Letter 26: An episcopal letter from the Visigothic church addressed to Visigothic clergy and laity on the subject of Arianism...
An episcopal letter from the Visigothic church addressed to Visigothic clergy and laity on the subject of Arianism [the belief that Christ was a created being subordinate to the Father, held by the Germanic Visigoths until 589] and the ongoing work of Catholic conversion following Reccared's renunciation of the heresy in 589. The letter instructs clergy on how to receive Arian converts, explains the orthodox Trinitarian faith, and urges vigilance against backsliding. The conversion of the Visigoths from Arianism to Catholicism was one of the defining events of early medieval Iberian history.
AI-assisted translation — This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Related Letters
To my brothers in the faith and service of Christ,
King Swinthila [r.621-631, the Visigothic king who briefly unified all of Iberia under Visigothic rule] writes to...
A letter from a Visigothic council [636] addressed to the Visigothic ecclesiastical establishment on questions of...
Isidore of Seville [bishop, scholar, c.
A letter from the Visigothic court to Pope Honorius I [r.