Letter 33: Part of the papal correspondence surrounding the Acacian Schism (484-519), the major breach between Rome and...

It is profitable for the faithful of God that through the deaths of their bodies they gain the lives of their souls: they lose what is perishable but purchase what is eternal, and while persecution opens the way to testing, testing becomes the cause of merit. The foolish who rage in blindness do not know that those whom they think they can remove from the company of the living, they lead to the kingdom of God. Hence the joys amid very dangers and the eagerness for suffering: for he who is the rewarder of great gifts awaits the struggles of his own. For who would not be broken by evils, were he not consoled in adversity by the promise of rewards? That hope it is which does not allow us to fail in despair; it shuts out the bitterness of tribulations with the sweet savor of virtues. For who would esteem present things highly, knowing how to value what is to come? Who would refuse the losses of this life, if he considers what is to be received? Persist, my dearest ones, and guarding your unshaken faith with steadfast strength of soul, lay hold of the praise of perseverance, in which is salvation and the palm of good works. Great are the things to which we unworthy ones are called: let not weakness hold us back, for he who calls is a faithful rewarder and a mighty helper. Let us not be deceived by the hope of prosperity or ease, nor set before ourselves what is easy: our Lord has not promised us delicacies, he has not promised us blandishments; he promised rewards, not leisure. Praise does not accord with rest. What place will there be for recompense, if there is no care for virtue? The gate is narrow but the kingdom is vast, the entrance is for few but for those who are proven. Are not these the first words to those whom he taught: "They will persecute you and flog you in their synagogues" [Matt. 10:17]? Through patience, as it is written, let us possess our souls [Luke 21:19], lest through impatience we grieve that they are lost. Our Lord first ascended the cross, the very teacher of his own patience, to instruct by his own example those whom he was to aid. He himself holds the balance between virtues and labors, standing against the poisons of the raging, so that according to the fury of persecution he himself may bestow the crowns of the eternal kingdom. Consider with what praise the ancient history pursues the steadfast deaths of the Maccabees [cf. 2 Macc. 6-7], with what honor Judas and that phalanx of faithful brothers are celebrated in death, with what great renown the people consumed upon the mountain are remembered. And all these virtues exercised for the keeping of the law — shadows and figures of things to come — merited such great examples: we in the fathers have seen, touched, and proven whom we are to follow. What is not owed to the cause? What is to be denied to the truth? What is not due to the Redeemer? We gladly share these teachings with you; for the most wise Solomon says: "Blessed is he who preaches the word in an obedient ear" [Sir. 25:12]. It is indeed a joy to address the willing and to exhort to the right way those who do not resist. For we hold as a pledge of your faith the constancy professed in your letter, by which, separated from the contagion of transgressors, you have recourse to the teachings and mandates of the apostolic see [the Roman papacy]: you have entered the way of truth late indeed, but blessed be God, who does not forget forever, who corrects and heals, nor suffers the sheep of his flock continually to be torn apart by the rapacity of prowling wolves, who through the moderation of his discipline neglects neither the correction nor the salvation of his own. But what wonder if the sheep, having abandoned that one true shepherd, were scattered and the cunning, bloodthirsty, and rapacious one disturbed them with his snares? Those who desert their own protection expose themselves to the dangers by which they are torn apart. Therefore now at least with firm steps persist in the way of the fathers, to which you have returned. The mercy of God will be able to credit also the correction of others to your reward, if through you they are led to the right path. But tear yourselves entirely from the filth in which heretics are held fast and sunk, and shaking off the uncleanness of the clinging dust, condemn with devout abhorrence universally all who have turned aside from apostolic teachings. There is no communion of darkness with light, nor do those who walk by straight paths join their steps with the wandering of those who go astray. The bond of faith must be held fast and the contagion of faithless fellowship must be avoided, because, according to the apostle, just as "anyone united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him" [1 Cor. 6:17], so "whoever is united to a prostitute becomes one body with her" [1 Cor. 6:16]. Virtues love their own fellowships, and those who cling to them they keep with themselves; impiety plunges those who adhere to it into the depths. In your eyes, in your mouths, in your very hands are the teachings of the fathers, which we command you to guard: daily the venerable councils bind us to their preservation. It would be tedious to unfold every point one by one: we must both know and defend the Council of Chalcedon [451 AD, defining Christ's two natures], in which the reverence of all is contained, and also the pronouncements of the venerable Leo [Pope Leo I, r. 440-461], brought forth from the very hearts of the apostles. In these is the standard of faith, in these the bulwarks of truth, in these Christ is recognized, in these the hope and ground of our redemption is preserved. This is that foundation which we read of in the apostle [cf. 1 Cor. 3:11ff.], upon which whoever attempts to build wood, hay, and straw to be consumed by fire deceives himself. By these councils the poisons of Eutyches [heresiarch who denied Christ's two natures] and Nestorius [heresiarch who divided Christ's person] have been destroyed — who, while they strive against the saving mystery of the Lord's dispensation with contrary arguments between themselves, agree under a kind of equality of sacrilege, differing in their verdicts but united in impiety: the one, refusing that the Virgin Mary is the Mother of God, divides in our Lord what is united; the other, confusing the proper and distinct attributes of the natures that came together, extinguishes the mystery of our redemption — the one touching on the sect of Photinus [4th-century heretic], the other on the madness of Mani [founder of Manichaeism], by impious kinship. Against these, most beloved brothers, defend those remedies that have been provided with that strength of soul with which you see heretics fighting in impiety for their destruction. Let the assertion of truth not be sluggish. With what zeal ought salvation to be loved, when you see deadly destruction so eagerly embraced? Let it be shameful for the laws of truth to be asserted feebly, when errors are defended so obstinately. And the authors of those wicked innovations which we have mentioned, synodal decrees pursue with just condemnations; but we likewise admonish you to shun even their followers. The apostolic see has both discovered them to be equal to their masters and has joined them to the condemned: Dioscorus [patriarch of Alexandria, deposed at Chalcedon] and Timothy the parricide [Timothy Aelurus, anti-Chalcedonian patriarch of Alexandria], Peter of Alexandria [Peter Mongus, Monophysite patriarch], Acacius of Constantinople [patriarch whose communion with heretics caused the Acacian Schism] with his followers, likewise Peter of Antioch [Peter the Fuller, Monophysite patriarch], similar to the aforementioned in error as in name, but also Severus [Severus of Antioch, leading Monophysite theologian] of the same see and likewise of the same poison, Xenaias of Hierapolis [Philoxenus, Monophysite bishop], Cyrus of Edessa, Peter of Apamea — to be condemned not only for their own perdition but for the perdition of others as well, who, while they ceaselessly wrap themselves in the filth of their opinions, have also polluted others by teaching what they have wrongly adopted. With the salutary force of a general mandate I admonish you: whatever is brought forward from any commentaries against the rules of the fathers, reject it. Let no one move you with unsuitable precepts or novel teachings: for if they are laypeople, they cannot govern churches, because it befits them rather to learn than to teach. For it is sacrilege to bring foreign offerings to holy altars, because God has prescribed fixed boundaries for religious disciplines even among the very beginnings of his worship; he divided the office between the Levites and his people; one is the authority of the laity, another the ministry of priests. He provoked the Lord rather than appeased him, who as a violator of sacred things brought alien fire into the divine sanctuaries [cf. Lev. 10:1-2]. Who is there who can assume for himself the authority to command in matters belonging to others, when it is beyond dispute that one who offered the honor that was due was punished solely for presuming upon an office not his own? King Uzziah [cf. 2 Chr. 26:16ff.] would have remained in reverence and in his administration, if warned by the example of so great a severity he had refrained from sacred matters by fearing rather than by presuming, he would have done better. But while the obstinate violator does not desist even when the ministers of the temple prohibit him, struck in the very act with the abomination of leprosy, he lost the altars, the office, and the kingdom, while he invaded the ministry of the priest. Let them know, therefore, that what is taken from God's commandments by presumptuous men is not acceptable to God, since he preserved one as a display of his sentence with the punishment of lasting disgrace, while swift flame consumed the others. And if there are things conceived under some color of religion, they cannot have force when they contend against such great authorities. The apostle Paul cries out: "But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be accursed!" [Gal. 1:8]. Nor was it enough to have said this once; he repeats the salutary command: "As we have said before, so now I say again: if anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that one be accursed!" [Gal. 1:9]. Let whoever follows the apostolic discipline therefore guard the sentence pronounced for the preservation of the faith. And indeed, care has not been lacking on our part, for through the service of a twofold embassy we have brought forward whatever was humble in our prayers, whatever was reasonable in our arguments, whatever was salutary in our instructions. But surely the way of justice is not to be neglected on that account, because faithlessness with its obstinacy loves its own errors? The falls of those who stumble are not to be joined with our own: let those perish without our contagion who do not turn aside from their impieties even when their error has been chastised.

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V cecitatem uiuentes B 5 credunt V: ore dunt B 6 periculi V 7 expectant B agonis B S ea B 9 sinet B dispiratione B 10 excludet B II duci B dulcis sapor legit interpres 12 estimare B rennuat V: non rennuat B 12 sq. sicque sunt decipienda B 13 kilii B 14 fixam B perseuerentiae B 15 que B honorum B operum B: hominum V 16 atque uo- camus B 17 est V: es B 18 nec om. B facila B 20 pro- misit V: pponet B laudi non B: laudi V 21 cura V: causa B 22 difuaa V 23 nonne V: non B 24 sinagogis V Epist. 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T/ugZ 3 T^jisXXe a xa\ i<i>v om. h 4 xat- jyeiv gh 6 noia (ola agh) xti>v MaxxaPa{u>v e5o8o^ tol^ xapxspixol; 7j ndXTfj loTopia xdiv ftnatvtov aeogh, correxi secutus Thielium (icoiti) xalq ttbv M. l{odoi; xaptEpixttl^ •fj icaXaid bt. t^> iicatvip) 8 Ktot<i>v om. aeo ti(jLYj eo: ttjj.-?) agh 9 eatl aeog: lict h 11 oooat aeo: etvat gh irapa- Ser;CpLdttuv eo: icapdSeiYfiLa ta>v agh 13 ttvt agh: Iv ttvt eo 14 tt o'jx aeo: el oux gh Xutptor?) eo: Xotptw tt agh 16 xTQpuootttv eo 22 ^Kav- epyeod-at g 24 ^vibjjievTQ^ 0 37* 578 Horniisda presbytcris etc. Sjriae secundae mirum, si oues . relicto uno illo et uero pastore dispersas callidus cruentus et rapax turbauit insidiis? qui tutelam suam deserunt, ipsi se periculis, quibus lanientur, exponunt. lOergo nunc saltim solidis passibus in uiam patrum, ad quam recurristis, insistite. potens erit misericordia dei aliorum quoque correctionem mercedi uestrae, si a uobis ad rectum deducantur, adscribere. sed in totum uos a caeno, quo immersi haeretici tenentur, auellite et excutientes immunditiam pulueris inhaerentis .generaliter uniuersos ab apostolicis dogmatibus declinantes religiosa detestatione damnate. nulla tenebris cum luce communio nec, qui per recta itinera gradiuntur, uestigia 11 suacum deuiantium errore coniungunt. tenendum est fidei uin- culum et uitandum de perfida societate contagium, quia secun- dum apostolum quemadmodum, qui se adiungit domino, unus spiritus est, ita qui adhaeret meretrici, unum corpus efficitur. amant uirtutes collegia sua et adliaerentes sibi secum impietas in profundo demergit. [in conspectu] in oculis, in ore, in ipsis manibus sunt patrum dogmata, quae custodienda mandamus : cottidie nos ad conseruationem sui concilia uene- 12randa constringunt. loquax est singillatim uniuersa retexere : Chalcedonensem synodum, in qua omnium reuerentia continetur, sed et uenerandi Leonis prolata de ipsis apostolorum prae- cordiis instituta et nosse nos conuenit et tueri. in his uexillum fidei, in his propugnacula ueritatis, in his Christus agnoscitur, n his redemptionis nostrae spes et causa seruatur. hoc est illud, 10 cf. Cor. n 6, U 14 Cor. I 6, 17 15 Cor. I 6, 16 1 sq. dispersas callidus cruentus et omissa in marg. add. V 2 tutelam suain F: obilia sua B 4 at J5 7 at teno ut uid. B 8 hereci B abellite B 9 ab o: ad F, om. B 10 damnaT B 11 latinera B gradiunt F, corr. o: ingressus B 13 perfida F: perfidia B 15 est V: et B adherat meritici B 16 conlegia B, cellegia F 17 profunda V dimegit B in conspectu (conspectum B) VB: glossema uncis inclusi 19 cotidie B conuersationem sui i B 20 uniluniuersa B 21 calce- n donese B reuerenda B 23 uixillum B 24 propugnaculo F, corrcxi: propugnaculum Bo his B: om. F, quo o Epist. CXXXX 10—12. 579 zi ^aDjJLaoTov, sl za itpopata xataXetrp&4vT0<; ey.s(voD toO Iv6<: yjxl aXTj^tvoo ^otfjtivoc 5ta<3Xop:ri3^evta 0 icavoopYo;, 6 aT(iaai ice^op- {livoc Tuxt ap?ua4 tat<; Iveopat^ Itapa^ev; ot r/jv aocpdXetav tYjV lotav %ataXt|i7cdvovt6<; aotot saotoii^ tot<; xtv86votc, ' aiv oicapat- 5 rovtat, IftpdXXoDatv. wats xav v5v 706V atsppotc pi^fiaaiv ev 10 o8u) twv ?cat^pa)v, Tcpoc 7;v avs8pd(X6t6, JvatTjts* 56vatat 7(3ip to toO ^soi> IXsot; %at rr^v taiv SXXwv 6(iota>^ 8i6p^a)atv tij) 6p.stsp(j) |j.to^ti), ^o^f' ^l^''^^ '^P^^ '^^ suO^ec oSvjYi^j^stsv, Xo^taaadaf iXX' £aaro6<; xaO-^Xoo aico to6 poppopou, sv q) ot atpstixol xataico^ivtsc 10 xsxpdtTiVtat, aicoaicdaats xat IxtivdSavts; r/;v axadapatav to6 7.oviopto6 too xoXXYj^svto? 7svtxd><; SE7cavta<; to'j<; aTco tcov aTco- roXtxwv 8o7(idta)v aicoxXtvavta^ suaspst aicoxTjp6;st xaraxptvats. o656|jLta tcp oxotst icpo^ t6 cp(5>c xotva)v(a o5ts ot 8td t<Sv soO-stoiV oSwv pa5tCovt6C td saDtwv Xyyy] (tstd t(i)V dicoxXtv6vta>v 7cXdvr^<; 15 oovdictooat. xataa^fstsoc satt tT); matsax; o6v86a|jLO? xat icapat-ll njtea ex t^<; aTctatoo xotva>v(a<; X6{iy), ott xatd t6v dicoatoXov, Sv tp6:cov b laot6v 7cpoaxoXX(bv tij) xuptcp £v icvs6{id sattv, ootax; 0 xoXX(0[i6vog rjj T^opvg Sv iffvetat aw^ia. aYaicwatv at dpstat td<; aXXi^Xa>v xotV(«>vtac xal to6c xoXXa>(isvoo? aot-Q (isd' saotTjc » aaegsta sv tq) PoO("|) xatairovtlCst. sv ?)'^daX(iotc, sv ttj) at6(iati, sv a6tat<; tat<; ^-^^ '^^^ 7catepa>v td 867(iata, & tpoXdttstv £*/:£XA6(i6^a- xay exdatTjv 7cp6<; rrjv (poXaxYjv saotwv at aspda^ita^ oovoSot Tcspia-f tYYooat. (laxpYj^opta eatt xa^' sxaatov Tcdvta cpavs- 12 poov td r?,? sv XaXxr^86vt aov68oo, Iv yj Tcaaebv t6 aspac ^epts- » y«*^- ^'^*'^ 'C* Tcapd too a6paa(ifa>tdtoo Aeovto? Tcpoevs^^xl-svta U aOt^c ^(fiv d:coat6Xa>v tY)^ xap8iac 6pta(iata xat 7iv(oaxsiv T^(idc ftpoofjxst xat tY]peTv. ev to6tot<; t6 aY)(i6tov tYjc ictatsca?, Iv to6tot<; ot icpo(ia^(i>v6; tijg dXYj^sta?, Iv to6tot<; 6 Xptat6c 7tV(oaxsta'., sv toatot; tY)<; Xotpcoaeco; tfj? '/^(istepa^ r^ sXict^ xat fj oTC^^sat^ 1 xataXr^ofl-svto^ aeo, a fortasse postea corr. xaxaXecflpS-evio; 5 cTEpyoti; 0 8 Y]|xu>v h 13 ohhi jiia gh 14 TrXdvvji; eo: itXdvT] agh 16 8q, dno'aToXov Sv Tpdicov eo: iicoaToXixiv Tpditov gh, aitdcToXov ?cETpov a 22 xad-exdaTYjv ae ae^aa^^at gh 23 xa^s'xaaxov ae ^avspoGv id aeo: cpavepouvTa gh 24 aepa? eogh: aepdajJLiov a 25 JcpoeveveyO-evTa a 26 r?j? aeo: om. gh 27 t^ OYjfxeTov scripsi: xh aepdajiiov gh, toIi; cepaa- fitoi^aeo 28 tcpofjLa^oovie? a 29 "i] 67cd^eai5ag: npd^satsh, uicid-eat; eo 580 Hormisda presbyteris etc. Syriae secundae quod in apostolo legimus, fundanientum, in quo se ipsum decipit quisquis ligna fenum stipulas consumendas ignibus 13superaedificare temptauerit. his interfecta sunt Eutychetis et Nestorii uenena conciliis, qui aduersum dominicae dispensationis salubre mysterium dum contraria inter se disputatione nituntur, sub quadam sacrilegii aequalitate consentiunt, sententiis dispares et impietate concordes: quorum alter nolens Mariam uirginem dei esse genetricem in domino nostro quae unita sunt diuidit, alter dum conuenientium naturarum propria et certa confundit, mysterium nostrae redemptionis extinguit, alter Fotini sectam, 14alter Manetis insaniam impia cognatione contingens. aduersum hos, dilectissimi fi-atres, prouisa remedia illa anirai uirtute defendite, qua in labefactionem eorura uidetis haereticos im- pietate pugnare. non sit pigra ueritatis adsertio. quo studio oportet salutera diligi, cum uideatis perditionem mortiferam sic amari? pudeat segniter adseri ueritatis leges, cum tam 1 5 pertinaciter defendantur eiTores. et auctores quidem inuenti- onum malarum, quae praediximus, synodica constituta iustia condemnationibus insequuntiir; sed nos, etiam sequaces eorum ut declinetis, pariter admonemus. quos apostolica sedes et deprehendit pares auctoribus suis et coniunxit addictis: Dios- corum et Timotheum pan*icidam, Petrum Alexandrinum, Acacium Constantinopolitanum cum sequacibus suis, Antiochenum quoque Petrum praedicto similem sicut errore sic nomine, sed et 1 aq. cf. Cor. I 3, 11 sqq. 1 apostolum B ipse decepit B 2 ligna aut lenum B coV lcgendas B 3 superhedificare V: superhedicare B \s V euty- cetis K, eutichetis B 5 dispensatione mituntur B 8 unitas B diuidunt B 9 propriao certa B confudit V 10 no- strae V: non B redemptio B foteni B, foniti V 11 insania B contagione B 13 qua V: quia B hereticos V: erit his hos B 14 nun om. B 15 perdictionem V mortyferam jB, mortifera V 16 pudeat V: cur pudeat B signiter aseri B ueritis V legis B tam om. B et fort. delmdum est 17 defendatur (stc) coir. ex defen- datis B erroris B 18 istis B 19 insecuntur B uos V 20 sedis B 21 deprehendct B autoribus B coniuncxit V 22 tymotheum V 23 constantinupolitanam B con V antyo- chenum V 24 praedictio B Epist. CXXXX 13—15. 581 pXdTTsta».. oSto^ eativ exsIvoc, 8v sv z'u^ aicooToXtj) avaTVojjxsv, dsnsXio?, sv eaoTov Ttc; irapaXo7'X6Ta'., tk; iiXa /opTov xaXaiivjv xiravaXtox^iftsva Tip icopi si:oi%o8o{tf^aai Trstpa^j. sv TaoTatt; dvTji- 13 psdrj Ta EoToyoO^ xai NsoToptoo Tat^ aovoSoic; 8r|X*/)TYipia, otrtvsc; 5 U svavrlac; rfj? Sso-OTtXYjc toO o<i>Tr^puo8oDi; (iooTT,p{oo olxovo[i.tac, sv ooq) svavTtcj) jisTaco iaoTwv ooXXo7fa[j.ij) cptXovstxoootv, oico Ttvt Tr,; tspoooXtai; la6T7)Tt oop/fovoootv, Svioot Tat? Yvwfjiat; xat 6(i6- '^oyoi aos^s^ot, (Sv 6 sTspoc ijlt^ ^iXcov TYjv icap^^vov Maptav ^soo stvat ^EVVTjTptav, aTCsp Iv zl^ xoptcp Yjfj.tov slotv r^v(i>jj.4va, 10 Statpst, 6 86 srspo;, Iv ooii) Twv ooveXftooawv cpoosoov Ta T8ta xat ta a>.r|^ ^^T/i^h '^^ [tooTT^ptov vr^^ r^ftsTspa^ XoTpcoosa)^ opsv- vootv, 5XXo(; ^(OTstvoo TYiV ^pr^oxstav, sTspo; to'j MdvsvTo^ ttjv i^pooovrjV acspst o'JYTSVstcf oovdicrcov. xara to!t(ov, a8sX'^ot d7a-14 ^njtot, Tcposvor^Orpav iarpstat' sxstvac; t*^ too Xo7to|JLo6 8ovd;jLSt 16 Sir/.StXTfjoaTS, sTrsiSyj si^ avaTpo7rr;v abrwv opdrs t^oc atpsrtxoo? 5id zffi aospstac; piayojJLSVooc' [iTj Iotcd sv oxvcj) ryj; 8i3aoxaX{a(; r; aXTj^sta- tcoCcj ypTj o-oo8r^ ty)v o(OTTjptav afa-doOat, 6<c6te 6paTS r?jv OavaTYj^opov ar^oXsiav oor(o OTEpYOjJisvYjv ; aiSso&wfJLSv V(oysX<o; aa^frjViCsoO^at xrfi aXr^xl-s-lac too^; v6(toog, 67r6Tav E7ci|jl6v(o; 8isx- 20 Stxwvrat at icXivat. Ttat roo^ dpyY)7o6c (isv rcov xaxo)v s'feopso6(ov, 15 a icpO£t;co(isv, O'jvo8ixd dsoJc(o(jLaTa 8ixatat<; xaraxptosot (isrsp- /ovraf dXX' Yjjxstc;, xal tootcdv to'jc dxoXoo&ooc on(A<; sxxXtvr^rs 6{xs'l(o<; 67CO(j.i(j.vYjoxo(tsv, oo^; dzooroXixY] xav^sSpa xat xarsXa^s izapaicXYiotoo? Svra; rot; laorwv 8t8aoxdXot? xai rotc xaraxptO-stot 25 oovsCsois, At6oxopov xat Tt(j.6dEov rov TcarpaXoiav xat lUrpov rov 'AXs4av8ps'a;, 'Axdxtov tov K(ovoTawvooicoX(Tr|V p.sTd t(ov saoroo dxoXo6^(ov, a)oa6T(o^ Ilsrpov tov 'Avrioysia; rip icpoXsydsvri ojxoiov cy; rs icXdviQ xat rij) 6v6jj.aTt, dXXd xai SspYjpov roo a^roo t6:coo 2 xaXo[|jLr,v yopiov trsjy. gh 4 Sr//.r^':T^pia aeo; xd SYjXT^rrjpta gh 8 bu- oi^Eia gh 9 y;}iu)v om. a 10 ev oco) om. a tu)v soveXO-odsojv ^f-jssojv td tStaagh: td TSta xtbv ouvsXO-ojatov «^U36U)V eo 13 dae^st coYYfvsia eo: das^Yj ao-fcs^vetav agh 17 ordiav a 19 ottoxs . . Stsv.SixoOviat eo 22 Ix- •/.XtvTjTs eo (e< h?i: ex%X'voi?e ag 23 v.ai om. gh 24 y.aTaxpi^Ei h 25 otoaxopov xai post KatpaXotav xvA irsp, eo xov 'AXeJav^psia; scrij^si: Too; 'AXs^av^psT*; aeogh 2l> ^aoioO eo: lauxwv agh 28 ce'r?;pov eo 582 Hormisda presbyteris etc. Syriae secundae Seuerum eiusdem loci nihilominus et ueneni, Xenaiam Hiero- politem, Cyrum Edessae, Petrum Apamiae, non iam pro sua tantum sed pro aliorum quoque perditione damnandos, qui dum se opinionum suarum sordibus indesinenter inuoluunt. alios quoque docendo, quae male adsecuti sunt, polluerunt. IGgeneralis mandati salubritate uos moneo: quicquid aduersum regulas patrum de quibuslibet commentariis profertur, abicite. nuUus uos incongruentibus praeceptis aut nouis moueat insti- tutis : si enim mundani sunt, ecclesias tenere non possunt, quia eis conuenit magis discere quam docere. nefas enim altaribus piis peregrina inferre libamina, quia certos religiosis disciplinis terminos deus inter ipsa quoque cultus sui praescripsit initia, inter Leuitas et populum suum diuisit officium; alia est potestas hominum, alia ministeria sacerdotum. incitauit potius dominum quam placauit, qui externum ignem in diuinis adytis 17sacrorum temerator inuexit. quis est, qui sibi in alienis insti- tutis iubendi auctoritatem possit adsumere, cum non sit ambiguum oflFerentem honorem debitum pro sola officii prae- sumptione punitum? in regia Ozias reuerentia et administra- tione permanserat, si monitus tantae districtionis exemplo a 14 sq. cf. Leuit. 10, 1 sq. 19 cf. Paralip. II 26, 16 sqq. a cione V 20 permanserat B, permanserit V man. 1: permansiset (!) V man. 2 a -BF man. i: ac F man. 2 Epist. CXXXX 16—17. 583 od3sv T^xiov xat too loO, Ssvsav lov ^leparoXtrriV, Kopov tov 'ESe^TjC, Ilstpov tov ATcaitsiai; oii ftovov ozip TTjg oly.e'la(; aXXa xat oTtsp rfi^ td)V dtXXcov 6{j.o'l(i); aTCCoXsia; xataxptt^oo^, ottivs? £v oGcj) iaotoo^ tot? p6-ot(; tr^c; I5ta<; 564r^? a-a6at(D? lYXoXtoootv, 5 oXXod; o|iota><; sv tip 5t5aT/.stv too; xaxwj; aotot? axoXoodi^-sa^/caf; IpXovav. 5ia Ysvixf^? owtYipiwSoog svtoXfjc 6[ttv irapaivd)- '::dvlG ouoov 14 svavttac; twv iratptxwv xavovwv sj ot(Dv5iQZots o-oiivTj- ji.dta)V xpoevs^^S-siY], iiKooa^j^s. |j.r^5eU 0|j.dc ai:poa'f6poic :rpoa- tdYjjLaoiv 7] vscDtspotc 6pto[j.aat xatvtodto)' sl [xsv Yofp slot xoo|j.txoi^ ioy.at 00 56vavtat ta<; IxxXYjota? xats^^siv, STrstSir) to6tot? ap(j.6Cst to St^doxsoO-at |j.dXXov fj 5t5dox£iv. dds|j.ttov ^ap tot? ospaafiiotc; ^otaoTfiptOK; £svac jcpoo^^spstv a7:ov5d<;, szsiSYj oacpsi? s6ospsotv snar^pLaic opoo<; <6 ds6<;> sv abtotc 6[j.o((og r?;; I5ta<; ti[j.fjc tot^ T:poot[j.totc 7cpos7pa']>s. [tetajo Asottc&v xat too olxstoo Xaoo 5tEiX6 15 tTjV Asitoopftav dXXyj sottv yj twv dviJ-pcbTcoav sjooota, dXXat at or/jpsotai t(bv isp6(Dv. Tcapcbjove (idXXov tov x6piov T^^csp sS'.Xe(o- oato, S; aXX6tptov icop Iv tot? dstot; a56tot; td tspd [j.oX6va(; k£io'^vs7xs. ttg Eotiv, 0? saotij) sv dXXotptot? dsoTcloiiaot to'3 xs- 1 7 Uosiv r?jV a'jdsvttav 56vatat icpooXapstv ; xat ^dp o'jx fottv d|X'f t- 20 ^oXov ;cpoo'x;4povta tt(j.7jv xs)^ps(«)arr^|jivrjV oicsp |j.6v7j<; ttj^ iTXe'-- pTjOea); r?jC XsttoopYtaj; t6tt(j.a)pfjOdat. sv tii) vaij) 'OCta; sv t^jj s'iXapE'0[ xat rg 6?rrjp6O'0(. 5ts(istvsv st 51 voodetrjdeU tij) oro- ?£(Y{iatt rf|(; tooa6t7j^ eriTcXfjSeu)^ d:c6 tcov Ispwv 5tatd460DV ecpo- ?T|ih] (idXXov 7] xatet6X(j.'/]os to6tODV, $(j.etvov dv epaoiXsoaev. dXX' 2 t?a'33Tj; a olxia; o 7 aeo: et li gh 8 dKiooaa^ai h et ante correctionem g 12 oaipoj; a 13 6 d-sht; addidi 14 oixeiou agh: tSwo eo 16 fjTT-rjpeotai x<I)v tepeiuv agh: tu>v lepetuv 'jKr^peotai eo 19 post dlwiprAov add. Ti eo 20 TtjiYjv <|j.7;> xt/petooxT^nevr^v gh 21 teTijitu- petsO-ai a sv om. a 24 a[j.eivov ex «[xopov o 584 Hormisda presbyteris etc. Syriae secundae religiosis institutis timendo quam adsumendo meliora tempe- rasset. sed dum nec prohibentibus cultoribus templi pertinax temerator absistit, inter ipsa leprae abominatione percussus altaria officia regni perdidit, dum ministeria sacerdotis inuadit. sciant ergo non esse accepta deo, quae de mandatis eius a praesumptoribus adsumuntur, quando unum ad ostensionem sententiae uiuacis dedecoris poena seruauit, alios uelox flamma 18 consumpsit. quod si sunt, quae religionis aliquo colore concepta sint, uires habere nequeunt. quae tantis auctoritatibus reluc- tantur. clamat Paulus apostolus: licet nos aut angelus de caelo euangelizet uobis, praeterquamquodeuangeli- zauimusuobi8,anathemasit. nec semel hoc dixisse sufBcit ; repetit salubre mandatum: sicut praediximus. et nunc iterum dico: si quis uobis euangelizauerit praeter id quod accepistis, anathema sit. seruet ergo latam pro fidei conseruatione sententiam, quisquis apostolicam sequitur dis- 19 ciplinam. et quidem nobis cura non defuit, nam geminae legationis officio quicquidin precibus Immile, quicquidin allegationibusratio- nabile, quicquid in mandatis salubre, detulimus. sed numquid ideo neglegenda est iustitiae uia, quia errores suos diligit cum obstinatione perfidia? non sunt iungendi cum cadentibus lapsus: sine nostra contagione pereant, qui ab impietatibus suis nec castigato en-ore declinant. DatalV. Id. Febr. p. c. Agapiti u. c. 10 Gal. 1, 8 13 Gal. 1, 9 1 (potius^ quam Bar. melior perseuerasset B 3 ipsa V man. 1: ipsam BV man. 2 abominatione B: abhominacionem V 4 past altaria add. et V man. 2 regera B 5 sciant ex siant V man. 2 deo V man. 2: a deo BV man. 1 a ad F man. 2 6 osten- sione B\ desertationem V 7 nolox B 8 comsumpsit B alico V concepta 8crip8i\ concep B, contSpta F; contecta Fronto Ihbc., suscepta Bar. 9 nequeant B auctoritatibus ex auctoribus corr. B man. 1\ auc- toribus V 10 angelos B 11 euangeliet V quod om. B enan- gelizamus B 13 repetiit B nunc iterum V: nuncierunt B 14 euan- gelizauimus V 16 conseruacionem V sententia B 17 dis- sciplinam V curam non fuit B 18 alegacionibus V 20 quia o: qui F, qua B diliget B 21 labsus B 22 congregatione pereat B or 23 declinauit B iiii B\ y V februarius B agapito F uc cons. B Epist. 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Dei beneflcia licet multis, 2 maxime tamen summis pontificibus conuenit indicare. proinde sanctitati uestrae per has sacras declaramus epistolas, quod primum quidem inseparabilis trinitatis fauore, deinde amplis- s simorum procerum sacri nostri palatii et sanctissimi senatus nec non electione fortissimi exercitus ad imperium nos licet 3 nolentes ac recusantes electos fuisse atque firmatos. precamur proinde, ut sanctis orationibus uestris diuinae potentiae supplicetis, quatenus initia nostri roborentur imperii. hoc enim lo et nos sperare et uos decet implere. Data Kal. Aug. Con- stantinop. Magno u. c. cons. (1*3.) HORMiSDA lusTiNO AUGUSTO. Ucnerabilis regni uestri primi- tiis, fili gloriosissime, loco muneris gratulationem suam catholica 15 transmittit ecclesia, per quos se post tantam discordiae fatigationem requiem pacis inuenire confidit. nec est dubium ideo ad rerum summam caelesti uos prouidentia peruenisse, ut tantis temporibus impacta religioni in Orientis partibus 2 aboleatur iniuria. debitas beato Petro apostolo imperii uestri 20 primitias red<di)distis, quas hac ratione deuote suscepimus, quia ecclesiarum per uos proxime futuram credimus sine dubitatione concordiam. deus, qui pietatis uestrae sensibus alloquendi nos uota concessit, ipse circa sincerum religionis 141« Bat. a. 518 die 1. Axig., per Alexandrum. Edd, Car. 477; Bar. ad a. 518, 67; Collect. Concil.; Thiel 830. 2 Ig F 3 suuiis V, corr. 0 indicare ex iudicare ut uidetur carr. V: indi- cari a 4 per as V 7 fortissiini scripsi: forniissimi F, finnissimi excercitus V 12 uoc cofis V 142« Dat. a. 518 mense Octohri uel Nouemhri per Alexandrum: respondet epistulae 141. Edd. Car, D 477; Bar. ad a. 518, 68: Collect. Concil; BTA I 834; Thiel 834. 14 princiis V 16 quos V: quas Car. 18 caelestibus prouidentiam F, corr. 21 reddistis F, corr. 0 23 piaetatis V Epist. cxxxxi 1 — cxxxxm 2. 587 suae cultum praestabit, sictit optamus, affectum. significastis 3 nolentibus et recusantibus uobia imperii pondus impositum: qua ratione electos uos caelesti constat esse iudicio secundum apostolum dicentem : non est potestas nisi a deo; quae autem <sunt>, a deo ordinatae sunt. superest ut a deo electi, sicut et credimus, ecclesiae, quam laborare cernitis, inanus uestrae solatia porrigatis. cessent, qui paci eius ob- 4 sistunt; quiescant, qui in forma pastorum conantur gregem Christi dispergere ! istorum correctio uires uestri finnat imperii, quia ubi deus recte colitur, aduersitas non habebit effectum. hanc gratulationis paginam per Alexandrum u. s. non omisimus 5 destinare, sperantes cum dei nostri adiutorio per Gratum u. s. filium nostrum de singulis, quae ad unitatem ecclesiae per- tinent, nos clementiae uestrae praebituros esse responsum.