Letter 79: lum, p. 114. Corruptio Segetio for Cethego, licet possibilis, not however probanda.
Pope Pelagius I to the addressee.
Pelagius firmly rejects the claim that he is the author of the letter which the bishops of Aemilia are trying to attribute to him. He acknowledges that while he was still a deacon he sent a refutation to Pope Vigilius and wrote six books in defense of the Three Chapters, but he insists that other letters attributed to him in this matter are not his work. He calls upon the recipient to bear witness to the truth and to correct the false impression that has been circulated, so that his position in the controversy may be properly understood and his reputation defended.
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Latin / Greek Original
lum, p. 114. Corruptio Segetio pro Cethego, licet possibilis, non tamen
probanda. Cf. P. Ewaed, 0 , c., l. c,, p. 560, n. 1.
si uiueremus: Kmendatio iam a S. boEwENFEED (E. Bishop),
0 , c,, p. 20, n. 0 proposita, suscipienda. Cf. ceteroqui notulas ad praec.
ep. 78, 1.
PEI.AGII I PAPAE
Reiicit Pelagius vehementer, se esse auctorem epistulae quam Aemi¬
liae episcopi ei impingere volunt. Quod ad causam Trium Capitulorum
adtinet, quidem, cum adhuc diaconus esset, refutationem quandam ad
Vigilium papam misit, et sex libros «In defensione trium capitulorum»
conscripsit; alias vero litteras, dum Constantinopoli degebat, non dedit.
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To our beloved bishops assembled in council,