Letter 164: Part of the papal correspondence surrounding the Acacian Schism (484-519), the major breach between Rome and...

HormisdasHormisdas, Rome|c. 520 AD|Hormisdas|AI-assisted
imperial politicspapal authority

Although with a pious disposition [...] yet the sacred communications of the emperor have [...] greeting your amplitudes with [...] we ask that you labor for the restoration of the faith, nor neglect the salvation of so many of the faithful. There is no doubt that your eminences will have much to gain, if through you the things that have long been desired are accomplished, with concord operating. [Note: this letter survives in a heavily damaged state in the manuscript tradition, with significant portions illegible due to OCR artifacts from the original print. The surviving portions indicate a circular letter to imperial officials asking them to support the papal legates in their mission to restore the unity of the churches.]

AI-assisted translation — This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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.

Latin / Greek Original

Hormlsdae papae ad praefectum pTMetarU 1
allosque llliutrM Timi.

Vl pro fldel redinlegratioiu itedwi mk aiMM

Hormisda praefecto praetori«
ceteria illaatribaa a parL
Licet pio
reritf tamen impBratoni aen

1 aaluiautea aaiplitudiiuua i
^, poscimua, ut pro redintegTatio*» ii
Jium, nec taiitiB fidtrlium tartluti ntt t
Oou est dubium, culoitudinem im
Kfe, si per etuu quae ab uiiioiln ka» m
Bordia operautc,

^^ ^^^^-^ ctiini,
^^^ ^^^ <iJipi;ni-
^ ^^^ ^ ek-etum,
^^ .^^^ dcsiiloMita
icieiida xunt
wiw (lirexiittus,
' jiini prideiii
-tuni Ihimiuo

Gormani et Johannis

, adco ut quod proNiiin; nlhiiuiti,
nmitino quTiin Juatimiiiiiis li^M.lio-

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