Letter 16

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Pope Simplicius to Unknown.

jIul Simplicii papae to Acaeium Gonstantinopolitanam. so that suo ipsius in the name of apitd imperaiorem agat, lest which in Calchedonenn 9jfnodo p. siatuta are ullatenus be violated, Simplicius bishop Acacio to the bishop Constantinopolitano. Quum sons our illustrious vir Latinus patricius and spectabiKs Madusius for on embassy public were being sent, negligere not potuimus that every intentione we take care of. Proxime for indeed quum preebyterorum and of the monks concerning Timotkeo olim al) universali the church separato querela venisset, we wrote both to the most Christian prince and to Your Beloved, so that modis to all resistat, lest the audacity of the heretics attempt anything brother dearest; and of love tuae praising steadfastness multiun to us inuno ipsi to the Lord placere we have recalled,. that the condemned man nou solum of the faith but also parricidii cause you have not permitted [him] to enter any church in Constantinople. that now iterum we remind so that quum to love tuam eadem scripta pervenerint, immo also until veniant before the most Christian prince also our nonune agere suppliciter atque to make known not desinas, so that which toties and well established are; no by deceit be violated: because of the kingdom ejus certumetsingidare is firmamentum, vero atque aetemo regi of those gathered in cause of the faith divine in the spirit of the priests illaesum to preserve the council.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.