Pope Gelasius I to Unknown.
(Jel)isii papae to Phillppiim ot Casslodornm. ("oelrstinum prrxfiiffrrtitn. ui cavdr epixcnpi siii consriMm conmrtMm officio ftuo p ct communionr privat. (lolasius IMiilippo and Cassiodoro. ('oolostini cause talis ost, cpiam you cpioque not arbitror igncvraro. Sicpii<lom this conscius convictus in caetle parentis ) and of the bishop, qnomadmodum «jfostorum tonoro monstratur, cunctorum judicio nullatonus aostimatus <»st officio di nus altafis, eique for so dete-. stando facinoro unius anni interdicta communion is, quatenus poenitudino comp<.'t(Miti tanti facinoris cur&ret abmptum. that ctiamsi a to us minini<»'') juborotur, ipso mfigis cogitans divini corporis sacramontum, dcd)uit to this monto pnrgatiori romeare. that time tjimon or oxph»tum or propo jam pntamns exactum. after that oi coninuinionis facultattMn ])atoro not dubium is, so that and scntentia synodalis may be able al)rumpi, ot so that illi ma»i is prosit, valeat inajori satisfactiono nnindari. '') Karonius;ul aitnuin 41X> Mani(.'ha(H)s this noturi obHervat, concerning quibus Leo sorni. \ dt' (|uadra . (.•. r> ait: tjitumijuc nd tcijcndam infidcUtntem xuam nostrU andcnnt intrrcsse mystrriist ifn in sacrnmcntorum cnmmunionc himself temperant Mt inter mm. lest penitux iatere not possint, orc inditjno of Christ corpuM accipiant sanffuinem moreover rcdcmptiunis iiostrne hniirirc entirely deciincnt. that therefore your notnm farimms sanctitnti so that vnhis hujiiscniiodi people ct his manifestentur indiciisty and quorwm deprrhensa may have been sacrilr/fa simulatio» a sanctorum societnte sacrrdotali auetoriiair pelinntitr, this ost, (luod nosti r Ciolasius (licit: ah integris arceantiir. Sone hiyil pontiticis haoroticis illis (l«>t(?prondis ac prosoribcndis vigilantiam ivc seduUtat m Anast isius bildioth. scu l\)ntitioalis libor connn ndavit his verbis: At tis tempi»- rilius inventi are.Mnnirhari in itrbc lioma quos in cjcsitium deportari praecrpil, fptoriim f/uoyur codices antr forrs hasiticac s. Mariae incendio coneremamt, Hiiic autom Anastasii narrationi nonnullam otiam iidom faciuut tot Maiiichaeomin sonpta in dooroto soquonti dc libris apocryphis so ouucleate receneita. *3) while soilicot iit istud ox im))ia su]»orstition(*; unless for ii sis Leonia at quo (iohisii tomporibus Iicuiss(>t aliquando oucharistiam under una ajiocie pcrciporOf nunquam mox diot » artiticio latoro so potuisso Manichtvei oonfiAi eitsent ') Vix orravorinnis, if huno parcntrm rt the bishop Scjllacenonini illiini antistit4'm popuorimus, «lo oujus oaodo in ojustolis.' 0 (»t 37 jam pbiriliii» traotutnm (»st. "■) thus T*. i'" omitt. miniinr. EPISTOLAE 37 — 40. Epiatola 39. Oelasii papae to Majoricuiu Screuuin and Johanuem episcopos. 43. IHonysios quasdam, who of the church Vibonetisi delrimenla intu/erant, saira in communion usque arcendos, and presbytcrum, who against pontificale judicium iltos admiscrai, ab officio suo pellcndum decernit. Gelasius Majorico, Sereno and Jolianni to the bishops. 1. who and ) humanis legibus incivili temeritate ) calcatis and reverentia religionis abjecta, or ecclesiastica privilegia calcare contendunt or ubilibet in paupenim prosilire dispeudium, nor hujusmodi saltem commoniti convictique nequitiam sopire cojisentiunt atque illata sacris rebus detrimenta sarcire: merito diviui mimeris suut participatione privandi, so that hujus perceptione careant, that sacrilegis ) ausibus habuere despectui. 2. Quapropter ) Diouysii, who, sicut vcstrae textus relationis ostendit; not solum Vibonensis of the church jura turbare, but also rei>ensare that nequiter admisijrant respuerimt, sacrae communionis arceantur accessu, douec which honori divine competunt, discant devota mente deferre. against quos also quidquid publicis legibus agi poterit, minime negligatur: so that who utrumque temi)serunt, utrisque cohibiti so to himself quam ceteris praebeaut that fiecessaria cUsciplina poscdt exemplum. 3. Coelestinus vero priest of the brother and coepiscopi iiostri Sereui, who against pontificale judicium coutraque aj ostolicae of the see mandata prorumpens, supradictis commiuiionem sacram ministrare praesumpsit, quum not potuerit ignorare senteutiam proprii sacerdotis, ab officio protinus ecclesiastico pellatur ): so that no of the church ministrornm against pontificalia constituta venire coutendat.
(Jel)isii papae ad Phillppiim ot Casslodornm.
("oelrstinum prrxfiiffrrtitn. ui cavdr epixcnpi siii consriMm conmrtMm^ officio ftuo p
ct communionr privat.
(lolasius IMiilippo et Cassiodoro.
('oolostini causa talis ost, cpiam vos cpioque non arbitror igncv-
raro. Sicpii<lom hic conscius convictus in caetle parentis^) et episcopi,
qnomadmodum «jfostorum tonoro monstratur, cunctorum judicio nul-
latonus aostimatus <»st officio di^nus altafis, eique pro tam dete- .
stando facinoro unius anni interdicta communio est, quatenus poeni-
tudino comp<.'t(Miti tanti facinoris cur&ret abmptum. Quod ctiamsi
a nobis minini<»'') juborotur, ipso mfigis cogitans divini corporis sa-
cramontum, dcd)uit ad hoc monto pnrgatiori romeare. Quod tempus
tjimon aut oxph»tum aut propo jam pntamns exactum. Post quod
oi coninuinionis facultattMn ])atoro non dubium est, ut et scntentia
synodalis possit al)rumpi, ot ut illi ma»i^is prosit, valeat inajori satis-
factiono nnindari.
'') Karonius ;ul aitnuin 41X> Mani(.'ha(H)s hic noturi obHervat, de quibus Leo
sorni. \ dt' (|uadra^. (.•. r> ait : tjitumijuc nd tcijcndam infidcUtntem xuam nostrU an-
dcnnt intrrcsse mystrriist ifn in sacrnmcntorum cnmmunionc se temperant^ Mt inter^mm.
ne penitux iatere non possint, orc inditjno Christi corpuM accipiant^ sanffuinem autem
rcdcmptiunis iiostrne hniirirc omnino deciincnt. Quod ideo vestrae notnm farimms
sanctitnti^ ut vnhis hujiiscniiodi homines ct his manifestentur indiciisty et quorwm de-
prrhensa fuerit sacrilr/fa simulatio» a sanctorum societnte sacrrdotali auetoriiair pel-
inntitr, hoc ost, (luod nosti^r Ciolasius (licit: ah integris arceantiir. Sone hiyil^
pontiticis haoroticis illis (l«>t(?prondis ac prosoribcndis vigilantiam ivc seduUtat^^m
Anast^isius bildioth. scu l\)ntitioalis libor connn^^ndavit his verbis: At^tis tempi»-
rilius inventi sunt .Mnnirhari in itrbc lioma^ quos in cjcsitium deportari praecrpil,
fptoriim f/uoyur codices antr forrs hasiticac s. Mariae incendio coneremamt, Hiiic
autom Anastasii narrationi nonnullam otiam iidom faciuut tot Maiiichaeomin
sonpta in dooroto soquonti dc libris apocryphis tam ouucleate receneita.
*3) Dum soilicot iit istud ox im))ia su]»orstition(*; nisi enim ii^sis Leonia at
quo (iohisii tomporibus Iicuiss(>t aliquando oucharistiam sub una ajiocie pcrci-
porOf nunquam mox diot^» artiticio latoro so potuisso Manichtvei oonfiAi eitsent
') Vix orravorinnis, si huno parcntrm rt episcopum Scjllacenonini illiini anti-
stit4'm popuorimus, «lo oujus oaodo in ojustolis .'^0 (»t 37 jam pbiriliii» traotu-
tnm (»st.
"■) Ita T*. i'" omitt. miniinr.
EPISTOLAE 37 — 40. 453
Epiatola 39.
Oelasii papae ad Majoricuiu^ Screuuin et Johanuem episcopos.
43. IHonysios quasdam, qui ecclesiae Vibonetisi delrimenla intu/erant, saira commu-
nione usque arcendos, et presbytcrum, qui contra pontificale judicium iltos ad-
miscrai, ab officio suo pellcndum decernit.
Gelasius Majorico, Sereno et Jolianni episcopis.
1. Qui et^) humanis legibus incivili temeritate ^) calcatis et
reverentia religionis abjecta, vel ecclesiastica privilegia calcare con-
tendunt vel ubilibet in paupenim prosilire dispeudium, nec hujus-
modi saltem commoniti convictique nequitiam sopire cojisentiunt
atque illata sacris rebus detrimenta sarcire: merito diviui mimeris
suut participatione privandi, ut hujus perceptione careant, quod
sacrilegis^) ausibus habuere despectui.
2. Quapropter^) Diouysii, qui, sicut vcstrae textus relationis
ostendit; non solum Vibonensis ecclesiae jura turbare, sed etiam
rei>ensare quod nequiter admisijrant respuerimt, sacrae communionis
arceantur accessu, douec quae honori divino competunt, discant de-
vota mente deferre. Contra quos etiam quidquid publicis legibus
agi poterit, minime negligatur: ut qui utrumque temi)serunt, utrisque
cohibiti^ tam sibi quam ceteris praebeaut quod fiecessaria cUsciplina
poscdt exemplum.
3. Coelestinus vero presbyter fratris et coepiscopi iiostri Sereui,
qui contra pontificale judicium coutraque aj^ostolicae sedis mandata
prorumpens, supradictis commiuiionem sacram ministrare praesum-
psit, quum non potuerit ignorare senteutiam proprii sacerdotis, ab
officio protinus ecclesiastico pellatur^): ut nullus Ecclesiae ministro-
rnm contra pontificalia constituta venire coutendat.
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Pope Gelasius I to Unknown.
(Jel)isii papae to Phillppiim ot Casslodornm. ("oelrstinum prrxfiiffrrtitn. ui cavdr epixcnpi siii consriMm conmrtMm officio ftuo p ct communionr privat. (lolasius IMiilippo and Cassiodoro. ('oolostini cause talis ost, cpiam you cpioque not arbitror igncvraro. Sicpii<lom this conscius convictus in caetle parentis ) and of the bishop, qnomadmodum «jfostorum tonoro monstratur, cunctorum judicio nullatonus aostimatus <»st officio di nus altafis, eique for so dete-. stando facinoro unius anni interdicta communion is, quatenus poenitudino comp<.'t(Miti tanti facinoris cur&ret abmptum. that ctiamsi a to us minini<»'') juborotur, ipso mfigis cogitans divini corporis sacramontum, dcd)uit to this monto pnrgatiori romeare. that time tjimon or oxph»tum or propo jam pntamns exactum. after that oi coninuinionis facultattMn ])atoro not dubium is, so that and scntentia synodalis may be able al)rumpi, ot so that illi ma»i is prosit, valeat inajori satisfactiono nnindari. '') Karonius;ul aitnuin 41X> Mani(.'ha(H)s this noturi obHervat, concerning quibus Leo sorni. \ dt' (|uadra . (.•. r> ait: tjitumijuc nd tcijcndam infidcUtntem xuam nostrU andcnnt intrrcsse mystrriist ifn in sacrnmcntorum cnmmunionc himself temperant Mt inter mm. lest penitux iatere not possint, orc inditjno of Christ corpuM accipiant sanffuinem moreover rcdcmptiunis iiostrne hniirirc entirely deciincnt. that therefore your notnm farimms sanctitnti so that vnhis hujiiscniiodi people ct his manifestentur indiciisty and quorwm deprrhensa may have been sacrilr/fa simulatio» a sanctorum societnte sacrrdotali auetoriiair pelinntitr, this ost, (luod nosti r Ciolasius (licit: ah integris arceantiir. Sone hiyil pontiticis haoroticis illis (l«>t(?prondis ac prosoribcndis vigilantiam ivc seduUtat m Anast isius bildioth. scu l\)ntitioalis libor connn ndavit his verbis: At tis tempi»- rilius inventi are.Mnnirhari in itrbc lioma quos in cjcsitium deportari praecrpil, fptoriim f/uoyur codices antr forrs hasiticac s. Mariae incendio coneremamt, Hiiic autom Anastasii narrationi nonnullam otiam iidom faciuut tot Maiiichaeomin sonpta in dooroto soquonti dc libris apocryphis so ouucleate receneita. *3) while soilicot iit istud ox im))ia su]»orstition(*; unless for ii sis Leonia at quo (iohisii tomporibus Iicuiss(>t aliquando oucharistiam under una ajiocie pcrciporOf nunquam mox diot » artiticio latoro so potuisso Manichtvei oonfiAi eitsent ') Vix orravorinnis, if huno parcntrm rt the bishop Scjllacenonini illiini antistit4'm popuorimus, «lo oujus oaodo in ojustolis.' 0 (»t 37 jam pbiriliii» traotutnm (»st. "■) thus T*. i'" omitt. miniinr. EPISTOLAE 37 — 40. Epiatola 39. Oelasii papae to Majoricuiu Screuuin and Johanuem episcopos. 43. IHonysios quasdam, who of the church Vibonetisi delrimenla intu/erant, saira in communion usque arcendos, and presbytcrum, who against pontificale judicium iltos admiscrai, ab officio suo pellcndum decernit. Gelasius Majorico, Sereno and Jolianni to the bishops. 1. who and ) humanis legibus incivili temeritate ) calcatis and reverentia religionis abjecta, or ecclesiastica privilegia calcare contendunt or ubilibet in paupenim prosilire dispeudium, nor hujusmodi saltem commoniti convictique nequitiam sopire cojisentiunt atque illata sacris rebus detrimenta sarcire: merito diviui mimeris suut participatione privandi, so that hujus perceptione careant, that sacrilegis ) ausibus habuere despectui. 2. Quapropter ) Diouysii, who, sicut vcstrae textus relationis ostendit; not solum Vibonensis of the church jura turbare, but also rei>ensare that nequiter admisijrant respuerimt, sacrae communionis arceantur accessu, douec which honori divine competunt, discant devota mente deferre. against quos also quidquid publicis legibus agi poterit, minime negligatur: so that who utrumque temi)serunt, utrisque cohibiti so to himself quam ceteris praebeaut that fiecessaria cUsciplina poscdt exemplum. 3. Coelestinus vero priest of the brother and coepiscopi iiostri Sereui, who against pontificale judicium coutraque aj ostolicae of the see mandata prorumpens, supradictis commiuiionem sacram ministrare praesumpsit, quum not potuerit ignorare senteutiam proprii sacerdotis, ab officio protinus ecclesiastico pellatur ): so that no of the church ministrornm against pontificalia constituta venire coutendat.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.