Letter 7

Pope Pelagius IUnknown|c. 557 AD|pelagius i|From Rome

Pope Pelagius I to Unknown.

MIGNE, PL. 69, c. 408-410; (6-16) PITRA, Spic, Solesm,, IV, p. XII-XIV; HAHN, Bihliothek der Symhole u. Glaubensregeln, p, 334-336. to the Lord FIDIO GDORIOSISSIMO ATQUE PRAECEDEENTISSIMO CHIEDEBERTO REGI PEEAGIUS EPISCO¬ PUS. Humani generis saluator ac the Lord discipulos suos docens ait: not is uoluntas of the father uestri who in caeCodd - a, fol. 40-4r, fol. a, fol. 82 -87''; m fol. (6-16); n fol. 36-37 : (6-16); B fol. 72: (1: satagendum...-4); fol. 47 ; (1: satagendum... -4), fol. 68% E, fol. 73, and fol. 36%- F, fol. -%- (1: satagendum...-4), fol. 9S % F, fol. 1-2 to the Lord... pelag. episc.] a: pelagius childeberto regi BE F [hildeberto] £4, titui. om. mn (cf. infra 277) 3. exhi¬ bent inducere. En rationes which so that thus facerem suaserunt. in ep. 9,2 petit Pelagius Sapaudo, so that velit himself certiorem to do, an regi and Galliarum to the bishops placuerat that of the faith professio, quam to regem, ope Flaviani diaconi and Nestorii subdiaconi, miserat. lam vero, this of the faith professio alia to be not can quam praesens epistula, when to be nequeat nor ep. 3, a Rufino lata, nor ep. 11, which to Childebertum not dirigitur, but to totius orbis fideles, quaeque item after letters has data may have been oportet, alioqui this ep. 7 inu¬ tilis and inanis fere evasisset. and so praesens epistula collocari must before ep. 9, etiamsi illam in codd. sequatur, and insuper, accuratius rem pervesti¬ gans, hanc una when epp. 5 and 6 datam to have been comperio, quippe which ab to them¬ dem nuntiis missae fuerint. Propterea epistulae huic adsignavi when illis diem 3 februarii a. 557, not faciens when F. Kae ENBRUNNER, J-K. 946 (t. I, p. 126) nor when W. Gundeach, Epp. Arelatenses, l. 0., p. 76, who eam datam to have been putarunt intra Februarii and Aprilis menses. 1. the Lord... ait: Mt., 18,14. lis is, so that unus saltim pereat concerning pusillis; concerning quibus nor scandalizari quemquam without magni asserit conparatione supplicii. when therefore also concerning pusillis ista forma praecepti may be, quanto to us studio ac labore satagendum is, so that for auferendo suspicionis scandalo obsequium confessionis nostrae regibus ministremus, quibus we also subditos to be holy scripturae prae¬ cipiunt? Ueniens etenim Rufinus uir magnificus, legatus excellen2 tiae your, confidenter a to us, so that decuit, postulauit, quatenus to you, or blessed recordationis papae Eeonis tomum a to us through all things conseruari significare debuissemus, or propriis uerbis nostrae confessionem of the faith destinare. and primam indeed petitionis 3 his partem, because facilior was, mox so that said impleuimus; meque in to all praedicti praesulis tomum for catholicae of the faith assertione conscriptum, to God propitio custodire, manus nostrae to you for¬ fessione signauimus. so that moreover nullius deinceps, that absit, 4 suspicionis resideret occasio, also illam aliam partem, quam me¬ moratus uir inlustris Rufinus ammonuit, to do maturaui, scilicet propriis uerbis confessionem of the faith quam tenemus exponens. Defi5 nitiones also concerning eadem catholic in faith, which in quattuor sanctis conciliis statutae are, but and memorati pontificis, which uniuersalis u always tenuit ac tenet the church, we when of God auxilio tenere atque defendere praesenti to excellentiam uestram conloquio intimandum comparatione 8 for] superscr, a* 9 regibus] legibus E 10 subitos Fg sa¬ crae script. Fj Fg F* [scae] Fg, script. holy Fi Fg 11 excellent.] om. Fg 12 your Fg quatinus BEF 13 leonis papae Fg tomum ] 1 after t eras,, thomum BEx Fg to us] to you Fg 14 debuiss.] debueramus B. a F 15 distinare ai 16 dixi Eg inpleuimus FF4 17 praedicti] in mar%., om. BEF praesolis «2 tomum] litt. after t (h.?) eras,, thomum BE Fz F, 19. Fg resederet «g ocasio B 21 inlustris] illustrious BEF ruphinus Fg ammonuit] admonuit BE3F. F 24 statutae] from established which] ai (id is: which all things): quas 25 tenet from tenent when] holy 26 excellent.] c superscr. concerning pusillis ista forma praecepti may be: Cf. Mt., 18,6. subditos to be holy scripturae praecipiunt: Cf. Rom., 13,1. 2. Rufinus uir magnificus: Gf. notulas in ep. 3,1. p. 6. 3. so that said impleuimus: is ep. 3. signauimus: Cf. ep. 3,13. 4. propriis uerbis: in ep. 9,2 dicitur: our... sermone; that con¬ firmat illam, which ibi adlegatur epistula, to be hanc ep. 7.!22 PEI<AGII I PAPAE necessario iudicaui. Credo therefore in unum God Patrem and son 3 and Spiritum holy: Patrem scilicet omnipotentem, sempiter¬ num, ingenitum; son uero, from eiusdem of the father substantia or na¬ so tura genitum, before omne entirely or temporis or aeui cuiusquam initium, id is, omnipotentem, aequalem, consempiternum, and consubstantialem Genitori; Spiritum also holy, omnipoten¬ tem, utrique. Patri scilicet ac Filio, aequalem, consempiternum atque consubstantialem, who from Patre intemporaliter procedens, of the father is Filiique spirit: this is, tres personas siue tres subsis7 tentias unius essentiae siue naturae, unius uirtutis, unius opera¬ tionis, unius beatitudinis atque unius potestatis; so that trina may be unitas, and una may be Trinitas, iuxta uocis dominicae truth dicentis: Ite, docete all gentes, baptizantes eos in in the name of the father and sons and spirit holy. in in the name of, inquit, not in nominibus, so that and unum God through indisr 8 tinctum diuinae essentiae name ostenderet and personarum discre¬ tionem suis demonstratam proprietatibus edoceret; because, while tri¬ bus umun deitatis name is, aequalitas ostenditur personarum; and rursus aequalitas personarum nihil extraneum, nihil accedens in to them permittit intellegi: thus so that and unusquisque their true perfectusque may be God, and all tres simul unus true perfectusque may be God, uiddicet from plenitudine diuinitatis nihil minus in singulis, nihil faith holy pelagii papae m, whom om. n. mn 30. m n initio m id is] idem «g, concerning omnipotente 32 cumsubstantialem 35 fili¬ vD?'[om.a God] the Lord 42 essentiae] substantiae44-45 and rursus... through¬ and all... may be. axa mn 48. M. PEiTz, Bas vorephesinische Symbol der Papstkanzleiy in Miscell. Histor. Pontif., vol. I, Roma, 1939, p. 83-88; 126-127. 7. siue tres subsistentias: Idem fere valent at Pelagiinn persona and under sistentia y or, so that verius dicam, notio personae at nostrinn pontifi¬ cem, idea subsistentiae prorsus limitatur and definitur. Cf. in Def. Trium Cap.yV (R.,DevrEESSE, 0. c.,.p. 43 ):... concerning deitate Vnigeniti, not concerning to God Vnigenito said, to whose personam siue subsistentiam, which when adsumpta humanitate una is...;...singularitatem personae or subsistentia unius sons, who true God and idem ipse inconuertibiliter true man is... cetera. dominicae truth dicentis: Mt., 28,19. EPIS UEA 7,6-11 amplius intellegatur in tribus. from hac moreover holy and beatissima 9 gQ atque consubstantiali Trinitate credo atque confiteor unam perso¬ for, id is. son of God, for salute humani generis nonissimis tem¬ poribus descendisse concerning caelo, nor patriam the see, nor mundi gu¬ bernacula relinquentem; and, superueniente in beata uirgine Maria holy in the spirit, atque obumbrante ei uirtute altissimi, eundem Pg Uerbum ac son of God in utero eiusdem holy uirginis Mariae clementer ingressum and concerning carne his to himself unisse carnem anima ra¬ tionali and intellectuali animatam; nor before creatam to be carnem, and postea superuenisse son of God, but, sicut scriptum is: Sa¬ pientia aedificante to himself domum, mox carnem in utero uirginis, mox Uerbi of God carnem factam, exindeque without ulla permutatione or conuersione Uerbi carnisque naturae, Uerbum ac son of God factum man, unum in utraque natura, divine scilicet and humana, Christum lesum God uerum eundemque uerum man processisse, id is, natum to be, seruata integritate maternae liirginitatis; because thus eum uirgo permanens genuit, whom¬ admodum uirgo concepit. because of that eandem beatam uirginem Mariam of God genetricem uerissime confitemur: peperit for incarnatum of God Uerbum. is therefore unus atque idem lesus Christ 10 true son of God and idem ipse true son hominis, perfectus in deitate and idem ipse perfectus in humanitate, utpote whole in suis and idem ipse whole in nostris; thus through secundam natiuitatem sumens from homine matre, that not was, so that not desisteret to be, that through primam, qua from Patre natus is, was. because of that eum from dua11 bus and in duabus manentibus indiuisis inconfusisque we believe to be in n, paternam (recte fortasse) 56 elementer «g 59. n 63. vid Og 64 processisse] ras. after procesis in ai 65 whom-] from qom or qam (?) 66 -. for clare has matrej 9. sicut scriptum is: Prov., 1,9. p. 115-118; append., p. 750; 753-756; A. Hahn-U Hahn, o. c., p. 166-168; B. SCHWARTz, ACO., t. II, vol. I, 2, p. 129-130; ibid., t. II, vol. III, 2, actio V, 34, p. 137-138; actio VI, 8, p. 156; ibid., t. II, vol. II, 2, p. 85-86). Quoad relationes Pelagii cinn Cone. Chalcedonensi, cf. B. SchwarTz, ACO., t. II, vol. IV, p. XXVI-XXVII; A. GrieemeiER, Vorbereitung des MittelaU ters... in Das Konzil von Chalkedon, t. II, Wiirzburg, 1953, p. 824-830. PEIyAGlI I PAPAE EPISTUI<A 7,11-19 or not agnouerunt, or cognitam diuersis capti praeuaricationibus reliquerunt, in poenis aeterni atque inextinguibilis ignis, so that without fine ardeant, iustissimo indicio traditurum. this is therefore faith mea and spes, which in me dono misericordiae of God is, for qua especially paratos to be must blessed Petrus apostolus praecipit to respon¬ dendum every poscenti we rationem. now conuenit excellentiam uestram for femore eiusdem of the faith, quam you in corde habere gaudemus, peculiarem curam through uniuersas Galliae your regiones inpendere, lest illic scandala seminantes, sicut in partibus istis to do conabantur, frontis suae procacia inpellente discurrant, and aliquos brothers and coepiscopos nostros or creditas to them plebes to dissensiones exagitent; because, while rectae of the faith not sint, dolore oppressionis suae, so that himself to nutrienda scandala catholi¬ cis familiares efficiant, also rectam faith himself simulant uindicare, especially at eos who fraudes ipsorum and dolos ignorant. but God, who gloriam uestram against inimicos of peace ecclesiasticae mise¬ ricorditer this at the time praeparauit, praestet you thus sollicitos and circumspectos existere, so that not praeualeant sacrosanctae eccle¬ siae in illis partibus loliorum suorum semina maligna iactare. safe excellentiam uestram God our may guard, domine fili gloriosissime atque excellentissime. naturis: indiuisis indeed, because and after adsumptionem naturae we¬ trae unus Christ son of God permansit and permanet; inconfusis moreover, because thus in unam personam atque subsistentiam adunatas we believe to be naturas, so that utriusque proprietate seruata, neutra conuerteretur in alteram. Ac propterea, sicut often diximus, unum eundemque Christum to be uerum son of God and eundem ipsum uerum son hominis confitemur, consubstantialem Patri secun¬ while deitatem, and consubstantialem to us eundem secundum huma¬ nitatem, through all things to us similem absque peccato: passibilem carne, eundem ipsum inpassibilem deitate. whom under Pontio Pilato sponte for salute nostra passum to be carne confitemur, crucifixum carne, mortuum carne, resurrexisse tertia die, glorificata and in¬ corruptibili eadem carne, and conuersatum after resurrectionem when discipulis suis ac multis modis euidenter to them ostendisse sui corporis truth, and quadragesimo die, uidentibus eisdem discipulis, ascendisse in caelos, sedere also to dexteram of the father. whom credo and confiteor, secundum testificationem angelorum, sicut ascendit in caelos, thus uenturum indicare uiuos and mortuos. all for people ab Adam usque to consummationem saeculi natos and mortuos when ipso Adam eiusque uxore, who not from aliis parentibus nati are, but another concerning terra, another moreover concerning costa uiri creati are, then resurrecturos to be confiteor and adstare before tribunal of Christ, so that recipiat unusquisque propria corporis, prout gessit,siue bona, siue mala. and iustos indeed through largissimam grace of God, utpote uasa mise15 ricordiae in gloriam praeparata, aeternae uitae praemiis donatu¬ rum, in societate uidelicet angelorum absque ullo now lapsus sui metu without fine uicturos; iniquos moreover arbitrio uoluntatis for¬ priae uasa irae apta in interitum permanentes, who uiam of the Lord silimilem, carnem 84 pylato 85 sponte] liiter. eras, in fine n car¬ nem ai 86 came ] carnem Ui insuperscr, 87. and eundem Ipsum: Cf, supra alterum textum from in Def. Trium Cap. desumptum, to § 7, where similiter dicitur and idem ipse, 14. before tribunal... siue mala: Cor,, 5,10, iuxta quandam Veterem versiones antiquae seu Vetus Italica..., t. III, Parisiis, 1751, p. 739, notas to V. 10. praecepit n, praecepit a, (cf. ep. 11, l. 64, where recte wrote praecipit 109 ratione n gelliae ag 113 procacitate 115 dissensionis ai 116 chatholia 118 aput eclesiastice ai 120 prestet ai 121 circuminspectos corr. (in postea superscr.) sacrosanctae eccle-] sacrosancte eclea„ intra sacrasanctae eccleag, intra sata perincolumem as (cf, epp. 6,20 and 8, l, 25) our] we to the Lord as 124 glorio¬ 16. this is therefore faith mea: Idem iteratur in ep. 11,10, p. 39. blessed Petrus apostolus praecipit: Cf. l Ptr,, 3,15. barbarorum, who amicitiam of the emperor colebant, uti also summi magistra¬ tus imperii, this honoris epitheto donabantur. Cf. P. Koch, o. c., p. 89-93, Alios, quibus this also titulus olim may have been tributus, vide sis at M. BridGET, 0. c., p. 131; 166. l PEI.AGII I PAPAE Sedulitati Childeberti erga Bcclesiam, of the kingdom Galliae prosperitatem tribuit. Quam ob rem papae admirationem magnopere movit, so that re permitteret in iudicium intulisse Sapaudum, whom nuper, ipsius regis petitioni obsecundans, primati Galliae dignitate insigniverat. Diligenter commendat, lest in posterum ecclesiasticae leges rescindantur.

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