Letter 4022: Although the distinguished Laurentius attends to your cause with the devotion it deserves, I add my own voice — not...
To Pope Symmachus, from Ennodius.
Although the distinguished Laurentius attends to your cause with the devotion it deserves, I add my own voice — not because it is needed, but because loyalty demands expression. Your Holiness's cause is my cause, and silence on my part would be a form of betrayal.
May God continue to strengthen your hand and confound those who trouble the peace of the Church. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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