Letter 43

Gelasius IJohanni|gelasius i

Pope Gelasius I to Johanni.

blessed Gelasii papae to Johauuem Spoletauuui. J. Olibitiae relujfiosae feminae cause contf a sororum impetitiones tuendam illi commendat. Gelasius Johanni Bpoletano. Olibula religiosa femina flebili to us petitione suggessit, himself a ') Z addit and diuinis, that rcctius abost a T/7'a*. concerning ecclesiasticis praediis \n auum ju» not transfcrendis oxstat raeceptum Hilari papae ep. 8 n. 7. •') 77' repeltatur. Mox a* instituta, where when 77' Z praeferinms constituta. Synonynia hinc videntur pontificalia constituta, ponlificale Judicium, ct the sentence proprii sacerdoiis. Undo and pracdictam Vibonensis of the church cause to Nolani of the bishop jadiciain delatam fuisee coUigitur. sororibus fiiisse nudataui, which pareutum substautiam solae to himself contejupta ejus solitudiue divisere, maritorum suorum suffultae praesidio. and because interest offieii tui, so that hujusmodi personas, which in proposito devotae mentis integritate perdurant, eongrua defensione tuearis, brother dearest, quidquid in supradictae feminae negotio petatur, impende, lest patiaris eam a suis sororibus or ab earum conjugibus aliqua oppressione lalwrare: so that recepta concerning parentum substantia portione debitii to God may be able qiiieta mente servire. £pistola 41. Oelasii papae to Bonuni epicospum SabinHtem. Vi Kufinum momwhum for basilica s. Laureniii praeseniatum sequenii SiAbato p.4 diaconum faciat, preshijlerii ordinalione usque to medianam hebdomadam dUata. Gelasius Bono to the bishop Sabinati. in parochia tua' basilica holy Laurentii, which in possessione sons and consiliarii our viri magnifici Theodori fundata is, duty priests deosse cofj novimus. £t because praefatus son our nohis retulit invenisse Kufinum quemdam monachum olim to himself rita and ) moribus comprol atum and himc postulat ibi presbyterum consecrari, that su])ito iieri we praerogata ) observantia not acquieYimus. Ideo([ue love tua his acceptis sabbato veniente faciat eum subdiaconum and if God vohierit and vixerimuS; mediana hebdomada presbyterum faciemus ): quatenus superveniente festivitate paschali sacra mysteriii ') in memorata ])asihca a persona competenti valeant adimpleri.

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

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