Writings Of Leo The Great

1 Prefatory Note. 2 Introduction. 3 Manuscripts. 4 Editions. 5 Translations. 6 Authorities and Materials. 7 Letter I. To the Bishop of Aquileia. 8 Letter II. To Septimus, Bishop of Altinum. 9 Letter III. From Paschasinus, Bishop of Lilybæum. 10 Letter IV. To the Bishops appointed in Campania, Picenum, Etruria, and all the Provinces. 11 Letter V. To the Metropolitan Bishops of Illyricum. 12 Letter VI. To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica. 13 Letter VII. To the Bishops throughout Italy. 14 Letter VIII. The Ordinance of Valentinian III. concerning the Manichæans. 15 Letter IX. To Dioscorus, Bishop of Alexandria. 16 Letter X. To the Bishops of the Province of Vienne. In the matter of Hilary, Bishop of Arles . 17 Letter XI. An Ordinance of Valentinianus III. 18 Letter XII. Leo, bishop of the city of Rome, to all the bishops of Mauritania Cæsariensis in Africa, greeting the Lord. 19 Letter XIII. To the Metropolitan Bishops in the Provinces of Illyricum. 20 Letter XIV. To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica. 21 Letter XV. To Turribius, Bishop of Asturia , upon the errors of the Priscillianists. 22 Letter XVI. To the Bishops of Sicily. 23 Letter XVII . To All the Bishops of Sicily. 24 Letter XVIII. To Januarius, Bishop of Aquileia . 25 Letter XIX. To Dorus, Bishop of Beneventum. 26 Letter XX. To Eutyches, an Abbot of Constantinople. 27 Letter XXI. From Eutyches to Leo . 28 Letter XXII . The first from Flavian, Bp. of Constantinople to Pope Leo. 29 Letter XXIII. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople. 30 Letter XXIV. To Theodosius Augustus II. 31 Letter XXV. From Peter Chrysologus, Bishop of Ravenna, to Eutyches, the Presbyter. 32 Letter XXVI . A Second One from Flavian to Leo. 33 Letter XXVII. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople. 34 Letter XXVIII. To Flavian commonly called |the Tome.| 35 Letter XXIX. To Theodosius Augustus. 36 Letter XXX. To Pulcheria Augusta. 37 Letter XXXI. To Pulcheria Augusta . 38 Letter XXXII. To the Archimandrites of Constantinople . 39 Letter XXXIII. To the Synod of Ephesus . 40 Letter XXXIV. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 41 Letter XXXV. To Julian, Bishop of Cos . 42 Letter XXXVI. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople. 43 Letter XXXVII . To Theodosius Augustus. 44 Letter XXXVIII . To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople. 45 Letter XXXIX. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople. 46 Letter XL. To the Bishops of the Province of Arles in Gaul. 47 Letter XLI. To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles. 48 Letter XLII. To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles. 49 Letter XLIII . To Theodosius Augustus. 50 Letter XLIV. To Theodosius Augustus. 51 Letter XLV. To Pulcheria Augusta. 52 Letter XLVI. From Hilary, then Deacon (afterwards Bishop of Rome) to Pulcheria Augusta. 53 Letter XLVII. To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica. 54 Letter XLVIII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 55 Letter XLIX. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople. 56 Letter L. To the people of Constantinople, by the hand of Epiphanius and Dionysius, Notary of the Church of Rome. 57 Letter LI. To Faustus and other Presbyters and Archimandrites in Constantinople. 58 Letter LII. From Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, to Leo. (See vol. iii. of this Series, p. 293.) 59 Letter LIII. A fragment of a letter from Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, to Leo (about his consecration). 60 Letter LIV. To Theodosius Augustus (asking for a synod in Italy).> 61 Letters LV. to LVIII. A series of Letters. 62 Letter LIX. To the Clergy and People of the City of Constantinople. 63 Letter LX. To Pulcheria Augusta. 64 Letter LXI. To Martinus and Faustus, Presbyters. 65 Letter LXV. From the Bishops of the Province of Arles. 66 Letter LXVI. Leo's Reply to Letter LXV. 67 Letter LXVII . To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles. 68 Letter LXVIII. From Three Gallic Bishops to St. Leo. 69 Letter LXIX. (To Theodosius Augustus.) 70 Letter LXX. To Pulcheria Augusta. 71 Letter LXXI. To the Archimandrites of Constantinople. 72 Letter LXXII. To Faustus, One of the Archimandrites at Constantinople. 73 Letter LXXIII. From Valentinian and Marcian. 74 Letter LXXIV. To Martinus, Another of the Archimandrites at Constantinople. 75 Letter LXXV. To Faustus and Martinus Together. 76 Letter LXXVI. From Marcianus Augustus to Leo. 77 Letter LXXVII. From Pulcheria Augusta to Leo. 78 Letter LXXVIII. Leo's Answer to Marcianus. 79 Letter LXXIX. To Pulcheria Augusta. 80 Letter LXXX. (To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople.) 81 Letter LXXXI. To Bishop Julian. 82 Letter LXXXII. To Marcian Augustus. 83 Letter LXXXIII. To the Same Marcian. 84 Letter LXXXIV. To Pulcheria Augusta. 85 Letter LXXXV. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. 86 Letter LXXXVI. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 87 Letter LXXXVII. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. 88 Letter LXXXVIII. To Paschasinus, Bishop of Lilybæum. 89 Letter LXXXIX. To Marcian Augustus. 90 Letter XC. To Marcian Augustus. 91 Letter XCI. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. 92 Letter XCII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 93 Letter XCIII. To the Synod of Chalcedon. 94 Letter XCIV. To Marcian Augustus. 95 Letter XCV. To Pulcheria Augusta by the Hand of Theoctistus the Magistrian . 96 Letter XCVI. To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles. 97 Letter XCVII. From Eusebius, Bishop of Milan, to Leo. 98 Letter XCVIII. From the Synod of Chalcedon to Leo. 99 Letter XCIX. From Ravennus and Other Gallic Bishops. 100 Letter C. From the Emperor Marcian. 101 Letter CI. From Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, to Leo. 102 Letter CII. To the Gallic Bishops. 103 Letter CIII. To the Gallic Bishops. 104 Letter CIV. Leo, the Bishop, to Marcian Augustus. 105 Letter CV. (To Pulcheria Augusta about the self-seeking of Anatolius.) 106 Letter CVI. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, in rebuke of his self-seeking. 107 Letter CVII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 108 Letter CVIII. To Theodore, Bishop of Forum Julii. 109 Letter CIX. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 110 Letter CX. From Marcian Augustus. 111 Letter CXI. To Marcian Augustus. 112 Letter CXII. To Pulcheria Augusta. 113 Letter CXIII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 114 Letter CXIV. To the Bishops Assembled in Synod at Chalcedon. 115 Letter CXV. To Marcian Augustus. 116 Letter CXVI. To Pulcheria Augusta. 117 Letter CXVII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 118 Letter CXVIII. To the Same Julian, Bishop of Cos. 119 Letter CXIX. To Maximus, Bishop of Antioch, by the hand of Marian the Presbyter, and Olympius the Deacon. 120 Letter CXX. To Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, on Perseverance in the Faith. 121 Letters CXXI. and CXXII. The former to Marcian Augustus, and the other to Julian the Bishop. 122 Letter CXXIII. To Eudocia Augusta , about the Monks of Palestine . 123 Letter CXXIV. To the Monks of Palestine. 124 Letter CXXV. To Julian, the Bishop, by Count Rodanus. 125 Letter CXXVI. To Marcian Augustus. 126 Letter CXXVII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 127 Letter CXXVIII. To Marcian Augustus. 128 Letter CXXIX. To Proterius, Bishop of Alexandria. 129 Letter CXXX. To Marcian Augustus. 130 Letter CXXXI. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 131 Letter CXXXII. From Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, to Leo. 132 Letter CXXXIII. From Proterius, Bishop of Alexandria, to Leo. 133 Letter CXXXIV. To Marcian Augustus. 134 Letter CXXXV. To Anatolius. 135 Letter CXXXVI. To Marcian Augustus. 136 Letter CXXXVII. To the same, and on the same day. 137 Letter CXXXVIII. To the Bishops of Gaul and Spain. 138 Letter CXXXIX. To Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem. 139 Letter CXL. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 140 Letter CXLI. To the Same. 141 Letter CXLII. To Marcian Augustus. 142 Letter CXLIII. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. 143 Letter CXLIV. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 144 Letter CXLV. To Leo Augustus . 145 Letter CXLVI. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. 146 Letter CXLVII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos, and Aetius, the Presbyter. 147 Letter CXLVIII. To Leo Augustus. 148 Letter CXLIX. To Basil, Bishop of Antioch. 149 Letter CL. To Euxitheus, Bishop of Thessalonica (and Others). 150 Letter CLI. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. 151 Letter CLII. To Julian, Bishop of Cos. 152 Letter CLIII. To Aetius, Presbyter of Constantinople. 153 Letter CLIV. To the Egyptian Bishops. 154 Letter CLV. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. 155 Letter CLVI. To Leo Augustus. 156 Letter CLVII. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. 157 Letter CLVIII . To the Catholic Bishops of Egypt Sojourning in Constantinople. 158 Letter CLIX. To Nicætas, Bishop of Aquileia. 159 Letter CLX. (See Letter CLVIII.) 160 Letter CLXI. To the Presbyters, Deacons and Clergy of the Church of Constantinople. 161 Letter CLXII. To Leo Augustus. 162 Letter CLXIII. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. By Patritius the Deacon the Deacon. 163 Letter CLXIV. To Leo Augustus. 164 Letter CLXV. To Leo Augustus. 165 Letter CLXVI. To Neo, Bishop of Ravenna. 166 Letter CLXVII . To Rusticus, Bishop of Gallia Narbonensis, with the replies to his Questions on various points. 167 Letter CLXVIII. To all the Bishops of Campania, Samnium and Picenum. 168 Letter CLXIX. To Leo Augustus. 169 Letter CLXX. To Gennadius, Bishop of Constantinople . 170 Letter CLXXI. To Timothy, Bishop of Alexandria. 171 Letter CLXXII. To the Presbyters and Deacons of the Church of Alexandria. 172 Letter CLXXIII. To Certain Egyptian Bishops. 173 Sermon I. Preached on his Birthday , or day of Ordination. 174 Sermon II. On his Birthday, II.: Delivered on the Anniversary of his Consecration. 175 Sermon III. On His Birthday, III: Delivered on the Anniversary of his Elevation to the Pontificate. 176 Sermon IX. Upon the Collections , IV. 177 Sermon X. On the Collections, V. 178 Sermon XII. On the Fast of The Tenth Month, I. 179 Sermon XVI. On the Fast of the Tenth Month. 180 Sermon XVII. On the Fast of the Tenth Month, VI. 181 Sermon XIX. On the Fast of the Ten Month, VIII. 182 Sermon XXI. On the Feast of the Nativity, I. 183 Sermon XXII. On the Feast of the Nativity, II. 184 Sermon XXIII. On the Feast of the Nativity, III. 185 Sermon XXIV. On the Feast of the Nativity, IV. 186 Sermon XXVI. On the Feast of the Nativity, VI. 187 Sermon XXVII. On the Feast of the Nativity, VII. 188 Sermon XXVIII. On the Festival of the Nativity, VIII. 189 Sermon XXXI. On the Feast of the Epiphany, I. 190 Sermon XXXIII. On the Feast of the Epiphany, III. 191 Sermon XXXIV. On the Feast of the Epiphany, IV. 192 Sermon XXXVI. On the Feast of the Epiphany, VI. 193 Sermon XXXIX. On Lent, I. 194 Sermon XL. On Lent, II. 195 Sermon XLII. On Lent, IV. 196 Sermon XLVI. On Lent, VIII. 197 Sermon XLIX. On Lent, XI. 198 Sermon LI. A Homily delivered on the Saturday before the Second Sunday in Lent--on the Transfiguration, S. Matt. xvii. 1-13 199 Sermon LIV. On the Passion, III.; delivered on the Sunday before Easter. 200 Sermon LV. On the Lord's Passion IV., delivered on Wednesday in Holy Week. 201 Sermon LVIII. (On the Passion, VII.) 202 Sermon LIX. (On the Passion, VIII.: on Wednesday in Holy Week.) 203 Sermon LXII. (On the Passion, XI.) 204 Sermon LXIII. (On the Passion, XII.: preached on Wednesday.) 205 Sermon LXVII. (On the Passion, XVI.: delivered on the Sunday.) 206 Sermon LXVIII. (On the Passion, XVII.: delivered on the Wednesday.) 207 Sermon LXXI. (On the Lord's Resurrection, I.; delivered on Holy Saturday in the Vigil of Easter .) 208 Sermon LXXII. (On the Lord's Resurrection, II.) 209 Sermon LXXIII. (On the Lord's Ascension, I.) 210 Sermon LXXIV. (On the Lord's Ascension, II.) 211 Sermon LXXV. (On Whitsuntide, I.) 212 Sermon LXXVII. (On Whitsuntide, III.) 213 Sermon LXXVIII. (On the Whitsuntide Fast, I.) 214 Sermon LXXXII. On the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul (June 29). 215 Sermon LXXXIV . Concerning the Neglect of the Commemoration. 216 Sermon LXXXV. On the Feast of S. Laurence the Martyr (Aug. 10). 217 Sermon LXXXVIII. On the Fast of the Seventh Month, III . 218 Sermon XC. (On the Fast of Seventh Month, V.) 219 Sermon XCI. On the Fast of the Seventh Month, VI. 220 Sermon XCV. A Homily on the Beatitudes, St. Matt. v. 1-9 221 THE Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, OF GREGORY THE GREAT BISHOP OF ROME, 222 Prefatory Note. 223 Prolegomena. 224 Pedigree of Kings of Gaul 225 The Book of Pastoral Rule. Preface. 226 The Book of Pastoral Rule 227 Chapter I. That the unskilful venture not to approach an office of authority. 228 Chapter II. That none should enter on a place of government who practise not in life what they have learnt by study. 229 Chapter III. Of the weight of government; and that all manner of adversity is to be despised, and prosperity feared. 230 Chapter IV. That for the most part the occupation of government dissipates the solidity of the mind. 231 Chapter V. Of those who are able to profit others by virtuous example in supreme rule, but fly from it in pursuit of their own ease. 232 Chapter VI. That those who fly from the burden of rule through humility are then truly humble when they resist not the divine decrees. 233 Chapter VII. That sometimes some laudably desire the office of preaching, while others, as laudably, are drawn to it by compulsion. 234 Chapter VIII. Of those who covet pre-eminence, and seize on the language of the Apostle to serve the purpose of their own cupidity. 235 Chapter IX. That the mind of those who wish for pre-eminence for the most part flatters itself with a feigned promise of good works. 236 Chapter X. What manner of man ought to come to rule. 237 Chapter XI. What manner of man ought not to come to rule. 238 Part II. Of the Life of the Pastor. Chapter I. How one who has in due order arrived at a place of rule ought to demean himself in it. 239 Chapter II. That the ruler should be pure in thought. 240 Chapter III. That the ruler should be always chief in action. 241 Chapter IV. That the ruler should be discreet in keeping silence, profitable in speech. 242 Chapter V. That the ruler should be a near neighbour to every one in compassion, and exalted above all in contemplation. 243 Chapter VI. That the ruler should be, through humility, a companion of good livers, but, through the zeal of righteousness, rigid against the vices of evildoers. 244 Chapter VII. That the ruler relax not his care for the things that are within in his occupation among the things that are without, nor neglect to provide for the things that are without in his solicitude for the things that are within. 245 Chapter VIII. That the ruler should not set his heart on pleasing men, and yet should give heed to what ought to please them. 246 Chapter IX. That the ruler ought to be careful to understand how commonly vices pass themselves off as virtues. 247 Chapter X. What the ruler's discrimination should be between correction and connivance, between fervour and gentleness. 248 Chapter XI. How intent the ruler ought to be on meditations in the Sacred Law. 249 Part III. How the Ruler, While Living Well, Ought to Teach and Admonish Those that are Put Under Him. 250 Chapter I. What diversity there ought to be in the art of preaching. 251 Chapter II. How the poor and the rich should be admonished. 252 Chapter III. How the joyful and the sad are to be admonished. 253 Chapter IV. How subjects and prelates are to be admonished. 254 Chapter V. How servants and masters are to be admonished. 255 Chapter VI. How the wise and the dull are to be admonished. 256 Chapter VII. How the impudent and bashful are to be admonished. 257 Chapter VIII. How the forward and the faint-hearted are to be admonished. 258 Chapter IX. How the impatient and the patient are to be admonished. 259 Chapter X. How the kindly-disposed and the envious are to be admonished. 260 Chapter XI. How the simple and the crafty are to be admonished. 261 Chapter XII. How the whole and the sick are to be admonished. 262 Chapter XIII. How those who fear scourges and those who contemn them are to be admonished. 263 Chapter XIV. How the silent and the talkative are to be admonished. 264 Chapter XV. How the slothful and the hasty are to be admonished. 265 Chapter XVI. How the meek and the passionate are to be admonished. 266 Chapter XVII. How the humble and the haughty are to be admonished. 267 Chapter XVIII. How the obstinate and the fickle are to be admonished. 268 Chapter XIX. How those who use food intemperately and those who use it sparingly are to be admonished. 269 Chapter XX. How to be admonished are those who give away what is their own, and those who seize what belongs to others. 270 Chapter XXI. How those are to be admonished who desire not the things of others, but keep their own; and those who give of their own, yet seize on those of others. 271 Chapter XXII. How those that are at variance and those that are at peace are to be admonished. 272 Chapter XXIII. How sowers of strifes and peacemakers are to be admonished. 273 Chapter XXIV. How the rude in sacred learning, and those who are learned but not humble, are to be admonished. 274 Chapter XXV. How those are to be admonished who decline the office of preaching out of too great humility, and those who seize on it with precipitate haste. 275 Chapter XXVI. How those are to be admonished with whom everything succeeds according to their wish, and those with whom nothing does. 276 Chapter XXVII. How the married and the single are to be admonished. 277 Chapter XXVIII. How those are to be admonished who have had experience of the sins of the flesh, and those who have not. 278 Chapter XXIX. How they are to be admonished who lament sins of deed, and those who lament only sins of thought. 279 Chapter XXX. How those are to be admonished who abstain not from the sins which they bewail, and those who, abstaining from them, bewail them not. 280 Chapter XXXI. How those are to be admonished who praise the unlawful things of which they are conscious, and those who while condemning them, in no wise guard against them. 281 Chapter XXXII. How those are to be admonished who sin from sudden impulse and those who sin deliberately. 282 Chapter XXXIII. How those are to be admonished who commit very small but frequent faults, and those who, while avoiding such as are very small, are sometimes plunged in such as are grievous. 283 Chapter XXXIV. How those are to be admonished who do not even begin good things, and those who do not finish them when begun. 284 Chapter XXXV. How those are to be admonished who do bad things secretly and good things openly, and those who do contrariwise. 285 Chapter XXXVI. Concerning the exhortation to be addressed many at once, that It may so aid the virtues of each among them that vices contrary to such virtues may not grow up through it. 286 Chapter XXXVII. Of the exhortation to be applied to one person, who labours under contrary passions. 287 Chapter XXXVIII. That sometimes lighter vices are to be left alone, that more grievous ones may be removed. 288 Chapter XXXIX. That deep things ought not to be preached at all to weak souls. 289 Chapter XL. Of the work and the voice of preaching. 290 Part IV. How the Preacher, When He Has Accomplished All Aright, Should Return to Himself, Lest Either His Life or His Preaching Lift Him Up.