PL 54 · cols. 1121–1124

Leo the Great, Letters

Letters CLI–CLIV

furore commissa sunt, quaeque fraternitati vestrae comperta esse non dubito, pro ea sollicitudine quam omnibus Ecclesiis Dei debeo, haec scripta direxi, quibus dilectionem vestram credidi commonendam ut sceleratis ausibus sancta constantia resistatis, ne in quoquam nostrum communis fides aut trepida inveniatur aut tepida; cum propitio Domino, qui Ecclesiam suam in quacumque tribulatione non deserit, tam religiosum tamque catholicum animum piissimi imperatoris habeamus, ut non aliud de illo credendum sit quam probavimus de augustae memoriae Marciano. Siquidem etiam adhuc nostra actione cessante, ita fidelissimus imperator parricidale crimen horruerit, ut nullum aditum haereticorum concesserit actioni; qui post immanitatem facinoris perpetrati, hoc sibi possibile esse credebant, ut sanctae Chalcedonensis synodi definitionibus resolutis, in alios tractatus vocaretur episcopale concilium.

[…] fury, and which I do not doubt has been found out by your Fraternity, out of that solicitude which I owe to all the Churches of God I have sent this writing, by which I thought your Beloved should be admonished to resist the criminal attempts with holy constancy, lest in any one of us the common faith be found either fearful or lukewarm; since, by the favour of the Lord, Who does not desert His Church in any tribulation, we have in the most pious emperor a mind so religious and so catholic that nothing else is to be believed of him than what we proved of Marcian of august memory. For indeed, even while our own action was still wanting, the most faithful emperor so abhorred the parricidal crime that he granted no access to the action of the heretics, who, after the enormity of the deed they had perpetrated, believed this possible for themselves: that, the definitions of the holy synod of Chalcedon being undone, an episcopal council should be summoned to other proceedings.

Quod quia, frater clarissime, abrupte inimicum est fidei Christianae, et non ob aliud tanta improbitate deposcitur, nisi ut praedicatio Evangelii et Dominicae incarnationis mysterium subruatur, obsecro diletionem vestram, ut a Chalcedonensis synodi definitionibus in nullo animos relaxetis, et quae ex divina sunt inspiratione composita, nulla patiamini novitate temerari. Certus enim sum quod clementissimus imperator et vir magnificus Patricius cum omni coetu illustrium postestatum, nihil in perturbationem Ecclesiae patientur haereticos obtinere, si pastorales animos in nullo viderint fluctuare. Ut autem haec adhortatio ad omnium fratrum et coepiscoporum nostrorum per Illyricum possit notitiam pervenire, diligentiae vestrae cura prospiciat: quia, quod saepe dicendum est, tota religio Christiana turbatur, si quidquam de his quae apud Chalcedonam sunt statuta convellatur. Datum kalendis Septembris, Constantino et Rufo consulibus.

Since this, most illustrious brother, is utterly hostile to the Christian faith, and is demanded with such great wickedness for no other reason than that the preaching of the Gospel and the mystery of the Lord's incarnation may be overthrown, I beseech your Beloved in no respect to slacken your minds from the definitions of the synod of Chalcedon, and to suffer the things composed by divine inspiration to be violated by no novelty. For I am certain that the most clement emperor and the magnificent man Patricius, with the whole company of the illustrious authorities, will suffer the heretics to obtain nothing for the disturbance of the Church, if they see the minds of the pastors wavering in nothing. And let the care of your diligence see to it that this exhortation may come to the knowledge of all our brethren and fellow bishops throughout Illyricum: since, as must often be said, the whole Christian religion is thrown into confusion if anything of what was decreed at Chalcedon is torn up. Given on the kalends of September, in the consulship of Constantine and Rufus.

EPISTOLA CLI.

LETTER CLI.

AD ANATOLIUM EPISCOPUM CONSTANTINOPOLITANUM.

TO ANATOLIUS, BISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

LEO episcopus ANATOLIO episcopo.

LEO, bishop, to Anatolius, bishop.

Fidem dilectionis tuae atque constantiam, qua haereticorum insidiis obstitisti, gratanter agnoscimus; et ideo securiore te fiducia cohortamur ut rebus

We gladly acknowledge the faith and constancy of your Beloved, by which you have withstood the snares of the heretics; and therefore with the more secure confidence we exhort you, as to the matters […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 1121

Footnotes

(a) ‹quaeque fraternitati› · printed under col 1121

Quesnellus, tuae. Cur Ratisponensis lectionem hic quoque praetulerimus, vide annot. 2 (Col. 1119, n. d) in epist. praecedentem.

Quesnel has tuae. For why we have preferred the reading of the Regensburg manuscript here too, see annotation 2 (col. 1119, n. d) on the preceding letter.

(b) ‹vocaretur episcopale› · printed under col 1121

Ita cod. Grim., non autem judicium, uti Quesnellus ex arbitrio edidit. Confer not. 4 (Col. 1119, n. c) in epist. praecedentem

So the Grimani manuscript, and not judicium, as Quesnel printed at his own discretion. Compare note 4 (col. 1119, n. c) on the preceding letter.

Quesnellus, decimo kal. Sept. Ex Ratisp. emendavimus. Confer admonit. num. 3.

Quesnel has decimo kal. Sept. We have corrected it from the Regensburg manuscript. Compare the admonition, no. 3.

(d) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 1121

Scripta 1 Septemb. an. 457.

Written 1 September in the year 457.

(e) ‹AD ANATOLIUM› · printed under col 1121 (the call stands before the address line)

Nunc primum prodit ex ms. Ratisp., atque indicatur epistolis 157, c. 4 et 163, ubi de Attici causa sermo est.

It now appears for the first time, from the Regensburg manuscript, and it is indicated in letters 157, ch. 4, and 163, where the case of Atticus is discussed.

(f) printed under this column; its call is in col 1122, set in n1122. (g) printed under this column, running on under col 1122; its call is in col 1122, set in n1122.

Editors' prose

Nunc primum edita ex ms. Ratisponensi.

Now published for the first time from the Regensburg manuscript.

SYNOPSIS. — Ipsum laudat, et ut Ecclesiam Constantinopolitanam ab haeresi purget hortatur. De Attico presbytero discutiendo.

SYNOPSIS. — He praises him, and exhorts him to purge the Church of Constantinople of heresy. On examining the presbyter Atticus.

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running head: 1121 EPISTOLA CXLII. (continued over col 1122; the number is not that of any letter on this page, CL–CLII)
marginal letters: A ‹furore commissa sunt›; B ‹petrati, hoc sibi›; C ‹nostrorum per Illyricum›; D ‹et ideo securiore›
old-edition numerals: 1312 before probavimus; 1313 before EPISTOLA CLI
signature: none
other: the italic line "Nunc primum edita ex ms. Ratisponensi." stands under the address of CLI (editors' prose above); in notes (a) and (b) the cross-references "(Col. 1119, n. d)" and "(Col. 1119, n. c)" are printed as they stand, though the notes meant appear to be (c) and (e) of col 1119/1120

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etiam a te defensis constanter assistas. Siquidem religiosum charitatis tuae propositum tam apud clementissimum principem, quam apud magnificentissimum virum Patricium nostra scripta testantur, quibus diligentia tua nos instructos per omnia esse patefecimus. Agat ergo primitus fraternitas tua ut Constantinopolitana Ecclesia ab omni haereticorum labe purgata sit, et ut catholica puritas, quae etiam in laicis conservanda est, maxime in clericis reperiatur illaesa, frater charissime. Licet enim famae perferrentium temere non credamus, tamen quia, ubi animarum causa agitur, locum diabolicis fraudibus studemus obstruere, praemonemus dilectionem tuam ut Atticum presbyterum, qui perhibetur Eutychianorum errorem apertis intra Ecclesiam disputationibus confovere, secreta primum disquisitione discutias; ac si quid in corde ipsius de haeretici veneni permixtione repereris, aut corrigendo catholicum facias, aut ab Ecclesia necessaria severitate depellas: ne dum inutili lenitate uni parcitur, multis impunito errore noceatur. Datum kal. Septembris, Constantino et Rufo coss.

[…] also defended by you, to stand by them constantly. For our writings bear witness to the religious purpose of your Charity both before the most clement prince and before the most magnificent man Patricius, by which we have made it plain that we have been instructed in all things by your diligence. Let your Fraternity therefore see to it first of all that the Church of Constantinople be purged of every stain of the heretics, and that catholic purity, which must be preserved even in the laity, be found unimpaired above all in the clergy, dearest brother. For although we do not rashly believe the report of those who bring it, yet, since where the cause of souls is at stake we are eager to block the way to the devil's frauds, we forewarn your Beloved to examine first in a secret inquiry the presbyter Atticus, who is said to foster the error of the Eutychians by open disputations within the Church; and if you find in his heart anything of an admixture of heretical poison, either make him catholic by correcting him, or drive him from the Church with the necessary severity: lest, while one man is spared by useless leniency, many be harmed by an unpunished error. Given on the kalends of September, Constantine and Rufus being consuls.

EPISTOLA CLII.

LETTER CLII.

AD JULIANUM COENSEM EPISCOPUM.

TO JULIAN, BISHOP OF COS.

LEO JULIANO episcopo.

LEO to Julian, bishop.

Existente occasione filii nostri Gerontii Constantinopolim revertentis, conveniens fuit ad dilectionem tuam scripta dirigere, quibus studium tuum in causis ecclesiasticis, et in his quae ad fidem pertinent incitamus; ut contra haereticorum conatus constanter obsistas, confidentes Dei misericordiam praestituram ut scelestis ausibus etiam in hoc tempore digna reddantur. Sciat autem dilectio tua ad aliquantos fratres et coepiscopos nostros metropolitanos litteras nos dedisse, quae ut confestim ad unumquemque perveniant, tua vel filii nostri Aetii presbyteri debet diligentia providere. Si enim episcopalis constantia a sanctae synodi Chalcedonensis definitionibus non recedit, certus sum quod clementissimus et Christianissimus princeps libenter tuebitur sententiam suam, et quod sponte jam praestitit, multo magis rogatus efficiet, ne bene finita atque composita aliqua

The occasion offering itself of our son Gerontius returning to Constantinople, it was fitting to send a letter to your Beloved, by which we stir up your zeal in ecclesiastical causes and in those things which pertain to the faith, so that you may constantly withstand the attempts of the heretics, trusting that the mercy of God will ordain that fitting return be made to wicked attempts in this time also. And let your Beloved know that we have given letters to some of our brethren and fellow bishops, the metropolitans, and your diligence, or that of our son the presbyter Aetius, ought to provide that they reach each one of them at once. For if episcopal constancy does not depart from the definitions of the holy synod of Chalcedon, I am certain that the most clement and most Christian prince will gladly maintain his judgement, and what he has already done of his own accord he will much more bring about when asked, lest things well concluded and settled […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 1122

Footnotes

(f) ‹virum Patricium› · printed under col 1121

Exstat ad imperatorem epistola 148. At quae ab Patricium Asparem data fuit desideratur.

The letter to the emperor survives, letter 148. But the one that was given to the Patrician Aspar is lost.

(g) ‹testantur, quibus› · printed under col 1121, running on under col 1122

Haec innuunt Anatolii litteras, quibus is de Eutychianorum Alexandrinorum motibus Leonem instruxerat; sed hae quoque desiderantur.

These words hint at the letters of Anatolius by which he had informed Leo of the disturbances of the Alexandrian Eutychians; but these too are lost.

(h) ‹famae perferrentium› · printed under col 1122

Hinc cognoscitur et prudentia et moderatio S. Leonis in causa Attici, quantumque in ea Anatolio detulerit, cui discutienda ea quae ad me, inquit epist. 163, erant perlata, commisi, hac scilicet epistola 151.

From this are recognized both the prudence and the moderation of St Leo in the case of Atticus, and how much he deferred to Anatolius in it: "to whom," he says in letter 163, "I entrusted the examination of what had been brought to me", namely by this letter 151.

(i) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 1122

Alias 120. Scripta 1 Septembr. an. 457.

Formerly 120. Written 1 September in the year 457.

(j) ‹AD JULIANUM› · printed under col 1122 (the call stands before the address line)

Ex cod. Grimanico editam cum Ratisponensi contulimus.

We have collated with the Regensburg manuscript the letter published from the Grimani manuscript.

(k) ‹ecclesiasticis, et› · printed under col 1122

Praepositionem in ex Ratisp. addidimus.

We have added the preposition in from the Regensburg manuscript.

(l) ‹metropolitanos› · printed under col 1122

Epist. 149 et 150.

Letters 149 and 150.

(m) ‹Aetii presbyteri› · printed under col 1122

Ratisp. cod., debebit.

The Regensburg manuscript has debebit.

(n) ‹libenter tuebitur› · printed under col 1122

Quam scilicet imperator declaravit in litteris initio imperii sui editis, de quibus vide annot. 11 (Col. 1114, n. l) in epist. 145.

That is, the judgement the emperor declared in the letters issued at the beginning of his reign, on which see annotation 11 (col. 1114, n. l) on letter 145.

Editors' prose

SYNOPS⟨I⟩S. — Monet ut epistolae praecedentes ad metropolitanos scriptae, ad unumquemque Juliani cura vel Aetii perveniant; episcopalem ante omnia requiri constantiam; nihil esse in sua epistola vel novi, vel obscuri, vel dubii.

SYNOPSIS. — He advises that the preceding letters, written to the metropolitans, should reach each of them by the care of Julian or of Aetius; that episcopal constancy is required before all things; that there is nothing in his letter either new, or obscure, or doubtful.

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running head: EPISTOLA CXLII. 1122 (continuing from col 1121)
marginal letters: A ‹etiam a te defensis›; B ‹tionibus confovere›; C ‹nopolim revertentis›; D ‹gatus efficiet›
old-edition numerals: 1314 before EPISTOLA CLII
signature: none
other: the synopsis label is printed "SYNOPS S." with a gap where the I should be (damaged type); set SYNOPS⟨I⟩S

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possint novitate violari. Miror sane calumniantium vanitati aliquid adhuc in epistola mea, quae universo mundo placuit, obscurum videri, ut de ea putent apertius exponendum: cum illius praedicationis tam plana et solida sit assertio, ut nihil recipiat vel in sensu vel in sermone novitatis: quia quidquid tunc a nobis scriptum est, ex apostolica et evangelica probatur sumptum esse doctrina. Datum kalendis Septembris, Constantino et Rufo consulibus.

[…] may be violated by some novelty. I wonder indeed that to the vanity of the slanderers anything should still seem obscure in my letter, which has pleased the whole world, so that they think it must be expounded more openly: since the assertion of that preaching is so plain and solid that it admits nothing of novelty either in sense or in language: for whatever was then written by us is proved to have been taken from the apostolic and evangelical doctrine. Given on the kalends of September, in the consulship of Constantine and Rufus.

EPISTOLA CLIII.

LETTER CLIII.

AD AETIUM PRESBYTERUM CP.

TO AETIUS, PRESBYTER OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

LEO AETIO presbytero.

LEO to Aetius, presbyter.

CAP. I. — Accepimus dilectionis tuae litteras, quae diligentiam tuam in causa Ecclesiae testarentur; et breviter interim cohortamur ut coeptis vigilanter insistas, ne haereticorum perversitas quidquam quo Ecclesia Domini turbetur, obtineat. Nos autem pro diligentia nostri et ad clementissimum principem, et ad magnificum virum Patricium Asparem necessaria in causa fidei scripta transmisimus, quae sine dubio effectum congruum poterunt obtinere, si etiam vestra cura pervigilet. Placuit etiam nobis ut ad metropolitanos episcopos generales litteras mitteremus, quae animum eorum firment atque corroborent: ut sciant ad defendendam Chalcedonensem synodum aequali studio et concordi unitate nitendum. De quibus epistolis, unam ad Antiochenum, alteram ad Jerosolymitanum, si vobis in commune visum fuerit, dirigetis. Nos autem ad Illyrios episcopos similia jam scripta transmisimus.

CHAP. I. — We have received the letter of your Beloved, which bore witness to your diligence in the cause of the Church; and meanwhile we briefly exhort you to press on vigilantly with what you have begun, lest the perversity of the heretics obtain anything by which the Church of the Lord may be disturbed. We for our part, as our diligence [requires], have sent writings necessary in the cause of the faith both to the most clement prince and to the magnificent man, the Patrician Aspar, which will without doubt be able to obtain a fitting effect, if your care also keeps watch. It has pleased us also to send general letters to the metropolitan bishops, to strengthen and fortify their mind, so that they may know that they must strive with equal zeal and harmonious unity to defend the synod of Chalcedon. Of these letters you will direct one to the bishop of Antioch and the other to the bishop of Jerusalem, if it seems good to you in common. We have already sent similar writings to the bishops of Illyricum.

CAP. II. — De sacramento vero catholicae fidei nullis nobis jam conflictationibus est agendum: quia nec diligentius aliquid indagari potest, nec verius definiri. Exemplaria quoque litterarum quas Galli ad nos atque Itali episcopi concordi crudelitate miserunt,

CHAP. II. — But concerning the sacrament of the catholic faith we must no longer engage in any conflicts: for nothing can either be investigated more diligently or defined more truly. Copies also of the letters which the bishops of Gaul and of Italy sent to us with harmonious belief,

Editors' notes and page, col. 1123

Footnotes

(a) ‹ut de ea putent› · printed under col 1123

Sic optimus cod. Ratisp. Al., aptius.

So the excellent Regensburg manuscript. Others have aptius.

(b) ‹praedicationis tam› · printed under col 1123

Quesnellus, plena. Melius in Ratisp. Ex his patet Leonem detexisse difficultates contra suam epistolam excitatas non ex Graeca interpretatione ejusdem minus congrua, de qua antea erat sollicitus epistolis 130 et 131, sed ex calumniantium vanitate, qui obscuritatis praetextu veritati non acquiescebant, dimanare; unde horum audaciam ab imperatore compescendam petiit.

Quesnel has plena; better in the Regensburg manuscript. From these words it is plain that Leo had discovered that the difficulties raised against his letter flowed not from its less fitting Greek translation, about which he had earlier been anxious in letters 130 and 131, but from the vanity of slanderers, who on the pretext of obscurity would not acquiesce in the truth; hence he asked that their audacity be checked by the emperor.

Alias 121. Scripta 1 Septemb. an. 457.

Formerly 121. Written 1 September in the year 457.

(d) ‹AD AETIUM› · printed under col 1123 (the call stands before the address line)

Quesnellus ex cod. Grimanico edidit; nos in Ratisp. invenimus.

Quesnel published it from the Grimani manuscript; we found it in the Regensburg manuscript.

(e) ‹perversitas quidquam› · printed under col 1123

Sic Ratisp. Quesnellus, quod Ecclesiam Domini turbet.

So the Regensburg manuscript. Quesnel has quod Ecclesiam Domini turbet.

(f) ‹pro diligentia› · printed under col 1123

Forte, nostra, vel supplendum officii, aut quid simile. De epistolis vero hic memoratis vide annot. 2 (Col. 1121, n. f) in epist. 151.

Perhaps nostra, or officii or something similar must be supplied. On the letters mentioned here see annotation 2 (col. 1121, n. f) on letter 151.

(g) ‹nobis ut› · printed under col 1123

Confer Admonit. in epist. 149, num. 1.

Compare the admonition on letter 149, no. 1.

(h) ‹firment atque corroborent› · printed under col 1123

Ratisp., et sciant.

The Regensburg manuscript has et sciant.

(i) ‹Exemplaria quoque› · printed under col 1123, running on under col 1124

Idem codex, epistolarum. Hinc discimus ad solos Gallos et Italos, id est Mediolanensis provinciae episcopos, Leonem suam ad Flavianum epistola misisse, ut eamdem solemni subscriptione reciperent. Si enim aliarum Occidentis provinciarum episcopos idipsum postulasset, cum aliorum quoque responsa accepisset, tum vero exemplaria eorum pariter transmisisset. Ideo vero ad Gallos et Italos ea de re scripsit, quia alia scribendi occasio, quoad hos, se obtulerat, quoad alios non item.

The same manuscript has epistolarum. Hence we learn that Leo sent his letter to Flavian only to the bishops of Gaul and Italy, that is, of the province of Milan, so that they might receive it with a solemn subscription. For if he had asked the same of the bishops of the other provinces of the West, since he would have received the replies of the others too, he would then have sent copies of them likewise. He wrote on that matter to the bishops of Gaul and Italy for this reason: that another occasion of writing had offered itself as regards these, but not as regards the others.

(j) ‹litterarum quas› · printed under col 1124

Epist. 97 et 99.

Letters 97 and 99.

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — I. Ut litteras in Orientem scriptas unicuique dirigat. — II. Se pariter misisse litteras a Gallis et Italis ad se scriptas. Item et de aliis.

SYNOPSIS. — I. That he should send the letters written to the East to each person. — II. That he has likewise sent the letters written to him by the bishops of Gaul and Italy. Likewise also about other matters.

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running head: 1123 S. LEONIS MAGNI (continued over col 1124 as "EPISTOLAE.")
marginal letters: A ‹possint novitate violari›; B ‹CAP. I. — Accepimus›; C ‹visum fuerit, dirigetis›; D ‹(d) Quesnellus ex cod.› (in the notes)
old-edition numerals: 1315 before EPISTOLA CLIII
signature: none
other: none

PL 54:1124

pariter direximus ut quam etiam illorum nobiscum sit fides una non lateat. Praeterea scripta quae tam clementissimo principi, quam necessariis personis per filium nostrum Gerontium misimus, vel a dilectione tua, vel a filio nostro Storacio, si adhuc vobiscum est, volumus offerri, et eo sermone quo convenit adjuvari. Ut autem ea quae scripsimus scire possitis, exemplaria direximus, ut de omnibus instructi esse possitis. Datum kalendis Septembris, Constantino et Rufo consulibus.

[…] we have likewise sent, so that it may not be hidden how one also their faith is with ours. Further, the writings which we sent by our son Gerontius both to the most clement prince and to the persons concerned, we wish to be presented either by your Beloved or by our son Storacius, if he is still with you, and to be supported with such speech as is fitting. And so that you may know what we have written, we have sent copies, that you may be informed about everything. Given on the kalends of September, in the consulship of Constantine and Rufus.

EPISTOLA CLIV.

LETTER CLIV.

AD EPISCOPOS AEGYPTIOS.

TO THE BISHOPS OF EGYPT.

LEO episcopis ex Aegypto catholicis apud Constantinopolim constitutis.

LEO to the catholic bishops from Egypt residing at Constantinople.

Licet laboribus dilectionis vestrae, quos pro observantia catholicae fidei suscepistis, toto corde compatiar, et ea quae vobis ab haereticis illata sunt non aliter accipiam quam si ipse pertulerim, intelligo tamen magis esse gaudii quam moeroris, quod confortante vos Domino Jesu Christo in evangelica apostolicaque doctrina insuperabiles perstitistis. Et cum vos inimici fidei Christianae ab Ecclesiarum vestrarum sede divellerent, maluistis peregrinationis injuriam pati, quam ulla impietatis ipsorum contagione violari. Unde ad Christianissimum principem nostrum litteras dirigens gratias egi ipsius pietati, quod vos, sicut nobis indicatum est, ea qua dignum erat charitate suscepit. A cujus benevolentia non dubito eam vobis fiduciam esse collatam, ut pro universalis Ecclesiae statu constanter exsequi quae sunt agenda possitis: quia et clementia ejus pro defendendis sanctae synodi Chalcedonensis decretis sacerdotali fervet affectu, et nihil universo mundo praestari salubrius ac beatius potest, quam ut dispositum ante saecula sacramentum inviolabiliter per omnia

Although I suffer with my whole heart with the labours of your Beloved, which you have undertaken for the observance of the catholic faith, and receive what the heretics have inflicted on you no otherwise than as if I had borne it myself, yet I understand that there is more cause for joy than for grief, in that, with the Lord Jesus Christ strengthening you, you have stood unconquerable in the evangelical and apostolic doctrine. And when the enemies of the Christian faith tore you away from the see of your Churches, you chose to suffer the wrong of exile rather than be defiled by any contagion of their impiety. Hence, in sending a letter to our most Christian prince, I gave thanks to his piety because, as has been reported to us, he received you with the charity that was fitting. I do not doubt that by his benevolence such confidence has been granted you that you can constantly carry out for the state of the universal Church what must be done: since both his clemency glows with a priestly affection for defending the decrees of the holy synod of Chalcedon, and nothing more salutary or more blessed can be bestowed on the whole world than that the sacrament ordained before the ages inviolably in all things […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 1124

Footnotes

(i) continued from col 1123, set in n1123.

(j) printed under this column; its call is in col 1123, set in n1123.

(k) ‹principi, quam› · printed under col 1124

Nimirum Anatolio, Juliano et Aspari.

Namely to Anatolius, Julian and Aspar.

(l) ‹Gerontium misimus› · printed under col 1124

Quesnellus, vel ad dilectionem vestram, vel ad filium nostrum SPORATIUM; et in margine: Forte, per dilectionem vestram, vel per filium nostrum, etc. Ex Ratisp. emendavimus. Storatii lectio dubitationem sustulit num Sporatius, qui fuit consul in Oriente an. 452, hic nominetur. Neque vero credimus intelligi Storatium, qui fuit praefectus Urbis an. 443; ejusmodi enim viri aliquo honorifico titulo appellari solent.

Quesnel has vel ad dilectionem vestram, vel ad filium nostrum SPORATIUM; and in the margin: "Perhaps per dilectionem vestram, vel per filium nostrum, etc." We have corrected it from the Regensburg manuscript. The reading Storatius has removed the doubt whether Sporatius, who was consul in the East in the year 452, is named here. Nor do we believe that the Storatius who was prefect of the City in the year 443 is meant; for men of that kind are usually called by some honorific title.

(m) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 1124

Alias 123. Scripta 11 Octob. an. 457.

Formerly 123. Written 11 October in the year 457.

(n) ‹AD EPISCOPOS AEGYPTIOS› · printed under col 1124 (the call stands before the address line)

In solo codice Grimanico, ex quo a Quesnello edita fuit, hactenus inventa est.

It has so far been found only in the Grimani manuscript, from which it was published by Quesnel.

(o) ‹LEO› · printed under col 1124

Post Proterii mortem persecutione contra episcopos catholicos excitata, plures Constantinopolim profecti libellum supplicem imperatori obtulerunt, qui legitur tom. IV. Concil. pag. 1837. Ad hos Leo hanc epistolam dedit, et iterum epistolas 158 et 160; in hujus postremae inscriptione ipsorum episcoporum nomina recensentur, quae cum nominibus laudato libello subcriptis fere concordant.

After the death of Proterius, when a persecution had been stirred up against the catholic bishops, many of them went to Constantinople and presented a petition to the emperor, which is read in vol. IV of the Councils, p. 1837. To these Leo gave this letter, and again letters 158 and 160; in the inscription of the last of these the names of the bishops themselves are listed, and they almost agree with the names subscribed to the petition just mentioned.

(p) ‹principem nostrum› · printed under col 1124

Cum in epist. 148 nullum sit horum Aegyptiorum episcoporum indicium, aliae hic indicantur litterae ad Leonem Augustum, quae periere.

Since in letter 148 there is no indication of these Egyptian bishops, another letter to Leo Augustus is indicated here, which has perished.

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — Episcopos Aegyptios pro fide extorres consolatur, et ut pro incarnationis mysterio patienter adversa tolerent, hortatur.

SYNOPSIS. — He consoles the Egyptian bishops, exiled for the faith, and exhorts them to bear adversities patiently for the mystery of the incarnation.