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Leo the Great, Letters

Letters XCI–XCIII

apostolis sibi traditam praedicarunt, non patiamin⟨i⟩ quasi dubiam retractari; et quae olim majorum sunt auctoritate damnata, redivivis non permittatis conatibus excitari; illudque potius jubeatis et antiquae Nicaenae synodi constituta, remota haereticorum interpretatione, permaneant. Nec me quoque, ut voluit vestra clementia, ab illo credatis abesse concilio, cum in his fratribus quos direxi, id est Paschasino et Lucentio episcopis, Bonifacio et Basilio presbyteris, sed et in fratre meo Juliano, quem eorum volui esse participem, etiam mea sit aestimanda praesentia. Quos, auxiliante Christo, ita acturos esse confido, ut ea quae Domino nostro placeant, decernantur, accedente pietatis vestrae studio, quod et paci prosit, et religioni, et custodiae veritatis. Data sexto kalendas Julii, Adelfio viro clarissimo consule.

[…] received from the apostles and preached, you will not allow to be handled again as if doubtful; and that you will not permit what was once condemned by the authority of our elders to be stirred up by revived attempts; and that you will rather command that the decrees of the ancient Nicene synod remain, with the heretics' interpretation set aside. Nor, as your clemency wished, should you believe me to be absent from that council, since in these brethren whom I have sent, that is, Paschasinus and Lucentius the bishops and Boniface and Basil the presbyters, and also in my brother Julian, whom I wished to be their partner, my presence too is to be reckoned. I trust that they, with Christ's help, will so act that those things which please our Lord may be decreed, with the added zeal of your piety, which may benefit peace, and religion, and the safekeeping of the truth. Given on the sixth day before the Kalends of July, in the consulship of Adelfius, a man most illustrious.

EPISTOLA XCI.

LETTER XCI.

AD ANATOLIUM EPISCOPUM CONSTANTINOPOLITANUM.

To Anatolius, bishop of Constantinople.

Leo Anatolio episcopo.

Leo to Anatolius, bishop.

Cognita clementissimi principis ex his quas ad nos misit litteris voluntate mirati sumus congregandae

Having learned the will of the most clement prince from the letter which he sent to us, we wondered that for the assembling […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 934

Footnotes

(e) ‹remota haereticorum interpretatione,› · printed under col 933

Sic nostri codices et editi ante Quesn., qui cum solo nostro Vindebon. Hisp.., permanerent.

So our manuscripts and the editions before Quesnel; he, with our Vienna Hispana alone, [reads] permanerent.

(f) ‹id est› · printed under cols 933–934 (runs over to the head of the footnotes under col 934)

Vindebon. Hisp., Paschasino episcopis, ubi ob plurale episcopis librarii saltu omissus agnoscitur Lucentius. Hunc saltum ignorans primus scriptor ejus liberioris collectionis Hispanicae, quae continetur in Vat. 1341, ex ingenio emendavit Paschasino episcopo. In Vat. Isid. omissum etiam fuit episcopo.

The Vienna Hispana: Paschasino episcopis, where, because of the plural episcopis, Lucentius is recognized to have been left out by a skip of the copyist's eye. Not knowing of this skip, the first scribe of that freer Spanish collection which is contained in Vat. 1341 emended by conjecture to Paschasino episcopo. In the Vatican Isidoriana episcopo was also omitted.

(g) ‹presbyteris, sed› · printed under col 934

Vide not. 3 Quesn. et observationes nostras eidem sujectas.

See Quesnel's note 3 and our observations appended to it.

(h) ‹Quos,› · printed under col 934

Cum in puriori Vindebon. Hisp. Scriptum legatur, auxiliante ita, suppletum fuit arbitrio librarii in Vat. Hisp., auxiliante divina gratia, ita, etc., eademque lectio fuit traducta in Vat. Isid.

Whereas in the purer Vienna Hispana auxiliante ita is found written, in the Vatican Hispana it was filled out at the copyist's discretion as auxiliante divina gratia, ita, etc., and the same reading was carried over into the Vatican Isidoriana.

(i) ‹studio, quod› · printed under col 934

Vulg, et paci prosit religionis, et custodiae veritatis. Utrique Hisp. cum Vat. Isid. et paci prosit, et religionis custodia, vel custodiae veritatis. Vat. collect. 24, et paci prosit, et religioni custodia veritatis. Sichardus, et religioni sit custodia veritatis. Merlinus et religionis sit custodia. Ratisponensis codex veram lectionem praebuit.

The printed editions: et paci prosit religionis, et custodiae veritatis. Both Hispanas with the Vatican Isidoriana: et paci prosit, et religionis custodia, vel custodiae veritatis. The Vatican [manuscript] of collection 24: et paci prosit, et religioni custodia veritatis. Sichard: et religioni sit custodia veritatis. Merlin: et religionis sit custodia. The Regensburg codex has furnished the true reading.

(j) ‹veritatis. Data› · printed under col 934

Ita codd. Grim. et Thuan. Quesnelli, ac nostri Ratisp. utrique Hisp. Vat. Isid., aliique collect. 11 et 21 Male in vulgatis cum mss. collect. 24 ac Merlino et Sichardo, sexto kal. Junii. Codex Venetus collect. 12 item erronee, sexto idus Julii.

So Quesnel's Grimani and Thou manuscripts, and our Regensburg, both Hispanas, the Vatican Isidoriana, and others of collections 11 and 21. Wrongly, in the printed editions with the manuscripts of collection 24 and Merlin and Sichard: sexto kal. Junii. The Venice codex of collection 12, likewise erroneously: sexto idus Julii.

(k) ‹EPISTOLA› · printed under col 934

Alias 70, Quae autem antea 91 erat, nunc 118. Scripta 26 Junii an. 451.

Elsewhere 70. The one that was formerly 91 is now 118. Written 26 June in the year 451.

(l) ‹EPISTOLA XCI.› · printed under col 934

Hanc epistolam e ms. Grimanico a Quesnello deitam cum Ratisp. contulimus.

This letter, edited by Quesnel from the Grimani manuscript, we have collated with the Regensburg [manuscript].

(m) ‹ad nos misit› · printed under cols 934–935 (runs over to the head of the footnotes under col 935)

Tomo IV Concilior. editionis Venetae pag. 837 exstant Graecae Marciani litterae Anatolio inscriptae, quibus invitatur ad synodum. In mss. autem Graecis bibliothecae Caesareae apud Lambecium tom. VIII, pag. 495, eaedem litterae inscribuntur, Λέοντι και Ανατολιω Leoni et Anatalio. Antiqua earumdem litterarum versio pag. 1985 tom. IV. Concil. generalem encyclicam praefert cum titulo: Sacrae litterae eorumdem piisimorum imperatorum ubique ad Deo amantissimos episcopos. Cum vero in ipsis litteris de Leone dicatur: Sicut etiam epistola religiosissimi episcopi gloriosae civitatis Romae ostendit; quae verba in literis ad hunc pontificem vel omitti vel aliter efferri debuerunt, si exemplar simile nulla peculiari epistola sociatum ad Leonem directum fuit; hinc ipsam epistolam ad eumdem nos habere, affirmare non licet. Hae autem litterae datae proferuntur in Graeco XVI kal. Junias, in Latinis vero exemplaribus collect. 5 Quesnellianae, et Rustici X kal. Junias; concilio autem Nicaeae habendo, uti tum indictum fuit, praestituitur dies kal. Septembris.

In vol. IV of the Councils, Venice edition, p. 837, there survives Marcian's letter in Greek addressed to Anatolius, by which he is invited to the synod. In the Greek manuscripts of the Imperial Library, however, in Lambeck, vol. VIII, p. 495, the same letter is inscribed Λέοντι και Ανατολιω, "To Leo and Anatolius". An ancient version of the same letter, p. 1985, vol. IV of the Councils, presents it as a general encyclical, with the title: "Sacred letter of the same most pious emperors to the most God-loving bishops everywhere." But since in the letter itself it is said of Leo, "As the letter of the most religious bishop of the glorious city of Rome also shows", words which in a letter to this pontiff ought either to have been omitted or put otherwise, if a like copy was sent to Leo without any letter of its own accompanying it, we may not therefore affirm that we have the very letter to him. This letter, moreover, is presented as dated, in the Greek, XVI kal. Junias, but in the Latin copies of Quesnel's collection 5 and of Rusticus, X kal. Junias; and for the council to be held at Nicaea, as it was then summoned, the day appointed is the Kalends of September.

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — Etsi brevius spatium cogendo concilio datum esset, se tamen legatos mittere vicem suam impleturos.

Synopsis. — Although too short a time had been given for gathering the council, he nevertheless sends legates to fill his place.

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running head: 933 · EPISTOLA XCI. · 934 (across the page, page number over this column)
marginal letters: A ‹apostolis sibi traditam› (in the gutter); B ‹ritatis. Data›; C ‹tur, auxiliante ita› (note h); D ‹(m) Tomo IV Concilior.› (note m)
old-edition numerals: 1065 after ‹Lucentio episcopis,›
signature: none
other: the last letter of "patiamin⟨i⟩" (first line) is lost at the scan's right edge and supplied; the text breaks at "congregandae" with no hyphen; in note (m) the accents and breathings of "και Ανατολιω" are not legible at the scan's resolution and are set bare as seen

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synodo tam angustum tempus appositum, cum etsi nulla necessitas hostilitatis existeret, ipsa interjectorum dierum paucitas necessarios Sacerdotes nos evocare non sineret. Quando enim per diversas longinquasque provincias mitteremus, ut vere possit fieri universale concilium? sed quia clementissimi principis eo affectu amplectimur voluntatem, ut huic dispositioni ipsius noluerimus obsistere, maxime cum magno desiderio a nobis hoc etiam ipse deposcas, fratrem et coepiscopum nostrum PASCHASINUM nobis probabilem virem de securiore provincia fecimus navigare: cui fratrem comprebysterum nostrum BONIFACIUM de Urbe conjunximus; illos quoque eisdem sociantes, qui prius fuerant ordinati, ut participe in omnibus actionibus fratre et coepiscopo nostro JULIANO, cujus fidem saepe probavimus, nostra vice utantur in futuro concilio. Neque enim illic ullis contentionum difficultatibus credimus laborandum, cum et ipse indicare dignatus sis, quod in suscipienda catholica fide et damnatione Eutychis atque Nestorii omnes orientales subscripserint sacerdotes. Data sexto kalendas Julii, Adelfio viro clarissimo consule.

[…] synod so narrow a time was set, since even if no necessity arising from hostilities existed, the very fewness of the intervening days would not allow us to summon the necessary priests. For when could we send through the various and distant provinces, so that a council might truly be made universal? But because we embrace the will of the most clement prince with such affection that we have been unwilling to oppose this arrangement of his, especially since you yourself also ask this of us with great desire, we have had our brother and fellow bishop PASCHASINUS, a man approved by us, sail from a safer province; to whom we have joined our brother and fellow presbyter BONIFACE from the City, associating with them also those who had previously been appointed, so that, with our brother and fellow bishop JULIAN, whose faith we have often proved, taking part in all the proceedings, they may act in our stead in the coming council. For we do not believe that there will have to be any labour there over the difficulties of disputes, since you yourself have also deigned to indicate that in receiving the catholic faith and in the condemnation of Eutyches and Nestorius all the eastern priests have subscribed. Given on the sixth day before the kalends of July, Adelfius, a man of clarissimus rank, being consul.

EPISTOLA XCII.

LETTER XCII.

AD JULIANUM COENSEM EPISCOPUM.

TO JULIAN, BISHOP OF COS.

LEO JULIANO episcopo.

LEO to JULIAN, bishop.

Quid de dilectionis tuae animo jubicemus, saepius agnovisti: praecesserunt enim plurima, quae nos facerent ista praesumere. Unde cum ob hoc, secundum christianissimi principis voluntatem, in urbe Nicaena sacerdotalis habenda sit synodus, ut omnium scandalorum strepitus auferatur, necessarie fraternitati tuae quod omni Ecclesiae prosit injungimus, ut cum fratribus et coepiscopis nostris Paschasino et Lucentio, sed et fratribus et compresbyteris nostris Bonifacio et Basilio, quos vice nostra ad praedictum conventum ire praecipimus, curam tuam actionemque conjungas in omnibus, auctoritate nostrae praeceptionis usurus: quoniam scimus omnium illic actarum rerum majorem te quam nostros habere notitiam: ut dum curam tuam illis consiliumque sociaveris, in nulla parte fallantur; sed omnia, Deo adjuvante, veniant in effectum, quae fidei et paci probaveris convenire. Data sexto kalendas Julii, Adelfio viro clarissimo consule.

What we judge of the mind of your affection you have often recognized: for very many things have gone before which would make us presume these things. Hence, since for this reason, according to the will of the most Christian prince, a synod of priests is to be held in the city of Nicaea, so that the din of all scandals may be taken away, we of necessity enjoin on your brotherliness what may profit the whole Church: that with our brothers and fellow bishops Paschasinus and Lucentius, and also with our brothers and fellow presbyters Boniface and Basil, whom we have ordered to go in our stead to the aforesaid assembly, you join your care and action in all things, making use of the authority of our command; since we know that you have a greater knowledge than our people of all the things done there: so that, while you associate your care and counsel with them, they may be deceived in no part; but that all things, God helping, which you find to befit the faith and peace may come to effect. Given on the sixth day before the kalends of July, Adelfius, a man of clarissimus rank, being consul.

EPISTOLA XCIII.

LETTER XCIII.

AD SYNODUM, QUAE NICAEAM PRIMUM INDICTA, POSTEA VERO CHALCEDONE CONGREGATA EST.

TO THE SYNOD WHICH WAS FIRST SUMMONED TO NICAEA, BUT AFTERWARDS ASSEMBLED AT CHALCEDON.

LEO episcopus S. SYNODO apud Nicaenam constitutae.

LEO, bishop, to the holy SYNOD established at Nicaea.

Dilectissimis fratribus in Domino salutem.

To the most beloved brothers, greeting in the Lord.

CAP. I. — Optaveram quidem, dilectissimi, pro

CHAP. I. — I had indeed wished, most beloved, for […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 935

Footnotes

(m) continued from col 934, set in n934 (its last lines head the footnotes of col 935; letter identified by FX4).

(a) ‹ut vere possit› · printed under col 935

Vere inquit, cum concilium vere, seu proprie universale exigat ut ex universo catholico orbe episcopi evocentur. Nihilo tamen minus pro oecumenicis habita sunt Chalcedonense et Ephesinum primum licet generali ejusmodi evocationi idoneum tempus defuerit. Id approbationi apostolicae sedis tribuendum est, quae quidem postquam aliquando recepit concilium Constantinopolitanum primum quod sine ipsius Romani pontificis notitia habitum fuit, in generalium conciliorum numero censeri coepit.

He says "truly", since a council truly, or properly, universal requires that bishops be summoned from the whole catholic world. Nonetheless the councils of Chalcedon and the first of Ephesus were held to be ecumenical, although a time suitable for a general summons of this kind was lacking. This must be ascribed to the approval of the apostolic see; indeed the first council of Constantinople, which was held without the knowledge of the Roman pontiff himself, began to be reckoned among the general councils after [that see] at length received it.

(b) ‹fratrem comprebysterum› · printed under col 935

Ita ex Ratisp. cohaerentius cum antecedentibus coepiscopum nostrum, et cum subsequentibus coepiscopo nostro. Quesnellus ex Grim., meum.

So [we read] from the Ratisbon [codex], more consistently with the preceding coepiscopum nostrum and with the following coepiscopo nostro. Quesnel, from the Grimani [codex]: meum.

5 Ratisp., actibus.

5 Ratisbon: actibus.

(d) ‹EPISTOLA› (heading of Letter XCII, printed at the head of col 936) · printed under col 935

Alias 71. Quae autem antea 92 erat, nunc 119. Scripta 26 Junii an. 451.

Otherwise 71. The one that was formerly 92 is now 119. Written 26 June in the year 451.

(e) ‹AD JULIANUM› (col 936) · printed under col 935

Hanc quoque epistolam a Quesnello ex cod. Grimanico editam cum Ratisponensi relegimus.

This letter too, edited by Quesnel from the Grimani codex, we have read over again against the Ratisbon [codex].

(f) ‹in urbe› (col 936) · printed under col 935

Synodus nimirum quae postea Chalcedone habita est, prius Nicaeam indicta fuit.

That is, the synod which was afterwards held at Chalcedon was first summoned to Nicaea.

(g) ‹omnium illic› (col 936) · printed under col 935

In Quesnelli editione, forte per errorem typographi, auctorum. Correximus ex Ratisp.

In Quesnel's edition, perhaps by a printer's error, auctorum. We have corrected it from the Ratisbon [codex].

(h) ‹EPISTOLA› (full-width heading of Letter XCIII) · printed under col 935

Alias 72. Quae autem antea 93 erat, nunc 120. Scripta 26 Junii an 451.

Otherwise 72. The one that was formerly 93 is now 120. Written 26 June in the year 451.

(i) ‹AD SYNODUM› · printed under col 935, running on under col 936

Exstat in mss. collect. 5 Hisp. Isid. 11, 12, 13, et 18 usque ad 24, nec non in exemplo Sichardi, et in peculiari ms. Vat. 1322. In collectione 18 Chalcedonensi Graeci quidem, non vero Latini codices illam praeferunt: quod indicio est Graecum codicem, quo usus est Latinus interpres, hac epistola caruisse. Edita est Graece inter epistolas ante gesta. Eamdem vero invenius in duobus mss. Graecis Venetis S. Marci 164 ei 555, tum inter epistolas ante gesta, uti a Romanis editoribus inventa fuit, tum insertam ipsi consilio (quemadmodum in excerptis Theodori lectoris describebatur) et in eo recitatam actione 16 hactenus inedita, quae in appendice publicabitur.

It is extant in the mss. of collection 5, the Spanish, the Isidorian, 11, 12, 13, and 18 to 24, and also in Sichard's copy, and in the separate ms. Vat. 1322. In collection 18, of Chalcedon, the Greek codices display it, but not the Latin: which is an indication that the Greek codex which the Latin translator used lacked this letter. It was edited in Greek among the letters before the acts. We have found it, moreover, in two Greek mss. of Venice, of St Mark, 164 and 555, both among the letters before the acts, as it was found by the Roman editors, and inserted in the council itself (as was described in the excerpts of Theodore the Lector) and read out in it in the 16th session, hitherto unedited, which will be published in the appendix.

(j) ‹SYNOPSIS› · printed under col 936

In tabula collect. 5, cap. 92, sic: Ad synodum Chalcedonensem de restituendis episcopis in propriis sedibus, qui dudum fuerant pro fide catholica pulsi, et Ephesinae prioris synodi firmitate. In collectione Hispanica sic: Ad synodum Chalcedonensem, ubi hortatur per legatos suos Dei sacerdotes, ut secundum Scripturas cuncta disponerent.

In the table of collection 5, chapter 92, thus: To the synod of Chalcedon, on restoring to their own sees the bishops who had formerly been driven out for the catholic faith, and on the firmness of the earlier synod of Ephesus. In the Spanish collection thus: To the synod of Chalcedon, in which he exhorts the priests of God through his legates to arrange all things according to the Scriptures.

(k) ‹S. SYNODO› · printed under col 936

Ita ex Ratisp., et verius quidem, quam alias, apud Chalcedonam. Cum enim hanc epistolam Leo dedit, synodus Nicaeam, non vero Chalcedonem indicta fuerat. Theodorus Lector in Excerptis testatur Leonem mirabilem epistolam scripsisse ad Synodum, quae Nicaeae congreganda esse credebatur; et similiter Evagrius, quem allegavit Quesnellus not. 1. Solum cum mutato subinde consilii loco haec ipsa epistola in Chalcedonensi lecta fuerit actione inedita 16, ut eidem synodo congrueret inscriptio, urbis nomen fuit mutatum; ac propterea haec epistola in laudatis Graecis codicibus S. Marci ante gesta quidem Nicaeam, act. autem 16 Chalcedonem praefert. Hinc etiam Latini codices fuerunt emendati, cum vere concilium non Nicaeae, sed Chalcedone habitum fuerit. Verba urbis Romae in editis sujecta voci episcopus delevimus, cum in potioribus nostris codd. et in antiqua Graeca versione omittantur. Econtra, voces dilectissimis fratribus in Domino salutem adjecimus ex Vindebon. collect. 5 et Florentino S. Marci collect. 13, cum in eadem Graeca versione inveniantur.

So [we read] from the Ratisbon [codex], and more truly indeed than elsewhere, apud Chalcedonam. For when Leo issued this letter, the synod had been summoned to Nicaea, not to Chalcedon. Theodore the Lector in the Excerpts testifies that Leo wrote a wonderful letter to the Synod which was believed to be about to assemble at Nicaea; and likewise Evagrius, whom Quesnel cited in note 1. Only, when, the place of the council having afterwards been changed, this very letter was read at Chalcedon in the unedited 16th session, the name of the city was changed so that the inscription might suit that same synod; and for this reason this letter in the praised Greek codices of St Mark displays Nicaea before the acts, but Chalcedon in session 16. From this the Latin codices too were emended, since the council was in truth held not at Nicaea but at Chalcedon. The words urbis Romae, placed under the word episcopus in the printed editions, we have deleted, since they are omitted in our better codices and in the ancient Greek version. On the other hand, we have added the words dilectissimis fratribus in Domino salutem from the Vienna [codex] of collection 5 and the Florentine of St Mark of collection 13, since they are found in the same Greek version.

Editors' prose

SYNOPSIS. — Ut Julianus legatus ad concilium generale missis curam suam consiliumque jungat, mandat pontifex.

SYNOPSIS. — The pontiff commands that Julian join his care and counsel to the legates sent to the general council.

SYNOPSIS. — I. Necessitatem temporis et consuetudinem vetare ne intersit synodo; se tamen per legatos quos mittit, praesentem futurum. — II. Disputandi contra fidem audaciam esse comprimendam. — III. Episcopos propter fidem ejectos esse restituendos, manentibus contra Nestorium in Epheso decretis.

SYNOPSIS. — I. That the necessity of the time and custom forbid him to be present at the synod; yet he will be present through the legates whom he sends. — II. That boldness in disputing against the faith must be suppressed. — III. That bishops ejected for the faith must be restored, the decrees made against Nestorius at Ephesus remaining in force.

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running head: 935 · S. LEONIS MAGNI EPISTOLAE. · 936 (across the page, page number over this column)
marginal letters: A ‹synodo tam angustum›; B ‹scopo nostro JULIANO›; C in the footnotes (beside ‹snellianae, et Rustici›); D in the footnotes (beside note e, ‹Hanc quoque epistolam›)
old-edition numerals: 1066 after ‹fieri universale›; 1067 after ‹christianissimi› (col 936, Letter XCII); 1068 after ‹actionemque conjungas› (col 936, Letter XCII)
signature: none
other: layout of page 473: two columns (end of Letter XCI in col 935; the whole of Letter XCII, with caption and synopsis, in col 936), then a full-width band (heading, sub-caption and synopsis of Letter XCIII), then two columns again (Latin of XCIII, from its address line, left; Greek version right). By the reading-order rule (cols 703/704) the upper halves of both columns and the band are set under the 935 rail, and Letter XCII's footnotes (d)–(g) are recorded here; the synopsis of XCII is printed in col 936 and that of XCIII full width. The first word of the column, synodo, is whole (not divided across the 934/935 break). Footnote (c) is printed with a stray "5" before Ratisp.

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Editors' notes and page, col. 936

Footnotes

1 ‹τῇ ἁγίᾳ συνόδῳ› (Greek version) · printed under col 936 Sic codex uterque Venetus ante gesta: in gestis τῇ ἐν Χαλκηδόνι.

So both Venetian codices before the acts; in the acts: τῇ ἐν Χαλκηδόνι.

Notes (i) (its end, "S. Marci 164 … publicabitur."), (j) and (k), printed under this column, answer calls set under the 935 rail: set in n935.

Ancient version (Greek)

Λέων ἐπίσκοπος τῇ ἁγίᾳ συνόδῳ τῇ ἐν Νικαίᾳ, ἀγαπητοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, ἐν Κυρίῳ χαίρειν. Ἐμοὶ μὲν ἦν εὐκταῖον. ἀγαπητοί, κατὰ τὴν προσοῦσαν

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running head: 935 · S. LEONIS MAGNI EPISTOLAE. · 936 (across the page, page number over this column)
marginal letters: A ‹EPISTOLA XCII›; B ‹dictum conventum ire›; C in the footnotes (beside ‹S. Marci 164›); D in the footnotes (beside ‹cum mutato subinde›)
old-edition numerals: 1067 after ‹christianissimi›; 1068 after ‹actionemque conjungas› (Letter XCII, set under the 935 rail)
signature: none
other: rail-only column. The whole of Letter XCII (caption, synopsis, text, date) stands at the head of this column above the full-width band of Letter XCIII; by the reading-order rule (cols 703/704) it is set under the 935 rail. Below the band this column holds only the ancient Greek version of Letter XCIII (notes, no English). Greek printed "εὐκταῖον." with a stop where a comma is expected.

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nostri charitate collegii, omnes Domini sacerdotes in una catholicae fidei devotione persistere, nec quemquam gratia aut formidine potestatum saecularium depravari, ut a via veritatis abscederet. Sed quia multa saepe, quae poenitudinem possint generare, proveniunt, et superat culpas delinquentium misericordia Dei, atque ideo suspenditur ultio, ut possit locum habere correctio, amplectendum est clementissimi principis plenum religione consilium, quo sanctam fraternitatem vestram ad destruendas insidias diaboli, et ad reformandam ecclesiasticam pacem voluit convenire, beatissimi Petri apostoli jure atque honore servato, adeo ut nos quoque suis ad hoc litteris invitaret, ut venerabili synodo nostram praesentiam praeberemus; quod quidem nec necessitas temporis, nec ulla poterat consuetudo permittere.

[…] the charity of our college, that all the priests of the Lord should persist in one devotion to the catholic faith, and that no one should be corrupted by the favour or fear of secular powers so as to depart from the way of truth. But because many things often happen which can produce repentance, and the mercy of God overcomes the faults of those who offend, and therefore punishment is suspended so that correction may have room, the counsel of the most clement prince, full of religion, must be embraced, by which he has willed your holy brotherhood to assemble to destroy the snares of the devil and to restore the peace of the Church, the right and honour of the most blessed apostle Peter being preserved, so much so that he invited us too by his letters to this, that we should afford our presence to the venerable synod; which indeed neither the necessity of the time nor any custom could permit.

Tamen in his fratribus, hoc est Paschasino et Lucentio episcopis, Bonifacio et Basilio presbyteris, qui ab apostolica sede directi sunt, me synodo vestra fraternitas aestimet praesidere, non abjuncta a vobis praesentia mea, qui nunc in vicariis meis adsum, et jamdudum in fidei catholicae praedicatione non desum: ut qui non potestis ignorare quid ex antiqua traditione credamus, non possitis dubitare quid cupiamus.

Yet let your brotherhood consider that I preside over the synod in these brothers, that is, Paschasinus and Lucentius the bishops and Boniface and Basil the presbyters, who have been sent by the apostolic see, my presence not being separated from you, since I am now present in my vicars and have long not been absent in the preaching of the catholic faith: so that you, who cannot be ignorant of what we believe from ancient tradition, may not be able to doubt what we desire.

CAP. II. — Unde, fratres charissimi, rejecta penitus audacia disputandi contra fidem divinitus inspiratam, vana errantium infidelitas conquiescat; nec liceat defendi quod non licet credi: cum secundum evangelicas auctoritates, secundum propheticas

CHAP. II. — Therefore, dearest brothers, the boldness of disputing against the divinely inspired faith being utterly rejected, let the vain unbelief of those who err be at rest; and let it not be permitted to defend what it is not permitted to believe: since according to the authorities of the Gospel, according to the prophetic […]

Editors' notes and page, col. 937

Footnotes

(a) ‹pro nostri› · printed under col 937

Ita codd. quinque Quesnelli et undecim nostri. Vulgati Leonis ante Quesn. cum uno cod. collect. 21, vestri.

So five codices of Quesnel and eleven of ours. The printed editions of Leo before Quesnel, with one codex of collection 21: vestri.

(b) ‹fidei devotione› · printed under col 937

Ratisp., consistere. Mox pro potestatum Vat. Hisp. et Isid. ac alius Vat. collect. 11 habent sacerdotum. Utrumque omittit Ratramnus lib. IV contra Graecos tom. I Spicileg. Acher., pag. 110.

Ratisbon: consistere. Shortly after, for potestatum the Vatican Spanish and Isidorian and another Vatican of collection 11 have sacerdotum. Ratramnus omits both, book IV against the Greeks, vol. I of d'Achery's Spicilegium, p. 110.

Laudati codd. tres cum Ratramno, aut a via veritatis abscedere. Dein in iisdem mss. et in Vind. Hisp. deest saepe.

The three codices cited, with Ratramnus: aut a via veritatis abscedere. Then in the same mss. and in the Vienna Spanish saepe is lacking.

(d) ‹ecclesiasticam pacem› · printed under col 937

Idem codices tres maluit. Post pauca Ratisp. et Vat. collect. 24 omittunt apostoli. Dein in eodem Ratisp., honore reservato; et mox, ut et venerabili.

The same three codices: maluit. A little after, the Ratisbon and the Vatican of collection 24 omit apostoli. Then in the same Ratisbon: honore reservato; and shortly after: ut et venerabili.

(e) ‹nec ulla› · printed under col 937

Ms. Vindebon. collect. 5, potuit. Hanc eamdem rationem, ne ad Ephesinum concilium proficisceretur, Leo allegavit in epist. 31, c. 4, et similiter Paschasinus in Chalcedonensi act. 3, t. IV, p. 1250: Quoniam, inquit, nec antiqua hoc tenuit consuetudo, neque generalis temporis necessitas permittere videbatur.

The Vienna ms. of collection 5: potuit. Leo alleged this same reason for not going to the council of Ephesus in letter 31, ch. 4, and likewise Paschasinus at Chalcedon, session 3, vol. IV, p. 1250: "Since," he says, "neither did ancient custom hold this, nor did the general necessity of the time seem to permit it."

(f) ‹fratribus, hoc est› · printed under col 937

Voces hoc est adjecimus ex vetustissimo Vat. 1322, Vindeb. collect. 5, Vat. Hisp. Isid. et Ratramno, concinente Graeca versione. Ratisp. habet id est; qui mox cum Vindeb. collect. 5 praefert Lucensi pro Lucentio.

The words hoc est we have added from the very ancient Vat. 1322, the Vienna [codex] of collection 5, the Vatican Spanish Isidorian and Ratramnus, the Greek version agreeing. The Ratisbon has id est; and shortly after, with the Vienna [codex] of collection 5, it displays Lucensi for Lucentio.

(g) ‹synodo vestra fraternitas› · printed under col 937

Codices Vat. 1322, Ratisp. et Grim., vestra sanctitas.

The codices Vat. 1322, Ratisbon and Grimani: vestra sanctitas.

(h) ‹praesidere, non abjuncta› · printed under col 937

Ita potiores nostri et Quesnelli codices. Vat. Hisp. et Isid., non sejunctam a vobis praesentiam meam, quibus verbis in mss. collect. 21 additur aestimet, et antea pro aestimet habetur confidat. In antiquioribus autem Leoninis editionibus, nec sejunctam a vobis praesentiam meam confidat.

So the better codices of ours and of Quesnel. The Vatican Spanish and Isidorian: non sejunctam a vobis praesentiam meam; to which words in the mss. of collection 21 aestimet is added, and before it confidat is found for aestimet. In the older editions of Leo, however: nec sejunctam a vobis praesentiam meam confidat.

(i) ‹jamdudum in› · printed under col 937

Praepositionem in, quam editiones Leonis praetereunt, ex Vat. 1322, Vindebon. Hisp. et alio Vat. collect. 11 cum vulgatis conciliorum adjecimus.

The preposition in, which the editions of Leo pass over, we have added from Vat. 1322, the Vienna Spanish and another Vatican of collection 11, together with the printed editions of the councils.

(j) ‹non desum: ut qui› · printed under col 937, running on under col 938

Vat. Hisp. et Isid., et qui; et mox pro non possitis cum Vindebon. Hisp. habent non potestis. Dein quid cupiam est in Vindebon. collect, 5, in alio Hisp., in Ratisp., in Vat. collect. 24 et apud Sichardum.

The Vatican Spanish and Isidorian: et qui; and shortly after, for non possitis, they have, with the Vienna Spanish, non potestis. Then quid cupiam is in the Vienna [codex] of collection 5, in another Spanish, in the Ratisbon, in the Vatican of collection 24 and in Sichard.

(k) ‹secundum evangelicas› · printed under col 938

Ratisp., evangelicam auctoritatem, cui lectioni Graeca versio astipulatur.

Ratisbon: evangelicam auctoritatem, a reading with which the Greek version agrees.

Footnotes

Note (j) ends under this column ("quid cupiam … apud Sichardum."), and (k) is printed here; both answer calls in col 937: set in n937. 1 ‹κατὰ τὴν προσοῦσαν διάθεσιν› (Greek version) · printed under col 938 Mss. Ven., σχέσιν.

The Venetian mss.: σχέσιν.

2 ‹ἐν ἑνὶ ζήλῳ› · printed under col 938 Mss. Ven., ἐνὶ ζήλῳ.

The Venetian mss.: ἐνὶ ζήλῳ.

3 ‹χώραν σχεῖν› · printed under col 938 Codd. Ven., χάραν ἔχειν.

The Venetian codices: χάραν ἔχειν.

4 ‹τῶν ἐπιβουλῶν› · printed under col 938 Mss. Ven., τοῦ ἐπιβουλεύοντος διαβολου, τὴν δέ τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς, etc.

The Venetian mss.: τοῦ ἐπιβουλεύοντος διαβολου, τὴν δέ τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς, etc.

5 ‹φυλαττομένων› · printed under col 938 Mss. Ven., τῷ θρόνῳ τοῦ μακαρίου Πέτρου τοῦ ἀποστόλου φυλαττομένων.

The Venetian mss.: τῷ θρόνῳ τοῦ μακαρίου Πέτρου τοῦ ἀποστόλου φυλαττομένων.

6 ‹ὡς καὶ ἡμᾶς› · printed under col 938 Codd. Ven., ὡς καί ἡμᾶς αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τούτῳ… προτρέψαι.

The Venetian codices: ὡς καί ἡμᾶς αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τούτῳ… προτρέψαι.

7 ‹τὴν οἰκείαν παρουσίαν› · printed under col 938 Iidem codd., τὴν ἑαντῶν παρονσίαυ παρασχεῖν ἡδέως τῇ ἁγίᾳ ονιόδῳ.

The same codices: τὴν ἑαντῶν παρονσίαυ παρασχεῖν ἡδέως τῇ ἁγίᾳ ονιόδῳ [misprinted for τὴν ἑαυτῶν παρουσίαν … συνόδῳ].

8 ‹οὐκ ἠδύνατο› · printed under col 938 Codd. Ven., οὐκ ἦν δυνατὸν, οὐδὲ ἡ ἀνάγκη… ἐπιτρέπει.

The Venetian codices: οὐκ ἦν δυνατὸν, οὐδὲ ἡ ἀνάγκη… ἐπιτρέπει.

9 ‹τουτέστι Πασχασίνῳ› · printed under col 938 Ita scribimus e duob. mss. Ven. In vulg., τουτέστιν ἐν Πασχασίνῳ, quod non placet. Caeterum pro Πασχασίῳ unus e praecitatis codd. ante gesta habet Πασχασίνῳ; quod et in marg. Rom. edit. notatum invenies.

So we write from two Venetian mss. In the printed editions: τουτέστιν ἐν Πασχασίνῳ, which does not please. But for Πασχασίῳ one of the codices cited above has, before the acts, Πασχασίνῳ; which you will also find noted in the margin of the Roman edition.

10 ‹ὑπὸ τοῦ θρόνου› · printed under col 938 Codd. Ven., παρὰ τοῦ θρόνου.

The Venetian codices: παρὰ τοῦ θρόνου.

11 ‹μὴ κεχωρισμένης› · printed under col 938 Ita correximus e duobus mss. Ven. suffragante Latino textu, non abjuncta, a vobis praesentia mea. In vulg., μὴ κεχωρισμένων ὑμῶν, etc. In marg. tamen edit. Rom. annotatum videtur κεχωρισμένης. L.

So we have corrected from two Venetian mss., the Latin text supporting it: non abjuncta, a vobis praesentia mea. In the printed editions: μὴ κεχωρισμένων ὑμῶν, etc. In the margin of the Roman edition, however, κεχωρισμένης seems to be noted. L.

12 ‹ὑμᾶς τοὺς› · printed under col 938 Adjecimus articulum τοὺς, qui deest, sed male, in vulgatis, auctoritate codd. Ven., qui quidem in gestis habent ambo, ὡς καὶ ὑμᾶς τούς ἀγνοεῖν μὴ δυναμένους, ante gesta autem unus tantum, ὡς ὑμᾶς τοῦ ἀγνοεῖν, etc., ut videre sit illud τοῦ mendum esse pro τούς. Adjecto autem hoc articulo perspicuitatem sententiae non parum juvari cuilibet animadvertenti palam fiet.

We have added the article τοὺς, which is lacking, but wrongly, in the printed editions, on the authority of the Venetian codices, both of which indeed have in the acts ὡς καὶ ὑμᾶς τούς ἀγνοεῖν μὴ δυναμένους, but before the acts only one, ὡς ὑμᾶς τοῦ ἀγνοεῖν, etc., so that one may see that τοῦ is an error for τούς. That the clarity of the sentence is helped not a little by adding this article will be plain to anyone who pays attention.

13 ‹ἀμφιβάλλειν› · printed under col 938 Codd. Ven., ἀμφιβάλλειν μὴ δύνασθαι περὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας βουλήσεως.

The Venetian codices: ἀμφιβάλλειν μὴ δύνασθαι περὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας βουλήσεως.

Ancient version (Greek)

διάθεσιν τῷ ἡμετέρῳ συστήματι, τοὺς τοῦ Κυρίου πάντας ἱερέας ἐν ἑνὶ ζήλῳ τῆς καθολικῆς πίστεως συνιστάναι, καὶ μηδένα πρὸς χάριν, ἢ φόβον βιωτικῆς δυναστείας τὸ φαῦλον αἱρούμενον, τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐκτρέπεσθαι. Ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ πολλὰ συμβαίνει πολλάκις τὰ δυνάμενα μετάνοιαν ἐμποιεῖν, καὶ ὁ ἔλεος τοῦ Θεοῦ νικᾷ τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων τὰ πλημμελήμματα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὰ τῆς τιμωρίας ἐν ἀναρτήσει καθίσταται, ὅπως ἂν χώραν σχεῖν ἡ διόρθωσις δυνηθῇ, περιπτύσσεσθαι δίκαιον πλῆρες εὐσεβείας ὑπάρχον τοῦ γαληνοτάτου βασιλέως τὸ βούλημα· δι' οὗ τὴν ἁγίαν ὑμῶν ἀδελφότητα πρὸς ἀνατροπὴν μὲν τῶν ἐπιβουλῶν τοῦ διαβόλου, τῆς δὲ ἐκκλησιαστικῆς εἰρήνης ἀνάκτησιν συνελθεῖν ἐβουλήθη, φυλαττομένων τῷ θρόνῳ τοῦ μακαριωτάτου Πέτρου τοῦ ἀποστόλου τῶν τε δικαίων, καὶ τῆς τιμῆς ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον, ὡς καὶ ἡμᾶς ὑπ' αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοῦτο δι' οἰκείων προτραπῆναι γραμμάτων, ἐφ' ᾧ τε τὴν οἰκείαν παρουσίαν ἡμᾶς παρασχεῖν τῇ ἁγίᾳ συνόδῳ· ὅπερ μὲν οὖν οὐκ ἠδύνατο, οὐδὲ ἡ ἀνάγκη τοῦ καιροῦ, οὐδὲ μήν τις ἐπιτρέψαι συνήθεια. Πλὴν ἐν τούτοις τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, τουτέστι Πασχασίνῳ, καὶ Λουκηνσίῳ τοῖς ἐπισκόποις, καὶ Βονιφατίῳ, καὶ βασιλείῳ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις, τοῖς ἀπεσταλμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ θρόνου τῶν ἀποστόλων, ἐμὲ τῆς συνόδου προεδρεύειν, ἡ ὑμῶν ἀδελφότης ἡγείσθω· μὴ κεχωρισμένης ὑμῶν τῆς ἐμῆς παρουσίας· ὅς τις διὰ τῶν τοποτηρητῶν ὑμῖν πάρειμι τῶν ἐμῶν, καὶ διὰ τοῦ κηρύττειν τὴν καθολικὴν πίστιν οὐκ ἀπολείπομαι· ὡς ὑμᾶς τοὺς ἀγνοεῖν μὴ δυναμένους, τί περὶ τῆς ἀρχαίας πιστεύομεν παραδόσεως. ἀμφιβάλλειν μὴ δύνασθαι, ποία τίς ἐπιθυμία ἡμῖν καθέστηκεν. Ὅθεν, ἀδελφοὶ προσφιλέστατοι,

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running head: 937 · EPISTOLA XCIII. · 938 (across the page, page number over this column)
marginal letters: A ‹διάθεσιν τῷ ἡμετέρῳ›; B ‹ὑπ' αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοῦτο›; C in the footnotes (beside ‹quid cupiam›, end of note j); D in the footnotes (beside note 9, ‹Πασχασίῳ unus›)
old-edition numerals: 1070 after ‹τῆς› (before ὁδοῦ); 1072 after ‹καὶ διὰ›
signature: 30 (under this column)
other: rail-only column: it holds only the Greek version of Letter XCIII (notes, no English). The Greek-version calls 1–13 are left out of the transcription. As printed: "βασιλείῳ" in lower case; a stop after "παραδόσεως"; note 7 has turned or wrong letters (ἑαντῶν, παρονσίαυ, ονιόδῳ).

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voces, apostolicamque doctrinam plenissime et lucidissime per litteras quas ad beatae memoriae Flavianum episcopum misimus, fuerit declaratum quae sit de sacramento incarnationis Domini nostri Jesu Christi pia et sincera confessio.

[…] words, and the apostolic doctrine, it has been declared most fully and most clearly, through the letter which we sent to Bishop Flavian of blessed memory, what is the pious and sincere confession concerning the sacrament of the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

CAP. III. — Quia vero non ignoramus per pravas aemulationes, multarum Ecclesiarum statum fuisse turbatum, plurimosque episcopos, quia haeresim non reciperent, sedibus suis pulsos, et in exsilia deportatos, atque in locum superstitum alios substitutos: his primitus vulneribus adhibeatur medicina justitiae, nec quisquam ita careat propriis. ut alter utatur alienis: cum si, ut cupimus, errorem omnes relinquunt, nemini quidem perire suus honor debeat; sed illis qui pro fide laboraverunt cum omni privilegio suo oporteat jus proprium reformari.

CHAP. III. — But since we are not unaware that through perverse rivalries the state of many Churches has been disturbed, and that very many bishops, because they would not receive the heresy, have been driven from their sees and deported into exile, and others put in the place of those still living: let the medicine of justice be applied first of all to these wounds, and let no one be so deprived of his own that another may use what is not his: since, if, as we desire, all abandon the error, no one ought indeed to lose his own honour; but for those who have laboured for the faith their own right, with all its privilege, must be restored.

Prioris autem Ephesinae synodi, cui sanctae memoriae Cyrillus episcopus tunc praesedit, contra Nestorium specialiter statuta permaneant: ne tunc damnata impietas ideo sibi in aliquo blandiatur, quia Eutyches justa exsecratione percellitur. Puritas enim fidei atque doctrinae, quam eodem quo sancti Patres nostri spiritu praedicamus, et Nestorianam et Eutychianam cum suis auctoribus condemnat pariter et persequitur pravitatem. Bene valete in Domino, fratres charissimi. Data sexto kalendas Julii, Adelfio viro clarissimo consule.

But let the decrees of the former synod of Ephesus, over which Bishop Cyril of holy memory then presided, made specifically against Nestorius, remain in force: lest the impiety condemned then should flatter itself in any respect because Eutyches is struck down by a just execration. For the purity of faith and doctrine, which we preach in the same spirit as our holy Fathers, condemns and pursues alike both the Nestorian and the Eutychian perversity together with their authors. Farewell in the Lord, dearest brothers. Given on the sixth day before the kalends of July, Adelfius, a man of clarissimus rank, being consul.

Editors' notes and page, col. 939

Footnotes

(a) ‹turbatum, plurimosque› · printed under col 939

Cum in Vindebon. Hisp. perperam legatur, plurimosque spiritus, in Vat. Hisp. ac exinde in Isid. correctum fuit antiqui librarii arbitrio, plurimosque fratres. Mox Ratramnus et mss. collect, 21 cum editis ante Quesnellum, receperunt, vel receperint. Dein expulsos in cod. Ratisp.

Since in the Vienna Spanish plurimosque spiritus is wrongly read, in the Vatican Spanish, and from it in the Isidorian, it was corrected at the discretion of an ancient copyist to plurimosque fratres. Shortly after, Ratramnus and the mss. of collection 21, with the editions before Quesnel: receperunt, or receperint. Then expulsos in the Ratisbon codex.

(b) ‹vulneribus adhibeatur› · printed under col 939

Ita undecim nostri codices cum Ratramno et editis anterioribus Quesnello, qui cum solo nostro Vindebon. collect. 5 praetulit, adhibenda est medicina.

So eleven of our codices, with Ratramnus and the editions earlier than Quesnel, who, with only our Vienna [codex] of collection 5, preferred adhibenda est medicina.

Antiquam pariter lectionem ex nostris codicibus revocavimus. Solum Vat. 1322, ne quisquam, omisso ita. Vindebon. collect. 5, ne quisquam ita, etc. Vindebon. Hisp. delet dumtaxat ita. Nullibi autem invenimus lectionem Quesnelli, nec quisquam careat propriis, aut alter utatur alienis.

Likewise we have recalled the ancient reading from our codices. Only Vat. 1322 has ne quisquam, ita being omitted. The Vienna [codex] of collection 5: ne quisquam ita, etc. The Vienna Spanish deletes only ita. Nowhere, however, have we found Quesnel's reading, nec quisquam careat propriis, aut alter utatur alienis.

(d) ‹omnes relinquunt› · printed under col 939

Cod. Ratisp., relinquant. Mox, apud neminem in Vindebon. collect. 5. Dein Vulgati antiquiores cum mss. collect. 21 et 24 omittunt suus, et postea suo. Quesnellus inseruit suus, uti legitur etiam in nostris codd. Vat. 1322. Vindebon. collect. 5 et Vat. Hisp. ac Isid. Nos autem inseruimus quoque suo post vocem privilegio auctoritate laudati Vat. 1322. Vindebon. collect. 5, alterius Hisp. et Vat. collect. 11 ac praestantissimi Ratisp.

The Ratisbon codex: relinquant. Shortly after, apud neminem in the Vienna [codex] of collection 5. Then the older printed editions, with the mss. of collections 21 and 24, omit suus, and afterwards suo. Quesnel inserted suus, as it is also read in our codices Vat. 1322, the Vienna of collection 5 and the Vatican Spanish and Isidorian. We, moreover, have also inserted suo after the word privilegio, on the authority of the cited Vat. 1322, the Vienna of collection 5, the other Spanish, and the Vatican of collection 11, and the most excellent Ratisbon.

(e) ‹Cyrillus episcopus› · printed under col 939

Vide not. 2 Quesnelli. Notandum vero est S. Cyrillum in Ephesinis gestis se Coelestini papae vicem gerentem semper praeferre, quippe cui apostolicae sedis auctoritatem in Nestorii causa idem pontifex delegaverat.

See Quesnel's note 2. It should be noted, however, that St Cyril in the acts of Ephesus always presents himself as acting in the stead of Pope Celestine, since the same pontiff had delegated to him the authority of the apostolic see in the case of Nestorius.

(f) ‹impietas ideo› · printed under col 939

Vindebon. Hisp., idem sibi. Hic error emendatus in Vat. Hisp. et exinde in Isid. et in mss. collect. 11 ac 21 atque apud Ratramnum, demum sibi in aliquo blandiatur, qua Eutyches.

The Vienna Spanish: idem sibi. This error was emended in the Vatican Spanish, and from it in the Isidorian, and in the mss. of collections 11 and 21, and in Ratramnus: demum sibi in aliquo blandiatur, qua Eutyches.

(g) ‹fidei atque› · printed under col 939

Vat. Hisp. et Isid., doctrina.

The Vatican Spanish and Isidorian: doctrina.

(h) ‹pravitatem. Bene valete› · printed under col 939, running on under col 940

Sex voces, Bene valete in Domino, fratres charissimi, in Leoninis editionibus desiderantur; leguntur vero in editis Concilior., easque revocavimus non solum quia sunt in Vindebon. collect. 5 et in Florentino S. Marci collect. 13, verum etiam in antiquissima interpretatione Graeca, quae ex ipso Leonis originali sumpta fuit, et in Chalcedonensi concilio lecta actione 16.

The six words Bene valete in Domino, fratres charissimi are missing in the editions of Leo; they are read, however, in the printed Councils, and we have recalled them not only because they are in the Vienna [codex] of collection 5 and in the Florentine of St Mark of collection 13, but also in the very ancient Greek translation, which was taken from Leo's original itself and was read at the council of Chalcedon in session 16.

(i) ‹Data sexto› · printed under col 940

Omnes editi cum mss. collect. 24, v. kal. Julii; cui lectioni astipulatur etiam Graecus textus cum in editis, tum in nostris mss. libris collectionis Chalcedonensis ante gesta. Codices Vindebon. collect. 5 et Florentinus S. Marci collect. 13, v kal. Junias, certo mensis errore, ut patet ex annot. 11 (932, n. e) in epist. 89. Praetulimus diem VI kal. Julii, qui cum anterioribus epistolis concordat, auctoritate Vat. 1322, utriusque Hisp. Isid., Ratisp. et codd. coll. 11 ac 21.

All the printed editions, with the mss. of collection 24: v. kal. Julii; a reading which the Greek text also supports, both in the printed editions and in our ms. books of the collection of Chalcedon before the acts. The codices Vienna of collection 5 and the Florentine of St Mark of collection 13: v kal. Junias, a certain error in the month, as is plain from annotation 11 (932, n. e) on letter 89. We have preferred the day VI kal. Julii, which agrees with the preceding letters, on the authority of Vat. 1322, both Spanish, the Isidorian, the Ratisbon and the codices of collections 11 and 21.

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running head: 939 · S. LEONIS MAGNI EPISTOLAE. · 940 (across the page, page number over this column)
marginal letters: A ‹cas voces›; B ‹omni privilegio suo … reformari›; C in the footnotes (beside note a, ‹tis ante Quesnellum›); D in the footnotes (beside note d, ‹privilegio auctoritate›)
old-edition numerals: 1073 after ‹careat propriis.›
signature: none
other: the column's first word, propheti-|cas, is set whole at the end of col 937. The Latin of Letter XCIII ends in this column (date, "Adelfio viro clarissimo consule."); below it a full-width line of the Greek version ("…ματισθεὶς καταβέβληται … κηρύττομεν") runs across the page: transcribed in n940. A stop is printed after "propriis" where a comma is expected (misprint row).

PL 54:940

Editors' notes and page, col. 940

Footnotes

Notes (h) (its end, "lum quia sunt … actione 16.") and (i), printed under this column, answer calls in col 939: set in n939. 1 ‹πᾶσα παντελῶς› (Greek version) · printed under col 940 Mss. Ven., vestigiis Latini textus pressius insistentes, γενομένης ἐκ ποδῶν τῆς τολμηρᾶς διαλέξεως… ἡ ματαία… ἡσυχίαν ἀγέτω.

The Venetian mss., following the footsteps of the Latin text more closely: γενομένης ἐκ ποδῶν τῆς τολμηρᾶς διαλέξεως… ἡ ματαία… ἡσυχίαν ἀγέτω.

2 ‹κατὰ τὰς φωνὰς› · printed under col 940 Mss. Ven., κατά τε καὶ φωνάς.

The Venetian mss.: κατά τε καὶ φωνάς.

3 ‹τῆς ὁσίας μνήμης› · printed under col 940 Mss. Ven., τῆς μακαρίκς μνήμης

The Venetian mss.: τῆς μακαρίκς μνήμης [misprinted for μακαρίας].

4 ‹τῶν θρόνων ἑαυτῶν› · printed under col 940 Mss. Ven., τῶν τόπων τῶν ἑαυτῶν.

The Venetian mss.: τῶν τόπων τῶν ἑαυτῶν.

5 ‹εἰς τόπους› · printed under col 940 Mss. Ven., εἰς τόπον. Nihil mutamus, licet Latinus textus habeat in locum.

The Venetian mss.: εἰς τόπον. We change nothing, although the Latin text has in locum.

6 ‹τοῖς ἄλλου› (the call is printed like a 5) · printed under col 940 Ita et bene, mss. Ven. ambo tam in gestis quam ante gesta. Male in Vulg., τοῖς ἄλλοις. Haec enim vox ἄλλον numquam significavit neque significat quod est alius.

So, and rightly, both Venetian mss., both in the acts and before the acts. Wrongly in the printed editions: τοῖς ἄλλοις. For this word ἄλλον never signified nor signifies what alius does.

7 ‹παραπολεῖσθαι› · printed under col 940 Mss. Ven., παραπόλλυται μὲν οὐδενος ἡ τιμή.

The Venetian mss.: παραπόλλυται μὲν οὐδενος ἡ τιμή.

8 ‹μετὰ τῶν προνομίων› · printed under col 940 In marg. edit. Rom., μετὰ προνομίον πάντος ὀφεῖλει.

In the margin of the Roman edition: μετὰ προνομίον πάντος ὀφεῖλει.

9 ‹τότε προήδρευε› · printed under col 940 Addimus τότε, quod aberat a vulgatis, auctoritate codd. Ven. nec non et textus Latini, in quo legitur, tunc praesedit. Caeterum in prafatis codicibus totus hic locus sic repraesentatur: Καὶ μέντοι γε τῆς προτέρας ἐν Ἐφέσῳ συνόδου, ἧς τινος ὁ τῆς ὁσίας μνήμης Κύριλλος τότε προέδρευε, κατὰ Νεστορίου ἰδικως τὰ συνοδικῶς πραχθέντα διαμενέτωσαν.

We add τότε, which was absent from the printed editions, on the authority of the Venetian codices and also of the Latin text, in which tunc praesedit is read. For the rest, in the aforesaid codices this whole passage is represented thus: Καὶ μέντοι γε τῆς προτέρας ἐν Ἐφέσῳ συνόδου, ἧς τινος ὁ τῆς ὁσίας μνήμης Κύριλλος τότε προέδρευε, κατὰ Νεστορίου ἰδικως τὰ συνοδικῶς πραχθέντα διαμενέτωσαν.

10 ‹ἣν τῷ αὐτῷ πνεύματι› (full-width line) · printed under col 940, running on under col 941 Ita emendamus, lectionem Ven. codd. secuti, respondentem adamussim Latino textui, eodem quo sancti Patres nostri spiritu. In vulg., ἢ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. Admonemus tamen paulo post ᾧπερ legendum esse pro ὥσπερ.

So we emend, following the reading of the Venetian codices, which answers exactly to the Latin text, eodem quo sancti Patres nostri spiritu. In the printed editions: ἢ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι. We point out, however, that a little after ᾧπερ should be read for ὥσπερ.

Ancient version (Greek)

πᾶσα παντελῶς τολμηρὰ διάλεξις ὑπεναντίον τῆς θεόθεν ἐμπνευσθείσης πίστεως, καὶ ματαία τῶν πεπλανημένων ἀπιστία τὴν ἡσυχίαν ἀγέτω· ἐκδικείτω τε τοῦτο μηδεὶς, ὃ πιστεύειν οὐ θέμις· ὁπότε κατὰ τὴν τῶν εὐαγγελίων αὐθεντίαν, κατὰ τὰς φωνὰς τῶν προφητῶν, καὶ τὴν τῶν ἀποστόλων διδασκαλίαν, πληρέστατα, καὶ σαφέστατα, δι' ὧν πρὸς τὸν τῆς ὁσίας μνήμης Φλαυιανὸν τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἐπεστείλαμεν, ἤδη δεδήλωται, ποία τίς ἐστιν ἡ περὶ τοῦ μυστηρίου τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εὐσεβὴς ὁμολογία, καὶ καθαρά. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ πολλῶν καταστάσεις ἐκκλησιῶν ὑπὸ φαύλων τινῶν ἀντιστάσεων διατεταραγμένας ἐγνώκαμεν, καὶ πλείστους ἐπισκόπους τοὺς οὐ καταδεξαμένους τὰ τῶν αἱρετικῶν ἐκβεβλῆσθαι τῶν θρόνων ἑαυτῶν, καὶ ἐξορίᾳ παραδοθέντας, εἰς τόπους τε τῶν ἔτι περιόντων ὑποκαταστάντας ἑτέρους, τούτοις πρὸ πάντων τοῖς τραύμασιν ἡ τοῦ δικαίου προσαγέσθω θεραπεία· καὶ μηδεὶς οὕτως ἐστερημένος ἔστω τῶν ἑαυτοῦ, ὡς ἄλλον κεχρῆσθαι τοῖς ἄλλου· ὁπότε εἴγε, καθάπερ ἡμῖν ἐστι καταθύμιον, τὴν πλάνην ἀπολιμπάνουσιν ἅπαντες, παραπολεῖσθαι μὲν ὀφείλει τὰ τῆς τιμῆς οὐδενί· τοῖς δέ γε κεκμηκόσιν ὑπὲρ τῆς πίστεως, μετὰ τῶν προνομίων τῶν οἰκείων ἁπάντων, ὀφείλει τὸ δίκαιον ἀποκαταστῆναι τὸ ἴδιον. Οἱ μέντοι γε τῆς προτέρας ἐν Ἐφέσῳ συνόδου, ἧς τινος ὁ τῆς ἁγίας μνήμης Κύριλλος τότε προήδρευε, κατὰ Νεστορίου ἰδικῶς ὅροι διαμνέτωσαν· μήπως ἡ τότε καταδικασθεῖσα δυσσέβεια, διὰ τοῦτο καθ' ὁτιοῦν ἑαυτὴν ἀπατήσῃ, ὅτιπερ Εὐτυχὴς δικαίως ἀναθε- (full-width line across page 475, below the Latin of col 939, in reading order:) ματισθεὶς καταβέβληται. Ἡ καθαρότης γὰρ ἡ τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τῆς διδασκαλίας, ἣν τῷ αὐτῷ πνεύματι κηρύττομεν

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running head: 939 · S. LEONIS MAGNI EPISTOLAE. · 940 (across the page, page number over this column)
marginal letters: A ‹πᾶσα παντελῶς›; B ‹τούτοις πρὸ πάντων›; C in the footnotes (beside ‹sumpta fuit›, end of note h); D in the footnotes (beside note 6)
old-edition numerals: 1074 after ‹ἅπαντες›
signature: none
other: rail-only column: it holds only the Greek version of Letter XCIII (notes, no English); calls 1–10 are left out of the transcription. The last line of the Greek on this page is printed full width across cols 939/940 below the end of the Latin; it is transcribed here after the column's text (UNIT.md rule after E19). "διαμνέτωσαν" is printed so (for διαμενέτωσαν).