Letter 39

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

Pope Pelagius I to Unknown.

l. 7; that vero now not notabo) B. whom Coli. Britannica fert: Iohanni comiti Pelagius not is evidenter unless iteratio quaedam tituli praecedentis epistulae. Is for to whom letters fuerunt missae is bishop, prout aperte patet: inr at: summo sacerdotii gradu positum, and indeed praesul, who ab the church defececum a sedibus apostolicis recessisses. P. EwaI/D, o. c., l. c., p. 547, n. 3, and S. LoEWEneeed, 0. c., p. 15, n. e (after E. Bishop) Paulinum Aquileiensem (cf. notulas in ep. 59,1.3., p. 155-156) to be scribendum coniectarunt. this moreover parum probatur, for bishop praesentis epistulae vix in gremium of the church then temporis was receptus, sicut toto textu litterarum ostendi¬ tur plane, praesertim vero ultimis epistulae verbis: you, dearest now in in Christ, ah ista divisus errabas. is and so probabiliter valde idem praesul concerning quo in epp. 37 and 38 loquitur, to whom moreover forte loannis name re true was, cuiusque therefore solum munus scriba influxu tituli superioris errasset. Lectionem vero manuscripti, deletis Iohanni comiti, addito to the bishop, secu¬ rius emendandam opinatus sum, 1. a sedibus apostolicis: often thus,plur ali numero, in primis Romana the see signatur. Cf. epp. 10,3; 19,21; 24,2.9; 35,8.11; 39,3; 52,9, cetera; videri can adnotationes in ep. 24,2, p. 74. tate, 4, to whom infra in § 4 fit adlusio. PEI.AGII I PAPAE EpiSTUI aI: 39,2-4; 40 fundatam, and thus fundamentum, so that portae aduersus ipsam inferi praeualere not can? that if legeras, ubinam praeter ipsum 3 to be credebas the church, in quo uno all scilicet apostolic sed s are, quibus pariter, sicut illi who claues acceperat, ligandi soluendique potestas indulta is? but idcirco uni primum that 4 daturus was, also [in] to all gave, so that, secundum blessed Cipriani mart3n:is id ipsum exponentis the sentence, una to be monstretur the church. Quo therefore you, dearest now in in Christ, ab ista diuisus errabas, or quam salutis tuae tenebas spem? coni* Loewen. 13 karissmie B. 2. thus fundamentum: Fundatam for fundamentum proposuit S. hoEWENFEED, 0. c., p. 16, n. a; addere to be maluissem I, if textus, subau¬ dito praecedente verbo, significationem satis claram, vi maiore insuper praefulgens, not haberet. portae... inferi praeualere not can: Cf. Mt., 16,18. 3. praeter ipsum: Id is: apostolorum the prince, sive ipsum fun¬ damentum, that re ipsa idem valet. quibus pariter... ligandi soluendique potestas: Cf. Mt., 16,19; 18,18; Jo., 20,23; Ap., 1,18. 4. blessed Cipriani martyris... the sentence: Cf. S. Cypriani, concerning catho¬ licae of the church unitate, 4 (G. HarTEE, CSEb., t. III, 1, p. 212, I. 8-213, 1. 5). salutis tuae tenebas spem: Textus, uti alibi frequenter, man¬ cus apparet. optatis Andreae and loannae obsecundans, rogat episcopos Amabi¬ lem and Leontium, so that eos munire velint. J-E. 999 in. - med. m. martio a. 559 <PEEAGIUS> AMABIEI and LEONTIO EPISCOPI<S>. An1 dreas and Iohanna por<r>ecta to us petitione which habetur in [in] subditis, tuitionis himself ecclesiasticae, salua however iustitia, postula<n>t auctoritate muniri, idque through uestram fieri desiderant caritatein, iu quorum himself also diocesibus habitare commemorant. Fraternitas therefore uestra praesenti auctoritate suscepta, tuitionem 2 to them eecdesiasticani, salua in to all iustitia, impendere not mo¬ retur, especially because concerning statu suo to himself moueri iniustam queruntur quaestionem; in quibus negotiis himself ecclesiasticae misericordiae and iQ solet and must commendare praesidium. 4 -lant] Loewen. 6 tuicionem B 7 iusticia B. Tit. Amabili and Leontio: Sicut and their the see are ignoti. Puitne vero beontius bishop Vicetinae of the see (Vicenza), where duo beontii du¬ bii fertur sedisse? their another c. a. 547 visisset, that certainly meae con¬ fecturae faveret. Cf. B. Gams, 0. c., p. 806; 808; F. Eanzoni, 0. c., p. 327328; 918-919. Res, patet, under iudice manet; verum if aliquando posset comprobari. Amabilem quaerere forte liceret in quadam vicina Vicetiae sedi, uti Aceli (A solo) or Feltriae (Feltre), not vero Patavh (Padova) or Veronae ( Verona), quarum alba sat certa of the bishops constant. Aliam hypothesim videas at P. Ewaed, 0. c., l. c., p. 547, n. 4. Quidquid moreover is, epistula'ad ambo praesules a paribus was probabiliter missa. 1. Andreas and Iohanna: when nullo decorentur titulo fuerunt, so that it seems, servi; that indeed and contextus litterarum innuit, for statu suo iniustitiam passi erant. tuitionis ecclesiasticae: Cf. praescriptum Iustiniani, Nov., 86,1.4. Consuli can P. Torquebiau, Compitence, DDC., t. III, c. 1192-1193; 1196-1197; A. Dumas, Juridiction eccUsiastique (Histoire concerning la), ihid., t. VI, c. 236-240; cf. also adnotationes in ep. 63,2, p. 166. 8.—p. PEIvAGII I PAPAE Defensori loanni orders, so that Secundum the bishop Taurominitanum ab usu pallii privet, eumque, festo paschali peracto, to pontificem mittat.

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