Letter 24

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

Pope Pelagius I to Unknown.

PELAGIUS [PAPA] IOHANNI PATRICIO CABURTARIO. [among cetera]. Peto utrum aliquando in ipsis generalibus quas I Codd.: B fol. 25 -26: (1-5; 7: pudenda...- 8 ), Pj fol. 187 -188: (9-10; 11: mos... I debuisset; 14-18); Cj fol. 102-102 : (7: pudenda...-10; 14-18), C*/o/. 126-126 , C» fol. 100, C 4 fol. 94 ; D. fol. 33: (9-10; 11: mos... debuisset; 14-18); P» fol. 179-179 ; I fol. 49 - 50 : (5-10; 12-13; 14; 16-18); J fol. 105 (eadem); Oi fol. 213 -214: (7; pudenda...-! 1; 17-18), O 2 fol. 202 -202 , G* fol. 231-231 , O 4 fol. 235 -236; P, fol. 427 -428: (7: pudenda...-ll; 17-18), fol. 332 : (14-16), Pg fol. 157, fol. 52, P 3 fol. 36 : (14-16), P 4 fol. 145: ' (7: pudenda...-ll; 17-18); Q fol. 67-67 : (7: pudenda...-! 1; 17-18); R [Perels, p. 81]: (9-10); if fol. 54 : (7: pudenda...-11; 17-18), S* fol. 94-94 .. (i)dem (gelasius; i parv. add.) Pg, om. B, mutil. B . B C D Q R, mutil. B I caburtario] D I J P : carbutario P, butario [car mutil.] Bi, om. cet. among cetera] Tit, Iohanni patricio: Celebris byzantius dux in Bello Gothico, \ Vitaliani nepos, to whom was missa ep. 53. Eiusdem fit mentio in epp. 50; 52,4; 59,1-3. that a papa in ep. 52,4 brother Valeriani patricii vocetur, metaphorice and spiritualiter — in titulo and dignitate — intellegendum is. 0. c., l. c., p. 540, n, 5, distingui must, tum a Iohanne comite patrimonii * (epp. 38; 62; 75), tum a Iohanne magistro militum (epp, 69; 70; 71). that to his militarem actuositatem adtinet, cf, L. M. HarTmann, Geschichte..., t. I, p. 268-270; 274-276; 305-311; 316-323; 327-330; E. Stein, Histoire..., p. 352-361; 572; 574; 576; 578-580; 583-588; 596-598; 604-605. caburtario: Sive carbutario. Thesaurus..., t. III, p. 4, 1. 53-54, rem solvendam relinquit. An a carabo (carabutarius?) derivatum esset PEI.AGII I PAPAE EPISOMIJ A 24,1-9 ueneramur synodis or interfuerit quispiam Uenetiarum, so that ipsi putant, atque Histryae patria<r>c<li>a, or legatos aliquando direxerit. that if this, nor confictis indeed approbationibus, 2 no rerum poterit ratione monstrari, discant aliquando not modo himself generalem the church not to be, but nor generalis indeed partem dici posse, unless, when fundamento apostolicarum adunata sedium, a praecis[s]ionis suae ariditate liberata, im of Christ membris coepit numerari; nor for posse dicendus is, who praecipiti credulitate facih lapsu in praecipido aurem falsitatibus praestat. but against3 sinodis B 4 hystrie from hystie B 2 patriarca Ewald 6 discant] from dicat B 2 9 ari¬ if... tulit, and ep. 34, l. 5: that... amisitcepit (for more) B 10-11 nor for posse pontifex IEwald).: praestat] which verba after § 3 scripta in B, huc to be transponenda, patet; alioqui posse in pontifex when Ewald transfigurare oporteret 11 praecipicio B verbum? Carabus denotat genus quoddam navicularum or cancrorum. 1. 63-75: hac voce usus is GrEGORIUS great, Dial., IV, 57. rather moreover probanda it seems corruptio chartularii in carhutarium or cahurtarium. that adtinet to munia and titulum chartularii cf. SEECK, Chartularii, in Bas-Empire, in Zeitschr. der Savigny-Stiftung f. Rechtsgesch., Roman. Ahteil., t. Xhl, 1920, p. 243 ss.; Idem, Histoire..., p. 204-205, n. 2; 425; p. 599-600, n. 4; Thesaurus..., t. III, p. 1002. that patricius munus chartularii posset obire s. vi, veri simile is, for titulus this Narseti and Smaragdo is datus. Kgger, ibid., p. 322) and S. GrEGORIUM great, Reg., I, 16 ; XIII, 36; Epp., t. I, p. 18; t. II, p. 399; 442. Cf. furthermore that notavit P. Kwaed, adtestatam, id is, caburtario, difficultates parere hypothesi corruptionis from chartulario. Quidquid moreover is, vox significare it seems munus (mili¬ tare?) patricii, or quandam eiusdem proprietatem. triarchales exstabant in Oriente: Constantinopolitana, Alexandrina, Hiero¬ solymitana, Antiochena, una moreover in Occidente: the see Romana Petri. 741. Quoad originem patriarchatus Aquileiensis. Cf. P. Richard, AquiUe, DHGK., t. III, c. 1118-1120. 2. when fundamento apostolicarum sedium: the see apostolic are, so that fert traditio: Roma, Alexandria and Antiochia. Cf. Psd. Decret. Gelas, concerning recip. and not recip. libris, III, 3 (K. V. DOBSCHUETZ, o. c., L c., p, 32-33), P. BaTTIFFOE, o. c., p. 152-168. rium we synodis ahquid gessisse contendunt, or aliquid suspi¬ cantur. if therefore suspica<n>tur, we aliquid in cuiusque synodi 4 praeuaricationem gessisse, id ipsum prius diligenter quaerere ifr debuerunt; that if and quaes[s]isse and aput himself perhibent constitisse, probare illis necesse is that intendunt. [Item]. what moreover now 5 concerning their principe loquar, who and monachum, if however aliquando was, inuadendi episcopatum ambitu perdidit, and episcopatum nor contramorem factus nor scismaticus potuit obtinere? what for in e eiusdem ordinatione or rather destructione, legitimo iure or consue¬ tudine canonica factum to be poterit dici? Nonne hereticorum also 7 temporibus principum, when ipsorum however notitia or iussione, that¬ rum partium is pontifex ordinatus, adhuc in catholici contemptu of the prince, more moreover in ipsius catholicae of the faith iniuria, which not sEk prohibebat so that fieret, but ned scismaticus fieret, pudenda so that thus dicam rapina, in diuisione is not consecratus but execratus epi¬ scopus? if for ipsum consecrationis name rationabili ac uiuaci g intellectu discutimus, is who when [in] uniuersali consecrari detrectat the church, consecratus dici [or to be] no poterit ratione. Gonse9 crare for is simul sacrare. but ab of the church uisceribus diuisus sinodis B 13 suspicantur] Ewald sinodi B 16 now] after seq. their J, om. I 17 loquar] q before 1 eras. B 19 cismaticus B. item (for cet. usque to l. 25 pudenda om.) B 20 eiusdem] his I 26 exsecr. from execr. P , exsecratus if 27 ipsius / J consecr. name ipsum C 28 discutimus is] discuti B I O: consecr. detrectet Cj/, detrectat consecr. Cg S, detractat consecr. C, G Pi, B C (cf: also.1. 32): have, and indeed recte fortasse, I J O P Q S (superscr.) if (cf. l. 21; cf. also l. 6-8 and 59, where however verbum to be antecedit dici, to whom aliquo modo oppo¬ nitur) onse- (init. litt. deest) B 30 -crari Pi. I set R, if P| C C 4 diuisus] diffusus C C 4 5. concerning their principe loquar: whom to be reor the bishop Aquileiensem. Cf. ep. 59;3 when notulis to locum p. 156. Pelagius eum veluti mentitmn the bishop tenet, propterea that mos canonicus in his ordinatione not was servatus, and insuper a schismatico Mediolanensi to the bishop exsecratus rather quam consecratus may have been. 6. Insistit in argumentis supra notatis, which longius postea exponet. schismatico, so that inrita and ilh noxia is habenda. S. GeeasiuS I, Ep. to episco¬ pos Orientales, 6, not dissimilia adseruerat to haereticos that adtinet Epp., t. I, p. 255). / I PEI AGn I PAPAE EPISTU U 24,9-18 and ab apostolicis sedibus separatus dissecrat rather iste, not con¬ secrat. lure therefore execratus tantum, not consecratus poterit dici, lo whom simul secum sacrare in unitate coniunctis membris not agnoscit the church. Uideamus however utrum or ipsarum consuetun dinem partium in sua exordinatione seruauerit; nempe this mos an¬ tiquitus was, so that, because for longinquitate or difficultate itineris ab Apostolico onerosum illis fuerat ordinari, ipsi himself inuicem me¬ diolanensis and Aquileiensis ordinare of the bishop debuissent; thus ta¬ men, so that, in ea ciuitate in qua was ordinandus bishop, alterius ciuitatis pontifex occurrere debuisset, so that and ordinandi electio a praesenti ordinatore, from consensu uniuersalis to whom praeficiendus was of the church, melius ac facilius potuisset agnosci, and in sua, who to epi scopatum prouehendus was nor however ordinatori suo subdendus fuerat, ordinaretur the church. * * Speramus in illo who ipsa truth' 12 is, and who Petri faith licet titubari pertulerit, deficere however entirely not pertulit. [and paulo after]. Ecce agnouisti unam 13 to be the church, and eam in radice of the see apostolic constitutam extingui not posse. Noli catholicam always mentem aliqua scismati14 their in communion polluere. Unum of Christ corpus, unam constat to be the church. Diuisum ab uniuersitate altare, truth [of Christ] corporis not can consecrare. Toleranda are in compage corpodissecrat rather iste] D I J R: desecrat podus ipse Cg, desacrat poscius ipse Ca Ca, dissecrat ipse rather P Q, desecrat ipse rather O [desacrat] Cj 82 execra¬ secrandus Q 88. P RS sacrare secum Cj sacre unitate from sacrare in unitate Og coniuntis Pi, cunctis I menbris I R 34. Oj Og 35 conseruaueritPj mox os (init, deest) B 36 -tiquitus] -tiquus Pj O*, -tiquis Pi lon¬ Pj D 2 [sede this superscr.] Di honerosum Pj Q illos P D fuerat] seq. honerosum delet, in Q ipsi] if above scr. Pj 2 (?)y from ipse Sj, ipse Pj P 88 -diolanesis from -diolanisis Pi aquilensis Pj, aquilegensis Pj O O P Q S of the bishop ordinare Pj P (from episcopisj Pj 40 ciuitati P,. B debuissent Pj, add. item Pi, and infra (sup. ras.) agnouistis J (cf. l. 43; 57; 59y and however l. 64!) 48 always] above P 3 aliquam P| diuisus ab unitate altaris P C, from diuisum... altare Pj ueritate Cj. IJ 11. Argumentum alterum. in ordinatione Aquileiensis of the bishop con¬ suetudo canonica legitima was violata. this aliqua desiderari videntur, so that sensus compleatur. ris positorum also that nonnumquam uitia, which unitati interdum parcentes resecare not possumus. because and euangelicum agricolam minus afferentem fructum palmitem, if however in uite ma¬ neat, purgare posse our saluator edocuit. Abscissum moreover a uite palmitem unless igni to comburendum aptum to be not posse, eiusdem caelestis magistri ueritate didicimus. Noli therefore their who igni apti are not consecrationibus but exeerationibus con¬ sentire, nor existimes illos or to be or dici the church posse. Etenim when, sicut diximus, the church tma may be, to whom in Canticis Canticorum dicitur: Una is columba mea, nullam to be aliam constat, unless which in apostolic is radice fundata, a quibus ipsam faith in universo propagatam orbe not can dubitari. that so that 1® to you, licet entirely notissimum may be, blessed however Augustini testi¬ monio comprobemus, audite what in quodam opere suo praecla¬ rissimus doctor dicat of the church. Ait for: that if nullo in marg. Ci, which for unitate Pi unitati] imitati Pi 58 parientes Pi. and paulo after ( 15 om.) I J euuangelicum B 54 -lam] -la A afferente A uite] unitate C 54-56 palmitem... a. P 55 purgare] purgari not D* saluator our C. C A 56 unless] not P 57 didiscimus P 3. IJ 58 ignibus P exacrationibus A 59 aestimes Pj, estimes I 60 when sicut dix.] Jy Gratianus: sicut when diximus O P Q [dicimus] Pj (when superscr.) O 4, sicut dix. when C D I S [to whom] B (also prohah. lect.) may be una (when sign. corr.) I in eant, cantic.] om. B C D 61 is] es Pg to be aliam] A C D I J: aliam to be O P Q S [aliam constat to be] O 3 62 which] superscr.. O quibus jipsam] Bi D I J O P Q S: qua ipsam A Cg, qua ipsa C C* 63 propagat, orbe] B C D O Q: orbe propagat. IJ Py orbi propagat. S 68-66 that so that... dicat. B D 64 notissimum tim. comprobare I J [comprobem?] J (Duemmler) 65-66 what in.... blessed augustinus augustinus D. Pj 15. Saluator our edocuit; Cf. /o., 15,2. caelestis magistri ueritate didicimus: Cf. Io., 15,6. 17. in Canticis Canticorum: Cant., 6,8. whole paragraphus inspira¬ tus it seems in opere S. Cypriani, concerning catholicae of the church unitate, 4 (G. Hartee, CSEIy., t. III, 1, p. 212-213). 18. Textus paragraphi satis is incertus, for permultis fragmentis diversis divisus to we usque pervenit. praeclarissimus doctor dicat of the church: hocus not is inventus hucusque. Cf. however against Faustum, XI, 2 (I. Zycha, CSEb., t. XXV, I p. 315,1. 21-25), against Cresconium, III, 18 (M. PETSCHEnig, CSEb., t. Ul, I p. 427, 1. 13-18) where ideae consimiles exstant. Huic textui fit adlusio in ep. 10, 3, p. 32-33. pei Agii i papae modo can the church dicit[in] that scisma [estJt, restat so that, since the church of God no to be not can, ea may be quam[in] of the see apostolic through successiones of the bishops in radice constitutam, nullorum hominum ma¬ litia, also if nota may be and excludi not may be able, but for temporum ratione toleranda indice¬ tur, ullo modo u al e a t e X t i n g u e r e. can eccles. dici] B CxD J: can dici [eccles. ow.] 7, can dici eccles. Pj Q, dici can eccles. C P P S 67-68 that scisma] Pj Cj D 7 /: quo scisma Q, in qua scisma C, in quo scisma is OPS (also prohah. lect.), in qua scisma is O 3 68. (recte fortasse) P Q S 68-69 no to be not can] I J P Q S: no alia to be can Ci D, no to be alia can C 69. B C D I J (cf. lin. seq.) expunx. and eras. Q the see B Di 70 successores Q. P Q S (cf. lin. sup.) 71 cons¬ perscr.) Pj may be] C 7 /: om. (recte fort.) B D P Q S. 0 , eras. vid. Q set (so that solet) tolleranda O O 4 iudicetur toleranda B C D 74 nullo Pj P, [in] that scisma [is]: Textus is veri similiter vitiatus. Forte subaudiri or addere oporteret that sive id, idem, hectio in qua scisma is, which emendatior and sensum acceptabilem praestans prima fronte vide¬ tur, corectio lectionis in quo scisma is influxu antecedentis vocis the church must putari. which I selegi facile capietur, adiectis which dixi pronomi¬ nibus, or also, virtute causali praedita, admisso is or may be. An dixerat Augustinus: not can the church dici, inquo (inquam), scisma...? Textus, uno verbo incertus aliquatenus manet, for, licet prolixior, also probabilem himself praebet supra adlata lectio in quo scisma is, and adhuc more fortasse quo scisma, from which and that scisma, and in quo scisma is provenire potuerint. EPiSTUivAE 24,18; 25,1 Cresconium commonefacit, so that of the bishop Sicilienses presbyteris dioe¬ cesis not plus exigant quam duo solida, iiixta iusiuraiidum of the bishop Syracusae. Item prohibet quominus, confirmationis occasione, inmodica convivia fiant.

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