Letter 2: Leo, bishop, to our beloved brother Timothy, bishop of the Catholic church of Alexandria.
Leo, bishop, to our beloved brother Timothy, bishop of the Catholic church of Alexandria.
It is evident under the splendor of the apostolic judgment that, as the Apostle says, all things work together for good for those who love God, and by the dispensation of divine piety, where adversities are experienced, there also prosperity is granted. The experience of the Alexandrian church demonstrates this, in which much treasure of patience has been accumulated through the suffering and endurance of the humble.
[Note: This letter is from Pope Leo I (the Great) to Timothy of Alexandria, not from Pope John II. It has been included in this collection in error.]
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Latin / Greek Original
LEO EPISCOPUS TIMOTHEO EPISCOPO CATHOLICO ALEXANDRINAE ECCLESIAE. Euidenter apparet sub apostolicae splendore sen- tentiae, quoniam diligentibus deum omnia cooperan- tur in bonum, et diuinae dispensatione pietatis, ubi exci- piuntur aduersa, ibi donantur et prospera. ^ quod Alexandri- nae ecclesiae experimenta demonstrant, in qua multos sibi patienctiae» thesauros humilium molestia et tolerantia congre- gauit, quia iuxta est dominus his, qui tribulato sunt corde, et humiles spiritu saluabit, glorificata in omnibus incliti principis fide, per quem dextera domini fecit uirtutem, ne in throno beatorum patrum antichristi diutius sederet opprobrium; cuius impietas nemini magis quam sibi nocuit, quia etsi aliquos ad societatem facinoris impulit, se tamen inexpiabiliter cruentauit. ^ unde de eo, quod instinctu fidei in fraternitate tua cleri et plebis atque omnium fidelium egit electio, upiuersam mecum ecclesiam domini gaudere reseribo utque hoc benignitas diuinae pietatis multiplicata gratia confirmet, exopto, ita ipsi per omnia tua deuotione famulante, ut etiam eos, qui ueritati aliquatenus
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