PL 54 · cols. 912–916

Leo the Great, Letters

Letters LXXX–LXXXI

quam fratris et coepiscopi mei Anatolii, cui testimonium ferre dignamini, relatione cognovimus; quorum desideriis sic praebemus effectum, ut correctis, et quae male sunt facta, propria subscriptione damnantibus, participata nostrorum quos misimus cura cum supradicto episcopo pacis gratia tribuatur: QUIA devotionis utrumque est Christianae, ut et pertinaces veritas justa coerceat, et conversos charitas non repellat.

[…] and of my brother and fellow bishop Anatolius, to whom you deign to bear witness. To their desires we give effect in this way: that when they have been corrected, and condemn by their own signature the things that were wrongly done, the grace of peace be granted them, through the shared care of those of ours whom we have sent together with the aforesaid bishop; BECAUSE both belong to Christian devotion, that just truth should restrain the obstinate, and that charity should not repel the converted.

CAP. III. — Quia vero novimus, quantum piae sollicitudinis catholicis sacerdotibus mansuetudo vestra dignetur impendere, indicandum esse curavimus, fratrem et coepiscopum meum Eusebium nobiscum degere, et nostrae communionis esse consortem, cujus commendamus Ecclesiam, quam dicitur vastare qui illi injuste asseritur subrogatus; illud etiam a tua pietate poscentes, quod vos spontaneo facere non dubitamus arbitrio, ut tam fratrem et coepiscopum meum Julianum, quam Constantinopolitanos clericos, qui sanctae memoriae Flaviano fidelibus officiis adhaeserunt, ea qua debetis gratia foveatis. De omnibus vero pietatem vestram per nos quid fieri aut ordinari deberet instruximus. Data idibus Aprilis, Adelfio viro clarissimo consule.

CHAP. III. — But since we know how much devoted solicitude your gentleness deigns to spend on catholic bishops, we have taken care to make known that my brother and fellow bishop Eusebius is living with us and is a sharer in our communion; we commend his Church, which he who is asserted to have been unjustly substituted for him is said to be laying waste. We ask this also of your piety, which we do not doubt you do of your own free will: that you cherish with the favour you owe both my brother and fellow bishop Julian and the clergy of Constantinople who adhered with faithful service to Flavian of holy memory. On all matters, moreover, we have instructed your piety through ourselves what ought to be done or ordered. Given on the Ides of April, Adelfius, a man of clarissimus rank, being consul.

EPISTOLA LXXX.

LETTER LXXX.

AD ANATOLIUM EPISCOPUM CONSTANTINOPOLITANUM.

TO ANATOLIUS, BISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

Prima pro pace.

The first, concerning peace.

Editors' notes and page, col. 912

Footnotes

(f) continued from col 911, set in n911.

(g) ‹anchor: "fratris et coepiscopi"› · printed under col 912

Vat. Isid., nostri. In Vat. Hisp. errore librarii vestri.

The Vatican Isidorian [manuscript]: nostri [our]. In the Vatican Hispana, by a copyist's error, vestri [your].

(h) ‹anchor: "sic praebemus"› · printed under col 912

Vat. Hisp. et Isid., affectum.

The Vatican Hispana and Isidorian: affectum [affection].

(i) ‹anchor: "damnantibus, participata"› · printed under col 912

Significantur ii, quos Leo Constantinopolim misit legatione secunda, de qua annot. (f) supra.

Those are meant whom Leo sent to Constantinople in the second legation, on which see note (f) above.

(j) ‹anchor: "et coepiscopum"› · printed under col 912

Vindebon. Hisp., nostram.

The Vienna Hispana: nostram [our].

(k) ‹anchor: "injuste asseritur"› · printed under col 912

Id saltem Romae per hoc tempus ferebatur. Nullum vero Eusebio Dorylaeensi subrogatum tradit Liberatus in Breviario cap. 12, ut in postilla marginali observavit Quesnellus.

This at least was reported at Rome at this time. But Liberatus, in the Breviarium, chapter 12, records that no one was substituted for Eusebius of Dorylaeum, as Quesnel observed in a marginal note.

(l) ‹anchor: "illud etiam"› · printed under col 912

Ita ex Ratisp. utrisque Hisp., nec non ex Vat. Isid, aliisque mss. collect. 11 et 24, atque exemplo Sichardi. Editi cum codd. collect. 21, a vestra pietate. Mox, facturam pro facere in Vat. Hisp. atque Isid.

So from the Ratisbon manuscript and both Hispana manuscripts, and also from the Vatican Isidorian and other manuscripts of collections 11 and 24, and from Sichard's exemplar. The printed editions, with the manuscripts of collection 21: a vestra pietate [of your piety]. Shortly after, facturam for facere in the Vatican Hispana and Isidorian.

(m) ‹anchor: "debetis gratia"› · printed under col 912

Editi cum aliquot codd., erronee, faveatis Correximus ex ms. Ratisp. ac ex Vat. Hisp. et Isid.

The printed editions, with some manuscripts, erroneously: faveatis [favour]. We have corrected [it] from the Ratisbon manuscript and from the Vatican Hispana and Isidorian.

(n) ‹anchor: "pietatem vestram"› · printed under col 912

Intelliguntur legati qui cum his litteris mittendi credebantur; sed tantum mense Junio missi fuere, uti explicavimus annot. 7 (Col. 909, n. d) in epistolam praecedentem. Confer etiam annot. 11 (supra f) in praesentem epistolam. Post pauca, pro ordinari, editi ante Quesn. habent, declinari. Quesnelli emendationem ex Grimanico ac tribus aliis codicibus omnes nostri antiqui libri approbant.

The legates are meant who were believed to be about to be sent with this letter; but they were sent only in the month of June, as we explained in note 7 (col. 909, n. d) on the preceding letter. Compare also note 11 (above, f) on the present letter. A little after, for ordinari [be ordered], the editions before Quesnel have declinari [be avoided]. All our ancient books confirm Quesnel's correction from the Grimani and three other manuscripts.

(o) ‹anchor: "EPISTOLA"› · printed under col 912

Al. 60. Quae autem antea 80 erat, nunc 106 Scr. 13 Aprillis an. 451.

Elsewhere 60. That which was formerly 80 is now 106. Written 13 April in the year 451.

(p) ‹anchor: heading "AD ANATOLIUM"› · printed under col 912

Exstat in mss. collect. 3, 8 Hisp. Isid. 11, 12 et 18 usque ad 24, ac in exemplo Sichardi, nec non in illo ex quo primae Romanae sermonum editioni aliquot epistolae subjectae fuerunt.

It survives in the manuscripts of collections 3, 8, the Hispana, the Isidorian, 11, 12, and 18 to 24, and in Sichard's exemplar, and also in the one from which some letters were appended to the first Roman edition of the sermons.

(q) ‹anchor: "Prima pro pace"› · printed under col 912

Ita cod. Grim. Quesnello annotante in margine.

So the Grimani manuscript, as Quesnel notes in the margin.

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS (Ex collectione Hispanica). — I. De fide

SYNOPSIS (From the Hispana collection). — I. On the faith […]

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running head: S. LEONIS MAGNI EPISTOLAE. 912 (shared with col 911)
marginal letters: A ‹rum quam fratris›; B ‹etiam a tua pietate›; C ‹Hinc de iisdem cap.› (in the footnotes); D ‹(m) Editi cum aliquot›
old-edition numerals: 1037 after ‹coepiscopi›; 1038 before ‹EPISTOLA (o) LXXX›
signature: none
other: Letter LXXIX (to Pulcheria) ends and Letter LXXX begins in this column; "QUIA" printed in small capitals. The synopsis runs on at the head of col 913.

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LEO episcopus ANATOLIO episcopo.

LEO, bishop, TO ANATOLIUS, bishop.

CAP. I. — Gaudemus in Domino, et in dono gratiae ipsius gloriamur, qui, sicut dilectionis tuae litteris et fratrum nostrorum quos Constantinopolim miseramus relatione cognovimus, sequacem te evangelicae eruditionis ostendit; ut per sacerdotis probabilem fidem merito praesumamus quod tota Ecclesia eidem credita nec rugam cujusquam sit erroris habitura nec maculam, dicente Apostolo: Despondi enim vos uni viro virginem castam exhibere Christo (II Cor. XI. 2). Illa est enim virgo Ecclesia, sponsa unius viri Christi, quae nullo se patitur errore vitiari: ut per totum mundum una nobis sit unius castae communionis integritas, in qua societatem tuae dilectionis amplectimur; et gestorum quae sumpsimus, seriem necessariis, sicut oportuit, munitam subscriptionibus approbamus. Ut ergo invicem dilectionis tuae animus nostris confirmaretur alloquiis, filios nostros Casterium presbyterum, Patricium et Asclepiadem diaconos, qui ad nos tua scripta detulerunt, cum epistolis nostris post venerabilem diem festi paschalis remisimus, indicantes nos, ut supra diximus, de Constantinopolitanae Ecclesiae pace gaudere, cui hanc curam semper inpendimus, ut eam nulla velimus haereticorum fraude violari.

CHAP. I. — We rejoice in the Lord, and we glory in the gift of His grace, Who, as we have learned from the letter of your love and from the report of our brethren whom we had sent to Constantinople, has shown you to be a follower of the teaching of the Gospel; so that through the commendable faith of the bishop we may rightly presume that the whole Church entrusted to him will have neither the wrinkle nor the stain of any error, as the Apostle says: For I have betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ (2 Cor. 11:2). For that virgin is the Church, the bride of the one husband, Christ, who does not suffer herself to be corrupted by any error: so that throughout the whole world we may have the one soundness of the one chaste communion, in which we embrace fellowship with your love; and we approve the record of the proceedings that we have received, furnished, as was fitting, with the necessary signatures. So, then, that the mind of your love might in turn be strengthened by our words, we have sent back after the venerable day of the paschal feast, with our letters, our sons Casterius the presbyter and Patricius and Asclepiades the deacons, who brought your letter to us, making known that we rejoice, as we said above, in the peace of the Church of Constantinople, on which we always spend this care, that we will that it be violated by no fraud of heretics.

CAP. II. — De fratribus vero quos et epistolis tuis et legatorum nostrorum relatione communionis nostrae cupidos esse cognovimus, eo quod doleant se

CHAP. II. — But concerning the brethren whom we have learned, both from your letter and from the report of our legates, to be desirous of our communion, because they grieve that they

Editors' notes and page, col. 913

Footnotes

(a) ‹anchor: "CAP. I. —"› · printed under col 913

Ms. Vat Hisp., Gaudeamus, cum exemplari primae editionis, et cum mss. collect. 24, ac uno Vat. collect. 21, in quibus post pauca, gloriemur.

The Vatican Hispana manuscript: Gaudeamus [let us rejoice], with the exemplar of the first edition, and with the manuscripts of collection 24 and one Vatican [manuscript] of collection 21, in which, a little after, [one reads] gloriemur [let us glory].

(b) ‹anchor: "gloriamur,"› · printed under col 913

Tres codices, quia. Vulgati ante Quesn., quia… ostendis.

Three manuscripts: quia [because]. The printed editions before Quesnel: quia… ostendis [because… you show].

Haec distinctio litterarum Anatolii et relationis legatorum indicare videri potest legatos non per epistolas, sed viva voce retulisse quae hac in epistola memorantur, ac si jam Romam pervenerint. Sed relationis nomine Leo usus est in epistola praecedenti, c. 2, cum loqueretur de Anatolio, qui sane per epistolam retulit; ac praeterea eos legatos serius in Urbem ingressos patebit ex annot. 4 (Col. 919, n. e) in epist. 83.

This distinction between Anatolius's letter and the report of the legates may seem to indicate that the legates reported what is mentioned in this letter not by letters but by word of mouth, as though they had already arrived in Rome. But Leo used the word report in the preceding letter, chapter 2, when he was speaking of Anatolius, who certainly reported by letter; and besides, it will be clear from note 4 (col. 919, n. e) on Letter 83 that those legates entered the City later.

(d) ‹anchor: "amplectimur; et"› · printed under col 913

Horum gestorum fargmentum, quod superest ex Vita S. Abundi apostolica legatione functi, in appendice edetur.

A fragment of these proceedings, which survives from the Life of St Abundius, who served in the apostolic legation, will be published in the appendix.

(e) ‹anchor: "filios nostros"› · printed under col 913

Cod. Vallicell. A. 5 collect. 8 et exemplar primae editionis, Caterium, Vat. 5845 ejusdem collect, 8, Carnerium quesnellus in margine: Al., Castorium, vel Carterium; quod postremum invenimus in mss collect. 21.

The Vallicelliana manuscript A. 5 of collection 8 and the exemplar of the first edition: Caterium; Vatican 5845 of the same collection 8: Carnerium; Quesnel in the margin: elsewhere Castorium, or Carterium; the last of which we found in the manuscripts of collection 21.

(f) ‹anchor: "tua scripta"› · printed under col 913

Unus Vat., detulerant. Prima editio, qui vestra scripta detulerunt.

One Vatican [manuscript]: detulerant [had brought]. The first edition: who brought your [plural] letter.

(g) ‹anchor: "post venerabilem"› · printed under col 913

Exemplum primae editionis, diem festum paschalem. Cod. Grim., diem Paschae emisimus. Cum clericis Constantinopolitanis hic memoratis hae litterae traditae fuerint, praeteritum tempus remisimus a Leone accipitur, uti explicavimus annot. 7 (Col, 909, n. d) in epist. 78.

The exemplar of the first edition: diem festum paschalem [the paschal feast day]. The Grimani manuscript: diem Paschae emisimus [the day of Easter we sent out]. Since this letter was handed to the Constantinopolitan clerics mentioned here, the past tense remisimus [we have sent back] is used by Leo, as we explained in note 7 (col. 909, n. d) on Letter 78.

(h) ‹anchor: "communionis nostrae"› · printed under col 913

Prima editio, cupiditate inflammatos e⟨ss⟩e. Po⟨st⟩ pauca Vindebon. Hisp. et Vat. collect. 11, contra impotentiam, id est immoderatam potentiam.

The first edition: to be inflamed with desire. A little after, the Vienna Hispana and the Vatican [manuscript] of collection 11: contra impotentiam [against unbridled power], that is, immoderate power.

Editors' prose

scriptis missis probata. — II. De his qui metu in haeresim lapsi sunt, ut si conversi fuerint recipiantur. — III. De nominibus haereticorum ad sacrum altare non recitandis. — IV. De commendatione [Al. commemoratione] Juliani episcopi, vel eorum clericorum qui Flaviano episcopo in fide adhaeserunt.

[…] approved by the letters sent. — II. On those who have fallen into heresy through fear, that they are to be received if they have been converted. — III. On not reciting the names of heretics at the holy altar. — IV. On the commendation [elsewhere commemoration] of Bishop Julian, or of those clerics who adhered to Bishop Flavian in the faith.

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running head: 913 EPISTOLA LXXX. (continuing across the page: 914)
marginal letters: A ‹scriptis missis probata›; B ‹Christo (II Cor. XI. 2)›; C ‹tra (h) cupidos esse›; D ‹Vita S. Abundi› (in the footnotes)
old-edition numerals: 1039 after ‹Despondi enim›
signature: none
other: the synopsis of Letter LXXX (begun in col 912) ends at the head of this column; the damaged letters in note (h) are supplied in ⟨ ⟩.

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contra potentiam contraque terrores non tenuisse constantiam, sed alieno sceleri praebuisse consensum, cum ita eos formido turbasset ut in damnationem catholici atque innocentis antistitis, et in receptionem detestabilis pravitatis trepido famularentur obsequio, illud quidem quod praesentibus et agentibus nostris constitutum est approbamus, ut suarum interim Ecclesiarum essent communione contenti; sed cum legatis nostris quos misimus participata tecum sollicitudine volumus disponatur. quatenus hi qui plenis satisfactionibus male gesta condemnant, et accusare se magis eligunt quam tueri, pacis et communionis nostrae unitate laetentur; ita ut digno prius anathemate quae contra fidem catholicam sunt recepta damnentur. Aliter enim in Ecclesia Dei, quae corpus est Christi, nec rata sunt sacerdotia, nec vera sacrificia, nisi in nostrae proprietate naturae verus nos Pontifex reconciliet, verus immaculati Agni sanguis emundet.

[…] did not keep their constancy against power and against terrors, but gave consent to another's crime, since fear had so disturbed them that they served with trembling compliance in the condemnation of a catholic and innocent prelate and in the acceptance of a detestable depravity: that which was settled while our [legates] were present and acting we indeed approve, namely that they should for the time being be content with the communion of their own Churches; but we will that [the matter] be arranged by our legates whom we have sent, sharing the solicitude with you, so that those who condemn what was wrongly done with full satisfaction, and choose rather to accuse themselves than to defend themselves, may rejoice in the unity of our peace and communion; in such a way that the things that were accepted against the catholic faith be first condemned with a fitting anathema. For otherwise, in the Church of God, which is the body of Christ, neither are priesthoods valid nor sacrifices true, unless the true High Priest reconcile us in the reality of our own nature, [and] the true blood of the spotless Lamb cleanse [us].

Qui licet in Patris sit dextera constitutus, in eadem tamen carne quam sumpsit ex Virgine sacramentum propitiationis exsequitur, dicente Apostolo: Christus Jesus, qui mortuus est, immo qui et resurrexit, qui est in dextera Dei. qui etiam interpellat pro nobis (Rom. VIII, 34). Neque enim potest in aliquo benignitas nostra reprehendi, cum satisfacientes recipimus quos doluimus esse deceptos. Nec aspere igitur communionis nostrae gratia deneganda est, nec temere largienda quia SICUT PLENUM pietatis est oppressis charitatem Dominicam redhiberi, ita justum est omnia perturbationis auctoribus imputari.

And although He is set at the right hand of the Father, yet in the same flesh which He took from the Virgin He carries out the mystery of propitiation, as the Apostle says: Christ Jesus, Who died, yes, Who also rose again, Who is at the right hand of God, Who also intercedes for us (Rom. 8:34). Nor indeed can our kindness be blamed in anything when we receive, as they make satisfaction, those whom we grieved to have been deceived. The grace of our communion, therefore, is neither to be harshly denied nor rashly bestowed; for AS IT IS FULL of piety that the Lord's charity be restored to the oppressed, so it is just that everything be imputed to the authors of the disturbance.

CAP. III. — De nominibus autem Dioscori, Juvenalis et Eustathii ad sacrum altare recitandis dilectionem

CHAP. III. — But concerning the names of Dioscorus, Juvenal and Eustathius being recited at the holy altar, [it befits] your love […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 914

Footnotes

(i) ‹anchor: "non tenuisse"› · printed under col 914

Vat. Hisp., sententiam. Mox cum Merlinus sine ulla interposita particula ediderit, constantiam alieno sceleri, ante vocem alieno addita fuit in editionibus particula sed, quam quidem invenimus in Vindebon. Hisp., in Vat. collect. 3 et in duobus collect. 8. At caeteri novem codices diversarum collectionum praeferunt et.

The Vatican Hispana: sententiam [opinion]. Shortly after, since Merlin published constantiam alieno sceleri without any particle inserted, the particle sed [but] was added before the word alieno in the editions, and we have indeed found it in the Vienna Hispana, in the Vatican [manuscript] of collection 3 and in two of collection 8. But the other nine manuscripts of various collections show et [and].

(j) ‹anchor: "praesentibus et agentibus"› · printed under col 914

Vide annot. 11 (Col. 911 n. f) in epist. praecedentem, ubi hic legatos, qui antea Constantinopolim missi fuerant, dein vero alios legatos, qui transmittendi erant, indicari ostendimus. In verba autem, ut suarum interim Ecclesiarum essent communione contenti, confer not. 1 Quesn.

See note 11 (col. 911, n. f) on the preceding letter, where we showed that here the legates who had been sent to Constantinople earlier are meant, and then other legates, who were to be sent. On the words that they should for the time being be content with the communion of their own Churches, compare Quesnel's note 1.

(k) ‹anchor: "condemnant, et"› · printed under col 914

Vat. Hisp. et alius Vat. collect. 11, accusari.

The Vatican Hispana and another Vatican [manuscript] of collection 11: accusari [to be accused].

(l) ‹anchor: "Aliter enim"› · printed under col 914 (its mark is printed "(c)")

1 qu. 1, In Ecclesia Dei qua corpus, c. 68.

[Gratian, Decretum, Causa] 1, question 1, In the Church of God which [is the] body, chapter 68.

(m) ‹anchor: "nec rata"› · printed under col 914

Codd. collect. 8 cum Grimanico collect. 18 et Barberino collect. 3, sacrata sunt. Prima editio, sacra.

The manuscripts of collection 8, with the Grimani of collection 18 and the Barberini of collection 3: sacrata sunt [are consecrated]. The first edition: sacra [sacred].

(n) ‹anchor: "Pontifex reconciliet,"› · printed under col 914

Cod. Vat. collect. 3, et unus collect. 21 et verus

The Vatican manuscript of collection 3, and one of collection 21: and the true

(o) ‹anchor: "qui est"› · printed under col 914

Unus cod. Vat. ad dexteram. Mox cod. Vat. Hisp. et Isid., Neque enim poterit.

One Vatican manuscript: ad dexteram [at the right hand]. Shortly after, the Vatican Hispana and Isidorian manuscripts: Neque enim poterit [nor indeed will it be able].

(p) ‹anchor: "redhiberi, ita"› · printed under col 914

Cod. Vat. Isid. et alius collect. 11, cum duobus Thuaneis, et uno Cantabrig. Quesnelli, justum est omnia perturbantis auctoritatem amputari.

The Vatican Isidorian manuscript and another of collection 11, with two of de Thou's and one of Quesnel's Cambridge [manuscripts]: it is just that all the authority of the one causing disturbance be cut off.

(q) ‹anchor: "De nominibus autem"› · printed under col 914

Vide notam 2 Quesnelli.

See Quesnel's note 2.

(r) ‹anchor: "ad sacrum altare"› · printed under cols 914–915

Editi cum utrisque Hisp. aliisque posterioribus collectionibus inserunt non. Delevimus autem auctoritate praestantiorum et vetustiorum collectionum, nimirum ms. Vat. collect. 3, duorum collect. 8, et praestantissimi Ratisp. collect. 19, cum quibus concinunt exemplaria primae editionis atque Sichardi, Enimvero hac in re Anatolius dubitasse videtur, tametsi legati, dum Constantinopoli essent, Dioscorum, Juvenalem, et Eustathium, e diptychis non recitandos affirmassent, eo quod Ephesinae impietatis capita haberentur. Ratio quam S. Leo subjicit legatorum sententiam approbat. Hinc ex codicibus Vat. 5845 collect. 8. Ratisp. et mss. collect. 24, nec non ex prima editione ac Sichardo praetulinus dixerunt pro vulgato dixerint.

The printed editions, with both Hispana manuscripts and other later collections, insert non [not]. But we have deleted it on the authority of the better and older collections, namely the Vatican manuscript of collection 3, two of collection 8, and the excellent Ratisbon manuscript of collection 19, with which the exemplars of the first edition and of Sichard agree. Indeed Anatolius seems to have been in doubt on this matter, although the legates, while they were in Constantinople, had declared that Dioscorus, Juvenal and Eustathius were not to be recited from the diptychs, because they were held to be the heads of the Ephesine impiety. The reason which St Leo adds approves the legates' opinion. Hence, from the manuscripts Vatican 5845 of collection 8, the Ratisbon and the manuscripts of collection 24, and also from the first edition and Sichard, we have preferred dixerunt [they said] to the common dixerint [they may have said].

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running head: EPISTOLA LXXX. 914 (shared with col 913)
marginal letters: A ‹contra potentiam contraque›; B ‹Dei, quae corpus est›; C ‹CAP. III. — De nominibus›; D ‹(m) Codd. collect. 8› (in the footnotes)
old-edition numerals: 1040 after ‹quatenus hi qui›
signature: none
other: "SICUT PLENUM" printed in small capitals.

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tuam hoc decet custodire, quod nostri ibidem constituti faciendum esse dixerunt, quodque honorandae S. Flaviani memoriae non repugnet, et a gratia tua Christianae plebis animos non avertat. Nam iniquum nimis est atque incongruum eos qui innocentes et catholicos sua persecutione vexarunt sanctorum nominibus sine discretione misceri: cum damnatam impietatem non deserentes ipsi se sua pravitate condemnent; quos convenit, aut percelli pro perfidia, aut laborare pro venia.

[…] to keep what our [legates], when stationed there, said was to be done, and what does not conflict with the memory of St Flavian, which is to be honoured, and does not turn the minds of the Christian people away from favour towards you. For it is exceedingly unjust and unfitting that those who have harassed innocent and catholic men with their persecution should be mingled without distinction with the names of the saints: since, by not abandoning a condemned impiety, they condemn themselves by their own depravity; and it is fitting that they either be struck down for their perfidy or labour for pardon.

CAP. IV. — Fratrem vero et coepiscopum nostrum Julianum, et clericos qui sanctae memoriae Flaviano fidelibus officiis adhaeserunt, dilectioni quoque tuae volumus adhaerere; ut quem fidei suae meritis vivere apud Deum nostrum novimus, in te sibi eum praesentem esse cognoscant. Illud quoque dilectionem tuam nosse volumus, fratrem et coepiscopum nostrum Eusebium, qui causa fidei multa discrimina laboresque toleravit, nobiscum interim demorari et in nostra nunc communione persistere: cujus Ecclesiam tua sollicitudine volumus esse defensam, ut nihil eodem absente depereat, et nullus ei in aliquo praejudicare praesumat, donec cum litterarum nostrarum ad vos prosecutione perveniat. Et ut major circa te vel nostra vel totius Christianae plebis affectio provocetur, hoc quod ad dilectionem tuam scripsimus in omnium volumus notitiam pervenire: ut qui Deo nostro deserviunt de confirmata apud te pace sedis apostolicae gratulentur. De caeteris vero causis atque personis dilectio tua litteris, quas per nostros accipiet, plenius instruetur. Data idibus Aprilis. Adelfio viro clarissimo consule.

CHAP. IV. — We will also that our brother and fellow bishop Julian, and the clerics who adhered with faithful service to Flavian of holy memory, be attached to your love as well; so that they may recognize that he whom we know to live with our God by the merits of his faith is present to them in you. We wish your love to know this too: that our brother and fellow bishop Eusebius, who has endured many dangers and labours for the cause of the faith, is staying with us for the time being and now remains in our communion. We will that his Church be defended by your solicitude, so that nothing be lost in his absence, and that no one presume to prejudice his rights in anything until he comes to you, accompanied by our letter. And so that greater affection towards you, whether ours or that of the whole Christian people, may be called forth, we will that what we have written to your love come to the knowledge of all: so that those who serve our God may rejoice at the peace of the apostolic see confirmed with you. On the other causes and persons, your love will be more fully instructed by the letter which it will receive through our [envoys]. Given on the Ides of April. Adelfius, a man of clarissimus rank, being consul.

EPISTOLA LXXXI.

LETTER LXXXI.

AD JULIANUM EPISCOPUM

TO JULIAN, BISHOP

Editors' notes and page, col. 915

Footnotes

(r) continued from col 914, set in n914.

(a) ‹anchor: "venia. Nam"› · printed under col 915

Vat. Hisp. et Isid. cum tribus laudatis a Quesnello codd., inimicum.

The Vatican Hispana and Isidorian, with three manuscripts cited by Quesnel: inimicum [hostile].

(b) ‹anchor: "non deserentes"› · printed under col 915

Exemplum primae editionis, ipsa sua pravitate condemnentur.

The exemplar of the first edition: are condemned by their very own depravity.

Cod. Ratisp. omittit nostrum: et dein habet vel clericos, sumpto vel pro et, quod pariter legitur in Vindebon. Hisp. et hic et in titulo hujus capitis, in codicibus collect. 11 et 24, nec non in exemplis Sichardi et primae editionis.

The Ratisbon manuscript omits nostrum [our]; and then it has vel clericos [or the clerics], vel being taken for et [and], which is likewise read in the Vienna Hispana, both here and in the title of this chapter, in the manuscripts of collections 11 and 24, and also in the exemplars of Sichard and of the first edition.

(d) ‹anchor: "ut quem"› · printed under col 915

Cod. Barb. collect. 3 et Vat. 5845 collect. 8, nec non Grim. et prima editio, fidei sacramentis

The Barberini manuscript of collection 3 and Vatican 5845 of collection 8, and also the Grimani and the first edition: by the sacraments of faith

(e) ‹anchor: "defensam,"› · printed under col 915

Sex voculas subsequentes desiderat Grimanicus codex. Quidam codices, et nihil. Ratisp., ut et nihil, qui mox supprimit ei.

The Grimani manuscript lacks the six little words that follow. Some manuscripts: et nihil [and nothing]. The Ratisbon: ut et nihil [so that also nothing], and shortly after it omits ei [to him].

(f) ‹anchor: "Deo nostro"› · printed under col 915

Exemplum primae editionis, nunc serviunt.

The exemplar of the first edition: now serve.

(g) ‹anchor: "gratulentur."› · printed under col 915

Idem exemplar: De caeteris vero dissidii causis atque perversionis dilectio tua etc.

The same exemplar: But on the other causes of dissension and perversion your love, etc.

(h) ‹anchor: "per nostros"› · printed under col 915

Indicatur epistola 85. Vide adnot. 7 (Col. 909, n. d) in epist. 78.

Letter 85 is meant. See note 7 (col. 909, n. d) on Letter 78.

(i) ‹anchor: "Data"› · printed under col 915

Sic omnes nostri codices et editi. Quesnellus in margine. Al., VI idus.

So all our manuscripts and editions. Quesnel in the margin: elsewhere, the sixth [day before the] Ides.

(j) ‹anchor: "EPISTOLA"› · printed under cols 915–916

Al. 61. Quae autem antea 81, nunc 107. Scripta 13 Aprilis an. 451.

Elsewhere 61. That which was formerly 81 is now 107. Written 13 April in the year 451.

(k) ‹anchor: heading "AD JULIANUM"› · printed under col 916

Invenitur haec epistola in mss. collect. 12, 18 et 19

This letter is found in the manuscripts of collections 12, 18 and 19

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — Julianum diu per Dioscori improbitatem vexatum monet lapsos in communionem recipi non debere, nisi perfidia cum auctoribus damnata.

SYNOPSIS. — He warns Julian, long harassed through the wickedness of Dioscorus, that the lapsed ought not to be received into communion unless their perfidy has been condemned together with its authors.

Page

running head: 915 S. LEONIS MAGNI (continuing across the page: EPISTOLAE. 916)
marginal letters: A ‹ctionem tuam hoc decet›; B ‹sibi eum praesentem›; C ‹(i) idibus Aprilis›; D ‹clericos, sumpto vel› (in the footnotes)
old-edition numerals: 1041 after ‹sanctorum›; 1042 before ‹EPISTOLA (j) LXXXI›
signature: none
other: Letter LXXX ends and Letter LXXXI begins in this column; the synopsis of LXXXI runs on to the head of col 916 (its word "improbita-tem" is split across the break and set whole here, with the rest of the synopsis). "damnatu" at the synopsis's end is a worn italic a, set as "damnata".

PL 54:916

LEO episcopus JULIANO episcopo.

LEO, bishop, TO JULIAN, bishop.

Litteras fraternitatis tuae per filios nostros Constantinopolitanos clericos, nuntias tuae salutatis accepi; quibus te magnis tribulationibus gravatum fuisse significas: cum utique non defuerit materia sollicitudinis et laboris, quae inter procaces catholicae fidei adversarios inhaerentem veritati animum fatigarent; isque, ut scribis, fuerit animus ut per occasionem necessitatis et nobis te et patriae praesentares. Quod vere futurum speraveram, ut apertius omnium haereticorum ambages tuo ore recognoscerem. Sed gratias Deo, quod ita et incolumitas tua, et Ecclesiae causa profecit, ut liberum tibi fuerit apud eos interim degere, quorum nobis probabilis consensus innotuit, sicut et fratris Anatolii scripta profitentur, et gesta quae apud ipsum coram nostri sunt confecta demonstrant, frater charissime.

I have received, through our sons the clerics of Constantinople, the letter of your fraternity, bringing news of your safety; in it you indicate that you have been weighed down by great tribulations: since, surely, there was no lack of matter for anxiety and toil, such as would weary a mind clinging to the truth among the insolent adversaries of the catholic faith; and your intention, as you write, was to present yourself, on the occasion of this necessity, both to us and to your homeland. This I had truly hoped would come about, so that I might learn more clearly from your own mouth the evasions of all the heretics. But thanks be to God, that both your safety and the cause of the Church have so advanced that you have been free to live for the time being among those whose commendable agreement has become known to us, as both the letter of [our] brother Anatolius declares and the proceedings which were drawn up with him in the presence of our [legates] show, dearest brother.

Remeantibus ergo praedictis, salutationis vicissitudinem reddo, et ut contra falsitatis astutias perseverantem diligentiam teneas fidenter exhortor; cum tibi ad hoc et tuus animus et nostra auctoritas suffragetur. Quoniam licet de multis meliora indicta sint, quod scilicet doleant se deceptos, et damnata perfidia cum auctoribus suis, gratiam nostrae communionis exposcant (quod nos adeo libenter accepimus, reddituri his hanc quam desiderant communionem, cum promissa compleverint), quosdam tamen persistere in sua obduratione cognovimus; quos oportet districtius comprimi, si nequeunt benignitate sanari. Ad quam rem nostros post diem venerabilem Paschae dirigemus, qui tecum participato consilio ea quae a

As the aforesaid return, therefore, I return your greeting, and I confidently exhort you to keep a persevering diligence against the wiles of falsehood; since both your own spirit and our authority support you in this. For although better things have been reported of many, namely that they grieve at having been deceived, and, their perfidy having been condemned together with its authors, beg the grace of our communion (which we have received so gladly that we will restore to them this communion which they desire when they have fulfilled what they promised), yet we have learned that some persist in their obduracy; and these must be restrained more strictly if they cannot be healed by kindness. For this matter we shall send our [envoys] after the venerable day of Easter, who, taking counsel together with you, will carry out the things which […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 916

Footnotes

(j) continued from col 915, set in n915.

(k) printed at the head of this column's notes; its call is in col 915 (heading of Letter LXXXI), set in n915.

(l) ‹anchor: "fatigarent;"› · printed under col 916

Duo codd. collect. 12 idque, ut scribis, fuerit animi. Ratisp. habet idque, sed animus.

Two manuscripts of collection 12: and this, as you write, was [your] mind's [intention]. The Ratisbon has idque, but animus.

(m) ‹anchor: "tuo ore"› · printed under col 916

Ita ex mss. superiori annotatione memoratis. Vulgati ex aliquo codice, cognoscerem, omisso re ob earumdem litterarum concursum in fine vocis praecedentis.

So from the manuscripts mentioned in the note above. The printed editions, from some manuscript: cognoscerem [I might learn], re being omitted because of the meeting of the same letters at the end of the preceding word.

(n) ‹anchor: "cum promissa"› · printed under col 916

Ratisp., praemissa.

The Ratisbon: praemissa [the things set out before].

(o) ‹anchor: "diem venerabilem"› · printed under col 916

Vocem Paschae, quae in nostris mss. et editis deest, a Quesnello insertam ex codice Grimanico retinuimus, eo quod similiter in epistola praecedenti cap. I, post venerabilem diem festi paschalis Constantinopolitani clerici ad Anatolium remissi seu potius remittendi tradantur, cum quibus suos quoque legatos S. Leo transmittere jam destinaverat, uti monuimus annot. 7 (Col. 909, n. d) in epist. 78. Hanc autem postillam idem Quesnellus margini adjecit: Grimanicus addit Paschae, hoc forte intelligens de octava Paschatis, quod fuerat 8 Aprilis. Id censuit, propterea quod hanc epistolam exaratam credidit ipsis idibus Aprilis quibus signatur. Sed omnes has epistolas notatas idibus Aprilis ante Pascha fuisse scriptas, cum Leo cogitabat legatos Constantinopolitanis clericis remeantibus jungere; signatas autem fuisse ea die qua mutato consilio legationem distulit, et solos Constantinopolitanos clericos dimisit, probabilius est. Sic enim conciliantur quae in hujusmodi litteris difficultatem facessunt. Hinc autem pro die Paschatis, ejus octavam hoc loco intelligere opus non est.

The word Paschae [of Easter], which is lacking in our manuscripts and editions, inserted by Quesnel from the Grimani manuscript, we have retained, because likewise in the preceding letter, chapter I, the Constantinopolitan clerics are said to have been sent back, or rather to be sent back, to Anatolius after the venerable day of the paschal feast, and with them St Leo had already determined to send his own legates as well, as we pointed out in note 7 (col. 909, n. d) on Letter 78. The same Quesnel added this note in the margin: The Grimani adds Paschae, perhaps understanding this of the octave of Easter, which had been 8 April. He thought this because he believed that this letter was written on the very Ides of April on which it is dated. But it is more probable that all these letters dated on the Ides of April were written before Easter, when Leo was thinking of joining legates to the returning Constantinopolitan clerics, and that they were dated on the day on which, having changed his plan, he put off the legation and dismissed the Constantinopolitan clerics alone. For in this way the things that cause difficulty in letters of this kind are reconciled. Hence there is no need in this place to understand the octave of Easter instead of the day of Easter itself.