Letter 178: Part of the papal correspondence surrounding the Acacian Schism (484-519), the major breach between Rome and...

We rightly confess that the grace of the divine gift has dawned upon us, knowing by the assertion of this letter that the reverence of your apostleship holds our memory in its holy heart. For with true hope we trust that the propitiation of heavenly mercy comes through the intercession of the pontiff, most blessed lord and father to be received with apostolic honor! The watchful vigils of your prayers and the wonderful faith of the most victorious prince, always radiant with Catholic splendor, have restored to the most sacred churches the long-desired concord of peace; which, with all his triumphs most firmly established, he rightly exults to have borne as an unconquered standard. And so may the undefiled sanctity of your fatherhood persist in offering prayers and vows to almighty God with unceasing continuance for the safety and prosperity of the aforesaid lord, our Augustus: that he may deign to preserve the ineffable grace of so many blessings, which he himself has inspired in his pious heart, for the advancement also of future blessedness. And may prayer be kindly bestowed from your pontificate also upon our lord and husband, your son, and upon me, your particular devotee, together with the offspring which the Lord has deigned to give us, by whose support the protection of divine favor may graciously smile upon us.

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