following, then, your Love's exhortation, I have petitioned the glorious prince as far as I ought, that heretical audacity may claim nothing further for itself in the invasion of the Church of Alexandria; but that, a salutary end being set to their wicked daring, provision may be made both for the liberty of the Church and for peace. It remains that your Fraternity too, taking the opportunity of your presence, should strive the more earnestly to entreat the mind of the most faithful emperor that the statutes of the holy synod of Chalcedon be kept without any reconsideration; since what has been decreed by God's inspiration suffers itself to be corrupted by no variation. And to what progress the care of this Piety advances, you ought to inform me by frequent letters of your Love, so that we may glory together in the Lord over the holy endeavours of the most clement prince. Given on the fifth day before the Ides of July, Constantine and Rufus being consuls.

Editors' notes and page, col. 1115

Footnotes

(q) continued from col 1114, set in n1114.

(a) ‹EPISTOLA› (CXLVI) · printed under col 1115

Alias 116. Scripta 11 Julii an. 457.

Otherwise 116. Written 11 July in the year 457.

(b) ‹AD ANATOLIUM EPISCOPUM CP. (call before the caption)› · printed under col 1115

Ex Grimanico editam cum Ratisponensi relegimus.

[This letter,] edited from the Grimani manuscript, we have read again with the Ratisbon manuscript.

Confer annot. 2 (Col. 1113, n. c) in epist. 145.

Compare annotation 2 (col. 1113, note c) on Letter 145.

(d) ‹Superest, ut› (before etiam) · printed under col 1115

Ex Ratisp. etiam adjecimus.

We have added "etiam" from the Ratisbon manuscript.

(e) ‹In quem autem› (before profectum) · printed under col 1116

Al., provectum.

Otherwise, "provectum".

Editors' prose

SYONPSIS. — I. Haereticorum furore apud Alexandriam perpetrata in exidtum Chalcedonensis synodi tendere ex occasione mortis Marciani imp. — II. Se ad Leonem Aug. pro servandis synodi decretis scripsisse.

SYNOPSIS. — I. That the things perpetrated at Alexandria by the fury of the heretics, on the occasion of the death of the emperor Marcian, tend to the destruction of the synod of Chalcedon. — II. That he has written to Leo Augustus for the preservation of the synod's decrees.

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running head: 1115 S. LEONIS MAGNI EPISTOLAE. 1116 (one head across page 563)
marginal letters: A ‹idus Julii, Constantino›; B ‹gloriosus et clementissimus›; C ‹sibi possit haeretica›; D ‹quod V idus Julias (note q)›
old-edition numerals: 1303 after religionis
signature: none
other: (none)

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EPISTOLA CXLVII.

LETTER CXLVII.

AD JULIANUM EPISCOPUM COENSEM, ET AETIUM PRESBYTERUM.

To Julian, Bishop of Cos, and Aetius the Presbyter.

LEO JULIANO episcopo et AETIO presbytero A pari.

Leo to Bishop Julian and to Aetius the presbyter, in like terms.

CAP. I. — Quamvis dudum litteras tuae dilectionis acceperim, miror tamen eam rescribendi opportunitatem, qua frater Anatolius necessarie usus est, silentio praeteriisse, cum pro ratione temporis atque causarum crebriora oporteat esse colloquia. Ego sane praedicti fratris litteris de his plenius, quae apud Alexandriam haeretica temeritas gessit, edoctus, ad clementissimum principem scripsi, et pro statu Ecclesiae, sicut erat necessarium, supplicavi, ut rebus nimium pertubatis studium suae pietatis impendat. Unde sicut fratrem et coepiscopum nostrum Anatolium cohortatus sum, ita etiam dilectionem tuam admonere non desino, ut clementissimi principis fidem quantis opportunum fuerit precibus ambiatis, quem pro religionis catholicae munimento sponte jam quaedam praestitisse cognovimus; ut non difficilis apud eum sit actio, cujus voluntaria sollicitudine praevenimur.

CHAP. I. — Although I received your Love's letter long ago, I am nevertheless surprised that you passed over in silence the opportunity of writing back which brother Anatolius necessarily made use of, since, in view of the times and of the causes, our conversations ought to be more frequent. I for my part, having been more fully informed by the letter of the aforesaid brother about what heretical rashness has done at Alexandria, have written to the most clement prince, and have made supplication for the state of the Church, as was necessary, that he may devote the zeal of his piety to affairs so greatly disturbed. Hence, just as I have exhorted our brother and fellow bishop Anatolius, so too I do not cease to admonish your Love that you court the faith of the most clement prince with as many prayers as shall be opportune, since we know that he has already of his own accord furnished some things for the defence of the catholic religion; so that the action is not difficult with him, by whose voluntary solicitude we are forestalled.

CAP. II. — Quod ergo in causa fidei principale est, incessabilibus suggestionibus obtinete, ut sanctae synodi Chalcedonensis statuta nullis haereticorum pulsentur insidiis, neque liceat quidquam de illa definitione convelli, quam ex inspiratione divina non dubium est per omnia evangelicis atque apostolicis consonare doctrinis. Tum illud omni assiduitate deposcite, ut Alexandrinae Ecclesiae status in antiquae fidei libertatem, refutata atque depulsa haereticorum obcaecatione, revocetur, per catholicorum scilicet sacerdotum providentiam, ut in locum sanctae memoriae Proterii probatissimus et de cujus fide nequeat dubitari, constituatur antistes; cui cum securitate concordiae communio sedis apostolicae praebeatur. Satis enim erit religioso principi gloriosum, si dispositionibus ipsius non solum tota respublica, sed etiam Dei Ecclesia sit quieta. Datum quinto idus Julii, Constantino et Rufo consulibus.

CHAP. II. — What, then, is chief in the cause of the faith, obtain by unceasing representations: that the statutes of the holy synod of Chalcedon be assailed by no snares of the heretics, and that nothing be allowed to be overthrown of that definition which, by divine inspiration, beyond doubt agrees in all things with the evangelical and apostolic teachings. Then demand with all assiduity that the state of the Church of Alexandria be recalled to the liberty of the ancient faith, the blindness of the heretics being refuted and driven off, namely through the provident care of catholic bishops, so that in the place of Proterius of holy memory a bishop may be appointed who is most approved and of whose faith there can be no doubt; to whom the communion of the apostolic see may be granted with the security of concord. For it will be glorious enough for the religious prince if by his dispositions not only the whole commonwealth but also the Church of God is at rest. Given on the fifth day before the Ides of July, Constantine and Rufus being consuls.

Editors' notes and page, col. 1116

Footnotes

(e) printed under this column; its call is in col 1115, set in n1115.

(f) ‹EPISTOLA› (CXLVII) · printed under col 1116

Alias 117. Scripta 11 Julii an. 457.

Otherwise 117. Written 11 July in the year 457.

(g) ‹AD JULIANUM EPISCOPUM COENSEM (call before the caption)› · printed under col 1116

Hanc quoque ex Grimanico vulgatam cum Ratisponensi contulimus.

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

(h) ‹episcopo› (before et Aetio) · printed under col 1116

Ratispon. cod. omittit et Aetio nec non a pari. Solae Juliani litterae dudum acceptae initio indicantur, quibus Leo respondit epist. 144. Id Aetio convenire nequit, sicut nec ea convenire videntur, quibus de omissa opportunitate rescribendi queritur; neque enim tam frequens cum Aetio quam cum Juliano Leonis legato litterarum commercium fuit. Hinc de hac Grimanici codicis lectione vehementer ambigimus. Alia certe epistola ad Aetium hoc eodem in negotio, et fortassis per hoc idem tempus scripta desideratur cujus duo fragmenta in dissert. de epistolis deperditis ex Pelagii II litteris recitabimus.

The Ratisbon manuscript omits "et Aetio" and also "a pari". Only Julian's letter, received long before, is indicated at the beginning, to which Leo replied in Letter 144. That cannot fit Aetius, just as the complaint about the omitted opportunity of writing back does not seem to fit him either; for there was not so frequent an exchange of letters with Aetius as with Julian, Leo's legate. Hence we strongly doubt this reading of the Grimani manuscript. Certainly another letter to Aetius, written on this same business and perhaps at this same time, is lost, two fragments of which we shall cite from the letter of Pelagius II in the dissertation on the lost letters.

(i) ‹liceat quidquam› (before de illa) · printed under col 1116

Sic Ratisp. Al., ex illa.

So the Ratisbon manuscript. Otherwise, "ex illa".

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — I. De silentio conquestus curam ei Ecclesiae commendat. — II. Ut statuta synodi Chalcedonensis inconcussa permaneant, et Alexandriae catholicus episcopus eligatur.

SYNOPSIS. — I. Having complained of his silence, he commends to him the care of the Church. — II. That the statutes of the synod of Chalcedon should remain unshaken, and that a catholic bishop should be elected at Alexandria.