Letter 30

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Pope Gelasius I to Unknown.

Gelasii papae to quemdam the bishop. 495 ) (/t novam the church without summi ponlificis auctoritate consecratam cujus therefore missas snspenderatf suscepta nune auctoritate cuUui divine reddat. Praecepta synodalia, which before paucos menses concerning sede nostra »d provinciam are directa, and antiquis canonibus consentiimt, and ea qaae minus to be probantur addidimus; and in utraque parte conskat, without*) summi pontificis auctoritate the church noviter conditam not posse dedicari. Teque from hac basilica, which taliter to cultiun Aalea elegantius diceretur tn your judicium j eo that scilicct, so that iu epistola tfeqoenti docemur, Crispinus and Sabinus erant delegati. ') thus corrigendum putamuB, that male 77* atque actorcy pejus Z atque auctore Oeo. this to himself vult ab auctope, that initio epistolac superioris of the Lord sui bc" figsliste, W omittlt to you commendo so that, babet Z. ') lu prima parte epistolae 14 cap. 4 generaliter praecipitur: Basilicas no- inttiiitias not petitis from more praeceptionibus dedicare not audeant; tum iu al- ' cap. 25 additor: concerning locorum consecratione sanctorttm, quamvis superius strictim '" tmprehehtum, to us also patefactum is, that absque praecepto of the see apo- •' fle nonmdU facias the churches or oratoria sacrare praesumant. Quibus locis among iBeoIlaiag liquet, Qelasio synonyma to be tria this: primum epistolae 14 c. 25 ■•fw praeeepto of the see apostolic, alterum epistolae hujus without summi pontificis "' oriuue, po8tremum praedictae epistolae 14 c. 6 without summo pontifice. Notanda * liaec locutio, qua nullum aute Gelasium to Eomanum autistitem specia- dengnandum usom to be meminimus, quamvis subinde celebris adeo ac '' iaris eraserit. Antea for quosvis episcopos summos pontifues dictos to be (a. 494may have been processionis ) adducta, suspendisse missas, probabiliter') com- " * putamus. but because devotus locus not must a mysteriorum *) grace diu yacuus permanere brother dearest, eonmi martyrum in the name of, quos ) relatio continet,auctoritatis nostrae suscepta serie consecra-. bis: so that populorum frequentatio, quam illic avide convenire mandasti, servatis regulis ecclesiasticis and canonibus integrum habeat firmata religione conventum.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.