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Early Church Fathers

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume 12

Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace · AD 440–604 (English edition 1890–1900)

Leo the Great’s letters and sermons (among them the Tome on the person of Christ), and Gregory the Great’s Book of Pastoral Rule and the first of his letters.

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Contents

Introduction5 pages

Letter II. To Septimus, Bishop of Altinum. (Caution must be observed in receiving Pelagians back, and clergy must stay in the church of their ordination.)

Letter III. From Paschasinus, Bishop of Lilybæum. (About the keeping of Easter in 444; recommending the Alexandrine calculation.)7 pages
Letter XI. An Ordinance of Valentinianus III. (Confirming Leo's sentence upon Hilary.)34 pages

Letter XLVIII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. (Consoling Him After the Riots at Ephesus and Exhorting Him to Stand Firm.)

Letter LIII. A fragment of a letter from Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, to Leo (about his consecration)3 pages

Letter LX. To Pulcheria Augusta. (He Hopes for Her Intercession to Procure the Condemnation of Eutyches.)

Letter LXI. To Martinus and Faustus, Presbyters. (Reminding Them of a Former Letter He Has Written to Them, Viz. Lett. LI.)7 pages

Letter LXXI. To the Archimandrites of Constantinople. (Complaining of Anatolius' silence.)

Letter LXXIV. To Martinus, Another of the Archimandrites at Constantinople. (Commending his steadfastness in the Faith.)3 pages
Letter LXXVIII. Leo's Answer to Marcianus. (Briefly thanking him.)2 pages
Letter LXXXIII. To the Same Marcian. (Congratulating him on his benefits to the Church, and deprecating a Synod as inopportune.)2 pages
Letter LXXXVI. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. (Begging him for friendship's and the Church's sake to assist his legates in quelling the remnants of heresy.)3 pages
Letter XCII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. (Asking him to act as one of his representatives at the Synod.)3 pages
Letter XCVI. To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles. (Requesting him to keep Easter on March 23 in 452.)3 pages

Letter CII. To the Gallic Bishops. (Thanking them for their letter (viz. XCIX.) to him, and announcing the result of the Synod of Chalcedon.)

Letter CIII. To the Gallic Bishops. (Written Later: Enclosing a Copy of the Sentence against Eutyches and Dioscorus.)6 pages

Letter CXI. To Marcian Augustus. (About Anatolius' Mistake in Deposing Actions from the Office of Archdeacon and Putting in Andrew Instead.)

Letter CXII. To Pulcheria Augusta. (On the Same Subject More Briefly.)3 pages
Letter CXVI. To Pulcheria Augusta. (Commending Her Pious Zeal and Informing Her of His Assent to the Acts of Chalcedon.)7 pages

Letter CXXV. To Julian, the Bishop, by Count Rodanus. (Asking Him to Write Quickly, and Not Keep Him in Suspense.)

Letter CXXVI. To Marcian Augustus. (Congratulating him on the restoration of peace in Palestine.)6 pages

Letter CXXXV. To Anatolius. (In Answer to CXXXII.)

Letter CXLIV. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. (Speaking of rumours which have reached him of disturbances at Alexandria, and begging of him to be on the alert.)

Letter CXLV. To Leo Augustus . (Asking him to help the church of Alexandria in appointing a good bishop in place of the murdered Proterius .)2 pages

Letter CLIII. To Aetius, Presbyter of Constantinople. (Asking Him to Assist in the Distribution of These Letters.)

Letter CLIV. To the Egyptian Bishops. (See Letter CLVIII.)2 pages
Letter CLVII. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. (Urging Him to Active Measures in Certain Specified Matters.)2 pages
Letter CLX. (See Letter CLVIII.)13 pages
Sermons48 pages
Prefatory Note3 pages

Pedigree of Kings of Gaul

The Book of Pastoral Rule of Saint Gregory the Great, Roman Pontiff, to John, Bishop of the City of Ravenna65 pages
Register of the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great273 pages

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume 12, ed. Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (1890–1900). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.