Letter 12: Antiocheni exordium sacerdotis qua ratione may have been serius indicatum, quamuis minime we latere potuerit,...
Pope Simplicius to Acacius, Bishop of Constantinople.
Simplicius acknowledges that the reason the beginning of the new bishop at Antioch was reported to him later than expected was, as Acacius himself and his synod have indicated, a matter of necessity rather than will. What is not voluntary cannot be made into a culpable act. Therefore, writing through their brother and fellow-bishop Anastasius, who has been sent from that region, Simplicius assures Acacius that he accepts his explanation and urges him to ensure that the Chalcedonian settlement in Antioch is firmly upheld.
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Latin / Greek Original
SIMPLICIUS EPISCOPUS ACACIO EPISCOPO CONSTANTINOPOLITANO. Antiocheni exordium sacerdotis qua ratione fuerit serius indi- catum, quamuis minime nos latere potuerit, tamen et ipse uel synodus ipsius indicauit. quod sicut non optauimus fieri, ita faciles excusationi, quam necessitas fecit, extitimus, quia quod uoluntarium non est, uocari non potest in reatum. et ideo per fratrem et coepiscopum nostrum Anastasium, qui ex praedicta regione directus est, litteris quoque tuae dilectionis acceptis alterni uicissitudinem sermonis tuae reddimus ca-
9 Tim. Il 4, 2
corr. V met om. B dnica ex dnaca corr. V: domica Β 9. hac VB, correxi multiplicationem 2: multiplicacione/// (eras. m) V
10 praesedes//// B poteris B l129rennuas Βα dataB idiulias B, mvv τῷ, V. seberino V
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15
20
Epist. LXVIII 7 — LXX 2. 155
ritati: necessario fratris et coepiscopi nostri Calendionis sacer- dotium gremio apostolicae sedis amplexi in consortium no- strum per gratiam Christi dei nostri tantae urbis antistitem collegii unione numeramus. miramur autem nihil nos de statu Alexandrinae ecclesiae te instruente didicisse, quem numquam ita ut nunc habetur esse comperimus, ut improbi per oecasionem obitus sanctae memoriae Timothei eandem ecclesiam conentur habere captiuam. unde agendum est di- lectioni tuae cum clementissimo principe, ne conuellatur sub eius imperio, quod tyranni temporibus potuit optineri. Dat. Id. Iul. Seuerino u. c. cons.
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