PL 54 · cols. 837–840

Leo the Great, Letters

Letters XLVI–XLVIII

PL 54:837

EPISTOLA XLVI

LETTER XLVI

HILARI ROMANAE ECCLESIAE TUNC DIACONI, POSTEA EPISCOPI AD PULCHERIAM AUGUSTAM

OF HILARY, AT THAT TIME DEACON OF THE ROMAN CHURCH, AFTERWARDS BISHOP, TO PULCHERIA AUGUSTA

Editors' notes and page, col. 837

Footnotes

(a) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 837

Ante post epist. 47. Quae autem erat 46, nunc 59. Eodem tempore quo epist. antecedens.

Formerly after letter 47. What was 46 is now 59. At the same time as the preceding letter.

(b) ‹HILARI ROMANAE ECCLESIAE› · printed under col 837

Exstat in Latinis codd. collect. Chalcedon. ex quibus traducta fuit in mss. collect. 22. In plerisque autem codicibus Graecis ejusdem collect. Chalcedon. desideratur; at a Cotelerio inventa fuit in duobus mss. Regiis, ex quibus eam edidit tom. I Monument. Ecclesiae, pag. 60. Originale Latinum hujus epistolae intercidisse credimus. Latinum enim textus qui superest vetus interpretatio potius ex Graeco, quam originalis videtur; unde chronica notatio non minus in Graeco quam in Latino textu deest, quam Latinus collector semper supplevit, quoties originale Latinum nactus fuit. Hinc Graeco textui, qui originalis vicem gerit, primum locum, Latino autem secundum vindicavimus. Porro epistolae praecedenti istam subjicimus, non solum quia hoc ordine describitur in collect. Chalcedon. cap. 17, sed multo magis quia Hilarus, qui in epistolis 44 et 45 Romam reversus traditur, in fine hujus epistolae scribens: Quae vero constanti ac forti auctoritate pro fide a me nuntiata sunt…. ex litteris beatissimi papae poteritis agnoscere; praecedentes utique Leonis litteras indicat, quibuscum hanc quoqe epistolam missam fuisse cognoscimus.

It exists in the Latin manuscripts of the Chalcedonian collection, from which it was carried over into the manuscripts of collection 22. In most Greek manuscripts of the same Chalcedonian collection, however, it is missing; but it was found by Cotelier in two Royal manuscripts, from which he published it in vol. I of the Monuments of the Church, p. 60. We believe that the Latin original of this letter has perished. For the Latin text which survives seems rather an old translation from the Greek than the original; hence the chronological note is lacking no less in the Greek than in the Latin text, which the Latin collector always supplied whenever he had the Latin original. Therefore we have given the first place to the Greek text, which stands in place of the original, and the second to the Latin. Further, we place this letter after the preceding one, not only because it is copied in this order in the Chalcedonian collection, chap. 17, but much more because Hilary, who in letters 44 and 45 is said to have returned to Rome, writing at the end of this letter, "But what I reported with constant and brave authority for the faith … you will be able to learn from the letter of the most blessed pope", certainly indicates the preceding letters of Leo, with which we know that this letter too was sent.

Sic omnes codices, et edit. Concil. Solus Quesnellus et clementissimae. Graecus textus pro gloriosissimae habet φιλανθρωποτάτῃ clementissimae, seu humanissimae; at hic εὐσεβεστάτῃ piissimae.

So all the manuscripts, and the edition of the Councils. Quesnel alone, "et clementissimae". The Greek text, for "glorio[sissimae]" has φιλανθρωποτάτῃ, "most clement" or "most humane"; but here εὐσεβεστάτῃ, "most pious".

(d) ‹ad aliud› · printed under col 838

Quesnellus, consilium, ut contextus flagitare videtur. In originali quidem ita scriptum fuisse nihil dubitamus. At sicut Graecus interpres reddens σῦνοδον, legit concilium, ita concilium Latinus interpres reddere debuit; et concilium quidem in codd. Latinis scribitur non minus quam in editis Conciliorum, unde haec lectio mutanda non fuit.

Quesnel [reads] consilium ("counsel"), as the context seems to require. That it was so written in the original we do not doubt at all. But just as the Greek translator, rendering it σύνοδον, read concilium, so the Latin translator had to render it concilium; and concilium is indeed written in the Latin manuscripts no less than in the printed editions of the Councils, so this reading was not to be changed.

(e) ‹confidens› · printed under col 838

Quesnellus cum editis Conciliorum, de auxilio Christi, quod attinet ad damnationem reverendissimi, etc. Secuti sumus lectionem exemplarium collectionis Chalcedonensis et Veneti 79 collect. 22, quam quidem lectionem esse anteponendam confirmat etiam Graecus textus. Solum duo nostri codd. Vat, 4166 et Venetus laudatus omittunt Christi nostri.

Quesnel, with the printed editions of the Councils, [reads] de auxilio Christi, quod attinet ad damnationem reverendissimi, etc. We have followed the reading of the copies of the Chalcedonian collection and of Venice 79 of collection 22, a reading which the Greek text too confirms is to be preferred. Only two of our manuscripts, Vat. 4166 and the Venetian already cited, omit Christi nostri.

(f) ‹Romam veniens› · printed under col 838

Ita omnes quinque nostri codices. Solum Veron. 57, pro nuntiator habet relator. Vulgati, ut reverendissimoepapae….. idoneus nuntiator existerem.

So all five of our manuscripts. Only Veron. 57 has relator instead of nuntiator. The printed editions: ut reverendissimo papae ….. idoneus nuntiator existerem ("that I might be a fit reporter to the most reverend pope").

(g) ‹concilio› · printed under col 838

Sic iidem omnes nostri codices melius quam editi, reprobari. Concinit enim Graecus textus, qui praeteritum tempus praefert; ex quo hic locus reddendus esset: Quem (papam) vestra veneranda clementia sciat eum omni O⟨c⟩cidentali synodo reprobasse omnia, quae, etc.

So the same manuscripts, all of ours, better than the printed editions: reprobari. For the Greek text agrees, and it shows the past tense; from it this passage should be rendered: "Let Your venerable Clemency know that he (the pope), with the whole Western synod, has rejected all things which," etc.

Ancient version (Latin)

Gloriosissimae et piissimae PULCHERIAE HILARUS Diaconus. Cap. I. — Studium mihi fuisse, post synodum advenire Constantinopolim, dicere non debeo: quoniam manifesta necessitas erat, quae me litteras beatissimi papae ad vestram clementiam directas offerre compelleret, ut pariter et vestrae pietati ac invictissimo et Christianissimo principi officium quod debebam venerationis exsolverem. Sed huic congruo meo proposito illud impedimentum evenit, quod omnium bonorum inimicum est, et Christianorum ingemiscit affectus, hoc est, Alexandrinus episcopus, in damnatione virorum inculpabilium potentissimus. Nom posteaquam injustae voluntati atque sententiae communicare non potui, ad aliud concilium terroribus atque insidiis me evocare conatus est: quatenus me, quod absit, aut seductionibus, faceret consentire ad condemnandum sanctissimum Flavianum episcopum, aut resistentem teneret, ut mihi non esset licentia ad pietatem vestram Constantinopolim percurrere, aut ad Romanam Ecclesiam remeare. Cap. II. — Verumtamen confidens de auxilio Christi nostri Dei, a damnatione reverendissimi et sanctissimi viri innocentem me integrumque servavi; licet nulla flagella, nulla tormenta me possent facere ejus consentire sententiae; sed omnibus derelictis exinde discessi, per incognita et invia loca Romam veniens et reverendissimo papae, omnium quae in Epheso gesta sunt idoneus nuntiator existens. Vestra itaque veneranda clementia cognoscat ⟨a⟩ praefato papa cum omni occidentali concilio reprobata omnia, quae in Epheso contra canones per tumultus

Editors' prose

SYNOPIS. — II. Sibi per Dioscori improbos ausus non licuisse eam adire, et litteras sancti Leonis reddere. — II. Se Dioscori creptum insidiis Romam venisse: Ephesinam pseudosynodum a Leone reprobari.

SYNOPSIS. — I. That through the wicked daring of Dioscorus he was not allowed to approach her and deliver the letter of St Leo. — II. That, rescued from the plots of Dioscorus, he has come to Rome: that the Ephesine pseudo-synod is condemned by Leo.

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running head: 837 EPISTOLA X[LVI] (the rest of the head stands over col 838)
marginal letters: A ‹Gloriosissimae (c) et piissimae›; B ‹ad aliud (d) concilium›; C ‹fato papa cum omni occidentali›; D beside the footnotes, at ‹dicavimus. Porro epistolae› (note b)
old-edition numerals: 928 after ‹injustae›
signature: none
other: the heading "EPISTOLA (a) XLVI", the title line "(b) HILARI … AD PULCHERIAM AUGUSTAM" and the synopsis are printed full width at the head of the page; heading and title are the only heading of Letter XLVI and stand as captions in layer 1 (c837_a); the synopsis is set here. The synopsis prints "SYNOPIS", numbers its first item "II." and prints "creptum" (for ereptum); set as printed. Below the heading this column holds only the Latin of Letter XLVI (a retranslation from the Greek, which is layer 1 in col 838): set above under "Ancient version (Latin)" without English (FX2, by the coordinator's ruling). Its last word, printed "per tu-" (the space narrow) over the page break into col 839, is set whole ("per tumultus"). A blot stands where "⟨a⟩" (before praefato) is printed. Notes (c) (run-over) and (d)-(g) are printed under col 838.

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Τῇ φιλανθρωποτάτη καὶ εὐσεβεστάτη Πουλχερίᾳ Αὐγούστᾳ, Ἱλαρίων διάκονος.

To the most humane and most pious Pulcheria Augusta, Hilarion the deacon.

Σπουδήν μοι γεγενῆσθαι, μετὰ τὴν σύνοδον παραγενέσθαι κατὰ τὴν Κωνσταντινούπολιν, λέγειν οὐκ ὀφείλω, ἐπειδήπερ φανερὰ ἦν ἀνάγκη, ἥτις τὰ γράμματα τοῦ μακαριωτάτου Πάπα πρὸς τὴν ὑμετέραν φιλανθρωπίαν ἀποσταλέντα δοῦναί με τῷ διακομίζοντι ἠνάγκαζεν, ἵν' ἅμα καὶ της ὑμετέρας εὐσεβείας καὶ τοῦ ἀηττήτου Χριστιανικωτάτου βασιλέως τὸ καθῆκον ὅπερ ὤφειλον τὸ κατὰ τὴν θρησκείαν ἐναργῶς ἀποτῖσαι. Ἀλλὰ τῇ προθέσει τῇ ἐμῇ τῇ οὕτως ἱερᾷ προσέμποδον ἐγένετο ἐκεῖνο, τὸ πάντων τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐχθρὸν, (καὶ ὁ Χριστιανῶν) ἡ διάθεσις ἀποδύρεται, ὁ Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος, ὁ ἐπὶ τῇ καταδίκῃ τῶν ἀνευθύνων δυνατός· μετὰ γὰρ τό με τῇ ἀδίκῳ αὐτοῦ γνώμῃ καὶ ἀποφάσει κοινωνεῖν μὴ δύνασθαι, συνήλασεν εἰς ἄλλην σύνοδον, ἀπειλαῖς καὶ ἐπιβουλαῖς προσκαλούμενος· πρός τό με, ὅπερ ἀπέστω, ἢ ἐξ ἀπατης [Forte ἐξαπάταις] συναινέσαι εις τὸ καταδικάσαι τὸν ἁγιώτατον Φλαβιανὸν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον, ἢ ἀνθιστάμενον κατέχειν, ἵνα μοι μὴ γένοιτο μήτε τοῦ ἐκδραμεῖν πρὸς τὴν εὐσέβειαν τὴν ὑμετέραν καὶ τὴν Κωνσταντινούπολιν, ἢ ἀναδραμεῖν εἰς τὴν Ῥώμης ἐκκλησίαν παρασχεθείη ἄδεια.

That it was my earnest wish, after the synod, to come to Constantinople, I need not say, since there was a manifest necessity, which compelled me to hand to the bearer the letters of the most blessed Pope sent to Your Humanity, so that I might at the same time plainly discharge the duty which I owed, in the matter of religion, both to Your Piety and to the unconquered and most Christian emperor. But to this purpose of mine, so holy, that one became an obstacle, the enemy of all good things (and whom the disposition of the Christians laments), the bishop of Alexandria, who is mighty in condemning the blameless. For after I could not share in his unjust judgement and sentence, he forced [me] into another synod, summoning me with threats and plots, to the end that I, which be far from me, should either through deceit [perhaps: through deceits] consent to condemning the most holy bishop Flavian, or, if I resisted, be held fast, so that no leave might be granted me either to hasten out to Your Piety and to Constantinople or to hasten back to the Church of Rome.

Ὅμως τεθάῤῥηκα, βοηθοῦντος τοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ ἡμετέρου θεοῦ, ἀπὸ τῆς καταδίκης τοῦ εὐλαβεστάτου καὶ ὁσίου ἀνδρὸς, ἀθῶόν (με) καὶ ἀκέραιον φυλάξαι· εἰ καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲ μία μάστιξ οὐδὲ βάσανος ἠδύνατό με τῇ ἀδίκῳ αὐτῶν ἀποράσει ποιεῖν συναινέσαι· ἀλλὰ πάντων καταλειφθέντων, ἐκεῖθεν ἀνεχώρουν, διὰ ἀγνώστων καὶ ἀνοδεύτων τόπων εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην ἀπῆλθον· τῷ εὐλαβεστάτῳ Πάπᾳ πάντων τῶν ἐν Ἐφέσῳ πεπραγμένων ἱκανῶς μεμήνυται [Forte ἱκανὸς μηνυτής]. Ὅν ἡ ὑμετέρα προσκυνητὴ φιλανθρωπία μανθανέτω, μετὰ πάσης τῆς δυτικῆς (συνόδου) ἀποδοκιμάσαι πάντα τὰ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ κατὰ τῶν κανόνων

Nevertheless I took courage, with Christ our God helping, to keep (myself) guiltless and untouched by the condemnation of that most reverent and holy man; and indeed no scourge and no torture could make me consent to their unjust sentence; but, leaving everything behind, I withdrew from there, and through unknown and trackless places I went away to Rome: to the most reverent Pope a sufficient report has been made of all that was done at Ephesus [perhaps: a sufficient reporter]. Let Your venerable Humanity learn that he, with the whole Western (synod), has rejected everything [done] at Ephesus against the canons […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 838

Footnotes

(d), (e), (f) and (g), printed under col 838, are called in the Latin of col 837: set in n837. The Greek text of this column has no footnote calls of its own.

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running head: [EPIS]TOLA XLVI. 838 (the head "EPISTOLA XLVI." is centred over both columns)
marginal letters: A ‹Τῇ φιλανθρωποτάτη›; B ‹συνήλασεν εἰς ἄλλην›; C ‹φιλανθρωπία μανθανέτω›; D beside the footnotes, at ‹nostri.› (note e)
old-edition numerals: 927 after ‹αὐτοῦ›
signature: none
other: the full-width heading, title and synopsis of Letter XLVI at the head of the page are set with col 837 (heading and title in c837_a, synopsis in n837). This column holds the Greek of Letter XLVI, which has no heading of its own and begins with its address line; it is layer 1 (coordinator's ruling: the Latin original is lost and the printed Latin is a retranslation). The editors' conjectures "[Forte ἐξαπάταις]" and "[Forte ἱκανὸς μηνυτής]" are printed within the text and set in it. The last word, "κανό-", is hyphenated over the page break into col 840 and set whole ("κανόνων") at the end of c838_b. In the address the iota subscripts of φιλανθρωποτάτη and εὐσεβεστάτη are not visible (set as seen).

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διὰ θορύβου καὶ μίσους βιωτικοῦ ἀπὸ Διοσκόρου τοῦ ἐπισκόπου γενόμενα, καὶ μηδενὶ λόγῳ ταῦτα ὑποδεχθῆναι δύνασθαι ἀπὸ τῶν μερῶν τούτων, ἅπερ κατὰ δυναστείαν τοῦ προειρημένου, οὐκ ἄνευ βλάβης τῆς πίστεως, εἰς πρόκριμα τοῦ ἁγίου ἀνδρὸς καὶ ἀθώου ἐπλημμέλησε [Forte ἐπλημμελήθη]. Καὶ ἅπερ τῇ σταθηρᾷ καὶ ἰσχυρᾷ αὐθεντίᾳ ὑπὲρ τῆς πίστεως σχεδὸν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ μεμήνυται, περιττὸν ἡγοῦμαι λέγειν· καὶ γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν γραμμάτων τοῦ εὐλαβεστάτου Πάπα μαθήσεσθε. Ὅθεν δέσποινα ἐπιφανεστάτη καὶ φιλανθρωποτάτη Αὐγοῦστα, ἡ προσκυνητή σου εὐσέβεια, ἥ τις καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν λαβόντα καταλιμπάνειν οὐκ ὀφείλει, τοῦ εὐλαβοῦς τῆς ἀκεραίου πίστεως ζήλῳ, μονίμῳ διανοίᾳ συνταξάτω.

[…] done through tumult and worldly hatred by Dioscorus the bishop, and that these things can in no way be accepted in these parts, which, through the domination of the aforesaid, not without harm to the faith, to the prejudice of a holy and innocent man, he wrongfully committed [Perhaps ἐπλημμελήθη: were wrongfully committed]. And what has, so to speak, been declared by me with firm and strong authority on behalf of the faith, I think it superfluous to relate; for you will learn it from the letters of the most reverent Pope. Therefore, most illustrious lady and most humane Augusta, let your adorable piety, which ought not to abandon the things that have also taken their beginning, take its stand with steadfast mind in pious zeal for the unblemished faith.

EPISTOLA XLVII.

LETTER XLVII.

AD ANASTASIUM EPISCOPUM THESSALONICENSEM.

TO ANASTASIUS, BISHOP OF THESSALONICA.

Leo episcopus urbis Romae dilectissimo fratri ANASTASIO episcopo Thessalocensi.

Leo, bishop of the city of Rome, to his most beloved brother Anastasius, bishop of Thessalonica.

CAP. I. — Quantum relatione Hilari diaconi nostri cognovimus, magnum facinus Alexandrino episcopo auctore vel executore commissum est ut dum in fratrem nostrum Flavianum veteres aemulationes et odia privata desaeviunt, nec Christianae fidei probatissimi sacerdotis, nec Christianae fidei parceretur. Unde multum dilectioni tuae congratulamur quod te ad illam synodum ire cupientem opportunis obstaculis manus divina detinuit: ne abstenturus proculdubio a tanto scelere, indignis injuriis subjaceres, et furori impio militibus, quantum dicimus, armisque suffulto contraire non posses. Quia ergo prorupit in apertum perfidia quae latebat, et in nefandissimum haeresim unius imperitisssimi senis asseclae transierunt, tempus probationis nostrae debemus agnoscere, et contra impetus adversantium munitionibus coelestibus freti, incommutabilis animi constantiam praeparare. Scimus, frater charissime, quia sacramento magnae pietatis suae aderit divina protectio.

Chap. I. — As far as we have learned from the report of our deacon Hilary, a great crime has been committed, with the bishop of Alexandria as its author or executor, so that, while old rivalries and private hatreds rage against our brother Flavian, neither a priest most approved in the Christian faith nor the Christian faith itself was spared. Wherefore we greatly congratulate your Love that, when you desired to go to that synod, the divine hand held you back by timely obstacles: lest, being sure to keep yourself apart from so great a crime, you should be subjected to unworthy injuries, and should be unable to oppose an impious fury supported, as we say, by soldiers and arms. Since, then, the perfidy which lay hidden has broken out into the open, and the followers of one most ignorant old man have passed over into a most abominable heresy, we ought to recognize the time of our testing, and, relying on heavenly defences against the assaults of adversaries, to prepare the constancy of an unchangeable mind. We know, dearest brother, that divine protection will be present to the sacrament of its great loving-kindness.

CAP. II. — Si quid igitur fraternitati tuae de impiis constitutionibus fuerit ingestum, protestamur pariter ac monemus ne vel in damnationem fratris insontis, vel in receptionem nefarii dogmatis consensum

Chap. II. — If, therefore, anything should be pressed upon your Fraternity concerning the impious decrees, we both protest and warn that neither into the condemnation of an innocent brother, nor into the reception of the wicked dogma, [should you mingle] the consent

Editors' notes and page, col. 839

Footnotes

(a) ‹agnoscere. Unde,› · printed under col 839

Haec formula Graecorum propria ex Graeco dimanat, unde in antecedentis epistolae Graeca versione legitur, in Latino originali non legitur. Vide in eamdem epistolam annot. 14 (Col. 835, c).

This formula, proper to the Greeks, derives from the Greek, whence it is read in the Greek version of the preceding letter [but] is not read in the Latin original. See on the same letter note 14 (Col. 835, c).

(b) ‹constanti voluntate› · printed under col 839

Veron servate.

Veron. has servate.

Al. 43. Quae autem antea 47 erat, nunc 51. Scripta 13 Octob. an. 449.

Otherwise 43. The one which was formerly 47 is now 51. Written 13 October in the year 449.

(d) ‹EPISTOLA XLVII.› · printed under col 839

Edita fuit ex mss. collect. 12, in quibus solus ipsam invenimus.

It was edited from the manuscripts of collection 12, in which alone we found it.

(e) ‹Quia ergo prorupit› · printed under col 839

Duo codd. laudatae collect. 12, Vat. 1340, et Venetus S. Marci 169, omittunt in apertum.

Two codices of the aforesaid collection 12, Vat. 1340 and the Venice codex of St Mark 169, omit in apertum.

(f) ‹monemus ne vel› · printed under col 839

Ita ex iisdem codicibus melius quam in vulgatis, in quibus ex Merlino habebatur quidem in damnationem, sed postea in receptione. Apud Quesnellum vero et in damnatione, et in receptione.

So from the same codices, better than in the editions, in which, from Merlin, there was indeed in damnationem, but afterwards in receptione. In Quesnel, however, both in damnatione and in receptione.

Ancient version (Latin)

(Latin of the end of Letter XLVI, Hilary to Pulcheria, printed at the head of col 839; the column opens with "multus", the end of the word hyphenated from col 837, "pertu-", which belongs to the agent of cols 837–838.) et odia saecularia a Dioscoro episcopo gesta sunt, et nulla ratione haec in his partibus suscipi posse, quae per potentiam praedicti, non sine laesione fidei, et praejudicio sanctissimi viri innoxiique, commissa sunt. Quae vero constanti ac forti auctoritate pro fide a me nuntiata sunt superfluum credo narrare: nam haec ex litteris beatissimi papae poteritis agnoscere. Unde, domina splendidissima, atque clementissima Augusta, adoranda vestra pietas in quibus libenter fecit initium, relinquere non debet, sed haec zelo religioso fidei constanti voluntate servare.

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — I. Quod pseudosynodo non interfuerit gratulatur. — II. Monet ut fidem servet, Flaviano adhaereat, fratres confirmet.

SYNOPSIS. — I. He congratulates him that he was not present at the false synod. — II. He warns him to keep the faith, to adhere to Flavian, and to strengthen the brethren.

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running head: 839 S. LEONIS MAGNI EPISTOLAE. 840
marginal letters: A ‹multus et odia saecularia›; B ‹EPISTOLA (c) XLVII.›; C ‹ad illam synodum ire cupientem›; D ‹insontis, vel in receptionem›
old-edition numerals: 930 before ‹atque clementissima›
signature: none
other: by the coordinator's ruling (Letter XLVI: Latin original lost, Greek given first place) the Greek of XLVI is layer 1 and the Latin at the head of col 839 is set above as an ancient version. The Greek end of XLVI printed at the head of col 840 is set under the col 839 rail, before the caption of Letter XLVII, by reading order (upper halves of both columns finish XLVI; XLVII begins below in col 839). Footnotes (a) and (b) are called in the Latin version. The final "con-" of col 839 is completed by "sensum" in col 840 and set whole ("consensum") here.

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tui cordis immisceas. Major est enim qui in nobis est quam qui adversus nos (I Joan. IV, 4). Annitere potius, quantum te ipse natuiae nostrae susceptor et glorificator adjuverit, ut omnium fratrum nostrorum corda confirmes. Nobis enim ab Evangelio generationis, et mortis ac resurrectionis Domini nostri Jesu Christi nullatenus recedentibus definitissimum est, in nostrae communionis numero non futuros eos qui conantur antiqua catholicae fidei fundamenta convellere. Data tertio idus Octobris Asturio et Protogene viris clarissimis consulibus.

of your heart. For greater is He who is in us than he who is against us (1 John 4:4). Strive rather, as far as He Himself, the Assumer and Glorifier of our nature, shall help you, to strengthen the hearts of all our brethren. For to us, who in no way depart from the Gospel of the birth, and of the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is most settled that those who try to tear up the ancient foundations of the catholic faith will not be in the number of our communion. Given on the third day before the Ides of October, Asturius and Protogenes, most illustrious men, being consuls.

EPISTOLA XLVIII.

LETTER XLVIII.

AD JULIANUM EPISCOPUM COENSEM

TO JULIAN, BISHOP OF COS

Leo Juliano fratri et coepiscopo salutem.

Leo to Julian, his brother and fellow bishop, greeting.

Cognitis quae apud Ephesum unius hominis praesumptione sunt gesta, magno quidem dolore affecti sumus de his quae impie furioseque commissa sunt; sed ad Dominum nostrum animos dirigentes; multam fiduciam ab ipsa quam sequimur veritate concipimus, non omittentes omnia agere quae auxiliante Dei gratia credimus profutura. Tenendum ergo nobis est quod tenemus, et saeviente unius turbinis procella, serenissimae fidei est amplectenda tranquillitas; donec radios suos veritas per universa diffundat, et caliginem infidelitatis consumat. Quae autem disposita sint, per latoris sermonem agnosces. Data tertio idus Octobris, Asturio et Protogene viris clarissimis consulibus.

Having learned what was done at Ephesus through the presumption of one man, we have indeed been affected with great grief over the things that were impiously and furiously committed; but, directing our minds to our Lord, we conceive great confidence from the very truth which we follow, not omitting to do everything that, with the help of God's grace, we believe will be of profit. We must therefore hold what we hold, and while the storm of one whirlwind rages, the tranquillity of the most serene faith is to be embraced; until the truth spreads its rays through all things and consumes the darkness of unbelief. What has been arranged you will learn by word of the bearer. Given on the third day before the Ides of October, Asturius and Protogenes, most illustrious men, being consuls.

Editors' notes and page, col. 840

Footnotes

(g) ‹resurrectionis Domini› · printed under col 840

Addidimus nostri ex cod. Grim., cujus exactum apographum adhibuit P. Cacciarius in Romana editione.

We have added nostri from the Grimani codex, an exact transcript of which Father Cacciari used in the Roman edition.

(h) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 840

Al. 44. Quae autem antea 48 erat, nunc 60. Scripta 13 Octob. an. 449.

Otherwise 44. The one which was formerly 48 is now 60. Written 13 October in the year 449.

(i) ‹EPISTOLA XLVIII.› · printed under col 840

Hanc quoque epistolam in mss. solius collect. 12 reperimus.

This letter too we found in the manuscripts of collection 12 alone.

(j) ‹sed ad Dominum› · printed under col 840

Sic ex nostris codd. et editis ante Quesn. apud quem nostros.

So from our codices and the editions before Quesnel; in him, nostros.

(k) ‹et saeviente› · printed under col 840

Ita iidem codices et editiones Quesnello anteriores. Is autem, unius turbidae nubis procella.

So the same codices and the editions earlier than Quesnel. He, however, has unius turbidae nubis procella.

(l) ‹Quae autem› · printed under col 840

Magis placuit haec lectio, quam praefert cod. Venetus 109, ac prima Quesnelli editio. Al., disposita sunt..

This reading, which the Venice codex 109 and Quesnel's first edition present, pleased us more. Others have disposita sunt.

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — Post Ephesinam cladem consolatur, hortaturque ut fidem teneat.

SYNOPSIS. — After the disaster at Ephesus he consoles him, and exhorts him to hold the faith.

Page

running head: 839 S. LEONIS MAGNI EPISTOLAE. 840
marginal letters: A ‹νων διὰ θορύβου›; B ‹sensum tui cordis immisceas›; C ‹taturque ut fidem teneat› (synopsis of Letter XLVIII); D ‹gene viris clarissimis›
old-edition numerals: 929 after ‹Ὅθεν δέσποινα› (Greek of Letter XLVI, set under the col 839 rail)
signature: none
other: the upper part of col 840 is the Greek of the end of Letter XLVI (layer 1 by the coordinator's ruling; it opens with "νων", the end of κανόνων hyphenated from col 838, which belongs to the agent of col 838). By reading order it is set under the col 839 rail, before the caption of Letter XLVII; the col 840 rail stands where XLVII resumes ("sensum", end of "consensum", set whole in col 839). "[Forte ἐπλημμελήθη]" is printed in the Greek column. The old-edition numeral 929 is printed in that Greek.