Roman Letters

Letter 21

Gelasius I→Unknown|gelasius i
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Pope Gelasius I to Unknown.

j ] ' Oelasii papae to uni?ersos episcopos through Lucaniam Brutios and Siciliam constitutos. Tituli deoretorum Gelasii papae. L concerning constitutii eeeledaitieiB for temporif qiuditate modenadii. p.J n. so that nbi naUa pemrget necessitaa, conititata patmm inviolata ■enreatar; ▼•! qnnm') defaerint olerici, concerning monaohii eligantar. nL so that*) li qai concerning laicii eUgantar to cleram, molto loUieitiai in his ea, q«M ds monaohii dicta lant, inqairantar. IV. so that ) ab epiicopii praeceptione papae novae basiUoae dedieentar. V. so that naUa pretia concerning baptiiandii coniignandiiqae fideUbas ezigaatiir. Qaodii*) qai this perpetraverint, honorii lai pericalo labjaeebant. YL Uf ) preibyteri modam debitam lervent, not ohriima confieiaat, not nor praeiente qaoUbet epiicopo', niii jabeantar ab ipio, or orare Tel praeiamant, nor acolytham or labdiaconam faciant Vn. Sinuliter and diaconi meniaram propriam jazta patnim deereta eostodiaat. vnL Qaod diaopni in preib]rterio reiidere not ponint, nee ) saeri eorporis pnorogationem praeientibai debeant aiarpare pretbyteris. IX. Qaod apoitoUca the see patemos canones pio stadio devotoqae castodutt. X. so that praeter paschale tempas and Pentecosten nemo baptisare praeanmat, oiai om tantam, qaos aeg tado eztrema compolerit. XL Presbyteroram and diaconomm ordinationes certis celebrari posse tempoiilnia. ifTT tJt ) praefixis diebos virgines consecrentar. XnL so that ) vidaae not velentar. XIV. so that*') naUas praesal or of the church or monasterii servam aat orlgiaaiiaBit ') 0 after J, this titulo in duos diviso, abhinc tertium inchoat. ') J so that without praeceptione papae novae basilicae not dedicentur. " ) H* devoteque. of the priests ordinationes certis celebrare temporihus. so that praefixis diehus virgines sacrae velentur. '") C concerning viduisj lest velamen sacrhim accipiant. BOlmtibiii domiiiii, lab noinixie religioso defendat: honorii and commnnionis peria. 494. eolum soUtiime, qnieqnif this perpetrare tentaverit. W, so that ') eleiiei niilla negotia inhoneita nee torpia Incnt lectentor.?L so that*') nemo litterai neicieni or aliqna parte corporii minatui promoveatnr to elornm. ▼n. Bo ii«, qni MipiM abiddiint < )..¥iu. Qnod ) to demm criminoii neqneant promoveri, and in clero poiiti, li in aliqmbna ftierint inventi flagitiii, a inii offlciii arceantnr. HX. Qnod daemoniii aliiiqne paiiioniboi irretitii miniiteria lacra traotare not liceat. JL <tnod ii, qni le lacrii virginibni lociant and foedera inceita commiicent ' ), comBnnieare not ponint, niii forte pnblioam poenitentiam geiierint. XL Qnod vidnae, nt inpra dictnm eit, not velentnr; and li profeiiam continentiam proposito mntato ealcaverint, ipiae for ) le rationem lint to the Lord redditnrae. CQL Qnod Mennda ooigngia laecnlariboi not negentnr, qniboi*' } however to clerom Binime venire conoeditnr. [ZnL TTt a qnii iniceperit ecdeiiae propriae deiertorem and in aliqnam provexerit dignitatem, ntiqne lententtae inbjaceant, qnam canonei affizenmt' }. ULXV. Qnodai* ) qni ez monachii ant laicii elignntar to deram, qaam nnlla cogit BoeeiaitM, antiqna in eii debent inititnta.lervari. Qaodd probentar lacram moreati mm pretio dignitatem, ab offido deponantar; for dantem and acoipientom Bimonii Kagi orimen involvit. CXy. Bo aaerii locii noviter inititatii, qaamvii laperiai dictam lit, this nanc however a4iieitiir, at**) nalla baiilica lab deftmctoram conitracta in the name of dedicetar. «V CXYL Qnod neflM dt feminM lacrii altaribni miniitrare, or aliqaid ez iii, qaae ▼iromm nmt offioiii depntata, pramnmere. ULVii. Qnod**) in nnaqnaqne eccleiia, cai epiicopai praeeit, so concerning reditibai qaam do fideliam oblationibni qnatnor debeant fieri portionei: nt ana lit epiicopi, alia derieomm, tertia panperam, qaarta eccledae fabricii applicetar. L2.Y1JU. Qnod'") epiMopni, preib]rter and diaconni, a qnocnnqae derico veradter fturit aecniatni, qnod advenni this conititnta fecerit, poteit line dnbitatione poreelli: tai also honorii pericnlnm epiicopni labitaroi, li this all things Ecdeiiae Boaeonda tacnerit *•) C* so that nidU cierico liceat neyoiiare. H* C/i clerici nullas negotiationes inkorstas ac tttrpi nacra sectenlur, ■') H* Nulli liceat inliiteraium or debilem to ecclesiasiicos ordines promovere. • ) JO concerning crimnosis, so that to clerum not admittantur. Moxquc H* criminibus ro flagUiis), <*) Msa. FO commiserint. *'') H* for himself rationem to God for suis sint actibus redditurae., ••*) H* qidbus jam to clerum for this facto minime venire concediiur. >») H* J O praefixerunt. «**) JO concerning laicis or monackis, who through praemium ordinantur ui dantem and accirniem Simonis Magi crimen involval. H* that if who from monarhis and laivisy concerning who $ Mupra dictum is, eligentur to clerum etc. *') JO so that nulta basilica under defunctorum constiiuta in the name of dediceiur. ««) JO this thus perstringimt: concerning reditUms of the church or oblatione fidelium so that atmor poriiones fieri debeant, Moxque H*: now concerning reddiiu quam concerning oblatione faith JO l/t bishop, presbyier, diaconus, who against this consiituta fecerit, sui rnoris perieHlum may be subiturus. peT a.494. Dilectissimis to the brothers uuiversis to the bishops**) is Lucaniaiu and Brutios and Siciliam constiti Gelasius. Cap. I. 1. Necessaria rerum dispositioue *) constringimur and apostoli of the see moderamiue convenimur, thus canonum patemorum decr librare and retro praesulum decessorumque nostrorum praecepta tiri, so that which praesentium uecessitas temporum restaurandis**) ecd< siis relaxanda deposcit, adliibita consideratione diligeuti; quantui: can fieri, temperemus: quo nor in totum formam veterum videa mur excedere regularum, and reparandis militiae clericalis offidis quac ') p6r diversas Italiae partes thus belli famisque consumpsit incursio, so that in multis ecclesiis, sicut of the brother and coepiscopi our Johannis Ravennatis ecdesiae sacerdotis frequenti relatione comperimus, usquequaque deficieute servitio miuistrorum'®), unless remittendo paulisper ecclesiasticis promotionibus antiquitus intervalla praefixa, remaneant, without quibus acbninistrari nequeunt, sacris ordinibus of the church funditus destitutae, utque in plurimis locis through inopiam competentis auxilii salutare subsidium redimendarum desit aniniarum, * nosque great reatu, if tauto coarctante' ) periculo not aliquatenus consulamus, inuecti. where uuUa or rerum or temporum perurgeat angustia, regulariter convenit custodiri ®), eateuus ecclesiis, which or cunctis are privatae miuistris or siifficieutil us usque adeo dispoliatae servitiis, so that plebibus to himself pertineutibus divine muuera supplere not valeant, so instituendi *) quam promovendi clericalis obsequii thus spatia dispensanda concedimus: so that if who, also concerning religioso proposito and dJiscipliuis mouasterialibus eruditus, to clericale munus' ) accedit imprimis ejus life praeteritis acta temporibus inquiratur: if nullo ") thus sedecim mss. (also B« C» F** F» H» 0'). D« D H« d» d« dispuiaiwne, in aliis cditis dispensaiione. *') Solus d' qua, Moxque B* C consumserit, E« consumserai. ") lU plerique mss. (also B» F*» F H*») and editi. AJii (also H**) mimste' Horum. then C nil (loco unless), Moxqne c* c*° d* i* nequeani. '*) c<» intuendiy moxque c* providendi, ac then?* F" d* obseqmi, where B'D* E« H« 0» 0« of/icii. BPISTOLA 14. 363 )iYi facinore probator infectas, if secundaiji uon habuit fortassis a. 494. \ix:orem, nor a marito relictam sortitus ostenditur; if poenitentiam pxiblicam fortasse not gessit nor ulla corporis parte vitiatus apparet; if servilis ) or originariae not is conditionis obnoxius; if CDxiae jam probatur nexibus absolutus; if assecutus is letters without qoibus vix fortassis ostiarium ) may be able implere: so that if his to all which are praedicta fulcitur, continuo lector or notarius or certe defensor effectus after tres menses exsistat acolythus, especially if huic tas also suffiragatur sexto mense subdiaconi name accipiat ac if modestae conversationis honestaeque voluntatis exsistit; nono ) mense diaconus completoque anno may be priest: to whom however that Aimoram fuerant interstitia coUatura, holy propositi sponte suscepta doceatnr praestitisse devotio. 3. if vero concerning laids quispiam ecclesiasticis *) is aggregandus III. ofificiig; tantos ollicitius in singulis which superius compreheusa are, iiajosmodi decet examinari personam quantum among mimdanam reI oeamque vitam constat to be discriminis: because utique convenientia'') of the church ministeria reparanda are, not inconvenientibus. meritis ingerendi; tantoque more, that sacris aptum may be able to be servitiis, in their quaerendiun is institutis, quantum concerning at the time, quo faerant assequenda, decerpitur: so that morum habere doceatur this probitas, that prolixior consuetudo not contulit; lest through occasionem SQpplendjEie penuriae clericaUs vitia rather divinis cultibus intulisse ), not legitimae familiae computemur compendia procurasse. Quorum promotionibus above ®) anni metas sex menses nihilominus subrogamus: since, sicut dictmn is, distare convenit among personam diyino cultui deditam and concerning laicorum conversatione venientem. which however eatenus indulgenda credidimus, so that illis eeclesiis, quibus in- ») thus d« 4« and mss. (also B» E« F'* F« H" ; H«» onginalis)', alii cditi servili... conditioni, Vide Leoms ep. 4 cap. 1 and Hilari op. 16 n. 5. «•) D* P* «rf eeclesiastici — officiis (F«* of duty), from which d' to ecclesiasticum duty. Moxque H* examinare personam quanlo. y) V D» d* omittunt conoenientia; F* F»" convenienter. Mox B* secundis curis and a* cc ingerenda, ■•) a' cc addont Judicemur, refiragantibuB msa. Moxque H* H** confutemur, •) thus msB. P* F" H JO; D' above anni aetas, B' above for aetam E* above amma aeUUt D d' if permittit aetas, sex menses nihilominus (and when ) praerogamus: eormpte. this for GelaBius monachos among and laicos ponit discrimen, that illos in a annam to presbyterii gradum promoveri permittat, his moreover praeter iftiyii metaB also sex menses veUt aubrogari. D® prorogamus, D* praerogatniis a. 494. festatione bellonim or iiuUa peuitus or exigua remanserunt, rDv ji st ria renoveiitur: quatenus his to God propitio restitutis, in ecclefl i sticis gradibus subroganclis eanonuui paternorum vetus forma vetur; nor against eos uUa ratione praevaleat, that for acciden defectus remedio providetur, not adversus scita majorum nova g proponitur ): ceteris ecclesiis ab hac occasione cessantibus, quaw' not simili clade vastatas pristinam faciendis ordinationibus convenifl tejiere the sentence. Quo more hac opportunitate commoniti, obser- vantiam venerandorum canonum propensius delegamus **), singulorum graduum conscientias adnionentes, lest in illicitosi prorumpere moliantur excessus; nor ) fas to be confidat quisque pontificum, bigamos, or conjugia sortientes ab aliis derelicta, sive quoslibet after ) poenitentiam, or without litteris, or corpore vitiatos, or conditionarios, or curiae publicarumque rerum nexibus implieatos, or passim nuUa temporis congruentis exspectatione ) discussos, divinis servituros applicare mysteriis; nor*'" ) for suo libitu jura studeant aliena ervadere, absque of the see apostolic justa dispositioue mandante. IV, 4. Basilicas noviter institutas not petitis from more praeceptionibus ) dedicare not audeant. not ambiant sibimet viudicare clericos potesttitis alienae. V. 5. Baptizandis consignandisque fidelibu8* )pretia nuUa praefigant, nor illationibus qui])uslibet impositis exagitare cupiant renascentes: - since that gratis we received, gratis darc mandamur. and therefore nihil a praedictis prorsus exigere moliantur, quo or paupertate cogente deterriti, or indignatione revocati redemptionis suae causas adire despiciant: certum habentes, that who prohibita deprehensi fuerint admisisse, or commissa not rather sua spoute correxerint, pericuhim subituri proprii sint honoris. <') D« D' D" F* F«n d» d« dUigamus, Aliorum codicum (also B< H» H>*) lectionem firmat that cap. 13 that nor auctorilas divine delegat, ') c'" poeniientium f refragantibus niss. and aliis cditis. Moxque c c addunt of the bishop (after amhiani), without auctoritate ms», * cc Siddnnt preshi/teri, refragantibuB mss. Demde J) exigere, moxque plarcB msB. H (H* H* H*) mandamus. d* moreover accipimus... niMi prorgHSp ac demqne B' causas adfdhere. J « • 6. nor minus also presbyteros iiltra modum suum tendere proa. 494. toyemus, nor episcopali fastigio debita sibimet audacter assumere: not conficiendi chrismatis, not consignationis pontificalis adhiben4aie**) sibimet arripere facultatem. not j)raesente quolibet antistite, lusi fortasse jubeatur ), or orationis or actionis sacrae supi etere ) to himself praesumat to be licentiam; nor under ejus ads})ectu, unless ittbeatnr, or sedere praesumat or venerabilia tractare niysteria. nor )i meminerit ulla ratione concedi, without' ) summo pontifice under- -»■ v»- •) Itapleriqne omnesmss. (also BT F"»!!*). At a' c d* h' h* jubeantur ' -• (<!' addit irf) and postea praesumant... meminerint sicque deinceps coustanter numero plarali, unless that infra d* retinuit ejus praesule, where alii editi praeferuut their pwtnie, which presbyteris a canonibus prohibcantur, latius exponit the council flupalense II anno 619 habitum cap. 7. ••) thus msd. great consensu (also B* F»* F'" H'' H'' ), where c c.wpplendae; to- oqne redimdat sequens yerbum to be, this sacrae aciionis in the name of corporis and sangninis of Christ intelligitur sacrificiimi, that and vocabulo / eW// enuntiatur in his coodJii Carthaginensis H can. 9: Quisquis presbyler inconsuito to the bishop agenda in fieHbet loco vofuerit celebrare, ipse honori suo contrarius crsistit, Idem the council I&pAleiiBe II vocat sacramenttm corporis and sangninis of Christ conficere quum can. COiifltitiiit: nor coram to the bishop licere presbgteris in baptisterium introire, nor praesenie aniisiite infantem tingere or signare, nor poenitentes without praeceplo of the bishop tn recomcUiare nor eo praesenle sacramentum corporis el sanyuinis of Christ con/ieere nor eo coram posito poptdum docere or benedicere, Similiter o/ferre sei sacntMi indeed panem or calicem distrilmere coram to the bishop vcl 'urbis presbyieriM presbyteros rurales vetat Neocacsariense the council can. 13. inferi: i*oierat therefore summus pontifex presbyteris jus faciendi suhdiaconos and acolyti»M iribmere, but so that more perspectam habeamus Gelasii scntentiam, quaerenciam, num summi pontificis yocabulis the bishop quemlibet this intelligere not liceat. Certe TertuUiauus concerning bapt. c. 17, Innoc. epist. 17 n. 2 and 25 u. 6, Zosimiifl epist. 1 n. 3f 7 n. 3, 9 n. 1 ot 5, conc. Hispalense II can. 7, nor not Hiucmanw tom. 2 pag. 718, so that alios taceam, or doeent, quemvis the bishop pontificatnf apicem habere, or summi sncerdotis titulo or summi pontificU in the name of concerning- £t in this indeed loco nihil cst, from which alio sensu sumnd ponlificis uomen Gelasius judicetur. Verum from subsequente Gelasii epistola 25, in qua this ipaum decretum memoratur his verbis: in uiraque illius parte constat, without yffy» ponRficis auctoritate ecclcsium uoviter constructam not posse dedicari, persua «njn bibbebit lector; id ibi Gelasio csse without summi ponlificis auctoritaie, that cst Ygkt* gine mmmo pontiflce. Ac then summi pontificis vocabuUs Romanum praesulem utrobiqne intelligi not ambiget, where legent iufra caput 25: to us also maiefaieiwm. and/, qwod absque praecepto of the see apostoiicae nonnulli sanctas the churches wel araioria sacrare praesumant, Hinc moreover oboritur ct altera quaestio, num boc praeceptam not modo to Italiae, but and aliarum rcgiouum presbyteros pertinaerit, so that scilicet hi without praecepto of the see apostolic subdiaconos and acolythos fy oere tom not possent, when ejusdem praecepto possent. Quamqyam to whom perspicuum is memoratum concerning basilicis without praccepto of the see apostolic not dedi- /> dia decretom to unas Itahac provincias portinere, is also istud aliud to easdem regiones spectare not dubitabit. if also Hispalensis II of the council can. 7 a. 494. diaconum or acolythiim jus habere facieridi; nor prorsus addubii if quidquam to episcopale ministerium specialiter pertinens t motu putaverit exsequendum, continuo *) himself presbyterii dignitate sacra in communion privari. that fieri necesse is censeamus, ejus praesule deferente hujusmodi may have been praevaricatio comproba nor ipso ejus to the bishop a culpa conniventiae and ultione vacatuiOy immoderata facientem dissimulaverit indicare. ultra tenorem paternis canonibus deputatum quidpiam tentare mittimus: nihil their suo ministerio penitus applicare which prai ordinibus proprie decrovit antiquitas. Absque to the bishop or pr tero baptizare not audeant, unless praedictis fortassis officiis long; constitutis necessitas extrema compellat: that and laicis Christiui to do plerumque conceditur ); ecclesiasticus habetur quicunque tractatus. Sacri corporis praen gationem *) under conspectu pontificis seu priests, unless his absen tibus, jus not habeant exercendi. "Quum for decreta venerabilium sanctionum we also magiH pere custodire nitamur, ac without their dispendio also that, which pi alicujus utilitatis fortasse compendio videantur laxanda, cedamus'* verba expendantur, thus ibi presbyteris prohibetur presbyteroram atque diac norum consecratiOf so that subdiaconos and acolythos faciendi potestas not negt/k ') Similiter jam Tertulliauus dc bapt. cap. Bcripserat: Dandi ftlM (baptismi) hahet Jus summus priest, who is bishop; dekinc preshyieri H coni, not however without of the bishop auctoritate because of the church honarem, qmo Mbt peace is. AHoquin also laicis jus is. ••«) thus D« when aliis 11 mss. ac F F«» F"» d«. At H* diacemis, H» h« dkm a* c i' credamus. 9. Quamque to us*') against salutarium reverentiam regularum a. 494. cupiamus temere nihil licere, and quum the see apostolic above his omnihWj farente to the Lord, which patemis canonibus are raefixa** ), pio devotoque studeat tenere proposito; satis indignum is, quemquam or pontifieum or ordinum subsequentium hanc observantiam refutare, qoam Blessed Peter the see and sequi videat and docere, satisque conTeniens may be, so that totum corpus of the church in hac sibimet observatione concordet, quam illic vigere conspiciat, where Uominus of the church tothis posuit principatum. Dicente moreover**) Scriptura: Ordinate mCant.2,4. mecinitaiem, and item: all things when ordine fiant, atque iterum psal- q" mista praedicante: Circumdate Sion and complectimini eam, narrate saXm Al, tn tvrrihus ejus: ponite corda vestra in virtute ejus, and distrilmite gra- ~" * Aff**) ejus, so that enarretis in ) progenie altera because this is God God mier m aetemum, and ipse reget we in saecula: this procul dubio, qiri in ecclesiasticarum narratur altitudine dignitatum, and in~ cujus Tirtnte bonis operibus corda ponenda are, gradibus utique distribotis, cunctis God our and rector populis praedicandus is Chrislianis: where nemo sibimet aliquid existimet imminutum, quum and concerning nninscnjusque gradus perfectione nihil deperit, and convenienter retiMfldo, that coelesti dispensatione coilatum is, pariter to us and d* omittit to us. Deiude paulo after Isidorus Mercator substituit superior *«»qaod exitide a c* c* c® c' c'** arripueruut. Monet however Labbeus, in edit. 1552 «t exstare above kis. thus also legit Dionysius Exiguus, nor hanc lectioKmxniitavit Hadriauus I. Eamdem asservabat exemplar, quo usus is Hinc- "ttna Caroli Calvi uomine scribens to Hadrianum II papam, so that faith facit o Gordesii pag. 560, quamvis in novissimam not from veterum codicum in faith sri a editione Romana (so that aliis also locis not without incommodo factum is) «at mag. B« D« E* F* F» and d» d« c« h< h« i*, retinent siiper Ms. certainly quum in P wnorum canonum numero ea also Gelasius ducat, which antea ab apostoli- lediB antistitibus constitnta fiierant, himself ipsa superior diceretur the see aposto- itituperior kis admitteretur. but and epist. 26 n. 3 profitetur, uniuscujusque 'f ctmsiitutum, that universalis of the church probavit assensuSy not aliquam niagis ' iedem prae ceteris oportere quam primam. • 0'* cmn vnlgata domosy quam lectionem not patitur subnexus Gelasii ' nnentariuB. Psalteria Bomana and Mediolanensia pariter exhibent gradus. nor •tekgit AmbroBiuB, who however hunc exponens locum observat, in Graeco ha- taq fia iig, that iuterpretatur excetsas ei turritas domos. has and psal- (eriom, qnod b. Germano PariBiensi usui to have been traditur, turrim. Simpliciorem oterpretem, who Graece mediocriter callebat, primo xaq paQFig Latine graves ecmvertiBBe, and inde gradus factum to be crediderim. Idem dicendum concerning alio loco Ptalm. 44, 9, where in nonnullis exemplaribus legitur a gradibus eburneis. ") thus niBB. (also B' E*) and d*h* h*i*; alii editi progenies aiteras since {qKOfdam also ff* h* i«). Moxque D< E» d* regit. a. 404. cogiioscibilem God fieri and tribuit to be rectorem. for" and if what indulgetur concerning temporuni quantitate, moribus aggregati*') and strennitate pensatur, if vitae jam proposito continetur, that protelata fuerat aetate curandum, dummodo that nuUateuus dissimulata sabripianf '), quorum quodlibet inesse claruerit, merito clericalibus infulis reprobabilem convincat to be personam. Etsi that nonnunquam**) sinenda are, which, if ceterorum constet integritas, sola nocere not valent, that however are magnopere praecavenda, which reeifi without manifesta decoloratione not can. Ac if ea ipsa, which nullo detrimento aliquoties indulgenda creduntur, or rerum tempo- » rumve ** ) cogit intuitus, or acceleratae provisionis respectus excusati quanto more that nullatenus mutilanda are, which nor ulla necessitas nor ecclesiastica prorsus extorquet utilitas?® ) X. 10. Baptizandi to himself quisquam passim quocunque at the time nuUam credat inesse ' ) fiduciam, praeter paschale festum and Penteoostes venerabile sacramentum: excepto diuntaxat gravissimi langpioris incursu, iii quo verendum is, lest morbi crescente periculo without remedio salutari fortassis aegrotans exitio praeventus abscedat. temporibus and diebus exercere not audeant, id is: quarti 'mensis jejunio, septimi and decimi, but also quadragesimalis initii, ac medianae ) Quadragesimae die, sabbati jejunio circa vesperam nove- ] ■f «} thus ni«a. (also D' D E« F 11« H'-) and h' h', when quibus and veteia of the council Suessionensis exemi>hiria consentiunt. B' F™ aggreynri and, K' adgregmtie O* 0«dr aggregata and H' and alii cditi (a' c i' ) aggregata strenuUate ac mox H' wlff also. this moreover to himself vult: id, that concerning interstitiis remittitnr, ordinati boidi moribus and strenuitate compensari, if etc. but this librario imperito, who quatemiones scriptos negligenter coUegit otqw compegit, is tribuendum. ® d* expunxit inesse, that tamon when mss. (also (B* C* P* P« H* H'*) afi. retinent. Moxque H® loco verendum has prima manu venerandum, seciinda prmt' hendum. **•) D D' d' ordines... celebrandos (D* celehrandas), Subiude alii editi M nonnulli mss. exerceri or excrcere not debeni. cc H* H" H' H* ntim dehemU, Ona mss. melioris notae (also B* C ) and praeferimus not audeani. Regulae lae praescriptae haeret Pelagius I fragm. 17 and 18. «») « D» D» F«» F°> H« H" and editi mediana. Mox quatuor aiitiqui mM. J isaM \}VOjeJunio; O Jejnnia mwcrint reiebianda. Loco medianae quadragetimae Pelagilisl fragm. 25 and 26 mcdianae hehdomadae vocabulis utitur. EIx cjusdem finginentii rint celebrandas: nor cujuslibet utilitatis ) seu presbyterum seua.494. diaconmn his praeferre; who before ipsos fuerint ordinati. 12. DeTotis also to God virginibus, unless or in Epiphanoriuni'*) XII. die or in albis paschalibuS; or in apostolorum natalitiis sacrum minime yelamen imponant, unless ) forsitan, sicut concerning baptismate dictum eat grayi langubre correptis lest without this mimere concerning saeculo transeant, implorantibus not negetur. 13. Viduas moreover velare ') pontificum no attentet, quo-XIII. 17 and 18 etiain tabbatum great seu sabhatum magnae noctis, which PaBcha praceedity ordinatioiiibofi destinatum fuisBe diBcimus. " ) Uoc is: quantumlibet utilem presbyterum seu etc. Hinc male c' seqq. addimt cause, quamviB this vox absit ab to all mes. Moxquc d' praeferant fM amie ipMum. Regulas illas Qehisius conftrmat, quas quum pridem Benoventi pnelato senioribus presbyteris neophyto neglectas accepisset, Leo hanc abusionem epist. 19 to Domm arguit acriter, nor impunitum dimisitf while in Hlo, ait, •oit kwmamitaiiM virtus, but elatiomis mtium roboraretur; every for, pergit, laborum frweim» auferiwr, omms meritorum mensura vaeuatur, if tantum who assequitur digniiaiis, quamium adutationis obtinuU. ') Editi Epiphaniarum, rectius msB. (also fi* H*') epiphaniorum, F F"* omisso himself. so C C* omisso tn albis paschalibus subdunt: or in apostolorum natali {naiaS also d*), where alii have: ant in apostolorum naialitiis (H ' H'' natalibiis, D" F* mmiaie, F" natales). Qregorii sacramentorum liber praecipit virginum benedictioaem fieri in Epiphaniat or secunda feria Paschae (order moreover Romanus in albis pmsekatibwuf), aui when apostolorum natalitia celebrantur. Ambrosius concerning virginibuB lib. 3 cap. 1 narrat, Marcellinam sororem suam iu natali of Christ die, adstautibus eomplanbnB puellis of God ac frcquenti populo, virginitatis emiHsa professione, a Ubeiio consecratam to be. Idem and in libro concerning lapsu virginis consocrat ve cap. 5 ■ic alloqmtur: not es memorata diei holy dominicae resurreciiojiis, in qua aii4sri ie obtulisti vetandamY from which, so that ez priore loco conficitur, among Epijpbuiionun diee ipsum of Christ natalem to be censendum, thus ez altero sicut from or- &M Romano and our Qelasio colligitur, not sola Paschae feria secunda, but aliu also ejusdem soUemnitatis diebus virgines consecratas to be. Detiide quidam mss. (also H H* H* ) and a* cc exeant. O" without aliqua benedictione vetare, additamentum Qelaaii menti prorsus this loco moreover, so that manifestius fiat, uum istud concerning not velandis videcretam usu receptum may be aliquando, or a saeculo saltem VIII in desuenon yenerit, uon frustra quaeramus. Quippe in regum Francorum Caanni 801 c. 13 legitur: concerning feminis, quas defunctis viris law Langobarpirohibei before anHi spatium vestem religionis velumque suscipere, petierunt m iieemiiam, ui mox, while divine pietas inspiraverit, cns indemnes Uceat susciQood indeed iia conceditur. Idem Capitulare auni 847 c. 11 praecipit: modo mufier velum holy acceperit, sponte in eo permaneat. that ibi nmHeris in the name of also vidua intelligatur, liquet ez his eorumdem Ca- •inm lib. 6 cap. 180: QuaUeunque modo mulier, permiitente canonice viro suo, eo fmmeio, vehan sancium in caput acceperit, or sponte or invita, in eo perLaudat and Ivo part. YII cap. Aureliauensis of the council decretum, quo niduae, which spontanea voluntate ab altari sncrae conversationis velamen. in eodem proposito permanere; and cap. 56 subjicit Aquiagranensis concOii LndOTico Pio praesente habiti praeceptum: concerning nobilibus feminis, which amismrimroisSM bomajt. pohtip. I. 24 a. 495. iiiam ) that nor authority diviiia delegat, nor eanoiium foni praestituit; uon is penitus usurpandum; eisque thus ecclesiastica sa ferenda praesidia, so that nihil committatur iliicitum. modum causantur universi; passim servos and originarios dominomi jura possessionumque' ) fugientes, under religiosae conyersatiaiiK'* obtentu or to monasteria sese conferre, or to ecclesiasticnm fanni latum conniventibus also praesulibus indifferenter admitti. Qaw modis to all is amovenda pemicies, lest through Christiani noiniiiii institutum or aliena pervadi, or public videatur disciplins snb verti: praecipue quum nor ipsam ministerii clericalis hac obUgatioc 9is viris rcpente velantur. — Nihilo however minas conciliam Tribariense anno celebratam c. 25 primum this Gelasii decretam confirmat his verbis: KUac moreover velnre pontificum no attentet, prout statutum is in decretis OelatH p Tnm qaatenas superiora Capitularium seu conciliorum established, illaeso Oelaai creto, intelligeuda sint, aperit in himc modum: we moreover aucioritate patnmw fulti in this sacro conventu sancimus and libere judicatnus: if sponie velamen qu§ vis not consecraium to himself imposuerit and in the church inier vetaias oblaHonem obtulerit, velit noUt, sanctimoniae habiium ulterius habere must, Yelanien iff tur also riduis crat, but not consecratum; that however, qmsL saneiiMionitie kM tus was, and velum holy and sacrae conversationis velamen, so that allatis in lods nfi nius, appellabatur. Uanc autcm of the council explicationem Gelaaii meuti e«e eoi seutaneam, from dictis illius inira cap. 21 manifestum is, where notans himcloea iu eo 60 concerning viduis under no benedictione velandis laiius disseruisse memorat. \k nique this dccretum usu receptum and canonica auctoritate monitum to be, dooa noB tum ista of the council Turonensis 11 c. 20: which vestem mutaverii, abeque doloimi proposito, that disposuit, perseverare procurel. lilud vero that aiiqui dieuni: i dua, which benedicta not fnit, quare not must maritum accipere, quum all seim that nunquam in cnnonicis Hbris fegitur benediciio vidualis; tum haeo of the council Fm siensis VI anno S29 habiti c. 40: Comperimus, that quidam preshyierorum imem and extraordinnrie vclum viduarum inconsultis to the bishops suis consecrareni, i/i msk nuUus pontificum viduam velare attcntet, canonica auctorilas inhibei, Quodwerofti bf/tcri inconsuUis to the bishops suis vehtm viduarum consecrare not praesumatU, pron interdicimus. Atquo this Parisiensis synodi statutum comprobant Capitularia lib. c. 172, where argiiuutur priests, that inconsultis to the bishops vehim TiduMia consecrarent, not qiiia iis consultis id liceret, but qaia consulti id, qood sl ipsis iuliibituni is, prohibcrent. ' ) thus mss potiorcs (also B' E* F»* F" and i*); d* and that. Alii ▼€>«> (eftwi H" h' h*) oniisso since subjiciunt infra: Son is crgo penitus. Moxqae d* Mef ' ) 0' O" rV possessionemquc. Uoc in capitulo Gelasins restanrat, qood a fnnoceutio I epist. 2 n. 14 delibatuni ct a Lcone epist. 4 c. 1 firmatom fben ' D» d* prohibenda, moxque D' D» E» chHstiani nominis instiiuio, W* ekrisA nitatis nominis... praecipue so that. Mox F** F oblatione, and F* fuscari conyeniat dignitateni; cogaturque for statu militantium to himself a. 494. conditioneque' ) jurgari, or videri, that absit, obnoxia. Quibus sollicita competenter interdictione prohibitis; quisquis bishop, presbyier or diaconus or their who monasteriis praeesse noscuntur, hujusmodi personas at himself tenentes not restituendas patronis; or deinceps or ecclesiasticae' ) servituti or religiosis congregationibus pataverint applicandas, unless voluntate forsitan dominorum under scriphurae testimonio primitus absolutas or legitima transactione coneessas, periculum himself honoris proprii not ambigant communionisque SQbihuros if above hac re cujusquam verax we querela pulsaverit. Magnis quippe siudiis secundum beatum apostolinn praecavendum T "* esf, f\e faith and discipUna of the Lord blasphemeiur. 15. Consequens was, so that that also, which concerning Piceni partibus nuXV. through ) to noe missa relatio nuntiavit not praetereunda putaremus id «t, plarimos clericorum negotiationibus inhonestis and lucris turpibus imminere, nullo pudore cementes evangelieam lectionem, qua ) ipse J J . Doininus negotiatores e templo verberatos flagellis asseritur expulisse, Job.2,i5. wc apostoli verba recolentes, quibus ait: Nemo militans to God impli- ' cst ) himself negotiis saecidaribus, psalmistam also David surda dissiAuiantes aure cantantem: since not cognovi negotiationes, introibo? *! 01 potentias of the Lord, Proinde hujusmodi or ab indignis posthac fnaestibus noverint abstinendum; and ab every cujuslibet negotiationis ingenio or cupiditate eessandum; or in quocunque gradu sint poaiii, mox a ciericalibus officiis abstiuerp ) eogautur: since domus " - of God domus orationis and to be must and dici, jie officina negotiationis je8.56,7. and spelunca rather may be latronum. Jer.7, ii. 16. Hlitteratos also ef ) nonnulla parte eorporis imminutos XV I. without ullo respectu to ecclesiasticum didicimus venire servitium. that aimul antiqua traditio and of the Apostolic See vetus forma not recipit; **•) SoluB d* condiUones jurgari videri, refragantibiis mss. (D' H** B* jurgare) at editis. »•) D* d* EccieHae serviiio, Moxque P"* F"» d* putaverit... amhigat... subiturum,. - true we querela, and then H* more qvippe secundum. 8«) D d' omittiint nuper and mox id is. F** implecatos (loco imminere). ••) Solos d* not attendentes because the Lord, F** F™ d* because and F reconciiiantes. •*) d* obUgat, moxqae omittit also and then or (before ab indignis); c' not •») C* D* D* D** d* d' abire. Clericos foenerantes and turpe lucrum sectantes Nicaenum can. 17 concerning gradu dejicit. Eidem concinit Carthaginense I umo Bnb Grato habitam can. 13; sanxit and Valentinianus lil Novel. tit. 34 § 4, Hf eierici nikU prorsus negotiaiionis exerceant; if velinl jiegoiiari, sciant himself judicibus ftmbdiioM ciericorum privilegio not muniri. thus II188. F* F"» N J 0 and editi. B' and ulla, d' prima manu and no, d* and emm itHqua corporis imminutione, Idem Innoc. epist 37 n. 3 and Hilarus epiat. 16 n. 5 iiistitenmt. 24* a. 491. because Jioc litteris carens sacris to be can aj tus officiis, and vitiosum, j~[| nihil prorsus to God oiferri legalia praecepta saiixerunt. and so concerning Dent, cetero modis ouinibus this ) vitentur, nor quisquam talis snscipia- * " tur in clerum. if who vero or temeritate propria or incuria praesidentium tales before suscepti are, in his, quibus constitati are, locis eatenus perseverent, utnihil imquam promotionis arripiant**), satisque habeant, this ipsum to himself for nimia miseratione permissnm. XVIL 17. concerning his moreover, who semetipsos ) absciderint, patemi canones evidenter sequenda posuerunt; quorum tenorem sufficiat indidisse. Dicunt for, talia perpetrantes, mox so that agniti fuerint, a mmiere clericali must secludi* ). that modis to all custodire we convenit, because fas to be nulli suppetit, praeter that quidquam, qnae memorabilis decrevit forma, censere. X Vin. 18. Comperimus also, horrendis quibusdam criminibus implicatos tota discretione submota not solum concerning factis atrocibus necessariam poenitudinem not habere, but nor aliqua correctione ® ) penitus succedente to diviimm ministerimn honoremque contendere; nonnullos moreover also in ipsis ordinibus constitutos, gravibus delinqnentes 5 22 fiicinoribus, not repelli, quum and apostolus clamet, nemini cito mama «,. imponendas nor communicandum peccatis alienis, et ajorum yeneo.Oetio. randa constituta pronuntient, hujusmodi, also if forte subrepserint so who before peccaverint, detectos oportere repelli, qiiam sacrae professionis oblitos praevaricatoresque holy propositi procul dubio submovendos. " ) in C* deest this vitenlttr; B' vetentur moxc xie W in dero. «') thus mss. (also B' E« F*» F»» H H»' W ) h' h« d»; alii editi himself iptoM «*- scindunt (or ahscidunt). Aliqni mss. and d' concerning his... absciderint for titolo poiumii and canonom ipsmu incipiuut: Paterni canones, ft» JJ15 correptione. Mox F"* Usquc adeo percensemus certainly comperimug, Gelasii capitulum eo memorari decrcto, that Ivo part. 2 c. 126 profert: Bem siquidem mnjorum reguHs diffinitum csty so that dnemoniacis atiisque paationibmt irrelildM ministvria sacra tractare uon liceat, adeoque decretum that Pio I papae lluJt moreover, that in eodem decreto additiu-, what otiam when iis agendum tit, qoi comitiali morbo corripi solent, oomperimua. Ibi euim subjicitur: Om prmecepi» so that daemoniis similibusque passiouihus irretitis miuisteria sacrosancta a. 494. tractare tribuatur. Quibus if ) this oj ere ositis aliquid propriae necessitatis occurrat, who concerning sua fidelium sahite confidet, where ministroe ipsos curationis humanae tanta persjiexerit calamitate vexari? p Atque therefore necessario removendi are, lest quihusUhet, for qiiihus 14, 15. Christos is mortuus, scandalum generetur infirmis. Postremo, if *?'" corpore sauciatum fortassis or debilem nequaquam holy continLev. gere law divine permisit, quanto more doni coelestis dispensatores?j' ? to be not convenit, that is deterius, mente percidsosV 17,1. 20. Virginibus sacris ) temere himself quosdam sociiire cognovimus, XX. and after dicatum to God propositum incesta foedera sacrilegaque miscere. Quos* protinus aequum is a sacra in communion detrudi, and unless through publicam probatamque *) poenitentiam entirely not recipi; or {mn orum so that ttiorem geramus) consuUo rationis adhibito, id communiter definimuSf so that miOus concerning Om, who or in terram arrepti a daemonibus eiiduntur, or quoHbet modo wexadonit incwrsibus offeruntur, or sacris audeant ministrare idtaribus, or indiscussi himself dbfimis ingerani sacramentis, exceptis illis, who corporum incommoditatibus dediti, sime ka uamodi passionibus in terram probantur elisi, who however and ipsi so diu erunt ab offieio suo ei ordine and loco suspensi, quousque unius anni spatio... through discretHmrm of the bishop inveniantur ab incursu daemonum alteni. Dc hajusmodi autcm passione qaum at Gelasiam accusatua esset Foropopulcnsis autistes, quo pacto that himself gesaerit, infra in fragmento 8 visuri sumus. Vide and Gregorium M. lib. 13 episfc. 6 to Aetherium, nor not the council Suessionense II anno 853 can. 2 and ITermeriense 11, eodem anno habitum, c. 1. in libro concerning dogmatibus ccclesiastigis who Gennamo tribuitur, at Augustinum c. 39 (al. 72) legimus, ciericum not ordinandum, who aliquando in furiam versus or affiatione diaholi vexalus is. »«) thus F** F«» a' c' d« i*; h» h* c» c*" omittimt in, Moxque d* fideiis and omittit ipsos; 0' 0* ac fldeUum, aliis mss. and editis nostram lectionem dantibus /B* H* omittunt if). then solus d* who necessario, ac postca cc permittit, *») F* O' 0* cc addunt moreover; moxque d* dedicatum, ac then H'' misceri. » ) Soltu d* Quos publicatos aequum. D* prima manu who pristinusy secunda you proUnuM. a. 494. his certe viaticum concerning saeculo traiiseuutibiis if however poenituerint, uou iiegari. latius duximus disserendum. which if propria voluntat« professam jiristini coujugii castitatem mutabili niente calcaverit, periculi ejus iutererit, quali God must satisfactioue placare*®). Sicut for, if iCor.7 9. himself forsitan contiuere nou poterat, secundum apostolum nullatenus nubere vetabatur, thus habita secmn doliberatione proniissam to God pudicitiae ) faith debuit custodire. we moreover nullum talibus laqueum debemus injicere, but solas adliortationes praemii sempitemi poenasque proponere divini judicii, so that and nostra may be absoluta conscientia, and illarum for himself rationem to God reddat intentio. Cavendum iTim. g quippe, which' **) concerning earuui moribus actibusquo blessed apostolus ' testifies; that planius expouere praeterimus, lest sensus sexus instabilis not so deterrere quam admonere videamur. »•») B' D» d» d« without uUa (D» sin ulia); mox editi cmn mss. JO H* iaie mflh cienierque praedia.imus ac subinde editi caicavennt pericuii earum... debtmU tie, reiiiti?ntibu8 Dionysii aliisquc potioribuB niBB. (also B' F F"» d* h' h'). H H'* D* late duximust C* E* lalius diximus (this notatur superius cap. 13). — Deiude aolus Quarum aiiqua, cc when mes. H professamf ac pOBtea d' pristinam. in hisoe teqili* mur B' E* and alios editos. »6 31 }4M pm figf) placere; a* c this addimt because juxta aposiolum primam faith irritam fecerunt, that in solis exstat mss. JO ac forte repetitmn eeit from his JniKh centii epint. 2 n. 16: if apostoius Pauius, which a proposito mduitatis diseesseruiU, disBU eas habere damnationemy because primam faith irritam fecerunty quanto more virffines, qum priori promissioni faith frangent? Porro iisdem apostoli verbis unless Caithaginettsis IV conoilii fathers can. 104 viduas, which, postquam Be.devoyerunt to the Lord, nubimt, ot adulterii censent reas and a commuuione removent. Yide infraSjttmachi epistolam 15 num. 6 and 6. *') d* i* pudicitiam fidemque sola auctoritate mBS. D (D D' D*). Moz d* omifr* tit soias (mss. J c c solum). Inde for hquet, Gelasium this nonnulla scriptoris antiqai verba adoptare, qolbus nolle himself significat concerning viduaram la civarum moribus planius diMexeref nt forte fragilis and instabilis sexus animos ac sensus higusmodi expositione adaarum actus incitandos more stimulare ac promovere, qoam ab to them deterrav videatur. Indulgentiae Gelasii erga viduas, which propositi tenaoes not exmal exemplura alterum suppeditabit ipsius fragmentum 38, from quo and iotom this o«pfttulum illustrabitur. Vide Symmachi epistolam 16 n. 6 and 6. EPI8T0LA 14. 375 22. Secuudas uuptias sicut saecularibus iuire eoueeditur, thus after - 94. eas uullus to clerieale siuitur veuire eolle ium. Alia is euiui hu- - lmauae fragilitati geuemliter ) coueessa lieeutia, alia must to be Tita £vinarum rerum servitio dicaudorum. 23. Qoisquis propriae desertor of the church uullis exsisteutibus causis XX III. to aliam putaverit transeundum, temereque * ) susceptus may have been and promotus, reverendorum canonum or ipse or receptor ejus atque provector constituta not fugiet, which concerning hujuscemodi praesumptoribuB praefixere servanda. 24. concerning monachis ) laicisque copiosius in prima praeceptionis XXIV. hajiis parte digesta: which or quateuus for rerum temporimique uecesdtaie eoncessa sint, quemadmodum, where uullius necessitatis iuteresse probabitor, not unless vetus institutio debeat eustodiri. Quos vero constiterit indignos meritis sacram mercatos to be pretio dignitatem, conyictofi oportet arceri not siiie periculo faciuus tale patrautis* ): because dantem pariter accipientemque damnatio Simonis, quam sacra - » lectio testifies, involvit. 25concerning locorum consecratione sanctormu " ), quamvis superiusXXV. •gtrictim fueiit comprehensum, to us also patefactum is, that absqae praecepto of the see apostolic nounulli factas the churches or oratoria praesumant. this sumus tameu indicio detestabiliore through- ••) d« generaHs. Moxque F» dedUa, H H« H'* J 0 a« c h« h« 1« dedicata; more it pleases cmii 5 mss. a' B* £* d* d' dicandorum (C dedicandomm). Dc iis for, who Tel to emin admittendi or ab oo remoyendi eunt, sermo cst. looj X)i (Becunda manu) D* d' if lemere. Mox for fugiet mss. U J 0 ct c h* ]i* effugiei, Canonum constUuia aatem, which ibi vocat, suut Nicacu. c. 15 ot 16. Sardic. c. 19, Calck c. 20. loi a' vellaicis, D® monachis which, d* also (omittens laicisque, that have plerique all mss., also B* F* F" H* H'* ct editi), moxquc when h* digesta are, ec digeMtum is. then D* or which for and when F"" d* or quemadmodum, 0* 0* c addoat his before for rerum. finally D' D'* d' h' nuUius facti necessitas (D' omitiit ) inieresse probabitur. MsB. B' E' F<* F"" H JO c i nullius nccessitatis (F"" lest- inieresse probatur (mss. B* H D when d* h' i probabitur), from which nostra lcctio. «•») Mbb. 0 (0* 0«) and editi petrantes, D» U* H'« (h' h* to marg.) palrantes, I>» D* D*' d* d* vendenies, F vincenteSy F°» vindentes, C* vendente, C vendeutis, hocc|iBe if abesset tale facinus, optimo subnexae rtationi convenirct. Scd because in oiniiibiiB libiis exstat taie facittus, retinemus when mss. F H patrantis, ac verbum quo, qnid to himself vellet idle facinus patraniis, apte ex|)licabatur, c margine tnuiBlatiim eflse suBpicamur. this porro haeret GelasiuB concihi Calchedonensifl canoni 2, quo sancitur: if who bishop through pecunias fecerit ordinationem.... i» gui this aUeniasse probatus may have been, proprii gradus periculo subjaccbit, and who esiy mhtt from kac ordinaiione... proficiat. Praecipit and vulgatus apostolorum SOy ui, if qms bishop aui priest or diaconus through pecunias hanc obtidiffniiaiem, dejiciatur ei ipse and ordinator ejus, and a in communion modis omnikne mbMcindaiur sieut Simon Magus a Petro. <«') C d* this verba for inscnptiono ponunt ot canonem ipsum iucipiunt: Quamns ete. ~ a. VH. moti, that in quocimque nomiiie defuiictorum and, quantum dicitur, nor entirely fidelium, constructiones aeilificatas sacris proceesionibus * *) audacter instituere memorantur. which since *••) so acerba tiun dura are. so that eadem vix our ferre posBit auditus, if revera Cbristianitatis aftectus in illis regionibus certus and fixus is, and districtius ista quaerantur, and a quibus fuerint gesta, prodantur: since sicut latentibus in hac atrocitate nominibus not exsistat' ), in whom the sentence debita proferatur, thus quum mauifestis may have been documentis expositus, quam sceleris tanti poscit immanitas, uon yitabit idlatenus ultionem. subiisse despectum, so that feminae sacris altaribus ministrare firmentur'"'), cunctaque not uisi viroriun famulatui deputata sexum, '"•') d* dolot since (that have B' H JOh*i*); moxque c* c'** bmittnil so that eadern vix... auditus, that cxun mss. D F* F" H J C* and c' h' d* i* reci|iieadum putavimuH. ) Editi exstat, d* exsistity moxque H* (who also exsisiai) qimm' mamJfttM fuerint documeniis expositis, quam sceleris tanH poscii immaniiaSy viiami Mffiiril uitionem. c' c' c'" whom tanti sceleris, d' tamquam sceleris; and moz O* O* C C h* tf Hon e/fugiet ultatenus coutra auctoritatom aliorum msB. (£* H H* ) and editorm. BPISTOLA 14. 377 to whom not competunt, exhibere. unless ® ) that omnium delictonim, which a. 494. singillatim perstrinjimus, noxiorum reatus every and crimen eos reapicit aacerdotes, who or ista committunt, or committentes minime publicando pravis excessibus himself favere significant: if however sacerdotom jam sint vocabulo nuncupandi, who delegatum ® ) to himself religionis duty thus prostemere moliiuitur, so that in perversa quaeque profanaque declives, without ullo respectu regulae Christianae praecipitia funesta sectentur. Quumque scriptum may be: Minima who spernii, paulatim decidit; what is concerning talibus existimanduni, who immensis ac multiplicibus pravitatum molibus occupati, ingentem ruinam multimodis impulsionibus ediderunt, which not sohim ipsos videatur obruere, but and ecclesiis universis mortiferam, if not sanentur, inferre perniciem? nor ambigant not solum who this ausi are exercere, but etiani who hactenu8 cognita siluerunt, under honoris proprii himself jacere «Hspendio, if not quanta ' ) can celeritate festinent, so that lethaUa vidnera competenti medicatione salventur. Quo for more"') teneant jura pontificum, who pontiiicalibus excubiis eatenus injuncta dissimulant, so that eontraria domui of God to whom praesident, rather operentur? Quantumque**') at God possent, if not unless convenientia procurarent, tanium what mereantur adspiciant, quum exsecrabili studio sectantur riB momenti, PariaienBi VI concilio ignotain fiiisse laidorianam epistolam illam Soterifl in the name of confictam, in qiia legitur: Sacralaa to God feminas or monachas... inc nsum circa altare deferre reported is to apostolicam the see; which all things reprchemsione and viluperatione plena to be nnUi recte sapientium duhium is. from which and inferrc licet, eidem concilio uihilo magi notam fuiHse reliquani laidori collectionem Kx quo and id consequens* to me it seems, so that which in Isidorianis epistolis atque in Parisiensi concilio communia are verba, this not a concdlio Parisiensi from epibtoliB illis, but ab Isidoro Mercatore from Parisiensi concilio exscripta fueriut, adeoque anno 829 recentiorea sint illae epistolae. Hinc minime mirum eat, Zachafiam papam, a Bonifacio to the bishop Mogimtino consultum, num monnchis id is «tncillis of God, quaedam in ecciesia munia ohire licerety epist. 65 to Pippinum (Bonif. opp. to Giles. I, 153), nidla Soteris mentione facta, unumi hunc Gelasii locum referre satiB habuisse, quamvis to allatam Bonifacii quaestionem nihil responderi aptiuis potuisset, quam that Soter definisBe ponitur. fo«) jp if that, " viso qnod and to marg. unless, that habcnt all mss. and editi alii. then D' (prima manu) D d' qune saltem perstrinximus, D which sal tim moxqae a* CC noxa every and crimen, i' noxa every; reatus every and crimen, ac postea D« D» D» F«» d» reos respicit. t«») C« F<* delatum, moxque (D' prima manu) and d* nullo respectu. Mox when F not solum before who addidimus. II") H*' tanta qua can, cc quanta possint, ac deindc 0' O i* medicina and when B* F** sanentur, where c c d* h* medicatione curentnr (B* F"» H'* H'- a' salventur). •") B'E*F* F" H c i« more, Dd Jur<f. Demde D' F«' teneantur jura pontificum, d' ieneantur to ponii/icfum. Sequimur d* when praestiiutioribus mss. (B' H* E*). ««) thus B» D» F* H' {the Lord) O' 0« h* E« H d«; F"» Tantumque; c'" d» i' who quanium at the Lord. Moxque D* F** if this unless B* E< F*" if this nisu, 0* O* #> ac then c h* i< sectentur adversa. and etc. '378 S. GELASII PAPAB a. 494. mlversa, and quasi more liaec regula may be ), qua of the church debeant guberiiari, thus quidquid is ecclesiaKticis iuimicuin regulis perpetratur: quum and if coguitos habuit canones unusquisque poutifieiim, intemerata debuerit tenere custodia, and if forsitan nesciebat consulere fidenter oi>ortuerit * *) ignorantem. Quo more excusatio no bucciurit errantibus, because iiec sciens proposuit servare that noveraty nor ignorans curavit nosse that gereret. cujuslibet of the church facultas admittit, sicut. dudum rationabiliter is decretimi, convenit fieri portiones: quaruni may be una poiitificis, altera clericorum, paupermn tertia, quarta fabricis** ) applicanda. concerning quibus, sicut sacerdotis intererit, integram ministris of the church memoratam dependere quantitatem, thus clerus ' ) ultra delegatam aibi sunmiam nihil insolenter noverit expetendum. Ea vero, which ecclesiasticis aedificiis attributa are, huic operi veraciter praerogata, locorum doceat instauratio manifesjba sanctorum: because nefas is, if sacris aedibus destitutis,. in hicrum suum praesul impendia Iiis designata convertat. Ipsam ') nihilominus adscriptam pauperibus portionem quamvis divinis rationibus himself dispensasse moustraturus Matth. gggg videatiu", tjmien juxta that scriptum is: C/i videant opera vestra bona, and magnificent Patrem your, who is in coelis, oportet also praesenti testificatione praedicari and bonae famae praeconiis not taceri. futurum confidat immunem, if in his, which sjilubriter sequenda concerning- *") H** thus que ecclesie, d* may be able, moxqiio d* d* the church debeat, ac then a* c i' if quidquid, U' if what indeed. *'*) 0® c* c*" d' d* oportuerit (d| oportuit) scientem, qaam teete Coastantio all ras».#(etiam B' E' FJ F<* F"" II H" 0' O ) c* h» oportuerU ignoratUem i« opertuerit, quo more. then F** F"* H® c'" d* i* because (F™ who) nescieiu, moxque B' fuod ignorat (for that noverat). 116, H'* and c'** to marg. clcricus, moxque solus d' of the church aediflciis ac postea h* prorogata, d' d* instructio (for instauratio). — F* alteram delegaiam... praesmhs... convertant. BPISTOLAE 14. 15. 379 prompBimuS; sive the bishop sive presbyterum seu diaconum viderit a. 494. exeeclentem nou protiuus to aures nostras deferre curaverit, probationibus dumtaxat competenter exhibitis, so that transgressoris ultio fiat**') ceteris interdictio delinquendi. Sui vero modis to all erit imusquisque pontificum of the order and honoris elisor, if cuiquam clericorum, or of the church totius auditui this utaverit supprimenda. Data V. Idus Martii; Asterio and Praesidio viris clarissimis consulibus. £pi8tola 15 seu Epistolaris formula Gtolasii papae. Imeipiimt eonttltata taneti Gelatii papae, qoae epifcopi in ordinatione sua accipiimt. Papa that ) clero, ordini and plebi consistentibus civitate iila ). 1. Probabilibus desideriis ) nihil attulimus tarditatis. brother jam and coepiscopum our illum to you ordinavimus sacerdotem. to whom dedimus*) in.maudatis lest unquam ordinationes praesumat illicitas: lest bigamum, or who virginem not is sortitus uxorem, nor illitteratmn or in qualibet corporis parte vitiatiun, or from poenitente, Tel curiae or cuilibet conditioni obnoxium notatumque to sacros ordines permittat accedere; but if quos hujusmodi forte repererit, not audeat promovere. Afros passim to ecclesiasticos ordines praetendeutes no ratione suscipiat, because aliqui their Manicjiaei, aliqid rebaptizati saepius are probati. 2. Ministeria atque ornatum of the church, or quidquid that is in!!•) a' c' c* c*** h* i addunt eit moxquo c* thus vero. *••) in F"* D* D D' d* loco chroniciU) notac subjicitur: Kt alia inanu, God you euMtodiat, brothers carissimi. that in a' c c thus is retentum, so that and praenota servaretur. Sequimur praestantisaimos codices (B' E' E* F 0* 0* H*) and primos editos h* i*, unless that B' F** Data FI Idus Martii, I) AntiquiB id moris was, so that in generalibus foriuidiB nominip proprii loco pronomen Ule substituerent. Qua voce papae ejus, who novum the bishop ordi-, name.this exprimendum notatur, sicut mox verbis in civitale that cam, to whom novus creatus is bishop, and then where dicitur coepiscopum iihm hunc ipsum the bishop appellandum to be designatur. because vero pronomen vulgo nota ilL thus exprimebatur, so that letters n. speciem prae sc ferret, anbinde usu came in iisdem formulis, so that not iil. but w. loco nominis poneretnr. — in F* deest that. «y in E* and Hbro diumo Roman. pontif. additur diiectissimis /iliis in to the Lord smimiems qaod exinde in edit. conc. transiit, but abest a ccteris mss. (0*0' D** F» F* H»). ' *) O* addit vestria, moxque when C* F<* brother also el. (a. 194.) patrinionio ejusdem, not miuuere studeat but augere. concerning redita vero ecelesiae or oblatione fidelium quatuor faciat portiones: quarum unam to himself ipsi retineat, alterani clericis for officiorum Buonmi sedulitate distribujit, tertiam pauperibus and peregrinis, quartam ecclesiasticis fabricis noverit reservandam. concerning quibus divine erit redditurus judicio raticmem. 3. Ordinationes vero of the priests seu diaconorum not unless quarti ), septimi or decimi mensiimi jejuuiis, but and in ingressu quadragesimali, atque medianae ) vespere sabbati noverit celebrandas. 4. Sacrosancti «moreover baj)tismi sacramenta') not unless in paschali festivitate and Pentecoste meminerit to be praebenda exceptis iis, who mortis urgentur periculo: lest in aeternum pereant, talibus must ) remediis subveniri. Huic therefore of the see nostrae praecepta servanti devotis animis obsequi you oportet, so that irreprehensibile placitimique fiat corpus of the church through Christima the Lord our, who vivit and regnat when to God Patre omnipotente in ) unitate spirit holy through all things saecula aeculorum. Amen.

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