PL 54 · cols. 873–877

Leo the Great, Letters

Letters LX–LXII

PL 54:873

EPISTOLA LX.

LETTER LX.

AD PULCHERIAM AUGUSTAM.

TO PULCHERIA AUGUSTA.

LEO episcopus PULCHERIAE Augustae.

LEO, bishop, to PULCHERIA Augusta.

Gaudere me plurimum et exsultare in Domino pietatis tuae scripta fecerunt, quibus evidenter ostenditur quantum catholicam diligas fidem, et quantum haereticum detesteris errorem. Haeresis quippe est nimis impia et Evangelio veritatis inimica, quae non portionem aliquam laedere, sed ipsa Christianae religionis conatur fundamenta convellere, negans sempiterni Patris Filium sempiternum de utero beatae Virginis matris veram carnem nostrae sumpsisse naturae, et eos damnatione percellens, qui ab evangelica et apostolica fide nullo deduci errore potuerunt, illudque frustra praetendens quod Nicaenae synodi fidem teneat, cujus eum esse constat alienum, gloriosissima Augusta.

The writings of your Piety have made me rejoice greatly and exult in the Lord, for they show clearly how much you love the catholic faith and how much you detest heretical error. For it is an exceedingly impious heresy, and hostile to the Gospel of truth, which tries not to injure some portion but to tear up the very foundations of the Christian religion, denying that the eternal Son of the eternal Father took true flesh of our nature from the womb of the blessed Virgin mother, and striking with condemnation those who could not be drawn away by any error from the evangelical and apostolic faith, and vainly pretending that he holds the faith of the synod of Nicaea, to which it is established that he is a stranger, most glorious Augusta.

Unde quia non deserit Ecclesiam suam divina protectio, dicente Domino: Ecce ego vobiscum sum omnibus diebus usque ad consummationem saeculi (Matth. XXVIII, 20); eodemque opere et tempore spiritus Dei et clementiae vestrae sollicitudinem et curam nostri cordis accendit, ut de remediis procurandis eadem utrique cuperemus: quae prius poposci, nunc quoque instantius peto, majore utens fiducia deprecandi, posteaquam praesidium venerandae exhortationis accepi. Spero autem affuturam misericordiam Dei, ut cooperante clementia vestra, pestiferi erroris possit morbus auferri: ut quidquid, ipso inspirante atque auxiliante, potuerit salubriter fieri, cum vestrae fidei laude peragatur: quoniam res humanae aliter tutae esse non possunt, nisi quae ad divinam confessionem pertinent, et regia et sacerdotalis defendat auctoritas. Data decimo sexto kalendas Aprilis, Valentiniano

Wherefore, since the divine protection does not desert His Church, as the Lord says: Behold, I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world (Matt. 28:20); and by the same working and at the same time the Spirit of God has kindled the solicitude of your Clemency and the care of our heart, so that we both desired the same things concerning the remedies to be procured: what I asked for before, I now ask still more urgently, using a greater confidence in entreaty, since I have received the support of your venerable exhortation. And I hope that the mercy of God will be at hand, so that, with your Clemency's cooperation, the disease of the pestilent error may be taken away: so that whatever can be done for salvation, by His inspiration and help, may be accomplished to the praise of your faith: since human affairs cannot otherwise be safe unless both the royal and the priestly authority defend what belongs to the confession of God. Given on the sixteenth day before the kalends of April, Valentinian […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 873

Footnotes

(m) of col 872, end: printed under col 873, set in n872.

(a) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 873

Alias 48. Quae autem antea 60 erat, nunc 89. Scripta 17 Martii an. 450.

Otherwise 48. What was formerly 60 is now 89. Written on 17 March, in the year 450.

(b) ‹LX.› (before the title line) · printed under col 873

Invenitur haec epistola in mss. collect. Hisp. Isid. 11, 12, 19 et 21 usque ad 24 ac in exemplo Sichardi.

This letter is found in the manuscripts of the Spanish and Isidorian collections, 11, 12, 19, and 21 to 24, and in Sichard's copy.

Mss. codd. Vat. Hisp. et Isid., et alius collect. 11 addunt, gloriosissimae atque piissimae. Quesnellus in margine notavit: Hoc exordium fictitiae epistolae primae Xysti II papae ad Gratum aptatum est ab impostore Isidoro.

The manuscript codices, the Vatican one of the Spanish collection and of the Isidorian, and another of collection 11, add: gloriosissimae atque piissimae. Quesnel noted in the margin: "This opening was fitted to the fictitious first letter of Pope Xystus II to Gratus by the impostor Isidore."

(d) ‹est nimis impia et› · printed under col 873

Idem codd. Nat. Hisp. et Isid., cum alio collect. 24, Evangelicae veritatis.

The same codices, "Vat." of the Spanish and Isidorian collections, with another of collection 24: Evangelicae veritatis.

(e) ‹eodemque opere› · printed under col 873

Idem Vat. Hisp. et Isid., eadem mente spiritus.

The same Vatican codex of the Spanish and Isidorian collections: eadem mente spiritus.

(f) ‹quae prius› · printed under col 873

Mss. Vat. collect. 11 et 21. petivi.

The Vatican manuscripts of collections 11 and 21: petivi.

(g) ‹exhortationis accepi.› · printed under col 873

Vulgati ante Quesn. cum Vindebon. Hisp. et mss. collect. 24, mutata interpunctione praeferunt, sperans affuturam. Dein duo codd., quod cooperante.

The printed editions before Quesnel, with the Vienna manuscript of the Spanish collection and the manuscripts of collection 24, changing the punctuation, present sperans affuturam. Then two codices: quod cooperante.

(h) ‹peragatur: quoniam› · printed under col 874

23, qu. 5, Res autem humanae.

[Causa] 23, q. 5, Res autem humanae.

(i) ‹quoniam res› · printed under col 874

Vat. Hisp. et Isid., res omnes.

The Vatican codex of the Spanish and Isidorian collections: res omnes.

Editors' prose

Synopsis. — Per Eutychen fidei fundamenta concuti; adversus quem concilium generale Pulcheria annitente celebrari cupit.

Synopsis. — That the foundations of the faith are being shaken by Eutyches; against whom he desires a general council to be held with Pulcheria's support.

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running head: 873 EPISTOLA … (the head runs across the page; col 874 shows …STOLA LXI. 874)
marginal letters: A ‹EPISTOLA LX.› (in the gutter, level with the head of col 874); B ‹evangelica et apostolica›; C ‹ferri: ut quidquid›; D ‹(a) Alias 48› (in the footnotes)
old-edition numerals: 982 before ‹LEO episcopus›; 983 after ‹consummationem›
signature: PATROL. LIV. (at the foot of the column)
other: Letter LX begins at the head of the column with its heading and synopsis; its date line runs on at the end of the last paragraph and over the column break, "Valenti-" / "niano"; the word is set whole here.

PL 54:874

Augusto septies, et Avieno, v. cl. consulibus.

[…] Augustus for the seventh time, and Avienus, most distinguished men, being consuls.

EPISTOLA LXI.

LETTER LXI.

AD MARTINUM ET FAUSTUM PRESBYTEROS.

TO MARTIN AND FAUSTUS, PRESBYTERS.

LEO episcopus, MARTINO et FAUSTO presbyteris et archimandritis.

LEO, bishop, to MARTIN and FAUSTUS, presbyters and archimandrites.

CAP. I. — Bonorum operum et spiritalium studiorum Deum auctorem esse non dubium est; qui quorum incitat mentes, adjuvat actiones. Quod nobis praesenti experimento evidenter apparuit. Siquidem inter discretarum spatia longinqua regionum, unum sumpserunt corda nostra consilium, ut quod a nobis desiderabatis, eo vobis tempore quo epistolae vestrae mittebantur occurrerit, si tamen dilectioni vestrae tradi scripta nostra potuere, quae non solum apostolicae sedis auctoritate, sed etiam sanctae synodi, quae ad nos frequens convenerat, unanimitate directa sunt, ut in his quantam curam totius Ecclesiae habeamus appareat; hortando scilicet omnium fidelium mentes et clementissimorum principum praesidia ad defensionem fidei postulando: quorum pios et catholicos animos non diffidimus opem atque auctoritatem suam justis petitionibus praestituros; quo citius, auxiliante Domino, perniciosa haeresis, et dudum sanctorum Patrum auctoritate damnata, quae nuper Ephesi male adjuta est, auferatur.

CHAP. I. — There is no doubt that God is the author of good works and of spiritual pursuits; He aids the actions of those whose minds He stirs. This has clearly appeared to us by present experience. For across the long distances between separate regions our hearts took one counsel, so that what you desired from us came to meet you at the very time when your letters were being sent; if indeed our writings could be delivered to your Love, which were sent not only with the authority of the apostolic see but also with the unanimity of the holy synod which had gathered to us in numbers, so that it may be seen from them how great a care we have for the whole Church: namely, by exhorting the minds of all the faithful, and by asking for the protection of the most clement princes in defence of the faith; whose pious and catholic minds, we do not doubt, will lend their help and authority to just petitions; so that the sooner, with the Lord's help, the pernicious heresy, long since condemned by the authority of the holy Fathers, which was lately given wrongful help at Ephesus, may be removed.

CAP. II. — Interim vero det operam, quantum fieri potest, vestra dilectio ut omnibus Eccclesiae filiis innotescat qui contra impium sensum secundum doctrinam evangelicam et apostolicam praedicemus. Quia licet plene, quae semper fuisset atque esset catholicorum sententia scripserimus, tamen nunc quoque ad confirmandas omnium mentes non parum exhortationis addidimus. Memor enim sum me

CHAP. II. — Meanwhile, let your Love take pains, as far as can be done, that it be made known to all the sons of the Church what we preach against the impious opinion in accordance with the evangelical and apostolic doctrine. For although we have written fully what the judgement of catholics always had been and is, yet now also we have added not a little exhortation to confirm the minds of all. For I remember that I […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 874

Footnotes

(h), (i): printed under col 874, calls in col 873, set in n873.

(j) ‹v. cl. consulibus› · printed under col 874

In antiquis editionibus ex ms. ab Hispanica prodeuntibus additur, Aera CCCCLXXXVIII.

In the old editions deriving from a manuscript of the Spanish [collection] there is added: Era 488.

(k) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 874

Al. 49. Quae autem antea 61 erat, nunc 89. Scripta 17 Martii an. 450.

Otherwise 49. What was formerly 61 is now 89. Written on 17 March, in the year 450.

(l) ‹LXI.› (before the title line) · printed under col 874

Exstat in iisdem collectionibus in quibus epistola praecedens.

It is extant in the same collections as the preceding letter.

(m) ‹PRESBYTEROS.› (before the synopsis) · printed under col 874

In codd. collect. Hisp. et Isid. hic titulus praefigitur: De damnatione concilii Ephesini secundi.

In the codices of the Spanish and Isidorian collections this title is prefixed: On the condemnation of the second council of Ephesus.

(n) ‹LEO episcopus,› · printed under col 874

Editi ante Quesn. ex mss. Vat. Hisp. et Isid. aliisque inde profectis perperam, Martiano. Voces et archimandritis ex Ratisponensi adjecimus.

The editions before Quesnel, from the Vatican manuscripts of the Spanish and Isidorian collections and others derived from them, wrongly: Martiano. The words et archimandritis we have added from the Regensburg manuscript.

(o) ‹epistolae vestrae› · printed under col 874

Emittebantur in Vat. collect. 11 et in Ratisp., qui praeterea habet occurreret.

Emittebantur in the Vatican manuscript of collection 11 and in the Regensburg one, which also has occurreret.

(p) ‹dilectioni vestrae tradi› · printed under col 874

Indicat epistolam 51. Confer. annot. 48 (Col. 871, n. m) in epist. 59.

He means letter 51. Compare annotation 48 (col. 871, note m) on letter 59.

(q) ‹fidei postulando:› · printed under col 874

Vindebon. Hisp. perperam, quorum posset catholicos. Emendatum vero in Vat. Hisp., quorum utpote catholicos; quae lectio non Leoni, sed emendatori tribuenda est.

The Vienna manuscript of the Spanish collection, wrongly: quorum posset catholicos. It is emended in the Vatican manuscript of the Spanish collection to quorum utpote catholicos; a reading to be attributed not to Leo but to the emender.

(r) ‹filiis innotescat› · printed under col 874

Editi ante Quesn. cum mss. collect. 24 et Sichardo, quod praedicamus.

The editions before Quesnel, with the manuscripts of collection 24 and Sichard: quod praedicamus.

(s) ‹non parum exhortationis› · printed under col 874

Vat. Hisp. et Isid., addimus; male: nihil enim vel parum admodum additur exhortationis. Haec autem referri ad epist. 59 ostendimus annot. 48 (Col. 871, n. m) in eamdem epistolam.

The Vatican codex of the Spanish and Isidorian collections: addimus; wrongly, for no exhortation, or very little, is added. That these words refer to letter 59 we have shown in annotation 48 (col. 871, note m) on that same letter.

Editors' prose

Synopsis. — I. De litteris ad eos scriptis monet. — II. Hortatur ut fidei causam adjuvent, iisque sollicitudinem suam spondet.

Synopsis. — I. He tells them of the letters written to them. — II. He exhorts them to help the cause of the faith, and pledges his solicitude to them.

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running head: …STOLA LXI. 874 (continued from col 873)
marginal letters: A ‹niano Augusto septies›; B ‹epistolae vestrae›; C ‹innotescat›; D ‹(n) Editi ante Quesn.› (in the footnotes)
old-edition numerals: 984 after ‹praesenti experimento›
signature: 28 (at the foot of the column)
other: the column opens with "niano", the end of "Valentiniano" divided from col 873 and set whole there. The column ends "Memor enim sum me" with no divided word. The text prints "Eccclesiae". The references "(Col. 871, n. m)" in notes (p) and (s) print the m as a superscript.

PL 54:875

sub illius nomine Ecclesiae praesidere, cujus a Domino Jesu Christo est glorificata confessio, et cujus fides omnes quidem haereses destruit, sed maxime impietatem praesentis erroris expugnat; et intelligo mihi aliud non licere quam ut omnes conatus meos ei causae in qua universalis Ecclesiae salus infestatur impendam. Ne autem aliqua negligentiae occasione scripta nostra ad vos non potuerint pervenire, exemplaria eorumdem nunc mittenda credidimus: ut nullo modo fidei quam defendimus praedicatio vestrae notitiae subtrahatur. Data decimo sexto kalendas Aprilis, Valentiniano Augusto septies et Avieno, v. cl. consulibus.

[…] to preside over the Church in the name of him whose confession was glorified by the Lord Jesus Christ, and whose faith destroys all heresies indeed, but above all overthrows the impiety of the present error; and I understand that nothing else is permitted to me than to spend all my efforts on that cause in which the salvation of the universal Church is being assailed. But lest through some occasion of negligence our writings should have failed to reach you, we have thought it right to send copies of them now, so that the preaching of the faith which we defend may in no way be withheld from your knowledge. Given on the sixteenth day before the Kalends of April, in the consulship of Valentinian Augustus for the seventh time and of Avienus, a most distinguished man.

EPISTOLA LXII.

LETTER LXII.

THEODOSII IMPERATORIS AD VALENTINIANUM AUGUSTUM.

OF THE EMPEROR THEODOSIUS TO VALENTINIAN AUGUSTUS.

Qua respondet epistolae LV.

In which he replies to Letter LV.

Editors' notes and page, col. 875

Footnotes

(a) ‹anchor: head of the column, before "sub illius nomine"› · printed under col 875

His verbis Quesnellus postillam affixit: Papa sub nomini Petri regit Ecclesiam: unde et plurimi Romani episcopi vicarios se Petri nuncupant. Cum dicitur pontifex Ecclesiam regere Petri nomine, potestate et auctoritate eadem regere intelligitur, quam in successores suos eamdem omnino cum primatu transisse, uti erat in Petro, et Leo et catholica Ecclesia docet. Hinc nomen vicarii Petri non delegatum, sed successorem innuit, qui in Petri locum cum eadem auctoritate successit, ut pluribus optimorum auctorum exemplis ostendere liceret, si hac de re disputatio esset. Legi potest, si libet, annotatio 12 in tract. 15 S. Zenonis lib. II, pag. 191 nostrae editionis Veron. Nostrae autem Patrol. tom. XI, col. 439.

To these words Quesnel attached a marginal gloss: The pope rules the Church under the name of Peter: hence also very many Roman bishops call themselves vicars of Peter. When the pontiff is said to rule the Church in the name of Peter, he is understood to rule it with the same power and authority, which, just as it was in Peter, passed wholly the same, together with the primacy, to his successors, as both Leo and the Catholic Church teach. Hence the name vicar of Peter signifies not a delegate but a successor, who succeeded to Peter's place with the same authority, as could be shown by many examples from the best authors, if there were a dispute on this matter. One may read, if one likes, note 12 on Tractate 15 of St Zeno, book II, p. 191 of our Verona edition; of our Patrology, however, vol. XI, col. 439.

(b) ‹anchor: "et intelligo mihi"› · printed under col 875

Codd. tres collect. 11 et 21, aliter non licere.

Three manuscripts of collections 11 and 21: it is not permitted otherwise.

Ratisp. addit et in significatione, ut videtur, adverbii etiam. Exemplaria plurali licet numero vocat exemplum epistolae 51, de qua cap. I scripsit: Si tamen dilectioni vestrae tradi scripta nostra potuere. Paulo post Vat. Hisp. et Isid. cum mss. collect. 11 et 21, credimus.

The Regensburg manuscript adds et, in the sense, as it seems, of the adverb etiam ("also"). Although in the plural number, he calls copies the copy of Letter 51, of which he wrote in chapter I: If indeed our writings could be delivered to Your Belovedness. A little after, the Vatican manuscript of the Spanish collection and the Isidorian, with the manuscripts of collections 11 and 21, read we believe.

(d) ‹anchor: "v. cl. consulibus" (printed at the head of col 876)› · printed under col 875

Quesnellus hanc notationem in fine subjecit: Superiore epistola effrenate abusus est epistolarum veterum pontificum consarcinator in epp. Aniceti ad Galliae episcopos; in prima Felicis I ad Paternum; secunda ad Galliae episcopos; Sixti II ad Gratum, et Callixti I ad Benedictum.

Quesnel added this note at the end: The patcher-together of the letters of the ancient pontiffs made unbridled misuse of the preceding letter in the letters of Anicetus to the bishops of Gaul; in the first of Felix I to Paternus; in the second, to the bishops of Gaul; in that of Sixtus II to Gratus, and of Callixtus I to Benedict.

(e) ‹anchor: "EPISTOLA" (in the caption, printed across both columns)› · printed under col 875

Alias post ep. 47. Quae autem erat 62, nunc 82. Scripta circa April. an. 450.

Formerly after Letter 47. And the letter that was 62 is now 82. Written about April of the year 450.

(f) ‹anchor: head of the caption line "THEODOSII IMPERATORIS" (printed across both columns)› · printed under col 875, continuing under col 876

Haec et duae sequentes epistolae exstant in sola collectione Chalcedonensi, et in ms. Veneto 79 collect. 22, cui ex Chalcedonensi collectione aliquot epistolae adjectae fuerunt. Quoad tempus circa Aprilem anni 450, vide admonitionem praemissam epist. 55, num. 5.

This and the two following letters survive only in the Chalcedonian collection, and in the Venice manuscript 79 of collection 22, to which some letters from the Chalcedonian collection were added. As to the date, about April of the year 450, see the admonition set before Letter 55, no. 5.

(g) ‹anchor: "Domino meo Valentiniano" (in the Latin version)› · printed under col 876

Vulgati cum Graeca versione addunt semper; at Latina versio, quam hic ex mss. exhibemus, omittit.

The printed editions, with the Greek version, add ever; but the Latin version, which we present here from the manuscripts, omits it.

(h) ‹anchor: "Et" (at the head of the Latin version)› · printed under col 876

Ita omnes codd. et nostri et Baluzii, eadem ratione qua paulo post habent, in Romana urbe reversione, et epist. 57, Romae fuissemus ingressae; quae imperii interpretis versionem ex Graeco demonstrant. In editis emendatum fuit Romam, uti recte erat reddendum. Sed hic antiquam versionem, quaecumque fuerit, edendam suscepimus.

So read all the manuscripts, both ours and Baluze's, on the same principle by which a little after they have in Romana urbe reversione ("on the return in the Roman city"), and in Letter 57 Romae fuissemus ingressae ("we had entered at Rome"); these show the version to be that of an interpreter of the empire, from the Greek. In the printed editions it was corrected to Romam ("to Rome"), as it ought properly to have been rendered. But here we have undertaken to publish the ancient version, whatever it may have been.

(i) ‹anchor: "Leone reverendissimo patriarcha," (in the Latin version)› · printed under col 876

Editi post Crabbum, in ipso principio litterarum a tua majestate. Haud dubie deerat hic aliquid, inquit Baluzius, in codice quo Crabbus utebatur; et cum videret sensum non esse plenum, vocem principio addidit, nimirum male divinans: nam legendum esse in ipso litterarum textu, docent antiqua exemplaria. Idem habent et nostri codices, et Graeca versio idipsum confirmat. Quesnellus in margine, in eodem contextu litterarum.

The editions after Crabbe: at the very beginning of the letter, by Your Majesty. Without doubt something was missing here, says Baluze, in the manuscript which Crabbe used; and since he saw that the sense was not complete, he added the word principio ("beginning"), guessing wrongly, to be sure: for the ancient copies show that in ipso litterarum textu ("in the very text of the letter") must be read. Our manuscripts too have the same, and the Greek version confirms this very reading. Quesnel in the margin: in the same context of the letter.

(j) ‹anchor: "tua quidem incolumi" (in the Latin version)› · printed under col 876

Ita omnes codices Editi, in Romanam urbem. Vide annot. 3 (*Supra, n.*d).

So all the manuscripts. The editions: into the Roman city. See note 3 (above, note d).

(k) ‹anchor: "ad eumdem" (in the Latin version)› · printed under col 876

Vulgati, latius atque plenissime, sicut arbitramur. Codicum lectionem induximus.

The printed editions: more broadly and most fully, as we think. We have brought in the reading of the manuscripts.

(l) ‹anchor: "tradita inviolabiliter" (in the Latin version)› · printed under col 876

Quidam codices, custodire. Graeca versio aliorum codicum, et vulgatam lectionem probat.

Some manuscripts: to keep. The Greek version supports the reading of the other manuscripts and of the editions.

(m) ‹anchor: "igitur causam," (in the Latin version)› · printed under col 876

Vocem quoniam in editis omissam ex omnibus mss. supplevimus.

We have supplied from all the manuscripts the word quoniam ("since"), omitted in the editions.

(n) ‹anchor: "ab his contrarium" (in the Latin version)› · printed under col 876

Solus codex Divion. Baluzii, et Quesnellus in margine, rectae fidei aut injuste factum.

Only Baluze's Dijon manuscript, and Quesnel in the margin: [contrary] to the right faith, or done unjustly.

Ancient version (Latin)

(Latin version of Letter LXII, printed in col 875 below the full-width caption; the Greek in col 876 is set as the text. The version runs on in col 877.) Domino meo Valentiniano Augusto Theodosius. Et Romae pervenisse tuam mansuetudinem, et petitionem oblatam a Leone reverendissimo patriarcha, in ipso litterarum textu a tua majestate significatum est. Et de tua quidem incolumi in Romana urbe reversione gratias competentes divinae majestati reddimus, domine sanctissime fili et venerabilis imperator. De his autem quae dixit memoratus reverendissimus vir indicatum est ad eumdem latius atque plenius, sicut arbitrati sumus, et cognovit nos in nulla parte a paterna religione et majorum traditione resiliisse. Nihil enim aliud volumus quam sacramenta paterna per successionem nobis tradita inviolabiliter custodiri, Propter hanc igitur causam, quoniam quosdam cognovimus sanctissimas Ecclesias nocibili novitate turbare, synodum decrevimus Ephesi fieri. In praesentia quippe reverendissimorum episcoporum, cum multa libertate ac integra veritate et indigni sacerdotio remoti sunt, et qui judicati sunt esse digni suscepti sunt. Nihil igitur ab his contrarium regulae fidei aut justitiae factum esse

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running head: 875 S. LEONIS
marginal letters: A ‹sub illius nomine›; B ‹Romana urbe reversione›; D ‹esse digni suscepti sunt› (printed so; no C seen); a further D in the gutter of the footnote block beside note (c)
old-edition numerals: 985 after ‹exemplaria eorumdem› (printed at the head of col 876, set under this rail); 986 before ‹kalendas Aprilis› (likewise); 988 before ‹et cognovit› (Latin version)
signature: none
other: the last lines of the preceding letter stand at the head of both columns above the full-width caption of Letter LXII; by the reading-order rule the head of col 876 is set under this rail, with its notes (c), (d). The caption (three lines: EPISTOLA LXII.; THEODOSII IMPERATORIS AD VALENTINIANUM AUGUSTUM.; Qua respondet epistolae LV.) is printed across both columns and set here. The Latin below it is the editors' "antiqua versio" (note h: translated from the Greek), recorded above; the calls (g)-(n) stand in it.

PL 54:876

Δεσπότῃ ἐμῷ Οὐαλεντινιανῷ αἰωνίῳ Αὐγούστῳ Θεοδόσιος.

To my lord Valentinian, eternal Augustus, Theodosius.

Καὶ ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ παραγεγενῆσθαι τὴν σὴν ἡμερότητα, καὶ αἴτησιν προσενηνέχθαι παρὰ Λέοντος τοῦ εὐλαβεστάτου πατριάρχου, δεδήλωται παρὰ τῆς σῆς μεγαλειότητος ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ ὕφει των γραμμάτων. Καὶ περὶ μὲν τῆς σῆς ὑγιοῦς ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ ἐπανόδου χάριτας ἀποδεδώκαμεν ἀξίως τῇ θείᾳ μεγαλειότητι, δέσποτα ἀγνιότατε υἱὲ καὶ προσκυνητὲ βασιλεῦ.

That Your Gentleness had arrived in Rome, and that a petition had been presented by Leo, the most reverent patriarch, has been made known by Your Majesty in the very tissue of the letter. And for your safe return to Rome we have rendered fitting thanks to the divine Majesty, lord, most holy son and venerable emperor.

Περὶ δὲ τούτων, ὧν ἔφη ὁ μνημονευθεὶς εὐλαβέστατος ἀνὴρ, δεδήλωται πρὸς αὐτὸν πλατύτερον, καὶ πληρέστατον, καθὼς ὑπολαμβάνομεν, καὶ ἐν μηδενὶ μέρει ἔγνω ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς πατρῴας θρησκείας, καὶ τῆς τῶν προγόνων παραδόσεως ἀποπεπηδηκέναι. Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄλλο βουλόμεθα, ἢ εὐχόμεθα, ἤπερ τὰ μυστήρια τὰ πατρῷα, τὰ κατὰ διαδοχὴν ἡμῖν παραδοθέντα, ἀκίνητα φυλαχθῆναι. Διὰ ταύτην τοιγαροῦν τὴν αἰτίαν, ἐπειδή τινας ἔγνωμεν τὰς ἁγιωτάτας Ἐκκλησίας ἐπιβλαβεῖ καινισμῷ θορυβεῖν, σύνοδον ὡρίσαμεν ἐν Ἐφέσῳ γενέσθαι. Δηλαδὴ παρουσίᾳ τῶν εὐλαβεστάτων ἐπισκόπων μετὰ πολλῆς ἐλευθερίας, καὶ ὁλοκλήρου ἀληθείας, καὶ οἱ ἀνάξιοι τῆς ἱερωσύνης ἀπεκινήθησαν, καὶ οἱ κριθέντες ἄξιοι προσεδέχθησαν. Οὐδὲν τοίνυν ὑπεναντίον παρὰ τούτων

But concerning the matters of which the aforementioned most reverent man spoke, a reply has been made to him more broadly and most fully, as we suppose, and he has learned that in no part have we leapt away from the ancestral religion and from the tradition of our forebears. For we wish or pray for nothing else than that the ancestral mysteries, handed down to us by succession, be kept unmoved. For this reason, therefore, since we learned that certain persons were troubling the most holy Churches with a harmful innovation, we decreed that a synod should take place at Ephesus. There, namely, in the presence of the most reverent bishops, with much freedom and entire truth, both those unworthy of the priesthood were removed and those judged worthy were received. Nothing contrary, then, by these […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 876

Footnotes

1 ‹anchor: "καὶ πληρέστατον,"› · printed under col 876 Addere placuit cum mss. Ven. conjuctionem καὶ, quae conjunctio clariorem mirum in modum atque expeditiorem reddit sententiam. In vulgatis, καὶ πληρέστατον, καθῶς ὑπολαμβάνομεν· ἐν μηδενὶ, etc.

We have seen fit to add, with the Venice manuscripts, the conjunction καὶ ("and"), which conjunction makes the sentence wonderfully clearer and more straightforward. In the printed editions: καὶ πληρέστατον, καθῶς ὑπολαμβάνομεν· ἐν μηδενὶ, etc.

(The notes (f) end, (g)-(n) printed under col 876 have their calls in col 875 and are set in n875.)

Page

running head: MAGNI EPISTOLAE. 876
marginal letters: A ‹gligentiae occasione› (the head of the column, set under col 875); B ‹τος ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ›; D ‹ἄξιοι προσεδέχθησαν›; D beside note (i) in the footnote block
old-edition numerals: 985, 986 in the head of the column (set under col 875, recorded in n875); 987 after ‹ὑπολαμβάνομεν,›
signature: none
other: the head of the column (end of the preceding letter, above the full-width caption) is set under the col 875 rail. Below the caption this column holds the Greek of Letter LXII, set as the text (the editors' note (h) under col 875 shows the Latin to be a version from the Greek). The last word, τού-, is completed by των at the head of col 878 and set whole here.

PL 54:877

Editors' notes and page, col. 877

Footnotes

(a) ‹anchor: "est laesibilis novitatis," (Latin version of Letter LXII)› · printed under col 877

Ita omnes codices et editiones Concil. ante Romanam, in quam inducta fuit lectio a Quesnello aliisque recepta, debitam poenam recepit.

So all the manuscripts and the editions of the Councils before the Roman one, into which was brought the reading adopted by Quesnel and others: received the due penalty.

(b) ‹anchor: "EPISTOLA" (caption of Letter LXIII, printed across both columns; the caption is set under col 878)› · printed under col 877

Quae antea erat 63, nunc 83.

The letter that was formerly 63 is now 83.

Ita codices tum nostri tum Baluzii, nec non editi in margine; at in textu, serenitas, et post pauca, a tua serenitate.

So the manuscripts, both ours and Baluze's, and also the editions in the margin; but in the text, serenity, and a little after, from your serenity.

(d) ‹anchor: "plenius atque apertius" (Latin version of Letter LXIII)› · printed under col 877

Sic mss. et editiones ante Romanam, in qua et sequentibus, saepe. Quid autem adverbio saepius innuatur explicabimus in dissert. de epistolis deperditis num. 38.

So the manuscripts and the editions before the Roman, in which and in those following: often. What is indicated by the adverb saepius ("rather often") we shall explain in the dissertation on the lost letters, no. 38.

(e) ‹anchor: "a reverendissimis" (Latin version of Letter LXIII)› · printed under col 877

In editis perperam, presbyteris; et post autem additur qui dicitur. Codicum lectionem dedimus.

In the printed editions wrongly: presbyters; and after autem ("but") is added who is called. We have given the reading of the manuscripts.

(f) ‹anchor: "sicut a quibusdam dicitur" (Latin version of Letter LXIII)› · printed under col 877, continuing under col 878

Romani editores Conciliorum primi vulgarunt, suspicetur aut cogitet. Antea vero legebatur optimo sensu, sed barbare, ut ex omnibus mss. restituimus.

The Roman editors of the Councils were the first to publish let her suppose or think. But before, it was read with an excellent sense, though barbarously, as we have restored it from all the manuscripts.

(g) ‹anchor: "EPISTOLA" (caption of Letter LXIV, printed across both columns; the caption is set under col 878)› · printed under col 878

Quae antea erat 64, nunc 84.

The letter that was formerly 64 is now 84.

(h) ‹anchor: "Semper equidem" (Latin version of Letter LXIV)› · printed under col 878

Quesnellus cum editis Conciliorum in margine, tuae amabilitatis.

Quesnel, with the editions of the Councils, in the margin: of your loveliness.

(i) ‹anchor: "litteris delectamur," (Latin version of Letter LXIV)› · printed under col 878

Idem Quesn. cum iisdem edit. Concil., ac tota animae suavitate. Cod. Chig., ac ex tota animi sinceritate. Secuti sumus aliorum quatuor nostrorum codicum lectionem, quam et Baluzii mss. approbant.

The same Quesnel, with the same editions of the Councils: and with the whole sweetness of the soul. The Chigi manuscript: and with the whole sincerity of the mind. We have followed the reading of four other manuscripts of ours, which Baluze's manuscripts also support.

(j) ‹anchor: "annuere, domina," (Latin version of Letter LXIV)› · printed under col 878

Sic omnes codd. et editiones ante Romanam, quam secutus Quesnellus edidit sanctissima.

So all the manuscripts and the editions before the Roman, following which Quesnel printed most holy.

Ancient version (Latin)

(Latin version of Letter LXII, continued from col 875: the Greek, in col 878, is set as the text.) cognovimus. Omnis igitur contentio sacro judicio examinata est. Flavianus autem, qui reus inventus est laesibilis novitatis, debitum recepit. Et hoc remoto omnis pax et omnis concordia regnat in Ecclesiis, et nihil aliud quam veritas viget. (Latin version of Letter LXIII, below its full-width caption, which is set under col 878.) Dominae meae Placidiae venerabili Augustae Theodosius. Ex litteris tuae mansuetudinis nostra cognovit aeternitas quid reverendissimus patriarcha Leo a tua aeternitate poposcerit. His itaque litteris indicamus quoniam de his quae dicta sunt a reverendissimo episcopo plenius atque apertius saepius scriptum est: ex quibus sine dubitatione manifestum est nihil nos praeter paternam fidem, aut dogmata divina, vel definitiones reverendissimorum, qui tam sub divae memoriae Constantino in Nicaea civitate, quam dudum nostro praecepto in Epheso congregati sunt, definisse, aut decrevisse, aut intellexisse; sed hoc solum in Epheso consitui jussimus, ut omnes qui nocibili laesione Ecclesias sanctas turbaverunt, digne removerentur. Haec sunt quae non ad refragationem, sed ad concordiam et purum vinculum adorandae religionis a reverendissimis Patribus sunt decreta. Flavianus autem, princeps contentionis hujus, sacra sententia ab ecclesiasticis rebus expulsus est. Haec igitur sciens tua mansuetudo, domina sacratissima mater et venerabilis Augusta, nihil nos aliquando contrarium a tradita fide sentire, sicut a quibusdam dicitur suspicemini aut cogitetis. (Latin version of Letter LXIV, below its full-width caption, which is set under col 878; it runs on in col 879.) Dominae meae Eudoxiae venerabili Augustae Theodosius. Semper equidem tui desiderii litteris delectamur, et has tota animae suavitate complectimur, et omnibus tuis petitionibus consuevimus gratanter annuere, domina, sacratissima filia, venerabilis Augusta; sed de praesenti causa, hoc est de Flaviano qui fuit episcopus, quae in hac causa subsecuta sint, reverendissimo archiepiscopo Leoni perfecte nostra