Emperor Theodosius I
Theodosius
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The grain supply from Africa has been interrupted; I write to report the situation and to request the imperial...
The recommendation I make in this letter is made on the basis of genuine knowledge and genuine judgment, not merely...
The public games require animals from the provinces, and the provincial governors have been less cooperative than...
A legal question has arisen in the administration of the city that requires an imperial rescript to resolve; I set...
How I long to be a member of your company, and with uplifting of all my powers to embrace your admirable community! Though, indeed, these poor eyes are not worthy to look upon it. Oh!
When I was surveying in writing the civil and military achievements of our lord Theodosius [Emperor Theodosius I, r.
To the most blessed Emperor and most merciful prince Theodosius — Ambrose and the other bishops of Italy.
To the most blessed Emperor and most merciful prince Theodosius — Ambrose and the other bishops of Italy.
...and you care for me, but I worry that you might take up some fight on my behalf while I'm away and draw hostility...
Although I know that modesty is kin to virtue, I nevertheless wished to find in the letters of your highness an...
I write to you about a matter that has long concerned me: the speed with which imperial sentences are carried out.
Your Clemency has proposed that a council be convened to settle certain disputed matters.
To the most merciful Emperor Theodosius — from the Council assembled at Aquileia.
Ambrose, Bishop, to the most clement Emperor Theodosius.
You know, most merciful Emperor, that I spoke to you recently about the matter of Callinicum.
Ambrose, Bishop, to the Emperor Theodosius.
I thank you, most merciful Emperor, for your willingness to reconsider the matter of Callinicum.
Ambrose, Bishop, to the Emperor Theodosius — written in my own hand, for your eyes alone.
Ambrose, Bishop, to the Emperor Theodosius.
Your Clemency has done what I asked: you have shown mercy to the defeated supporters of Eugenius.
The recommendation I make in this letter is made on the basis of genuine knowledge and genuine judgment, not merely...
The season at the villa has given me the leisure to reflect on what the office demands and what it gives in return;...
St. Ambrose begs Theodosius to listen to him, as he cannot be silent without great risk to both. He points out that Theodosius though God-fearing may be led astray, and points out that his decision respecting the restoration of the Jewish synagogue is full of peril, exposing the bishop to the danger of either acting against the truth or of death.
Ambrose, Bishop, to the most merciful prince and most blessed Emperor Theodosius.
Ambrose, Bishop, to the most august Emperor Theodosius.
The events at Adrianople have changed the texture of Roman public life in ways that are not yet fully visible; I set...
The formal obligations of the season are behind me now, and I find myself with an unusual surplus of unobligated...
Ambrose, Bishop, to the Emperor Theodosius.
Addressed to the Emperor Theodosius after the massacre at Thessalonica. St. Ambrose begins by stating his reasons for not having met the Emperor on his return to Milan.
Ambrose, Bishop, to the Emperor Theodosius.
Ambrose, Bishop, to the Emperor Theodosius.
The grain supply from Africa has been interrupted; I write to report the situation and to request the imperial...
He notifies the appointment of his representatives at the Council of Ephesus To Cæsar Theodosius, the most religious and devout Augustus Leo pope of the CatholicChurch of the city of Rome. How much God's providence vouchsafes to consult for the interests of men is shown by your merciful care which, incited by God's Spirit, is unwilling that ther...
Unity of Faith is essential but the point at issue hardly required a general council, it is so clear Leo to Theodosius Augustus. On receiving your clemency's letter, I perceived that the universal Church has much cause for joy, that you will have the Christian Faith, whereby the Divine Trinity is honoured and worshipped, to be different or out o...
When on our very arrival in the ancient city, we were engaged in paying our devotion to the most blessed Apostle Peter, at the martyr's very altar, the most reverend Bishop Leo waiting behind awhile after the service uttered laments over the Catholic Faith to us, and taking to witness the chief of the Apostles himself likewise, whom we had just ...
Leo, the bishop, to Theodosius ever Augustus. I. He suspends his opinion on the appointment of Anatolius till he has made open confession of the Catholic Faith.