Leo the Great, Letters

(a) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 645

Al. 1. Quae autem antea erat 12, nunc 14. Scripta 10 Aug. an. 446.

Elsewhere 1. And the one that was formerly 12 is now 14. Written 10 August in the year 446.

(b) ‹Synopsis› · printed under col 645

Nulli sunt tituli in ms. Florentino, ex quo hanc epistolam integram sumpsimus. In collectione autem Hadrianea unicus titulus est: In causa Lupicini episcopi, qui tamen ad solum cap. 12 pertinet. In tabula vero titulorum eidem collectioni praefixa hic titulus legitur num. 49: Leo episcopis Mauris. De conservatione et disciplina canonum, ne indebite et inordinate ad clericatum aliquis praesumat accedere.

There are no headings in the Florentine manuscript, from which we have taken this letter complete. In the Hadrianic collection, however, there is a single heading, "In the case of Bishop Lupicinus," which nevertheless belongs to ch. 12 alone. But in the table of headings prefixed to the same collection this heading is read at no. 49: "Leo to the Moorish bishops. On the keeping and discipline of the canons, that no one should presume to approach the clerical state unduly and irregularly."

(c) ‹Leo› · printed under cols 645–646

Ita codex Florent. Mss. et editi collect. Hadrianeae omittunt. Urbis Romae episcopus et in Domino salutem; at aliae epistolae ab ipso Dionysio descriptae utrumque saepius praeferunt.

So the Florentine manuscript. The manuscripts and printed editions of the Hadrianic collection omit "bishop of the city of Rome" and "greeting in the Lord"; but other letters copied by Dionysius himself quite often carry both.

Hadrianeae editionis fragmentum non ad alias Leonis litteras, quae forte perierint, ut non nemo opinatus est sed ad hanc eamdem pertinere epistolam 12, uti in ms. Florentino exhibetur. Quod multo magis c⟨o⟩nfirmant illa verba, quae (dum repetitur de virginibus mentio) capiti ⟨u⟩ndecimo inseruntur in eodem codice, ut superius dictum est.

[…] that the fragment of the Hadrianic edition belongs not to some other letter of Leo, which has perhaps perished, as some have supposed, but to this same letter 12, as it is shown in the Florentine manuscript. This is confirmed much more by those words which (where the mention of the virgins is repeated) are inserted in the eleventh chapter in the same manuscript, as was said above.

15. Praetulimus vero in editione integrae epistolae, quam primo loco dabimus, lectiones Hadrianeas lectionibus codicum epistolae decurtatae, non solum quia Hadrianeas lectiones sequitur codex Florentinus, ex quo integra epistola uti a Leone scripta fuit ad nos pervenit; verum etiam quia lectiones ejusmodi eidem auctori epistolam recolenti et emendanti magis placuisse videntur. Enimvero hae adeo congruae sunt, ut ipse Quesnellus easdem fere praetulerit lectionibus eorum codicum qui decurtatam epistolam continent. Ne vero quispiam utriusque editionis integrae et decurtatae lectionibus fraudetur, post editam epistolam integram ex lectione mss. Floren⟨t⟩., et Hadrian. cum suis variantibus, eamdem decurtatam subjiciemus praesertim ad exemplar antiquissimi libri ⟨B⟩arb. 2888, et alterius similis Vat. 1342, qui a Montfauconio, tom. I Biblioth. pag. 131, codex elegantissimus et vetustissimus nuncupatur; atque variantes aliorum codicum, qui eamdem epistolam pariter decurtatam praeferunt, annotabimus. Quicumque autem hanc decurtatam editionem, quam nemo hactenus exacte expressit, cum integra conferet (petimus autem ut conferre non pigeat), speramus fore ut nobis calculos adjiciens, istam ab ipso auctore emendatam atque auctam fateatur.

15. In the edition of the complete letter, which we shall give in the first place, we have preferred the Hadrianic readings to the readings of the manuscripts of the curtailed letter, not only because the Florentine manuscript, from which the complete letter has come down to us as it was written by Leo, follows the Hadrianic readings, but also because readings of this kind seem to have pleased the author himself more when he went over and corrected the letter. Indeed these are so fitting that Quesnel himself preferred almost the same ones to the readings of those manuscripts which contain the curtailed letter. But lest anyone be deprived of the readings of either edition, the complete and the curtailed, after publishing the complete letter from the reading of the Florentine and Hadrianic manuscripts with their variants, we shall add the same letter curtailed, chiefly according to the copy of the very ancient book Barberini 2888, and of another like it, Vatican 1342, which Montfaucon, vol. I of the Bibliotheca, p. 131, calls "a most elegant and very ancient manuscript"; and we shall note the variants of the other manuscripts which likewise carry the same letter curtailed. And whoever compares this curtailed edition, which no one has so far reproduced exactly, with the complete one (and we ask that he not be reluctant to compare them), we hope that he will cast his vote with us and acknowledge that it was corrected and enlarged by the author himself.

(b) Synopsis. — I. Ordinationes per tumultum factas redarguit. — II. Quid sit cito manus imponere. — III. Nonnisi unius uxoris viros debere esse diaconos, presbyteros et episcopos. — IV. Non rudes ac neophytos ordinari debere. — V. Ex laicis ordinati tolerantur a Leone, non vero bigami. — VI. De Donato ex Novatianis converso, et Maximo ex Donatistis. — VII. De Aggaro et Tyberiano ex laicis, et per tumultum ordinatis. — VIII. Virgines per vim oppressas incontaminatis se comparare non debere. — IX. Hortatur ad obedientiam, et inobedientibus poenas minatur. — X. Quibus in locis episcopi debeant ordinari, et de petitione episcopi Restituti. — XI. Quid agendum de memoratis virginibus vi barbarica oppressis. — XII. De causa Lupicini episcopi. — XIII. De causis ecclesiasticis ventilandis et ad sedem apostolicam referendis.

Synopsis. — I. He censures ordinations made through tumult. — II. What it is to lay on hands quickly. — III. That only men of one wife should be deacons, priests and bishops. — IV. That the untrained and neophytes should not be ordained. — V. Those ordained from the laity are tolerated by Leo, but not the twice-married. — VI. On Donatus, converted from the Novatians, and Maximus from the Donatists. — VII. On Aggarus and Tyberianus, [ordained] from the laity and through tumult. — VIII. That virgins overpowered by violence should not compare themselves with the undefiled. — IX. He exhorts to obedience, and threatens penalties to the disobedient. — X. In what places bishops should be ordained, and on the petition of Bishop Restitutus. — XI. What is to be done about the virgins mentioned, overpowered by barbarian violence. — XII. On the case of Bishop Lupicinus. — XIII. On ecclesiastical cases, how they are to be discussed and referred to the apostolic see.

Nunc primum integre edita ex ms. Florentino S. Marci.

Now first published complete from the Florentine manuscript of St Mark.

(c) continued from col 645, set in n645

(d) ‹ratio pietatis exegit ut› · printed under col 646

In mss. Vercell. Hadrianeo, per sollicitudinem. Mox tres codd. pro dependimus habent impendimus.

In the Vercelli Hadrianic manuscript, "per sollicitudinem" [through the solicitude]. Shortly after, three manuscripts have "impendimus" [we expend] for "dependimus" [we owe].

(e) ‹proficiscenti a nobis› · printed under col 646

Apud Justellum, confratri. M. S. Crucis in Jerusalem editionis mixtae, coepiscopo pro consacerdoti.

In Justel, "confratri" [fellow brother]. The manuscript of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, of the mixed edition, "coepiscopo" [fellow bishop] for "consacerdoti" [fellow priest].

(f) ‹cordis nostri, quo› · printed under col 646

Vercell. ms., pro Dominico grege aestuamus.

The Vercelli manuscript, "pro Dominico grege aestuamus" [we burn over the Lord's flock].

(g) ‹litteris promeremus,› · printed under col 646

Dist. 61, c. 5, Miramur.

Distinction 61, c. 5, "Miramur" [we wonder].

(h) ‹tantum apud vos› · printed under col 646

Idem codex, per actionem temporis impacati. Paulo post duo Vat., populorum pro popularem.

The same manuscript, "per actionem temporis impacati" [through the action of an unsettled time]. A little after, two Vatican manuscripts have "populorum" [of the peoples] for "popularem" [popular].

16. Quoad tempus vero hujus epistolae, recte quidem in notis statuit Quesnellus eam scriptam fuisse ante an. 455, quo Valentinianus III occisus fuit. Cum enim exarata noscatur dum Mauri Romano adhuc imperatori catholico subessent, et idcirco multi ex Africa Romam subinde accederent, post ipsius autem Valentiniani necem, iidem a Vandalis Arianis catholicorum persecutoribus fuissent subacti, Romanus pontifex ei provinciae amplius ita facile providere non poterat in iis quae hac in epistola exprimuntur. Porro cum certum hujus annum constituere Quesnellus nequiret, illam primo loco edendam putavit non tam ut suppleret defectui epistolarum quae initio pontificatus a Leone scriptae fuerunt, quam ne caeterarum, quae exstant, et certa notatione chronicae signantur, ordinem interrumperet; et solum in marginali postilla eam scriptam indicat circa pontificatus Leonis exordia, et in notis circa an. 443. Bellum sane quod inter Valentinianum imperatorem et Gensericum Vandalorum regem in Africa viguit, litterarum ejusmodi commercium impedisse videtur. Viguit autem hoc bellum usque ad an. 442, quo Prosper in Chronico tradit: Cum Genserico autem a Valentiniano Augusto pax confirmata, et certis spatiis Africa inter utrumque divisa est. Ex novella 23 lib. II liquet an. 445 ex Africanis provinciis Valentiniano relictis legatos Romam venisse, et lege fuisse sancitum ut ad praefectum Urbis appellare liceret. Hac forte appellationum occasione quaedam apud Mauros illicite usurpata ad S. pontificem commeantium sermo pertulit. Igitur probabilius et cautius inter hunc an. 445 et an. 455 haec epistola collocanda est. Porro Leo cap. 1 significat se a commeantibus ex Africa didicisse, quae per occasionem temporis impacati, id est belli tempore, in variis Mauritaniae civitatibus perperam gesta fuerant. Haec autem credibile est ab illis didicisse post compositam pacem potius an. 445, cum appellationum occasione plures probabiliter Romam transmisere quam serius. Ut autem congruum tempus detur transmissioni et relationi Potentii, qua accepta Leo hanc epistolam scripsit, haec data videtur circa an. 446.

16. As to the date of this letter, Quesnel rightly established in his notes that it was written before the year 455, in which Valentinian III was killed. For since it is known to have been composed while the Moors were still subject to a Catholic Roman emperor, and many therefore came from Africa to Rome from time to time, whereas after the murder of Valentinian himself they were subjugated by the Arian Vandals, persecutors of the Catholics, the Roman pontiff could no longer so easily provide for that province in the matters set out in this letter. Further, since Quesnel could not establish its exact year, he thought it should be published in the first place, not so much to make up for the lack of letters written by Leo at the beginning of his pontificate, as so as not to interrupt the order of the others which are extant and are marked by a definite chronological note; and only in a marginal note does he indicate that it was written about the beginning of Leo's pontificate, and in his notes about the year 443. The war which raged in Africa between the Emperor Valentinian and Genseric, king of the Vandals, seems indeed to have prevented an exchange of letters of this kind. And this war lasted until the year 442, in which Prosper relates in his Chronicle: "But peace was confirmed with Genseric by Valentinian Augustus, and Africa was divided between the two by fixed boundaries." From Novel 23 of book II it is clear that in the year 445 envoys came to Rome from the African provinces left to Valentinian, and that it was enacted by law that appeal might be made to the prefect of the City. Perhaps on the occasion of these appeals the talk of travellers brought to the holy pontiff certain things unlawfully usurped among the Moors. More probably and more cautiously, therefore, this letter is to be placed between this year 445 and the year 455. Further, Leo in ch. 1 indicates that he had learned from travellers from Africa what had been wrongly done in various cities of Mauretania "through the occasion of an unsettled time," that is, in time of war. And it is credible that he learned this from them after the peace was made, in the year 445 rather than later, since on the occasion of the appeals more [people] probably crossed to Rome. And so that a suitable time may be allowed for the sending and the report of Potentius, on receiving which Leo wrote this letter, it seems to have been given about the year 446.

(a) ‹forma doctrinae› · printed under col 647

1, q. 1, c. 25, Principatus.

1, q. 1, c. 25, "Principatus" [A primacy].

(b) ‹moribus atque actibus› · printed under col 647

Ita ex mss. Vat. 5845, Vercell., Florent. ac tribus aliis. Al., non offendat. Mox, ipso tamen initii sui. . . exemplo in antiquissimo Vat. et Vercell., atque in Vat. Hisp. et Isid. lectionis decurtatae.

Thus from the manuscripts Vat. 5845, Vercelli, Florence and three others. Others, "non offendat" [may not give offence]. Shortly after, "ipso tamen initii sui . . . exemplo" [yet by the very example of its beginning] in the most ancient Vatican manuscript and the Vercelli one, and in the Vatican Hispana and Isidorian of the shortened reading.

(c) ‹requiritur in corpore› · printed under col 647

Ms. Vercell. cum duobus aliis codd., non sit in capite. Post pauca, per Spiritum sanctum in ms. S. Crucis.

The Vercelli manuscript with two other codices, "non sit in capite" [is not in the head]. A little after, "per Spiritum sanctum" [through the Holy Spirit] in the manuscript of Santa Croce.

(d) ‹sacerdotum numerus eruditur,› · printed under col 647

Quesnellus cum vulgatis, et proinde unicuique nostrum. Vox proinde deest in omnibus mss. Hadrian. et in cod. Florent., et habetur tantum in codd. lectionis decurtatae aut mixtae. Quatuor ex his habent et inde.

Quesnel with the common editions, "et proinde unicuique nostrum" [and accordingly to each of us]. The word "proinde" is missing in all the Hadrianic manuscripts and in the Florence codex, and is found only in codices of the shortened or mixed reading. Four of these have "et inde".

(e) ‹peccatis alienis (I Timoth. V, 22)?› · printed under col 647

Dist. 72, c. 3, Quid est.

Distinction 72, c. 3, "Quid est" [What is].

(f) ‹ante tempus examinis,› · printed under col 647

Ita omnes mss. libri Hadrian. cum codd. Flor. Quesnellus cum mss. et editis lectionis decurtatae et mixtae, ante meritum laboris. Justellus utrumque posuit sic: Ante meritum obedientiae laboris.

Thus all the Hadrianic manuscript books with the Florence codices. Quesnel, with the manuscripts and printed editions of the shortened and mixed reading, "ante meritum laboris" [before the merit of labour]. Justel put both, thus: "Ante meritum obedientiae laboris" [before the merit of obedience of labour].

(g) ‹comparat fructum qui rectum› · printed under col 647

Cod. Florent., servat; caeteri Hadrian. collectionis, tenet.

The Florence codex, "servat" [keeps]; the others of the Hadrianic collection, "tenet" [holds].

(h) ‹afficit damno qui› · printed under col 647

Sic ms. Flor. cum editis et mss. omnibus Hadrian. Lectio Quesnelli, ad suae dignitatis collegium sublimat indignum. Non enim in cujusquam, etc., est manuscriptorum lectionis decurtatae et mixtae. Paulo post in ms. Flor. S. Crucis, nec non in aliquibus Hadrian., in statutis pro institutis.

Thus the Florence manuscript, with the printed editions and all the Hadrianic manuscripts. Quesnel's reading, "ad suae dignitatis collegium sublimat indignum. Non enim in cujusquam" [raises an unworthy man to the college of his own dignity. For not in anyone's], etc., is that of the manuscripts of the shortened and mixed reading. A little after, in the Florence and Santa Croce manuscripts, and also in some Hadrianic ones, "in statutis" [in the statutes] for "institutis" [in the ordinances].

(i) ‹Dicente enim Apostolo› · printed under col 647

Particula ut desideratur in codd. Vercell., Flor. et Angelicae.

The particle "ut" [that] is lacking in the Vercelli, Florence and Angelica codices.

(j) ‹uxoris virum fuisse› · printed under col 647

In cod. Flor desunt voces aut esse. Mox tamen sacrata, pro tam sacra est in omnibus mss. et editis Hadrian. et in Florent.

In the Florence codex the words "aut esse" [or to be] are missing. Shortly after, "tamen sacrata" [yet hallowed] for "tam sacra est" [is so sacred] in all the Hadrianic manuscripts and printed editions and in the Florentine.

(k) ‹servanda conditio; ne forte illa, priusquam› · printed under col 647

Antiquissimus ms. Vat. et Vercel., in societatem ejus veniret. Quatuor alii codices editionis mixtae ita pariter legunt. Retinuimus tamen lectionem vulgatam, quae in ms. Flor. apud Justellum, et in aliis codd. Hadrian. praefertur.

The most ancient Vatican manuscript and the Vercelli one, "in societatem ejus veniret" [came into his fellowship]. Four other codices of the mixed edition read likewise. We have nevertheless kept the common reading, which is offered in the Florence manuscript, in Justel, and in other Hadrianic codices.

(l) ‹conjugium. Qui igitur› · printed under col 647 (continued under col 648)

Ita omnes editi et ms. Hadrian. codd. editionis decurtatae cum vulgatis: Quis ergo dissimulare audeat. Cod. vero Flor. utramque lectionem habet: Quis igitur dissimulare vel tolerare audeat.

Thus all the printed editions and the Hadrianic manuscript. The codices of the shortened edition, with the common editions: "Quis ergo dissimulare audeat" [Who then would dare to conceal it]. But the Florence codex has both readings: "Quis igitur dissimulare vel tolerare audeat" [Who then would dare to conceal or tolerate it].

(m) ‹virginem sacerdos accipiat› · printed under col 648

Vox uxorem, quam Quesnellus in secunda editione adjecit ex mss. et Dionysio Exiguo, inventa pariter a nobis fuit in ms. Flor. S. Marci, et in nonnullis etiam collect. Hadrian. Deest tamen in ms. Vat. 5845 ac Vercell., item Hadrianeis.

The word "uxorem" [as wife], which Quesnel added in his second edition from manuscripts and from Dionysius Exiguus, was likewise found by us in the Florence manuscript of San Marco, and also in some of the Hadrianic collection. It is missing, however, in the manuscripts Vat. 5845 and Vercelli, likewise Hadrianic ones.

(n) ‹quae uxor futura est› · printed under col 648

Sic idem cod. Flor. cum omnibus mss. Hadrian. et S. Crucis atque quatuor aliis codicibus editionis mixtae. Codd. vero editionis decurtatae cum Quesn., pontificis. Porro sequens periodus, Jam tum enim, usque ad non adjungit, desideratur in Vat. 5845 et in duob. Hadrianeis, Vercell. et Vat. 1337. In aliis autem quampluribus codd. collect. Hadrianeae iisdem antiquis (inter quos sunt Vat. 4979 Vat. Reg. 1201 et 1013) nec non in Florentino legitur.

Thus the same Florence codex, with all the Hadrianic manuscripts and that of Santa Croce, and four other codices of the mixed edition. But the codices of the shortened edition, with Quesnel, "pontificis" [of the pontiff]. Further, the following period, from "Jam tum enim" [For even then] as far as "non adjungit" [does not join], is missing in Vat. 5845 and in two Hadrianic ones, the Vercelli and Vat. 1337. But in very many other codices of the Hadrianic collection, equally ancient (among which are Vat. 4979, Vat. Reg. 1201 and 1013), and also in the Florentine, it is read.

(o) ‹Ecclesiae spiritale conjugium,› · printed under col 648; its letter is printed (a)

In cod. Florentino haec lectio peculiaris habetur: Ut quomodo vir caput est mulieris, ita Christus caput est Ecclesiae, discat Sponsa Verbi. Nomen Verbi erat etiam in editis ante Quesnellum, et legitur apud Justellum, atque in mss. collect. Hadrian, praeterea in omnibus collectionibus quas consulere potuimus, editioni decurtatae, id est 1, 3, 4, 5 Hisp. 9, Isid. 10, 12 et 21, ac in Barberino 77, nec non in exemplo Sichardi, item in codd. collect. 11 editionis mixtae. Soli codices collectionum 20, 21, 22 et 23 editionis mixtae habent Christi, quod cur Quesnellus praetulerit, et ex margine editorum traduxerit in textum, ignoramus.

In the Florentine codex this peculiar reading is found: "Ut quomodo vir caput est mulieris, ita Christus caput est Ecclesiae, discat Sponsa Verbi" [that, as the man is the head of the woman, so Christ is the head of the Church, the Bride of the Word may learn]. The name "Verbi" [of the Word] was also in the editions before Quesnel, and is read in Justel and in the manuscripts of the Hadrianic collection, and moreover in all the collections we were able to consult belonging to the shortened edition, that is, 1, 3, 4, 5 Hispana, 9, Isidorian 10, 12 and 21, and in Barberini 77, and also in Sichard's copy, likewise in the codices of collection 11 of the mixed edition. Only the codices of collections 20, 21, 22 and 23 of the mixed edition have "Christi" [of Christ]; why Quesnel preferred it, and carried it from the editors' margin into the text, we do not know.

(p) ‹quanto magis› · printed under col 648

Ita omnes mss. et editi libri collect. Hadrian. et cod. Florent, cum quinque aliis editionis mixtae, qui tantum voci gratia praemittunt particulam jam. Apud Quesnellum, sub revelata jam gratia, quod est in codd. editionis decurtatae, exceptis Vat. Hisp. et Isid., qui cum lectione Hadrianeae consentiunt.

Thus all the manuscripts and printed books of the Hadrianic collection and the Florentine codex, with five others of the mixed edition, which only put the particle "jam" [now] before the word "gratia" [grace]. In Quesnel, "sub revelata jam gratia" [under grace now revealed], which is in the codices of the shortened edition, except the Vatican Hispana and Isidorian, which agree with the reading of the Hadrianic [collection].

(a) ‹non unius viri fuisse› · printed under col 649

Reposuimus claruerit ex codd. Florent. et Hadrianeis, quibus concinit etiam Vat. 544 collect. 24 et exemplum Sichardi, licet sint editionis decurtatae. Quesnellus cum aliis mss., constiterit. In codice autem Angelicae collect. 21, aut ipsam non uxorem unius viri fuisse constiterit.

We have restored "claruerit" [has become clear] from the Florence and Hadrianic codices, with which Vat. 544 of collection 24 and Sichard's copy also agree, although they are of the shortened edition. Quesnel with other manuscripts, "constiterit" [has been established]. But in the Angelica codex of collection 21, "aut ipsam non uxorem unius viri fuisse constiterit" [or it has been established that she was not the wife of one husband].

(b) ‹quid aliud intelligendum› · printed under col 649

Verbo putamus Quesnellus proposuit in hoc, quod expunximus auctoritate mss. Hadrianeae collectionis decurtatae collect 3, 4, 5, Vindeb., Hisp., et 12, item ms. Barb. 77, et Sichardi. Quesnello favent mss. collect. 1, Vat. Hisp. et Isid., et collect. 24 editionis decurtatae, aliique omnes editionis mixtae ex quibus editi prodiere.

Before the word "putamus" [we think] Quesnel put "in hoc" [in this], which we have struck out on the authority of the manuscripts of the Hadrianic collection and of the shortened [edition], collections 3, 4, 5, the Vienna, the Hispana, and 12, likewise of the Barberini manuscript 77 and of Sichard. In Quesnel's favour are the manuscripts of collection 1, the Vatican Hispana and Isidorian, and collection 24 of the shortened edition, and all the others of the mixed edition, from which the printed editions came forth.

(c) ‹cogitemus, ne aut› · printed under col 649

Ita codd. Hadrian. et Florent. Caeteri cum editis, a baptismo rudibus.

Thus the Hadrianic and Florence codices. The others, with the printed editions, "a baptismo rudibus" [raw from baptism].

(d) ‹pastorale credatur;› · printed under col 649

Quesn., cum omnis gradus: quae lectio a nobis inventa est tantum in mss. collect. 11 ac 24, et in editis cum Sichardo et Merlino. Mox, provectuum loco profectuum est in duobus codicibus; et debeant pro debeat in tribus, nec non apud Justellum.

Quesnel, "cum omnis gradus" [since every grade]: a reading found by us only in the manuscripts of collections 11 and 24, and in the printed editions with Sichard and Merlin. Shortly after, "provectuum" [of promotions] in place of "profectuum" [of progress] is in two codices; and "debeant" for "debeat" in three, and also in Justel.

(e) ‹majora committi?› · printed under col 649

Dist. 61, c. 5, Miramur, § Merito.

Distinction 61, c. 5, "Miramur", § "Merito".

(f) ‹committi? Merito› · printed under col 649

Sic mss. et editi cum codice Florentino. Idem etiam legitur in mss. collect. 3, 4, 5, et Barb. 77, editionis decurtatae, quae in aliis exemplaribus sanctorum pro beatorum exhibet.

Thus the manuscripts and printed editions with the Florentine codex. The same is read also in the manuscripts of collections 3, 4, 5 and Barberini 77, of the shortened edition, which in other copies shows "sanctorum" [of the holy] for "beatorum" [of the blessed].

(g) ‹electione loquerentur,› · printed under col 649

Apud Quesnellum, eos demum idoneos cum Vulgatis ac mss. editionem decurtatae et mixtae. Textus autem lectionem exhibent omnes codices et editi Hadrian. et ms. Flor.

In Quesnel, "eos demum idoneos" [those only fit], with the common editions and the manuscripts of the shortened and mixed edition. But the reading of the text is shown by all the Hadrianic codices and printed editions and the Florence manuscript.

(h) ‹sacris administrationibus censuerunt,› · printed under cols 649–650

Ita ms. Florent. cum omnibus codd. et editis Hadran. In mss. vero editionis decurtatae insigni varietate hic locus effertur sic: Quorum omnis aetas a puerilibus exordiis usque ad provectiores annos per disciplinae ecclesiasticae stipendia cucurrisset, ut unicuique testimonium prior vita praeberet; nec posset de ejus provectione dubitari, cui pro laboribus multis, pro castis moribus, pro actibus strenuis celsioris loci praemium deberetur. Si enim, etc. Negari nequit, non minus hanc lectionem quam illam textui insertam Leoninum stylum referre, et librariorum oscitantiae vel arbitrio hanc insignem varietatem tribui non posse. Observandum porro est lectionem a puerilibus exordiis editionis decurtatae convenire cum Romanae Ecclesiae disciplina, et cum Siricii ac Zosimi decretis, in quibus dum promotiones laicorum per salutem interdicuntur, illud cavetur, ne ad celsiores Ecclesiae gradus provehantur nisi qui a pueris clero initiati, in inferioribus gradibus legitime se gessissent. Eos vero solos adultos permittunt in clerum recipi, qui grandaevi baptizati, statim post baptismum clero sese mancipaverint. Vide Siricii epist. ad Himerium c. 9, et Zosimi ad Esychium c. 3. At simul animadvertimus lectionem Hadrianeam textui insertam haud contradicere huic disciplinae; aeque enim exigit, quod praecipuum est, longi scilicet temporis probationem per gradus singulos, ut in laudatis decretis exigitur. Solum num haec probatio sumenda sit a pueritia (quod non ita praecipuum est), S. Leo hic praescindit, uti nonnumquam id praeteriisse reperimus praedecessores ejus Coelestinus in epist. ad episcopos provinciae Viennensis et Narbon., c. 3, et Innocentius I, in epist. ad Felicem Nucerinum c. 3. Deinde ea probatio a pueritia licet Romae et aliis etiam in locis custodita, non tamen ubique nec semper servabatur; et in Africa, praesertim hoc tempore quo tumultus bellici per plures annos eam Ecclesiam turbaverant, clero vehementer afflicto, non exacte servata fuerat, ut servari potuerat; ita ut nonnulli grandiores in clerum fuissent recepti, aut recipiendi viderentur, qui tamen per suos gradus idoneum experimentum praeberent. Hinc fortasse S. Leo remissius agendum in his circumstantiis, et memoratorum praedecessorum exemplo praescindendum censuit ab inculcanda conditione pueritiae; ac proinde primae scriptionis textum immutans, solam probationem canonicam per gradus singulos, quae potissima est, iisdem ingessit. Adde tandem quod a Leone hic allegantur beatorum Patrum sanctiones, quo beatorum Patrum nomine, non Romanorum pontificum decreta, sed conciliorum canones significare solet. Ita enim in hac ipsa epistola iis verbis cap. 6, beatorum Patrum regulas, Nicaenos canones, et iis capitis 10, sanctorum Patrum divinitus inspirata decreta, canones Sardicenses innuit. Decreta pontificum, vel apostolicae sedis, vel praedecessorum suorum decreta vocat, uti cum eodem capite 5 apostolicae sedis statuta ac beatorum Patrum regulas distinguit. Similiter etiam Zosimus in epist. ad Esychium cap. 1, de hoc quidem probationis argumento scribens, Tecum faciunt praecepta Patrum, tecum apostolicae sedis auctoritas, nomine apostolicae sedis praedecessores, Patrum autem appellatione Patres Sardicenses intelligit. Cum vero hi Patres can. 13 praecipiant quidem ut per singulos gradus et per longum tempus eligendorum vita probetur, et in id testimonium Apostoli a Leone recitatum indicent, non autem jubeant omnes aetatem a puerilibus exordiis usque ad provectiores annos per disciplinae ecclesiasticae stipendia decurrere: immo adultos de foro et de administratione in clerum recipi, et post legitimi temporis pobationem provehi permittant; S. Leo horum Patrum sanctiones appellans, non aliter debuit inculcare quam in textu incerto continetur. Sic etiam Innocentius I, in epist. ad Felicem Nucerinum c. 3, Sardicensium canonum statuta aperte indicans, cap. 5, nulla facta mentione pueritiae, laicos non prohiberi a clero affirmat: Ita sane ut in eos tempora a majoribus constituta serventur. Nec cito quilibet lector, cito acolytus, cito diaconus, cito sacerdos fiat; quia in minoribus officiis si diu perdurent, et vita eorum pariter et obsequia comprobantur, ut ad sacerdotium postea emensis stipendiorum meritis veniant, nec praecipiant quod vita probata meretur accipere. Et Coelestinus in epist. ad Viennenses c. 3, Sardicenses canones Patrum decreta nuncupans, ait: Ordinatos vero quosdam episcopos, qui nullis ecclesiasticis ordinibus ad tantae dignitatis fastigium fuerint instituti, contra Patrum decreta... didicimus; cum ad episcopatum his gradibus, quibus frequentissime cautum est, debeat perveniri, ut minoribus initiati officiis ad majora perveniant. Vides ergo S. Leonem in lectione textui inserta et respexisse Sardicenses canones, et a praedecessorum exemplis non discessisse. Hinc porro cognoscitur quam perperam Quesnellus hanc lectionem ab aliquo impostore, veluti ad recentioris disciplinae usum accommodatam, et evidentem corruptelam mss. codicibus assutam in notis traduxerit.

Thus the Florence manuscript with all the Hadrianic codices and printed editions. But in the manuscripts of the shortened edition this passage is given with a notable variation, thus: "Quorum omnis aetas a puerilibus exordiis usque ad provectiores annos per disciplinae ecclesiasticae stipendia cucurrisset, ut unicuique testimonium prior vita praeberet; nec posset de ejus provectione dubitari, cui pro laboribus multis, pro castis moribus, pro actibus strenuis celsioris loci praemium deberetur. Si enim" [whose whole life, from their boyish beginnings up to their more advanced years, had run through the campaigns of ecclesiastical discipline, so that for each his former life should furnish testimony; nor could there be doubt about the promotion of one to whom, for many labours, for chaste morals, for vigorous actions, the reward of a higher place was owed. For if], etc. It cannot be denied that this reading, no less than the one inserted in the text, reflects Leo's style, and that this notable variation cannot be attributed to the carelessness or the choice of copyists. It should be observed further that the reading "a puerilibus exordiis" [from boyish beginnings] of the shortened edition agrees with the discipline of the Roman Church and with the decrees of Siricius and Zosimus, in which, while promotions of laymen "per saltum" [by a leap] are forbidden, provision is made that none be advanced to the higher grades of the Church except those who, initiated into the clergy from boyhood, had conducted themselves lawfully in the lower grades. And the only adults they permit to be received into the clergy are those who, baptized at an advanced age, have bound themselves to the clergy immediately after baptism. See Siricius's letter to Himerius, c. 9, and Zosimus's to Hesychius, c. 3. At the same time we observe that the Hadrianic reading inserted in the text does not contradict this discipline; for it equally requires what is chief, namely the probation of a long time through the several grades, as is required in the decrees cited. Only whether this probation is to be taken from boyhood (which is not so chief a point) St. Leo here sets aside, as we find that his predecessors sometimes passed it over: Celestine in his letter to the bishops of the provinces of Vienne and Narbonne, c. 3, and Innocent I in his letter to Felix of Nuceria, c. 3. Next, that probation from boyhood, though kept at Rome and in other places too, was nevertheless not observed everywhere nor always; and in Africa, especially at this time, when the tumults of war had for several years troubled that Church and the clergy had been gravely afflicted, it had not been kept exactly, as it could have been kept; so that some older men had been received into the clergy, or seemed about to be received, who nevertheless furnished a suitable proof through their grades. Hence perhaps St. Leo judged that one should act more leniently in these circumstances and, after the example of the predecessors mentioned, refrain from insisting on the condition of boyhood; and accordingly, changing the text of his first writing, he pressed upon them only the canonical probation through the several grades, which is the most important. Add finally that Leo here cites "the sanctions of the blessed Fathers", by which name of "blessed Fathers" he is accustomed to signify not the decrees of the Roman pontiffs but the canons of councils. For so in this very letter, by the words of cap. 6, "the rules of the blessed Fathers", he points to the Nicene canons, and by those of chapter 10, "the divinely inspired decrees of the holy Fathers", to the Sardican canons. The decrees of the pontiffs he calls decrees either of the apostolic see or of his predecessors, as when in the same chapter 5 he distinguishes "the statutes of the apostolic see and the rules of the blessed Fathers". Similarly Zosimus too, in his letter to Hesychius, cap. 1, writing on this very subject of probation, "Tecum faciunt praecepta Patrum, tecum apostolicae sedis auctoritas" [the precepts of the Fathers are with you, the authority of the apostolic see is with you], understands his predecessors by the name of "the apostolic see", and the Sardican Fathers by the title of "Fathers". But since these Fathers in can. 13 do indeed prescribe that the life of those to be chosen be proved "through the several grades" and "over a long time", and point to the testimony of the Apostle recited by Leo for this, but do not order that all should run through their life "from boyish beginnings up to more advanced years through the campaigns of ecclesiastical discipline", and indeed permit adults to be received into the clergy "from the forum" and "from administration", and to be advanced after a probation of the lawful time, St. Leo, appealing to the sanctions of these Fathers, ought not to have enjoined otherwise than is contained in the text as inserted. So too Innocent I, in his letter to Felix of Nuceria, c. 3, plainly pointing to the statutes of the Sardican canons, cap. 5, making no mention of boyhood, affirms that laymen are not barred from the clergy: "Ita sane ut in eos tempora a majoribus constituta serventur. Nec cito quilibet lector, cito acolytus, cito diaconus, cito sacerdos fiat; quia in minoribus officiis si diu perdurent, et vita eorum pariter et obsequia comprobantur, ut ad sacerdotium postea emensis stipendiorum meritis veniant, nec praecipiant quod vita probata meretur accipere" [provided indeed that the periods laid down by our elders are observed in their case. Nor should anyone quickly become a lector, quickly an acolyte, quickly a deacon, quickly a priest; because if they remain long in the lesser offices, both their life and their services are proved, so that afterwards they may come to the priesthood with the merits of their completed service, and not seize in advance what a proved life deserves to receive]. And Celestine, in his letter to the people of Vienne, c. 3, calling the Sardican canons "the decrees of the Fathers", says: "Ordinatos vero quosdam episcopos, qui nullis ecclesiasticis ordinibus ad tantae dignitatis fastigium fuerint instituti, contra Patrum decreta... didicimus; cum ad episcopatum his gradibus, quibus frequentissime cautum est, debeat perveniri, ut minoribus initiati officiis ad majora perveniant" [we have learned that certain bishops have been ordained who were raised to the summit of so great a dignity through no ecclesiastical orders, against the decrees of the Fathers...; whereas the episcopate ought to be reached by those grades which have very often been provided for, so that those initiated in the lesser offices may arrive at the greater]. You see, then, that St. Leo, in the reading inserted in the text, both had regard to the Sardican canons and did not depart from the examples of his predecessors. Hence, further, it is recognized how wrongly Quesnel in his notes represented this reading as sewn into the manuscript codices by some impostor, as adapted to the usage of a more recent discipline, and as an evident corruption.

(a) ‹ad honores mundi› · printed under col 651

Codd. Vat. 5845 et Vercell., sine suffragatione.

The codices Vat. 5845 and Vercelli, "sine suffragatione" [without canvassing].

(b) ‹coelestium dignitatum?› · printed under col 651

Dist. 61, c. 8, Statuimus ne in aliquo.

Distinction 61, c. 8, "Statuimus ne in aliquo" [We decree that in no respect].

(c) ‹sicut Apostolus› · printed under col 651

Idem Vat., dixit, cum quinque aliis mss. lectionis decurtatae. Vat. collect. 12 omittit ut.

The same Vatican, "dixit" [said], with five other manuscripts of the shortened reading. The Vatican of collection 12 omits "ut" [that].

(d) ‹qualitate discernitur,› · printed under col 651

Cod. Florent. cum Justello, neque est pretiosorum idem usus et vilium. Praetulimus lectionem antiquissimi Vat. Vercell. aliorumque collect. Hadrian., quibus favent etiam tres codd. editionis decurtatae. In Vat. col. 11, nec idem pretiosorum usus et vilium.

The Florence codex with Justel, "neque est pretiosorum idem usus et vilium" [nor is the use of the precious and the cheap the same]. We have preferred the reading of the most ancient Vatican, the Vercelli and others of the Hadrianic collection, which three codices of the shortened edition also support. In the Vatican of collection 11, "nec idem pretiosorum usus et vilium" [nor the same use of the precious and the cheap].

(e) ‹aut studia› · printed under col 651

Aliquot mss., populorum.

Some manuscripts, "populorum" [of the peoples].

(f) ‹pastorale provectos; nonne› · printed under col 651

Al., aptissimae.

Others, "aptissimae" [most fitting].

(g) ‹apertissimae› · printed under col 651

1, qu. 7, c. 17, Exigunt.

1, qu. 7, c. 17, "Exigunt" [They demand].

(h) ‹hinc censura justitiae.› · printed under col 651

In ms. Vercell. et apud Justellum: Et quia universae sedis apostolicae pietate compellimur ita nostram temperare sententiam; ubi post vocem universae apparet saltus verborum Viae Domini misericordiae et veritas. Supplevimus ex codd. Florent, aliisque quamplurimis. Cod. Vat. 5843 omittit cogimur, et hujus loco habet ita nostram temperare debemus sententiam.

In the Vercelli manuscript and in Justel: "Et quia universae sedis apostolicae pietate compellimur ita nostram temperare sententiam" [And since we are compelled by the loving-kindness of the universal apostolic see so to temper our sentence]; where after the word "universae" a skip of the words "Viae Domini misericordiae et veritas" [ways of the Lord, mercy and truth] appears. We have supplied them from the Florence codices and very many others. The codex Vat. 5843 omits "cogimur" [we are compelled], and in its place has "ita nostram temperare debemus sententiam" [we ought so to temper our sentence].

(i) ‹pondere delictorum,› · printed under col 651

Ita mss. Hadrian. cum Florent. Quesnelli lectio: quae constat non unius esse mensurae; ad editionem decurtatam pertinet. Mox, pro credamus, quod verbum recepimus ex mss. Hadrian. atque Justello, cod. Florentinus habet definiamus, ut in editione decurtata legitur.

Thus the Hadrianic manuscripts with the Florentine. Quesnel's reading, "quae constat non unius esse mensurae" [which, it is agreed, are not of one measure], belongs to the shortened edition. Shortly after, for "credamus" [we believe], a word we have taken from the Hadrianic manuscripts and Justel, the Florentine codex has "definiamus" [we define], as is read in the shortened edition.

(j) ‹legalis auctoritas sacerdotium› · printed under col 651

Ms. Vercell. cum Justello, obtendere. Mox vocibus vestro judicio praemisimus particulam in ex mss. Flor. et Hadrian.

The Vercelli manuscript with Justel, "obtendere" [to put forward]. Shortly after, before the words "vestro judicio" [your judgement] we have prefixed the particle "in" from the Florence and Hadrianic manuscripts.

(k) ‹maritus uxorum, vel› · printed under col 651

Quesnellus, istum, quod in solo Merlino et aliis editis Leoninis reperimus. In margine autem notavit ad sequentia verba: Al., qui a prima uxore dimissus; quae lectio in Florent. occurrit, nec non in sex mss. editionis decurtatae.

Quesnel, "istum" [that man], which we find only in Merlin and other printed editions of Leo. In the margin, moreover, he noted at the following words: "Others, qui a prima uxore dimissus" [who, dismissed by his first wife]; this reading occurs in the Florentine, and also in six manuscripts of the shortened edition.

(l) ‹alteram duxisse perhibetur.› · printed under col 652

In Quesnello additur privandum honore decernimus, quae verba absunt ab omnibus mss. et impressis editionis Hadrian. et a cod. Florent. Inveniuntur autem in mss. editionis decurtatae, exceptis mss. col. 24 cum Merlino et Sichardo. Necessaria quidem non sunt, cum omnia regantur antecedentibus: nec apostolica, nec legalis auctoritas sacerdotium obtinere permittit.

In Quesnel is added "privandum honore decernimus" [we decree is to be deprived of honour], words which are absent from all the manuscripts and printed copies of the Hadrianic edition and from the Florentine codex. They are found, however, in the manuscripts of the shortened edition, except the manuscripts of collection 24, with Merlin and Sichard. They are indeed not necessary, since everything is governed by the preceding words: "nec apostolica, nec legalis auctoritas sacerdotium obtinere permittit" [neither apostolic nor legal authority permits them to hold the priesthood].

(m) ‹ex hoc quod uxores› · printed under col 652

Ita fere omnes libri editionis Hadrian. cum Florentino, et duobus editionis decurtatae. Al., habeant.

Thus nearly all the books of the Hadrianic edition, with the Florentine and two of the shortened edition. Others, "habeant" [may have].

(n) ‹sacerdotium tenere permittimus,› · printed under col 652

Quesn. ex lectione mss. decurtatae editionis, non praejudicantes apostolicae sedis statutis, nec praecessorum nostrorum, nostrisque decretis, quibus. etc. Viderat lectionem textui insertam et confirmatam omnibus nostris mss. Hadrianeis et Florentino; viderat, inquam, apud vulgatum Dionysium, ac in duobus codd. Thuaneis, et nihilominus (quod mirum est) hunc locum in notis num. 9 veluti vitiatum traduxit, cum potius alia lectio ab ipso recepta notari vitio possit, quatenus praecessorum nostrorum, nostraque decreta, et apolosticae sedis statuta unum et idem sunt; ac propterea S. Leo fortassis priorem scripturam emendans substituit postremis verbis ista, nec beatorum Patrum regulas resolventes, quae respiciunt Patrum Sardicensium canones, quorum cap. 4 mentionem fecerat. Ita lectio textus plane cohaeret cum illis ejusdem cap. 4, ne in aliquo apostolica et canonica decreta violentur; ubi vox apostolica apostolicae sedis statuta, canonica autem beatorum Patrum regulas indicant. Mox, pro constitutum, alias, statutum.

Quesnel, from the reading of the manuscripts of the shortened edition, "non praejudicantes apostolicae sedis statutis, nec praecessorum nostrorum, nostrisque decretis, quibus" [without prejudice to the statutes of the apostolic see, nor to the decrees of our predecessors and our own, by which], etc. He had seen the reading inserted in the text and confirmed by all our Hadrianic manuscripts and the Florentine; he had seen it, I say, in the common Dionysius and in two Thuanean codices, and nevertheless (which is surprising) he represented this passage in his notes, num. 9, as corrupt, when rather the other reading, adopted by him, could be marked as faulty, inasmuch as "the decrees of our predecessors and our own" and "the statutes of the apostolic see" are one and the same; and therefore St. Leo, perhaps correcting his earlier writing, substituted for the last words these: "nec beatorum Patrum regulas resolventes" [nor loosening the rules of the blessed Fathers], which refer to the canons of the Sardican Fathers, which he had mentioned in cap. 4. Thus the reading of the text coheres plainly with those words of the same cap. 4, "ne in aliquo apostolica et canonica decreta violentur" [lest in any respect the apostolic and canonical decrees be violated]; where the word "apostolica" indicates the statutes of the apostolic see, and "canonica" the rules of the blessed Fathers. Shortly after, for "constitutum" [established], elsewhere "statutum".

(o) ‹quod omnino interdicimus› · printed under col 652

Ita fere omnes codices Hadrian. cum Justello, Codex Florent. et mss. editionis decurtatae, usurpare praesumpserit.

Thus nearly all the Hadrianic codices, with Justel. The Florentine codex and the manuscripts of the shortened edition, "usurpare praesumpserit" [shall have presumed to usurp].

(a) ‹Cap. VI. —› · printed under col 653

1, qu. 7, c. 20, Donatum.

1, qu. 7, c. 20, "Donatum".

(b) ‹Donatum autem› · printed under col 653

Ita vulgati cum mss. collect. 1, 5 Vindeb., Hisp. et cum codd. collect. 12 et 21, ac Sichardo. Codex Barber. collect. 3, Sajensem ex Novatiano. In collatione Carthaginensi anni 411, num. 128. memoratur Donatus episcopus plebis Sajensis. Cod. Lucensis collect. 4, Sajacinansem. Ms. Barb. 77 et Quesnellus in margine, Sajacensem ex Novatiano. Cod Flor., Sajaciensem ex Novatiano. Aliae erroneae variantes inferiorum codicum omittuntur.

Thus the common editions, with the manuscripts of collection 1, 5 Vienna, Hispana, and with the codices of collections 12 and 21, and Sichard. The Barberini codex of collection 3, "Sajensem ex Novatiano" [of Saia, from the Novatianist]. In the Conference of Carthage of the year 411, num. 128, there is mention of Donatus, bishop of the people of Saia. The Lucca codex of collection 4, "Sajacinansem". The Barberini manuscript 77 and Quesnel in the margin, "Sajacensem ex Novatiano". The Florence codex, "Sajaciensem ex Novatiano". Other erroneous variants of lesser codices are omitted.

(c) ‹catholicam veritatem.› · printed under col 653

1, qu. 7, c. 19, Maximum.

1, qu. 7, c. 19, "Maximum".

(d) ‹qnod ex laico› · printed under col 653

Ms. Vat. collect. 12 omittit licet. Dein, tamen tum in eodem codice, tum in Vat. Hisp. et Isid. desideratur.

The Vatican manuscript of collection 12 omits "licet" [although]. Then "tamen" [nevertheless] is lacking both in the same codex and in the Vatican Hispana and Isidorian.

(e) ‹De Aggaro› · printed under col 653

Particulam vero supplevimus ex mss. Florentino aliisque quinque optimae notae.

We have supplied the particle "vero" [but] from the Florence manuscript and five others of the best quality.

(f) ‹humilitate ac verecundia› · printed under col 653

Adjecimus sua ex eodem ms. Florent. tribusque aliis optimis codd.

We have added "sua" [their] from the same Florence manuscript and three other excellent codices.

(g) ‹comparare virginibus.› · printed under col 653

31, qu. 5, c. 14, Illae autem.

31, qu. 5, c. 14, "Illae autem" [But those].

(h) ‹corruptione carnis mens› · printed under col 653

Legebatur invita. Quesn. notavit in margine: Forte, invicta; et ita quidem restituimus ex ms. Florentino Post pauca, ex eodem codice, et alio Barber. collect. 3, eis pro illis oberit.

It used to be read "invita" [unwilling]. Quesnel noted in the margin: "Perhaps invicta" [unconquered]; and so indeed we have restored it from the Florence manuscript. A little after, from the same codex and another, the Barberini of collection 3, "eis" for "illis" [to them] "oberit" [will harm].

(i) ‹Cap. IX. —› · printed under col 653

Vide not. 3 Quesn.

See Quesnel's note 3.

(j) ‹de omnibus› · printed under col 653 (continued under col 654)

Restituimus adverbium fere non tam ex editis Leonis quam ex mss. collect. Hadrian. Codices etiam collect. 21 et 24 cum Sichardo idem praeferunt. Unde revincitur quod Quesnellus in postilla notavit: Vulgati addunt fere contra mss. codd. fidem. Non diffitemur tamen in mss. caeterarum nostrarum collectionum editionis decurtatae vel mixtae, et in ipso Florentino hanc particulam praetermitti. Quatenus vero haec in integra epistola a Leone secundis curis fuerit inserta, uti in Hadrianeis exemplaribus exhibetur, in admonitione explicavimus num. 14.

We have restored the adverb "fere" [nearly] not so much from the printed editions of Leo as from the manuscripts of the Hadrianic collection. The codices of collections 21 and 24 with Sichard also show the same. Hence what Quesnel noted in a marginal note is refuted: "The common editions add fere, against the testimony of the manuscript codices." We do not deny, however, that in the manuscripts of our other collections of the shortened or mixed edition, and in the Florentine itself, this particle is left out. How far these things were inserted by Leo, in his second thoughts, into the complete letter, as it is shown in the Hadrianic copies, we have explained in the Admonition, num. 14.

(j) continued from col 653, set in n653

(k) ‹fratres, ut› · printed under col 654

Ita omnes codd. et editi Hadrian. et plures editionis mixtae, qui hunc textum bis repetentes, primo loco Hadrianeam lectionem sequuntur. Ita etiam apud Merlinum; et Quesnellus septem alios mss. libros similiter legentes allegat not. 4, quos vel Hadrianeae vel mixtae editionis esse credimus. In ms. tamen Florentino habetur, concordi obedientia, uti in mss. editionis decurtatae.

Thus all the Hadrianic codices and printed editions and several of the mixed edition, which, repeating this text twice, follow the Hadrianic reading in the first place. So also in Merlin; and Quesnel, in note 4, cites seven other manuscript books reading likewise, which we believe to be of either the Hadrianic or the mixed edition. In the Florence manuscript, however, there is "concordi obedientia" [with harmonious obedience], as in the manuscripts of the shortened edition.

(l) ‹divinis et apostolicis› · printed under col 654

Cod. Angelicae collect. 21, institutionibus. In ms. Florent. cum plerisque codd. editionis decurtatae, serviatis; at pareatis in plerisque Hadrian., ex quibus mox nonnulli omittunt nunc.

The Angelica codex of collection 21, "institutionibus" [institutions]. In the Florence manuscript, with most codices of the shortened edition, "serviatis" [you serve]; but "pareatis" [you obey] in most of the Hadrianic ones, of which some shortly after omit "nunc" [now].

(m) ‹pia lenitate concessimus› · printed under col 654

Ms. Vercell. et Justelli editio perperam, ut videtur, justa postulatione. Forte, post ultione. Porro in verbo plectamus editio decurtata desinit, et quae sequuntur sumpta sunt ex Hadrian. collectione, ac ms. Florentino atque codicibus editionis mixtae.

The Vercelli manuscript and Justel's edition, wrongly as it seems, "justa postulatione" [by a just demand]. Perhaps "post ultione". Further, the shortened edition ends at the word "plectamus" [we should punish], and what follows has been taken from the Hadrianic collection, and from the Florence manuscript and the codices of the mixed edition.

(n) ‹ultione plectamus,› · printed under col 654

Hic desinit editio decurtata.

Here the shortened edition ends.

(o) ‹sanctorum Patrum statuta› · printed under col 654

Al., neglexerunt, et mox, consecrarunt.

Others, "neglexerunt" [have neglected], and shortly after, "consecrarunt" [have consecrated].

(p) ‹Unde› · printed under col 654

1, qu. 1, et 15, qu. 2, Si qui.

1, qu. 1, and 15, qu. 2, "Si qui" [If any].

(q) ‹honoris evaserint,› · printed under col 654

Ms. S. Crucis colleet. 20, consecrationis. Tres alii codd., ordinationis tamen ejus ulterius licentiam non habebunt.

The Santa Croce manuscript of collection 20, "consecrationis" [of consecration]. Three other codices, "ordinationis tamen ejus ulterius licentiam non habebunt" [yet they will no longer have the licence of his ordination].

(r) ‹Cap. X. —› · printed under col 654

Dist. 80, c. 1, Illud sane.

Distinction 80, c. 1, "Illud sane" [This certainly].

(s) ‹castellis› · printed under col 654

Al., in quibuslibet.

Others, "in quibuslibet" [in any whatever].

(t) ‹inspirata decreta› · printed under col 654

Al., vetuerant.

Others, "vetuerant" [had forbidden].

(a) ‹loca ipsa› · printed under col 655

Ita emendavimus ex ms. Florentino. Al., ad jus ejus antistitis redigantur, cujus fuerant ante priora. Justellus, ad jus ejus antistitis redeant, cujus fuerint ante priora. Quidam codd. hujus postremae lectionis pro priora habent propria. Vat. 5845, ad jus ejus antistis redeant; quia inutile est, etc.

So we have corrected from the Florence manuscript. Others, "ad jus ejus antistitis redigantur, cujus fuerant ante priora" [be brought back under the jurisdiction of that prelate whose they were before, the earlier ones]. Justel, "ad jus ejus antistitis redeant, cujus fuerint ante priora" [return to the jurisdiction of that prelate whose they were before, the earlier ones]. Some codices of this last reading have "propria" [his own] for "priora". Vat. 5845, "ad jus ejus antistis redeant; quia inutile est" [return to the jurisdiction of that prelate; because it is useless], etc.

(b) ‹constitutae,› · printed under col 655

Verba ut superius dictum est adjecimus ex cod. Florentino, qui cum integram hujus epistolae lectionem exhibeat, non omittit, ut caeteri Hadrianei omittunt, caput octavum, in quo de iisdem virginibus per vim corruptis alia ratione actum fuerat.

We have added the words "ut superius dictum est" [as was said above] from the Florence codex, which, since it shows the complete reading of this letter, does not omit, as the other Hadrianic ones do, the eighth chapter, in which these same virgins corrupted by force had been dealt with in another way.

(c) ‹moderatio, ut› · printed under col 655

Virgines sua culpa corruptae viduae antequam nuptae vocari solebant; unde Cyprianus in libro de Habit. Virg. ait: Dum ornari cultius, dum liberius evagari virgines volunt, esse virgines desinunt, furtivo dedecore corruptae, viduae antequam nuptae, non mariti, sed Christi adulterae. Et S. Hieronymus in epist. ad Eustochium de Virginitate servanda: Videas, inquit, plerasque viduas antequam nuptas infelicem conscientiam mentita tantum veste protegere. Hinc vero patet cur S. Leo in viduarum gradum haud dejici jubet eas virgines quae nulla sua culpa per solam barbarorum vim corruptae fuerunt. Mox, loco verborum neque in sacrarum, mss. Vat. 5845 et Vercell. contrario sensu habent, sed in sacrarum. At perperam: nam praeterquam quod anterior particula neque aliam similem nec, non vero sed requirit, ipsa moderatio quam S. pontifex servandam proponit videtur exigere ut neque inter viduas neque inter sacras et immaculatas virgines censeantur, non vero ut aeque ac si non fuissent corruptae sacris virginibus cooptentur. Quod si vero statuisset, haud opus esset subjicere, iisdem, si perseverent in proposito, communionem non esse negandam. Congruit etiam haec decreti moderatio cum eo consilio quod iisdem virginibus antea praebuit c. 8, ubi laudabiliores futuras affirmat, si se incontaminatis non audeant comparare virginibus.

Virgins corrupted by their own fault used to be called "widows before they were brides"; hence Cyprian in the book On the Dress of Virgins says: "While virgins wish to be adorned more elaborately, while they wish to roam about more freely, they cease to be virgins, corrupted by a stealthy disgrace, widows before they are brides, adulteresses not against a husband but against Christ." And St. Jerome in the letter to Eustochium on preserving virginity: "You may see," he says, "many widows before they are brides protecting an unhappy conscience only with a lying garment." From this it is clear why St. Leo orders that those virgins who were corrupted through no fault of their own, by the violence of barbarians alone, should not be cast down into the grade of widows. Shortly after, in place of the words "neque in sacrarum" [nor in (the number) of holy], the manuscripts Vat. 5845 and Vercelli have, in the contrary sense, "sed in sacrarum" [but in (the number) of holy]. But wrongly: for, besides the fact that the preceding particle "neque" requires another like it, "nec", and not "sed", the very moderation which the holy pontiff proposes to be observed seems to require that they be counted neither among the widows nor among the holy and immaculate virgins, and not that they be co-opted among the holy virgins just as if they had not been corrupted. For if he had decreed that, there would be no need to add that communion was not to be denied to them if they persevered in their resolve. This moderation of the decree also agrees with the counsel he gave these same virgins earlier in c. 8, where he affirms that they will be more praiseworthy "if they do not dare to compare themselves with undefiled virgins".

(d) ‹quibus,› · printed under col 655

Editi Leonis, in omnibus virginalibus observationibus. Justellus et plures mss. codd., in omnibus virginalibus tantum. Veram lectionem suppeditarunt duo codices Florentinus et Fesulanus.

The printed editions of Leo, "in omnibus virginalibus observationibus" [in all virginal observances]. Justel and several manuscript codices, only "in omnibus virginalibus" [in all virginal (ways)]. The true reading was supplied by two codices, the Florentine and the Fiesole.

(e) ‹mente custodiunt,› · printed under col 655–656; its call in the text is printed (c)

Vox sacramentorum in cod. Florent. deest. Ideo autem virginibus sine ullo proprio reatu corruptis communionem haud negandam Leo moderatissime sanxit, quia virginibus propria culpa vitiatis longa imponebatur poenitentia, qua diutius a communione arcebantur, ut liquet ex Cypriani epist. 66, ad Pomponium, ex Siricii epist. 10 editionis Coustantii num. 4, et ex Innocentii I epist. ad Victricium num. 15 et 16. Mox, pro illas, alias, eas. Dein, amittit pro amisit apud Justellum legitur.

The word "sacramentorum" [of the sacraments] is missing in the Florence codex. Leo very moderately decreed that communion was not to be denied to virgins corrupted without any guilt of their own, because on virgins defiled by their own fault a long penance was imposed, by which they were kept from communion for a long time, as is clear from Cyprian's letter 66, to Pomponius, from Siricius's letter 10 in Coustant's edition, num. 4, and from Innocent I's letter to Victricius, num. 15 and 16. Shortly after, for "illas" [them], elsewhere "eas". Then "amittit" [loses] for "amisit" [lost] is read in Justel.

(e) continued from col 655, set in n655

(f) ‹communionem hac ratione› · printed under col 656

Duo mss. et Justellus, reddimur. Mox, in ms. Florent., saepe vocasset, loco provocasset.

Two manuscripts and Justel, "reddimur" [sic]. Shortly after, in the Florence manuscript, "saepe vocasset" [had often called] in place of "provocasset" [had appealed].

(g) ‹aut certe› · printed under col 656

Codd. Vat. 5845 et Vercellensis, confusus.

The codices Vat. 5845 and the Vercelli, "confusus" [confounded].

(h) ‹is qui consecrabatur› · printed under col 656

Ita ex sex codd. et Justello. Editi, exciperet.

Thus from six codices and Justel. The printed editions, "exciperet" [might take up].

(i) ‹Si quae› · printed under col 656

Editi omittunt vero. Ex nostris mss. et Justello adjecimus.

The printed editions omit "vero" [but]. We have added it from our manuscripts and Justel.

(j) ‹sub timore Domini› · printed under col 656

In ms. Florent. deest volumus. Justellus, volumus judicio ventilentur.

In the Florence manuscript "volumus" [we wish] is missing. Justel, "volumus judicio ventilentur" [we wish them to be sifted by judgement].

(k) ‹sententia roborentur.› · printed under col 656

Ita plerique et vetustiores codices, et editi. Alia quatuor exemplaria, Dat. III id.

Thus most and the older codices, and the printed editions. Four other copies, "Dat. III id." [Given on the third day before the Ides].

(l) ‹EPISTOLA EADEM› · printed under col 656

Quinam sint decurtatae editionis mss. codices, diximus in admonitione num. 2. In exemplaribus collect. Hisp. et Isid. hi tituli praemittuntur, ex quibus vulgati profecti sunt: I. Nec illicitae personae ad episcopatum promoveantur. II. De Donato Novatianorum episcopo, et de Maximo ex Donatistis. III. De Aggaro et Tyberiano, qui ex laicis fuerunt ordinati. IV. De virginibus sacris quae vim barbaricam pertulerunt. V. De statutis canonum conservandis. In tabula collectionis 5 Quesnellianae hic titulus notatur num. 84: Ad Mauros episcopos de illicitis ordinationibus, et de ancillis quae virginitatem vi barbarica amiserunt.

Which the manuscript codices of the shortened edition are, we have said in the Admonition, num. 2. In the copies of the Hispana and Isidorian collections these titles are set before it, from which the common editions derive: I. That unlawful persons are not to be promoted to the episcopate. II. On Donatus, bishop of the Novatianists, and on Maximus, from the Donatists. III. On Aggarus and Tyberianus, who were ordained from the laity. IV. On the sacred virgins who suffered barbarian violence. V. On preserving the statutes of the canons. In the table of Quesnel's collection 5 this title is noted at num. 84: To the Moorish bishops, on unlawful ordinations, and on the handmaids who lost their virginity by barbarian violence.

(m) ‹Leo universis episcopis› · printed under col 656

Haec inscriptio sumpta est ex mss. collect. Hisp. et Isid., legiturque etiam in collect. 24. Antiquiores collectiones editionis decurtatae inscriptionem omittunt, et solum habent: Epistola papae Leonis ad Mauros episcopos, quae verba indicant in inscriptione mentionem factam fuisse provinciae Mauritaniae. Quesnellus vulgatam inscriptionem retinuit, quam nullibi invenimus: Leo episcopus universis episcopis per Caesariensem Mauritaniam in Africa constitutis.

This address has been taken from the manuscripts of the Hispana and Isidorian collections, and is also read in collection 24. The older collections of the shortened edition omit the address and have only: "Letter of Pope Leo to the Moorish bishops", words which indicate that mention of the province of Mauretania had been made in the address. Quesnel kept the common address, which we find nowhere: "Leo, bishop, to all the bishops established throughout Caesarean Mauretania in Africa."

(n) ‹Cap. I. — Cum› · printed under col 656 (continued under col 657)

Quesnellus in prima editione vulgatam lectionem secutus, scripserat de ordinationibus, uti legitur non solum in mss. et editis collect. Hadrian., verum etiam in quibusdam mss. editionis decurtatae. At in secunda editione emendavit in ordinationibus ea forte de causa, quod hanc lectionem, deprehendit in duobus codd. Barberinis 77 et 2888, quorum variantes post primam editionem acceperat. In plerisque sane et potioribus codicibus decurtatae editionis similiter legitur.

Quesnel in his first edition, following the common reading, had written "de ordinationibus" [concerning the ordinations], as is read not only in the manuscripts and printed editions of the Hadrianic collection but also in some manuscripts of the shortened edition. But in the second edition he corrected it to "in ordinationibus" [in the ordinations], perhaps for this reason, that he found this reading in two Barberini codices, 77 and 2888, whose variants he had received after the first edition. And indeed in most and the better codices of the shortened edition it is read likewise.

Ex mss. editionis decurtatae.

From the manuscripts of the shortened edition.

(n) continued from col 656, set in n656

(a) ‹illicite usurpata› · printed under col 657

Ita mss. collect. 3, 5. Vindeb., Hisp. et collect. 24, Barb. 77, et Fesulan. cum Merlino, et Sichardo. Cod. Vat., Hisp., celebrior ad nos fama narraret. Vat. Isid., celebrior apud nos fama narraret. Vat. Reg. collect. 1, crebrior ad nos fama perferret. Lucensis collect. 4, crebrior ad nos fama pervenerit. Omnes sunt codices editionis decurtatae. Quesnellus cum vulgatis Hadrianeam lectionem exhibuit, crebrior ad nos commeantium sermo perferret.

Thus the manuscripts of collections 3, 5, the Vienna Hispana, and collection 24, Barberini 77, and the Fiesole, with Merlin and Sichard. The Vatican Hispana codex, "celebrior ad nos fama narraret" [a more widespread report told us]. The Vatican Isidorian, "celebrior apud nos fama narraret" [a more widespread report told among us]. The Vatican Reginensis of collection 1, "crebrior ad nos fama perferret" [a more frequent report brought to us]. The Lucca codex of collection 4, "crebrior ad nos fama pervenerit" [a more frequent report has reached us]. All are codices of the shortened edition. Quesnel, with the common editions, gave the Hadrianic reading, "crebrior ad nos commeantium sermo perferret" [the more frequent talk of travellers brought to us].

(b) ‹vicem curae nostrae› · printed under col 657

Voces proficiscenti a nobis, quae leguntur in editione Hadrianea, a Quesnello cum editis retentas, et hoc loco insertas, expungimus ab hac decurtata editione auctoritate praestantissimorum hujus editionis codicum Vat., Reg. collect. 1, Lucensis collect. 4, Vindebon. collect. 5, Vindebon. Hisp., Barb. 77, et unuis Fesulani.

The words "proficiscenti a nobis" [setting out from us], which are read in the Hadrianic edition, kept by Quesnel with the printed editions and inserted in this place, we strike out of this shortened edition on the authority of the most excellent codices of this edition: the Vatican Reginensis of collection 1, the Lucca of collection 4, the Vienna of collection 5, the Vienna Hispana, Barberini 77, and the one Fiesole codex.

(c) ‹nostro Potentio› · printed under col 657

Editi ante Quesn., injungentes, cum mss. Hisp. et Isid. ac Barb. 77, nec non codd. collect. 24. Merlino atque Sichardo; et in margine: Alias, delegantes. Quesnellus hanc lectionem praetulit ex quatuor mss. Dionysii, quae tamen non hanc decurtatam, sed Hadrianeam editionem repraesentant. In secunda vero editione addidit codicem Barberinum collect. 3, cui nos adjungimus mss. collect. 1, 4 et 5, quorum antiquiorum collectionum lectio, praeferenda visa est. Mox apud Quesnellum, qui secundum scripta, quae per ipsum ad vos direximus, de episcopis, etc.; quae verba sunt editionis Hadrianeae, et in inferiori notae codicibus editionis decurtatae. Praetulimus collectiones et codices antiquiores Vat. Reg. collect. 1, Barb. collect 3, Lucen. collect. 4, Vindebon. collect, 5, alium Vindebon. collect. 9. Hisp., Barb. 77, et unum Fesulanum.

The editions before Quesnel, "injungentes" [enjoining], with the Hispana and Isidorian manuscripts and Barberini 77, and also the codices of collection 24, Merlin and Sichard; and in the margin: "Elsewhere, delegantes" [delegating]. Quesnel preferred this reading from four manuscripts of Dionysius, which, however, represent not this shortened edition but the Hadrianic. In his second edition he added the Barberini codex of collection 3, to which we add the manuscripts of collections 1, 4 and 5, the reading of which older collections seemed preferable. Shortly after, in Quesnel, "qui secundum scripta, quae per ipsum ad vos direximus, de episcopis" [who, according to the writings which we sent to you through him, concerning the bishops], etc.; words which belong to the Hadrianic edition and to codices of the shortened edition of lower standing. We have preferred the older collections and codices: the Vatican Reginensis of collection 1, the Barberini of collection 3, the Lucca of collection 4, the Vienna of collection 5, another Vienna of collection 9, the Hispana, Barberini 77, and the one Fiesole codex.

(d) ‹idem plenissime› · printed under col 657

Quesnellus inseruit cum quibusdam nostris codd., potitiae nostrae; delevimus autem ex mss. in fine anterioris annotationis memoratis, excepto Fesulano.

Quesnel inserted, with some of our codices, "potitiae nostrae" [sic]; but we have deleted it on the authority of the manuscripts named at the end of the preceding note, except the Fiesole.

(e) ‹periculis aestuamus,› · printed under col 657–658

Idem Quesn. lectionem Hadrianeam recepit, quae legebatur in vulgatis: Datis nunc quoque ad dilectionem vestram litteris. Secuti sumus mss. editionis decurtatae collect. 1, 3, 4, 5, Vindebon., Hisp., cum Merlino et Sichardo. Vat., Hisp. et Isid.: Datis nunc ad vos litteris. Expunctis paulo ante vocibus secundum scripta, quae per ipsum ad vos direximus, de quibus annot. 6 (Supra c) dicimus, hic etiam expungendae erant istae nunc quoque ad dilectionem vestram, quae priorum litterarum mentionem factam praesumunt. Cum vero Leo secundis curis hanc epistolam recognovit, insertis primis vocibus has quoque adjecit.

The same Quesnel adopted the Hadrianic reading, which used to be read in the common editions: "Datis nunc quoque ad dilectionem vestram litteris" [by a letter now also sent to your love]. We have followed the manuscripts of the shortened edition, collections 1, 3, 4, 5, the Vienna Hispana, with Merlin and Sichard. The Vatican Hispana and Isidorian: "Datis nunc ad vos litteris" [by a letter now sent to you]. Since the words "secundum scripta, quae per ipsum ad vos direximus" [according to the writings which we sent to you through him] were struck out a little before, of which we speak in note 6 (above, c), these words too, "nunc quoque ad dilectionem vestram" [now also to your love], had to be struck out here, since they presuppose that mention had been made of an earlier letter. But when Leo revised this letter with second thoughts, having inserted the first words he added these as well.

(f) ‹datis litteris promeremus:› · printed under col 658

Dist. 61, Miramur tantum, c. 5.

Distinction 61, "Miramur tantum" [We marvel that so much], c. 5.

(g) ‹gubernatio Ecclesiae› · printed under col 658

Mss. Lucens., Hisp. et Isid., Barb. 77, cum Sichardo et Merlino, crederetur.

The Lucca, Hispana and Isidorian manuscripts, Barberini 77, with Sichard and Merlin, "crederetur" [should be entrusted].

(h) ‹forma doctrinae.› · printed under col 658

1, q. 1, Principatus, quem, c. 25.

1, q. 1, "Principatus, quem" [A primacy which], c. 25.

(i) ‹aut seditio› · printed under col 658

Sic mss. et editi editionis decurtatae. Quesnellus cum aliis vulgatis et lectione Hadrianea, contulit.

Thus the manuscripts and printed copies of the shortened edition. Quesnel, with other common editions and the Hadrianic reading, "contulit" [conferred].

(e) continued from col 657, set in n657

(j) ‹Nam totius familiae› · printed under col 658

Vox Domini a Quesnello hic inserta, seu potius cum vulgatis retenta, deleta fuit auctoritate mss. collect 3, 4, 5, Vindeb., Hisp., Barb. 77 editionis decurtatae. Mox in quatuor mss. editionis mixtae, status exorbitabit, omissis verbis et ordo. Dein non invenitur pro non inveniatur in Vat., Hisp. et Isid.

The word "Domini" [of the Lord], inserted here by Quesnel, or rather kept with the common editions, has been deleted on the authority of the manuscripts of collections 3, 4, 5, the Vienna Hispana and Barberini 77 of the shortened edition. Shortly after, in four manuscripts of the mixed edition, "status exorbitabit" [the state will go off course], the words "et ordo" [and order] being omitted. Then "non invenitur" [is not found] for "non inveniatur" in the Vatican Hispana and Isidorian.

(k) ‹(I Tim. V, 22)?› · printed under col 658

Dist. 78. Quid est manus. c. 3.

Distinction 78, "Quid est manus" [What is (to lay) hands], c. 3.

(l) ‹Quid est› · printed under col 658

Codd. Vat. Reg., collect. 1, Vindebon. collect. 5, alius Vindebon. Hisp. et Barber. 77, cum ms. Florentino S. Marci: Quid est manus cito nemini imponere, vel imposueris.

The codices Vatican Reginensis of collection 1, the Vienna of collection 5, another Vienna, the Hispana, and Barberini 77, with the Florence manuscript of San Marco: "Quid est manus cito nemini imponere, vel imposueris" [What is it to lay hands hastily on no one, or "you shall have laid"].

(m) ‹qui rectum› · printed under col 658

Ita ex iisdem codicibus Mss. collect. 24, cum Sichardo, sectatur Quesnellus retinuit tenet.

Thus from the same codices. The manuscripts of collection 24, with Sichard, "sectatur" [pursues]. Quesnel kept "tenet" [holds].

(n) ‹qui fuerit› · printed under col 658–659

Restituimus lectionem vulgatorum ante Quesn. quae est in omnibus codicibus editionis decurtatae, exceptis duobus Vatt. Hisp. et Isid., qui Hadrianeam lectionem exhibent, contra divinae legis praecepta collatus; at Vindebon. Hisp., qui e puris Hispanicae collectionis fontibus prodiit, habet, ut caeteri editionis decurtatae, de praevaricatione collatus. Mirum vero est Quesnellum hanc lectionem deseruisse, etsi not. 2 fateatur eam exstare in duobus codd. Trecopith. et Thuan. collect. 5, ut induceret lectionem editionis Hadrianeae ex Dionysio, id est ex collect. Hadrianea, et in quinque aliis codicibus eadem nota memoratis, quorum duos Dionysianos (seu melius Hadrianeos) not. 1 appellat, tres alii editionis mixtae ex descriptione ejusdem noscuntur. Mox initio cap. 3, cod. Vindebon. Hisp. omittit alias. Vindebonensis autem collect. 5, fuisse constiterit, tam sacrata semper habita.

We have restored the reading of the common editions before Quesnel, which is in all the codices of the shortened edition except the two Vatican ones, the Hispana and Isidorian, which give the Hadrianic reading, "contra divinae legis praecepta collatus" [conferred against the precepts of the divine law]; but the Vienna Hispana, which came from the pure sources of the Spanish collection, has, like the others of the shortened edition, "de praevaricatione collatus" [conferred through transgression]. It is surprising that Quesnel abandoned this reading, although in note 2 he admits that it exists in two codices, the Troyes-Pithou and the Thuanean of collection 5, in order to bring in the reading of the Hadrianic edition from Dionysius, that is, from the Hadrianic collection, and from five other codices mentioned in the same note, of which he calls two Dionysian (or better, Hadrianic) in note 1, while the other three are recognized from his description as of the mixed edition. Shortly after, at the beginning of cap. 3, the Vienna Hispana codex omits "alias" [other]. And the Vienna of collection 5, "fuisse constiterit, tam sacrata semper habita" [it has been established to have been, (this precept) always held so sacred].

(n) continued from col 658, set in n658

(a) ‹magno venerandoque mysterio› · printed under col 659

Ita codices omnium veterum collectionum editionis decurtatae 1, 3, 4, 5, et Vindebon. Hisp., cum Sichardo. Quesnellus cum vulgatis ex lectione Hadrianea, ne divinae quidem legis statuta.

So the manuscripts of all the old collections of the shortened edition, 1, 3, 4, 5, and the Vienna Spanish, with Sichard. Quesnel with the common editions, from the Hadrian reading, ne divinae quidem legis statuta [not even the statutes of the divine law].

(b) ‹sacerdos accipiat,› · printed under col 659

Codd. Vindebon. collect. 5, et Barb. 77, addunt uxorem vocem a Quesnello pariter insertam in secunda editione ex mss., ut credimus, collect. 5, et Hadrianeis. Delevimus autem, eo quod in reliquis collectionibus editionis decurtatae et a Merlino, atque Sichardo omittatur. Paulo post conjugii pro conjugis legitur in mss. collect. 3, 5, et Barb. 77.

The Vienna manuscripts of collection 5, and Barberini 77, add the word uxorem [wife], likewise inserted by Quesnel in the second edition from the manuscripts, as we believe, of collection 5 and the Hadrian ones. But we have deleted it, because it is omitted in the remaining collections of the shortened edition and by Merlin and Sichard. A little after, conjugii for conjugis is read in the manuscripts of collections 3, 5, and Barberini 77.

(c) ‹spirituale conjugium;› · printed under col 659

Particula et pro ut est in mss. Vat. Hisp. et Isid. Vox autem Verbi pro voce Christi, quam Quesnellus ex margine editorum inseruerat, revocata est ex codicibus praesertim editionis decurtatae, quos recensuimus annot. 19 (col. 648, n. o) in hanc epistolam integram.

The particle et for ut is in the Vatican Spanish and Isidorian manuscripts. The word Verbi [of the Word], in place of the word Christi [of Christ], which Quesnel had inserted from the margin of the editions, has been restored from the manuscripts, especially of the shortened edition, which we reviewed in note 19 (col. 648, n. o) on this letter in full.

(d) ‹non alium virum nosse› · printed under col 659

Ms. Vindebon. Hisp., quam sponsum; qui enim unam elegit. Paulo post, non adjunxit in cod. Barber. collect. 5 et duobus editionis mixtae.

The Vienna Spanish manuscript, quam sponsum; qui enim unam elegit [than the Bridegroom; for He Who chose one]. A little after, non adjunxit [did not join] in the Barberini manuscript of collection 5 and in two of the mixed edition.

(e) ‹Monente› · printed under col 659

Pro vero in ms. Vat. Reg. collect. 1, habetur ergo.

For vero, the Vatican Queen's manuscript of collection 1 has ergo.

(f) ‹quid aliud intelligendum› · printed under col 659

Confer annot. 22 (col. 649, n. b) in hanc epist. integram.

Compare note 22 (col. 649, n. b) on this letter in full.

(g) ‹non solum matrimoniorum› · printed under cols 659–660

Quesnellus, castimoniam, ut in editione Hadrianea. In margine autem notavit duos codices habere privilegia. Id quidem legitur in nostris codicibus editionis decurtatae, exceptis Vat. Hisp. et Isid., qui Hadrianeas lectiones nonnumquam receperunt: nam Vindebon. purus et sincerus Hispanicus habet privilegia, sicut etiam Sichardus.

Quesnel, castimoniam [chastity], as in the Hadrian edition. But in the margin he noted that two manuscripts have privilegia. This indeed is read in our manuscripts of the shortened edition, except the Vatican Spanish and Isidorian, which sometimes took in the Hadrian readings: for the Vienna one, a pure and genuine Spanish, has privilegia, as does Sichard also.

(g) continued from col 659, set in n659

(h) ‹officium pastorale› · printed under col 660

Ita mss. collect. 1, 3, 5, Vindebon. Hisp. et Barb. 77. Editi cum mss. collect. 4, et Vat. Hisp. et Isid., atque collect. 12 et 24, credatur. Mox, cum omnis gradus erat in editis. Emendavimus ex omnibus codd. editionis decurtatae, a quibus tantum discrepant mss. collect. 1 et 3.

So the manuscripts of collections 1, 3, 5, the Vienna Spanish and Barberini 77. The editions, with the manuscripts of collection 4 and the Vatican Spanish and Isidorian, and collections 12 and 24, credatur. Soon after, cum omnis gradus stood in the editions. We have corrected it from all the manuscripts of the shortened edition, from which only the manuscripts of collections 1 and 3 differ.

(i) ‹committi.› · printed under col 660

Dist. 61, Miramur, c. 5, § Merito.

Dist. 61, Miramur, c. 5, § Merito.

(j) ‹eos demum idoneos› · printed under col 660

Ms. Vat. Reg. collect. 1, sacris agminibus.

The Vatican Queen's manuscript of collection 1, sacris agminibus [for the sacred ranks].

(k) ‹coelestium dignitatum,› · printed under col 660

Dist. 61. Statuimus ne in aliquo, c. 8.

Dist. 61. Statuimus ne in aliquo, c. 8.

(l) ‹canonica decreta violentur,› · printed under col 660

Cod. Vat. Reg., et eis. Post pauca, exordium pro incrementum in ms. Fesulano.

The Vatican Queen's manuscript, et eis. A little after, exordium for incrementum in the Fiesole manuscript.

(m) ‹In domo quidem magna› · printed under col 660

Mss. Vat. Reg., Vindebon. Hisp. et Barber. 77, necesse est ut (sicut Apostolus dixit) vasa, etc. Sichardus: necesse est (sicut Apostolus ait) vasa.

The Vatican Queen's, the Vienna Spanish and Barberini 77 manuscripts, necesse est ut (sicut Apostolus dixit) vasa, etc. Sichard: necesse est (sicut Apostolus ait) vasa.

(n) ‹pro materiae qualitate› · printed under col 660

Quesnellus cum editis, discernitur, uti legitur in mss. collect. Hadrianeae, et in nostro Vaticano Reginae, ac alio Vat. collect. 24 editionis decurtatae. Lectionem vero omnium aliarum collectionum hujus decurtatae editionis antetulimus: cui favet etiam ms. Florentinum integrae editionis. Paulo post, idem usus est vilium, omissa particula et in mss. collect. 3, 5 et Vindebon. Hisp., cum Merlino, et Sichardo.

Quesnel with the editions, discernitur, as is read in the manuscripts of the Hadrian collection, and in our Vatican Queen's, and in another Vatican of collection 24 of the shortened edition. But we have preferred the reading of all the other collections of this shortened edition, which the Florence manuscript of the full edition also supports. A little after, idem usus est vilium, with the particle et omitted, in the manuscripts of collections 3, 5 and the Vienna Spanish, with Merlin and Sichard.

(o) ‹Sicut autem in› · printed under col 660

Codex Lucensis, duo Vindebonenses, ac Barb. 77, delent ligneis et. Post pauca, per longum eruditionis ignem in Vindebon. Hisp. et Vat. collect. 24 cum Sichardo.

The Lucca manuscript, the two Vienna ones and Barberini 77 delete ligneis et. A little after, per longum eruditionis ignem [through the long fire of instruction] in the Vienna Spanish and the Vatican of collection 24, with Sichard.

(a) ‹non redditur,› · printed under col 661

Sic potiores codd. editionis decurtatae, nimirum illi collect. 1, 4, 5, Vindebon. Hisp., Barb. 77, et unus Fesulanus. Alias, omnis ecclesiastica disciplina resolvitur, ut in Hadrianea editione. Mox, subierint pro subire in duobus Barber. mss. et in Vindeb. collect. 5.

So the better manuscripts of the shortened edition, namely those of collections 1, 4, 5, the Vienna Spanish, Barberini 77, and one Fiesole manuscript. Elsewhere, omnis ecclesiastica disciplina resolvitur [all ecclesiastical discipline is dissolved], as in the Hadrian edition. Soon after, subierint for subire in two Barberini manuscripts and in the Vienna one of collection 5.

(b) ‹nonne apertissime› · printed under col 661

1, quaest. 7, exigunt, c. 17.

1, quaest. 7, exigunt, c. 17.

(c) ‹exigunt causae› · printed under col 661

Inseruimus lectionem mss. collect. 1, 3, 4, 5, Vindeb. Hisp., et Barb. 77. Quesnellus retinuit vulgatam ut Ecclesiae... purgentur, cui soli codices inferiorum collectionum editionis decurtatae patrocinantur.

We have inserted the reading of the manuscripts of collections 1, 3, 4, 5, the Vienna Spanish, and Barberini 77. Quesnel kept the common reading ut Ecclesiae... purgentur [that the Churches ... be purged], which only the manuscripts of the lesser collections of the shortened edition support.

(d) ‹ordinatores eorum› · printed under col 661

Quesnellus cum vulgatis, ultio competens proferatur. Sed praestantiores codd. edit. decurtatae superiori annot. laudati lectionem textui insertam praebuere. His congruunt quatuor alii codices editionis mixtae. Praeterea mss. libri Vat. Hisp. et Isid. habent digna districtio moveatur: duo alii, digna districtione moveantur. Mox, circumstat in Vat. Reg. collect. 1 et Vindeb. collect. 5. Dein, inde censura in ms. Barb. 77.

Quesnel with the common editions, ultio competens proferatur [let fitting punishment be brought forth]. But the more excellent manuscripts of the shortened edition cited in the preceding note furnished the reading inserted in the text. With these four other manuscripts of the mixed edition agree. Besides, the Vatican Spanish and Isidorian manuscript books have digna districtio moveatur; two others, digna districtione moveantur. Soon after, circumstat in the Vatican Queen's of collection 1 and the Vienna one of collection 5. Then, inde censura in the Barberini 77 manuscript.

(e) ‹se conjugio sociarunt,› · printed under col 661

Ita omnes codices editionis decurtatae, exceptis mss. collect. 24. Concinit etiam cod. S. Crucis editionis mixtae. Ms. Vat. 3791 collect. 11 mixtae editionis habet in sacerdotii munere dignitate non patiamur. Quesnellus lectionem vulgatorum Hadrianeam secutus est.

So all the manuscripts of the shortened edition, except the manuscripts of collection 24. The Holy Cross manuscript of the mixed edition also agrees. The Vatican manuscript 3791 of collection 11 of the mixed edition has in sacerdotii munere dignitate non patiamur. Quesnel followed the Hadrian reading of the common editions.

(f) ‹et multo magis› · printed under cols 661–662

Hanc lectionem praeferunt mss. quinque antiquiorum collect. 1, 3, 4, 5, et Vindeb. Hisp. cum Barb. 77. Quesnellus: illum si fuerit vestro judicio confutatus, qui (sicut ad nos relatum est) duarum simul est maritus uxorum, vel istum qui ab uxore dimissus alteram duxisse perhibetur, privandum honore decernimus; et in margine: Al., illum qui prima uxore dimissa; Vulg., qui a prima uxore dimissus. Confer annot. 36 et 37 (col. 651, (k), 652, (l) in epist. integram.

This reading is offered by the manuscripts of the five older collections 1, 3, 4, 5, and the Vienna Spanish, with Barberini 77. Quesnel: illum si fuerit vestro judicio confutatus, qui (sicut ad nos relatum est) duarum simul est maritus uxorum, vel istum qui ab uxore dimissus alteram duxisse perhibetur, privandum honore decernimus [we decree that he is to be deprived of his honour, if he has been refuted by your judgement, who (as has been reported to us) is at once the husband of two wives, or this one who, having been put away by his wife, is said to have married another]; and in the margin: Al., illum qui prima uxore dimissa; Vulg., qui a prima uxore dimissus. Compare notes 36 and 37 (col. 651, (k), 652, (l)) on the letter in full.

(g) ‹ad officium episcopale› · printed under col 662

Mss. Vindeb. Hisp. et Barb. 77, electi. Vat. 3791, provecti. Mox habent pro habeant in duobus Vindebon.

The Vienna Spanish and Barberini 77 manuscripts, electi. Vatican 3791, provecti. Soon after, habent for habeant in the two Vienna ones.

(h) ‹quibus salubriter› · printed under col 662

Duo Vindeb., constitutum est. Mox in Vindebon. collect. 5, aut tertium deest.

The two Vienna manuscripts, constitutum est. Soon after, in the Vienna one of collection 5, aut tertium is missing.

(f) continued from col 661, set in n661

(g), (h): called in col 661, printed under col 662, set in n661

(i) ‹Quod enim nunc› · printed under col 662

Sic plerique, et potiores codd. editionis decurtatae. Quesnellus lectionem antecedentis editionis integrae cum vulg. secutus est.

So most, and the better, manuscripts of the shortened edition. Quesnel followed the reading of the preceding full edition, with the common editions.

(j) ‹aliqua ratione concepi,› · printed under col 662

Ita iidem codices editionis decurtatae, excepto Barb. 77, in quo legitur amplius impune patiemur. Quesn., fas erit amplius impune committi, ut in editione antecedenti.

So the same manuscripts of the shortened edition, except Barberini 77, in which is read amplius impune patiemur. Quesnel, fas erit amplius impune committi [it will be lawful any longer to be committed with impunity], as in the preceding edition.

(k) ‹CAP. VI. —› · printed under col 662

1. qu. 7, Donatum, c. 20.

1. qu. 7, Donatum, c. 20.

(l) ‹Donatum autem› · printed under col 662

Quesn. in marg.: Al., Sajacensem ex Novatiano. Vide annot. 41 (col. 653, n. b) in hanc eamdem epist. edit. integrae.

Quesnel in the margin: Al., Sajacensem ex Novatiano. See note 41 (col. 653, n. b) on this same letter of the full edition.

(m) ‹catholicam veritatem.› · printed under col 662

1, qu. 7, Maximum, c. 19.

1, qu. 7, Maximum, c. 19.

(n) ‹De Aggaro› · printed under col 662

Vulg. omittunt vero quam particulam ex potioribus nostris codd. adjecimus.

The common editions omit vero, a particle which we have added from our better manuscripts.

(o) ‹CAP. VIII. —› · printed under col 662

32, qu. 5, Illae autem, c. 14.

32, qu. 5, Illae autem, c. 14.

(p) ‹in humilitate ac verecundia› · printed under col 662

Confert annot. 44 (col 653, n. f) in epist. editionis integrae.

Compare note 44 (col. 653, n. f) on the letter of the full edition.

(q) ‹correctione carnis mens› · printed under col 662

Vide annot. 45 (col. 653, n. h) in hanc eamdem epist. integri exempli.

See note 45 (col. 653, n. h) on this same letter in the full copy.