Letter 8: 1 domorum sui whom (corr.

Pope Simplicius to Emperor Zeno. When recently the brother and fellow-bishop of Simplicius's humbleness came to the city, various parties seeking to exploit the peace of the Church for factional purposes presented themselves. Simplicius addresses the dangerous situation in Alexandria where Timothy Aelurus and his supporters continue to trouble the Church. He presses Zeno to ensure that the Chalcedonian bishop is upheld, that unity built on the satisfactory confession of faith is maintained, and that any suggestion of a new general council to reopen settled questions is firmly denied.

1 domorum sui quem (corr. o) similium V, domor[sntermediis hodie awuulsis]milium B confouetur Car.: confoueatur V, confortetur B 2 episcop[atu hodie awwlsum est] B 8. sq. ab ecclesiastica pace specia- liter B 5 aliquam V 7 immo B: om. V, et Car. ut cum B: uacum V 8 reneare ceperit .B altera V: aliqua B, alia. Hartel 9 repperitur V 11 timotheis B 12 fatisfactionis V fidei V: dei B 18 utrique o: utique 2j, uterque V dominationis VB: damna- tionis edd. transduxerant B 14 postulantes V sacerdotali pietate om. B 15 diuina V 16 putamus zxpLicir reliquis omissis V: potamus B 17 VIII scripsi (cf. ep. 62): XI B illu uc cons B deinde hic addens: per peirum us comitem placidiae nobilis fiemine (cf. ep. 61 tit.) 04. — Dat. simul cum ep. 65 a. 478 mensis Oclobr. die fere 21. B — Berol. lat. 79. Edd. Car. I? 320; Collect. Concil.; BTA I 220; Thiel 199; commemorat Bar. ad a. 478, 11. 19 Symplicius VB episcopus om. 8 avauro V 20 coepui V 10 20 Epist. LXIII 5 — LXIV 2. 145 Alexandrinae urbis. antistes nouato more misisset, uictoriam uestrae fidei in eius restitutione cognoui; pietate enim uestra fulta diuinitatis auxilio et imperii tranquillitas et catholicae religionis splendore suo scandalorum nube discussa reuertit integritas. de quo me gratias post deum clementiae uestrae egisse reminiscor et nune quoque cultum uestro regno debitum silere non potui, ne quodam modo uiderer ingratus, si uobis qualibet oportunitate uel imperii uel ecclesiarum laudare desisterem tot triumphos. exhibens ergo debitae uenerationis officium precor, ut studiosius circa uniuersos rectae fidei sacerdotes et maxime cirea Alexandrinum episcopunt, cuius certaminis et testes fuistis et iudices, protectionis impendatis auxilium et decernatis piissimis constitutis Petrum sedis ipsius peruasorem, cui nec in diaconatu suus potuit ordo constare, longius a tam praeclara ciuitate relegari, ne infirmioris fidei aliquos forte seducat et in eadem ecclesia, quod absit, quae sopistis scandala rursus exagitet. probastis in hoe opere illum uobis dexterae suae dedisse praesidium, qui ad totius orbis gaudium et in ecclesiae uniuersalis exultationem in uestra clementia Romanum seruat imperium. Dat. XII. Kal. Nouembr. Illo u. e. cons. Per legatos Graecorum. XXXV. 10 146 Simplicii papae epistulae