Letter 188: Part of the papal correspondence surrounding the Acacian Schism (484-519), the major breach between Rome and...

We confess that the spirit of our devotion has been so filled with the joy of concord that we believe no words suffice to give worthy praise to the purity of your faith and the fervor of your zeal. And so we give thanks to almighty God, who has deigned to bring about through the devotion of a most faithful prince the peace of his churches, which had been longed for through so many ages. But since what has been well begun must be perfected with equal vigor, we ask your magnificence to ensure, with that same keenness with which you procured the beginning of peace, that you also procure its fullness, so that no seed of the old dissension may remain, and the unity that has been restored may endure unshaken through all times with God's help.

9Jil1./ Hormisdae papae ad Pompejom. t't ea vivacitatey qua pacvt initium curavit^ procuret et ejus plenitudinem, Hormisda Pompejo. Ita devotionis nostrae animum gaudio concordiae fatemur im- pletum, ut nulla credamus' verba sufficere, quibus fidei vestrae puri- EPISTOLAE 81—85. 883 tatem Taleamus explere. Magna profecta memoria felicitatis trans- (a.5l9.) ibitis ad posteros^ quia yos in facienda pace soUicitudine certum est foisse constrictos. Habetis apud Divinitatera meritum, cujus reli- gioni persolvitis affectum. Operati quidem estis generalitatis desideria, sed et vestra pariter completa sunt vota; et quum animae vestrae paraveritis praemium^ universitas sibicgaudet beneficium impensum. Quapropter debita honorificentia salutantes hortamur et petimus, ut vivacitate, qua quietis ecclesiasticae coepistis initium, procuretis effectum, et quocunque contentionis alicujus videritia remansisse vestigia, curetis modis omnibus insequenda. Adeste ecclesiarum Dei plenissimae tranquillitati , insistite labori, quera fidei vestrae munere Domino curastis offerre. Facitis enim, ut majore a vobis fiducia exigamus plenitudinem, quos gratulamur desideratae dulcis- simae adunationis initia votiva fundasse. Data^) consule suprascripto.