Letter 21

Pope Pelagius IUnknown|c. 559 AD|pelagius i|From Rome

Pope Pelagius I to Unknown.

46' : (4-5), fol. 65''*’, £, fol. 68-68'’, E, fol. 34 ; F, fol. (2-5), Fj fol. 14'’-14'’ , F, jol. 14 ; G tol. 24', 28'’: (2; multi...-5); H fol. 16,18: (2: multi...-5); 1 fol. 5S’: (1). suam heresim I, suam haeresin Theiner 4. Gaudentio Uolaterrano: Bst probabiliter bishop that, whose in titulo ep. iO memoria agitur. Cf. ibid., p. 31. Quoad Volaterranam the see and dioecesim, cf. F. Lanzoni, 0. c., p. 559-564; P. Kehr, 0. c., t. IV, p. 279287; M. Cavaluni-B. Josi, Volterra, in Enc. CattoL, t. XII, c. 1620-1622. 1. to sectandam heresim suam: Veri similius reor, this adludere pa¬ pam to haeresim concerning qua in reliqua epistula loquitur. Forte moreover tacite illos also tangebat, who against damnationem Trium Capitulorum insurre¬ xerant, quos among ipse Gaudentius alio at the time fuerat probabiliter adnumeratus. Cf. adnotationes in titulum ep. 10, p. 31. through publicos... iudices: not confundendos when indicibus spectaStein, Histoire..., p. 469). Hi communiter erant provinciarum guberna¬ tores, who iudices ordinarii, or brevius iudices vocabantur. Praefectis subdebantur, and to ordinem clarissimorum erant adseripti. Cf. SteinwENLe droit publique romain... jusqu*d Constantin le Grand, Bouvain, 1920’, p. 604; 631-633; B. Stein, Histoire.,., p. 468-469; 471. Quoad their elecEPISTUI,A 2i,l-3 in quantum ualueris persecutione percelli, so that eo saltem metu ab huiusmodi scelere conquiescant. concerning [quibus] hereticis from quibus 2 through [memoratum] Paulinum, uirum clarissimum, son tuum, we consulendos to be duxisti, so that if who eorunl reuerti uolunt to catholicam faith, utrum baptizandi sint an tantummodo reconciliandi, this tuam uolumus obseruantiam custodite, qua circa Sirmiae and Singiduno aliaque uicina loca, where istius heresis people multi are, nouimus custodiri: so that (because in in the name of solummodo of Christ, una also mersione himself asserunt baptizari, euangelicum uero praeceptum, 3 ipso to God to the Lord and saluatore our lesu in Christ tradente, we admonet in in the name of Trinitatis, trina also above i scrips. and partim eras, (an er?) B 6 quibas] superscr. B 2 (?), om. C F uir. clariss. Cj 8 dixisti Cj who their] B'. quidam from to them C F 10 this] hanc C sirinie and singiduno C, siriniae and simgiduno F [sirime] F 3, sirmiae and simgidunae uana B himself mersione Cg C 3. and] B F (add. postea) Fgt dno. to God and G, to God and dno. H, to God and dno. ac C, and dno. ac Cj 16 ammonet FGH ammonemur C, amonemus tionem lustiniani at the time, cf. B. M. HarTmann, Untersuchungen..., p. 41-44. Causas minores solvebat defensor civitatis. Cf. Idem, ibid., p. 45-47: CEERCQ, Defensor civitatis, DACB., t. IV, 1. c. 406-427; B. Stein, His¬ toire..., p. 439; 464; 467-468. Paulinum uirum clarissimum: Aliunde ignotus. Viri most distinguished titulum a at the time Constantini ferebant people ingenui, who in tertio nobilitatis gradu numerabantur. Cf. P. Koch, 0. c., p. 13; 19-21; B. Stein, Histoire..., p. 430, n. 1; 796-797; M. BridgET, 0. c., p. 141-143; 166, which notat, this honoris vocabulo to have been pridem consules in actu positos saepissime decoratos. 2. concerning hereticis: who ariani videntur, for immersio unica ab Bunomianis and Aetianis recepta was. Cf. V. Brmoni, VHistoire du Bapteme depuis VEdit concerning Milan (313) jusqWau Concile in Trullo (692), in Rev. quest. hist., t. BXIV, 1898, p. 316-317. Sirmiae and Singiduno: Oppida Pannoniae and Moesiae, which vulgo it seems forma indeclinabilis a graeco sumpta in the name of Siyy Suvov. Difficilius moreover explicatur terminatio feminina, quam adsumit Sirmium. 3. in in the name of Trinitatis, trina also mersione: Hanc significationem 5.~P. PELAGli I PAPA mersione holy baptisma unicuique tribuere, dicente to the Lord our discipulis suis: Ite, baptizate all gentes in in the name of the father, and sons, and spirit San¬ cti), if re true hi concerning praefatis hereticis, who in locis to the love tuae uicinis, commorari dicuntur, solummodo himself in in the name of the Lord baptizatos to have been forsitan confitentur, without cuiusdam dubitationis ambiguo eos to catholicam faith uenientes, holy Trinitatis in the name of baptizabis. Sin iiero at love tuam, their who contierti uolunt manifesta confessione claruerit, that in Trinitatis fuerint in the name of baptizati, sola reconciliationis inpensae grace, catholicae sociare of the faith maturabis, so that tali dispositione seruata, nihil aliter quam that euangelica orders authority temeritatis cuiusdam in the spirit uideatur effectum. to 4) C. iesu in Christ H 17. H, add. iesu in Christ G 16-18 dicente dtio.... C 19 hi concerning] BF: hii concerning E, hisdem Cj, ii concerning Eg, idem C praefati heretici f‘s, hereticis [praefatis om.] E of love B E 20 tuae] superFg. G H 24-25 trinit. fuer. in the name of] B Ci E F: in the name of trinit. fuer. F, trinit. nom. fuer Fg G. H, of Christ nom. fuer. Cg Cg 25 inpensae grace] B E : impen sae grace E, grace impensa C F GH 26 catholicae] seq. iterat, reconciliat... catholi¬ cae in Cg sociare of the faith] F: of the faith sociare B F 4, reconciliare of the faith F G H, of the faith reconc. Cg, reconc. [fidci om.] Cg dispositione] dispensatione Fronto, Gratianus 27 aliter] Epp., t I, p. 57) trinam mersionem concipiunt so that symbolum trium dierum, quibus in sepulcro the Lord mansit. S. Gregorius hispanis to the bishops una modo mersione baptisma tribuere, to adserendam unitatem and consubstan¬ tialitatem divinarum Personarum against Arianos, commendavit. Cf. V. KrMONi, ibidem. dicente to the Lord: Mt., 28, 19. 4. solummodo himself in in the name of the Lord baptizatos: Rectam the sentence papae, sicut and eam concerning qua in paragrapho sequenti, after aliquas parvi momenti fluctuationes in praxi, prorsus at last amplexata is universalis Kcclesia. Cf. G. BARBiUbE, Bapteme d*apY s les Pdres..., DTC., t. II, 1, c. 184-185; J. BEi,i,amy, Bapteme dans V glise latine..., ihid., c. 271-272; G. BarEIEEB, Bapteme des hMtiques, ibid., c. 219-232. without cuiusdam dubitationis ambiguo: Cf. Arnobium, Adversus nationes, I, 42: without ullius seriae dubitationis ambiguo. (A. REIEFERSCHEid, CSKh., t. IV, 1875, p. 28). Ci. Thesaurus..., t. I, p. 1845. Episcopos Vincentium, Geminum and Constantium hortatur, so that dissidentias among the churches Vulturninam and Pariensem exortas solvant.

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