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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II

NPNF2 Volume 12: Leo the Great, Gregory the Great

Schaff, Series II

Edited by Philip Schaff

Historians, Cappadocians, Athanasius, and the councils.

Public domain. Not a modern critical translation.

Contents

  1. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    1. Prefatory Note
    2. Introduction
      1. Life
      2. Manuscripts
      3. Editions
      4. Translations
      5. Authorities and Materials
    3. Letters
      1. To the Bishop of Aquileia
      2. To the Bishops appointed in Campania, Picenum, Etruria, and all the Provinces
      3. To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica
      4. To the Bishops throughout Italy
      5. To Dioscorus, Bishop of Alexandria
      6. To the Bishops of the Province of Vienne. In the matter of Hilary, Bishop of Arles
      7. To All the Bishops of Mauritania Cæsariensis
      8. To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica
      9. To Turribius, Bishop of Asturia, upon the errors of the Priscillianists
      10. To the Bishops of Sicily
      11. To All the Bishops of Sicily
      12. To Januarius, Bishop of Aquileia
      13. To Dorus, Bishop of Beneventum
      14. To Eutyches, an Abbot of Constantinople
      15. From Eutyches to Leo
      16. The first from Flavian, Bp. of Constantinople to Pope Leo
      17. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
      18. To Theodosius Augustus II
      19. From Peter Chrysologus, Bishop of Ravenna, to Eutyches, the Presbyter
      20. A Second One from Flavian to Leo
      21. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
      22. To Flavian commonly called “the Tome.”
      23. To Theodosius Augustus
      24. To Pulcheria Augusta
      25. To Pulcheria Augusta
      26. To the Archimandrites of Constantinople
      27. To the Synod of Ephesus
      28. To Julian, Bishop of Cos
      29. To Julian, Bishop of Cos
      30. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
      31. To Theodosius Augustus
      32. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
      33. To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
      34. To the Bishops of the Province of Arles in Gaul
      35. To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles
      36. To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles
      37. To Theodosius Augustus
      38. To Theodosius Augustus
      39. To Pulcheria Augusta
      40. From Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, to Leo. (See vol. iii. of this Series, p. 293.)
      41. A Series of Letters
      42. To the Clergy and People of the City of Constantinople
      43. Leo's Reply to Letter LXV
      44. To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles
      45. From Three Gallic Bishops to St. Leo
      46. To Theodosius Augustus
      47. From Valentinian and Marcian
      48. From Pulcheria Augusta to Leo
      49. To Pulcheria Augusta
      50. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople
      51. To Marcian Augustus
      52. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople
      53. To Paschasinus, Bishop of Lilybæum
      54. To the Synod of Chalcedon
      55. To Pulcheria Augusta by the Hand of Theoctistus the Magistrian
      56. From the Synod of Chalcedon to Leo
      57. From Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, to Leo
      58. Leo, the Bishop, to Marcian Augustus
      59. To Pulcheria Augusta about the self-seeking of Anatolius
      60. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, in rebuke of his self-seeking
      61. To Theodore, Bishop of Forum Julii
      62. To Julian, Bishop of Cos
      63. To Julian, Bishop of Cos
      64. To Marcian Augustus
      65. To Julian, Bishop of Cos
      66. To the Same Julian, Bishop of Cos
      67. To Maximus, Bishop of Antioch, by the hand of Marian the Presbyter, and Olympius the Deacon
      68. To Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, on Perseverance in the Faith
      69. To Eudocia Augusta, about the Monks of Palestine
      70. To the Monks of Palestine
      71. To Proterius, Bishop of Alexandria
      72. To Marcian Augustus
      73. From Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, to Leo
      74. To the same, and on the same day
      75. To Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem
      76. To Leo Augustus
      77. To Leo Augustus
      78. To the Catholic Bishops of Egypt Sojourning in Constantinople
      79. To Nicætas, Bishop of Aquileia
      80. To Leo Augustus
      81. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. By Patritius the Deacon the Deacon
      82. To Leo Augustus
      83. To Leo Augustus
      84. To Neo, Bishop of Ravenna
      85. To Rusticus, Bishop of Gallia Narbonensis, with the replies to his Questions on various points
      86. To all the Bishops of Campania, Samnium and Picenum
      87. To Leo Augustus
      88. To Gennadius, Bishop of Constantinople
      89. To Timothy, Bishop of Alexandria
    4. Sermons
      1. Preached on his Birthday, or day of Ordination
      2. On his Birthday, II.: Delivered on the Anniversary of his Consecration
      3. On His Birthday, III: Delivered on the Anniversary of his Elevation to the Pontificate
      4. Upon the Collections, IV
      5. On the Collections, V
      6. On the Fast of The Tenth Month, I
      7. On the Fast of the Tenth Month
      8. On the Fast of the Tenth Month, VI
      9. On the Fast of the Ten Month, VIII
      10. On the Feast of the Nativity, I
      11. On the Feast of the Nativity, II
      12. On the Feast of the Nativity, III
      13. On the Feast of the Nativity, IV
      14. On the Feast of the Nativity, VI
      15. On the Feast of the Nativity, VII
      16. On the Festival of the Nativity, VIII
      17. On the Feast of the Epiphany, I
      18. On the Feast of the Epiphany, III
      19. On the Feast of the Epiphany, IV
      20. On the Feast of the Epiphany, VI
      21. On Lent, I
      22. On Lent, II
      23. On Lent, IV
      24. On Lent, Viii
      25. On Lent, XI
      26. A Homily delivered on the Saturday before the Second Sunday in Lent--on the Transfiguration, S. Matt. xvii. 1-13
      27. On the Passion, III.; delivered on the Sunday before Easter
      28. On the Lord's Passion IV., delivered on Wednesday in Holy Week
      29. On the Passion, VII
      30. On the Passion, VIII.: on Wednesday in Holy Week
      31. On the Passion, XI
      32. On the Passion, XII.: preached on Wednesday
      33. On the Passion, XVI.: delivered on the Sunday
      34. On the Passion, XVII.: delivered on the Wednesday
      35. On the Lord's Resurrection, I.; delivered on Holy Saturday in the Vigil of Easter
      36. On the Lord's Resurrection, II
      37. On the Lord's Ascension, I
      38. On the Lord's Ascension, II
      39. On Whitsuntide, I
      40. On Whitsuntide, III
      41. On the Whitsuntide Fast, I
      42. On the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul (June 29)
      43. Concerning the Neglect of the Commemoration
      44. On the Feast of S. Laurence the Martyr (Aug. 10)
      45. On the Fast of the Seventh Month, III
      46. On the Fast of Seventh Month, V
      47. On the Fast of the Seventh Month, VI
      48. A Homily on the Beatitudes, St. Matt. v. 1-9
  2. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    1. Prefatory Note
    2. Prolegomena
    3. The Book of Pastoral Rule
      1. Preface
      2. Part I
        1. Prologue
        2. That the unskilful venture not to approach an office of authority
        3. That none should enter on a place of government who practise not in life what they have learnt by study
        4. Of the weight of government; and that all manner of adversity is to be despised, and prosperity feared
        5. That for the most part the occupation of government dissipates the solidity of the mind
        6. Of those who are able to profit others by virtuous example in supreme rule, but fly from it in pursuit of their own ease
        7. That those who fly from the burden of rule through humility are then truly humble when they resist not the divine decrees
        8. That sometimes some laudably desire the office of preaching, while others, as laudably, are drawn to it by compulsion
        9. Of those who covet pre-eminence, and seize on the language of the Apostle to serve the purpose of their own cupidity
        10. That the mind of those who wish for pre-eminence for the most part flatters itself with a feigned promise of good works
        11. What manner of man ought to come to rule
        12. What manner of man ought not to come to rule
      3. Of the Life of the Pastor
        1. How one who has in due order arrived at a place of rule ought to demean himself in it
        2. That the ruler should be pure in thought
        3. That the ruler should be always chief in action
        4. That the ruler should be discreet in keeping silence, profitable in speech
        5. That the ruler should be a near neighbour to every one in compassion, and exalted above all in contemplation
        6. That the ruler should be, through humility, a companion of good livers, but, through the zeal of righteousness, rigid against the vices of evildoers
        7. 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
        8. That the ruler should not set his heart on pleasing men, and yet should give heed to what ought to please them
        9. That the ruler ought to be careful to understand how commonly vices pass themselves off as virtues
        10. What the ruler's discrimination should be between correction and connivance, between fervour and gentleness
        11. How intent the ruler ought to be on meditations in the Sacred Law
      4. How the Ruler, While Living Well, Ought to Teach and Admonish Those that are Put Under Him
        1. Prologue
        2. What diversity there ought to be in the art of preaching
        3. How the poor and the rich should be admonished
        4. How the joyful and the sad are to be admonished
        5. How subjects and prelates are to be admonished
        6. How servants and masters are to be admonished
        7. How the wise and the dull are to be admonished
        8. How the impudent and bashful are to be admonished
        9. How the forward and the faint-hearted are to be admonished
        10. How the impatient and the patient are to be admonished
        11. How the kindly-disposed and the envious are to be admonished
        12. How the simple and the crafty are to be admonished
        13. How the whole and the sick are to be admonished
        14. How those who fear scourges and those who contemn them are to be admonished
        15. How the silent and the talkative are to be admonished
        16. How the slothful and the hasty are to be admonished
        17. How the meek and the passionate are to be admonished
        18. How the humble and the haughty are to be admonished
        19. How the obstinate and the fickle are to be admonished
        20. How those who use food intemperately and those who use it sparingly are to be admonished
        21. How to be admonished are those who give away what is their own, and those who seize what belongs to others
        22. 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
        23. How those that are at variance and those that are at peace are to be admonished
        24. How sowers of strifes and peacemakers are to be admonished
        25. How the rude in sacred learning, and those who are learned but not humble, are to be admonished
        26. 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
        27. How those are to be admonished with whom everything succeeds according to their wish, and those with whom nothing does
        28. How the married and the single are to be admonished
        29. How those are to be admonished who have had experience of the sins of the flesh, and those who have not
        30. How they are to be admonished who lament sins of deed, and those who lament only sins of thought
        31. How those are to be admonished who abstain not from the sins which they bewail, and those who, abstaining from them, bewail them not
        32. 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
        33. How those are to be admonished who sin from sudden impulse and those who sin deliberately
        34. 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
        35. How those are to be admonished who do not even begin good things, and those who do not finish them when begun
        36. How those are to be admonished who do bad things secretly and good things openly, and those who do contrariwise
        37. 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
        38. Of the exhortation to be applied to one person, who labours under contrary passions
        39. That sometimes lighter vices are to be left alone, that more grievous ones may be removed
        40. That deep things ought not to be preached at all to weak souls
        41. Of the work and the voice of preaching
      5. How the Preacher, When He Has Accomplished All Aright, Should Return to Himself, Lest Either His Life or His Preaching Lift Him Up
    4. Register of the Epistles of St. Gregory the Great
      1. The Month of September, Indiction IX., Being the First Year of His Ordination
        1. To all the Bishops of Sicily
        2. To Justinus, Prætor of Sicily
        3. To Paul, Scholasticus
        4. To John, Bishop of Constantinople
        5. To Theoctista, Sister of the Emperor
        6. To Narses, Patrician
        7. To Anastasius, Patriarch of Antioch
        8. To Peter the Subdeacon
        9. To Bacauda and Agnellus, Bishops
        10. To Clementina, Patrician
        11. To John, Bishop of Urbs Vetus (Orvieto)
        12. To Severus, Bishop of Aquileia
        13. To all the Bishops of Italy
        14. To Peter the Subdeacon
        15. To Natalis, Bishop of Salona
        16. To Honoratus, Deacon of Salona
        17. To Natalis, Bishop of Salona
        18. To John, Bishop of Constantinople, and the Other Patriarchs
        19. To Anastasius, Patriarch of Antioch
        20. To Anastasius, Archbishop of Corinth
        21. To Sebastian, Bishop of Rhisinum [in Dalmatia]
        22. To Aristobulus, Ex-Prefect and Antigraphus
        23. To Romanus, Patrician, and Exarch of Italy
        24. To Venantius, Ex-Monk, Patrician of Syracuse
        25. To Peter, Bishop of Terracina
        26. To Peter the Subdeacon
        27. To Anthemius, Subdeacon
        28. To Peter, Subdeacon
        29. To Anthemius, Subdeacon
        30. To Leander Bishop of Hispalis (Seville)
        31. To Peter, Subdeacon of Sicily
        32. To Peter the Subdeacon
        33. To Virgilius, Bishop of Arelate (Arles) and Theodorus, Bishop of Massilia (Marseilles)
        34. To Theodorus, Duke of Sardinia
        35. To Honoratus, Deacon
        36. To Anthemius the Subdeacon
        37. To Symmachus the Defensor
        38. To Peter, Subdeacon
        39. To Severus, Bishop
        40. To Arsicinus Duke, the Clergy, Nobility, and Common People (ordini et plebi) of the City of Ariminum
        41. To Gennadius, Patrician and Exarch of Africa
        42. To Januarius, Archbishop of Caralis (Cagliari) in Sardinia
        43. To Januarius, Bishop of Caralis (Cagliari) in Sardinia
        44. To Felix, Bishop of Messana (Messene)
        45. To Peter, Subdeacon
        46. To Peter, Subdeacon
        47. To Gennadius, Patrician and Exarch of Africa
        48. To Gennadius, Patrician, and Exarch throughout Africa
        49. To All the Bishops of Numidia
        50. To Leo, Bishop in Corsica
        51. To Martinus, Bishop in Corsica
        52. To the Clergy and Nobles of Corsica
      2. Book II
        1. To Velox, Magister Militium
        2. To the Neapolitans
        3. To Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse
        4. To the Neapolitans
        5. To Paulus, Bishop of Naples
        6. To Castorius, Bishop of Ariminum
        7. To Paul, Bishop
        8. To Natalis, Bishop of Salona
        9. To all the Bishops of Dalmatia
        10. To Antoninus, Subdeacon
        11. To all the Bishops of Illyricum
        12. To John, Bishop
        13. To John, Bishop
        14. To Rusticiana, Patrician
        15. To Maurilius and Vitalianus
        16. To Maurilius and Vitalianus
        17. To Peter, Subdeacon of Sicily
        18. To Justinus, Prætor
        19. To Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse
        20. To the Abbot Eusebius
        21. To John, Bishop of Squillacium (Squillace, in Calabria)
        22. To Castorius, Bishop
        23. To Luminosus, Abbot
        24. To John, Bishop
        25. To Dominicus, Bishop
        26. To Columbus, Bishop
        27. To Januarius, Archbishop
        28. To All Bishops
        29. To Natalis, Bishop
        30. Here follows the Epistle of Saint Licinianus, bishop, concerning the Book of Rules, addressed to Saint Gregory, pope of the city of Rome
      3. Book III
        1. To Peter, Subdeacon
        2. To Paulus, Bishop
        3. To John, Abbot
        4. To Peter, Subdeacon
        5. To John, Bishop
        6. To John, Bishop
        7. To Natalis, Archbishop
        8. To Antoninus, Subdeacon
        9. To Savinus, Subdeacon
        10. To Maximianus, Bishop
        11. To Scholasticus, Judge
        12. To Antoninus, Subdeacon
        13. To the Presbyters and Clergy of Mediolanum (Milan)
        14. To John, Subdeacon
        15. To Romanus, Patrician
        16. To Honoratus, Archdeacon
        17. To Dynamius, Patrician
        18. To Peter, Subdeacon
        19. To Sabinus, Guardian (Defensorem)
        20. To Libertinus, Præfect
        21. To Andrew, Bishop
        22. To John, Bishop
        23. To the Clergy of the Church of Salona
        24. To Columbus, Bishop
        25. To Adeodatus, Bishop
        26. To Maximianus, Bishop
        27. To John, Bishop
        28. To John, Bishop
        29. From John, Bishop of Ravenna to Pope Gregory
        30. To Secundinus, Bishop
        31. To Italica, Patrician
        32. To Mauricius Augustus
        33. To Theodorus, Physician
        34. To Domitian, Metropolitan
      4. Book IV
        1. To Constantius, Bishop
        2. To Constantius, Bishop
        3. To Constantius, Bishop
        4. To Queen Theodelinda
        5. To Boniface, Bishop
        6. To Cyprian, Deacon
        7. To Gennadius, Patrician
        8. To Januarius, Bishop
        9. To Januarius, Bishop
        10. To All the Bishops of Dalmatia
        11. To Maximianus, Bishop
        12. To Januarius, Bishop
        13. To Maurus, Abbot
        14. To Maximus, Pretender (Præsumptorem)
        15. To Venantius, Bishop
        16. To Hospito, Duke of the Barbaricini
        17. To Zabardas, Duke of Sardinia
        18. To the Nobles and Proprietors in Sardinia
        19. To Januarius, Bishop
        20. To Januarius, Bishop
        21. To Januarius, Bishop
        22. To Constantina Augusta
        23. To Theodorus, Physician
        24. To Narses the Patrician
        25. To Anthemius, Subdeacon
        26. To Pantaleo, Præfect
        27. To Victor and Columbus, Bishops
        28. To Leo, Bishop
        29. To Queen Theodelinda
        30. To Constantius, Bishop
        31. To Rusticiana, Patrician
        32. To Sabinianus, Deacon
      5. Book V
        1. To Felix, Bishop, and Cyriacus, Abbot
        2. To Constantius, Bishop
        3. To Dominicus, Bishop
        4. To Cyprian, Deacon
        5. To John, Bishop
        6. To John, Bishop
        7. To Cyprian, Deacon
        8. To John, Bishop
        9. To Sabinianus, Deacon
        10. To Mauricius Augustus
        11. To Constantina Augusta
        12. To Castorius, Notary
        13. To Severus, Bishop
        14. To the people of Ravenna
        15. To Vincomalus, Guardian (Defensorem)
        16. To Mauricius Augustus
        17. To Severus, Scholasticus
        18. To Anastasius, Bishop
        19. To Mauricius Augustus
        20. To Constantina Augusta
        21. To Sebastian, Bishop
        22. To Eulogius and Anastasius, Bishops
        23. To Andrew, Scholasticus
        24. To Leander, Bishop
        25. To John, Archbishop
        26. To Virgilius, Bishop
        27. To all the Bishops of the Kingdom of Childebert
        28. To King Childebert
        29. To Marinianus, Bishop
        30. To John, Bishop
        31. To all the Bishops throughout Helladia
      6. Book VI
        1. To Marinianus, Bishop
        2. To the Clergy and People of Ravenna
        3. To Maximus of Salona
        4. To Queen Brunichild
        5. To King Childebert
        6. To Candidus, Presbyter
        7. To the Bishops of Epirus
        8. To Donus, Bishop
        9. To Montana and Thomas
        10. To the Count Narses
        11. To John, Bishop
        12. To Mauricius, Augustus
        13. To Theotistus
        14. To John, Bishop
        15. To Peter, Bishop
        16. To Marinianus, Bishop
        17. To Maximus of Salona
        18. To the Salonitans
        19. To the Clergy and People of Jadera
        20. To Marinianus, Bishop
        21. To Secundus
        22. To Fortunatus, Bishop
        23. To Castorius, Notary
        24. To Anthemius, Subdeacon
        25. To Columbus, Bishop
        26. To Venantius, Patrician
        27. To John, Bishop
        28. To Felix, Bishop of Pisaurum (Pesaro)
        29. To Urbicus, Abbot
        30. To Palladius, Bishop
        31. To Queen Brunichild
        32. To the Brethren going to England (Angliam)
        33. To Pelagius and Serenus, Bishops
        34. To Virgilius, Bishop
        35. To Desiderius and Syagrius, Bishops
        36. To Protasius, Bishop
        37. To Stephen, Abbot
        38. To Arigius, Patrician
        39. To Theodoric and Theodebert
        40. To Brunichild, Queen of the Franks
        41. To Eulogius, Bishop
        42. To Castorius, Notary
        43. To Gennadius, Patrician
        44. To Mauricius, Emperor
        45. To Athanasius, Presbyter
      7. Book VII
        1. To Columbus, Bishop
        2. To Cyriacus, Bishop
        3. To Cyriacus, Bishop
        4. To Mauricius Augustus
        5. To Peter, Domitian, and Elpidius
        6. To Rufinus, Bishop of Ephesus
        7. To Respecta, Abbess
        8. To Fortunatus, Bishop
        9. To George, Presbyter
        10. To Sabinianus, Bishop
        11. To Marinianus, Archbishop
        12. To the Clergy and People Ariminum
        13. To Fortunatus and Anthemius
        14. To Gregoria
        15. To Theoctista, Patrician
        16. To Anastasius, Bishop
        17. To Theodore, Physician
        18. To Narses, the Religious (Narsæ Relegioso)
        19. To Cyriacus, Bishop
        20. To Anastasius, Presbyter
        21. To Mauricius Augustus
        22. To Eulogius, Bishop
        23. To Dominicus, Bishop
        24. To Donus, Bishop
        25. To John, Bishop
        26. To Eulogius, Bishop
        27. To Marinianus, Bishop
        28. To Marinianus, Bishop
      8. Book VIII
        1. To Peter, Bishop
        2. To Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch
        3. To Donus, Bishop of Messana (in Sicily)
        4. To various Metropolitans and Bishops
        5. To Amos, Patriarch of Jerusalem
        6. To Sabinianus, Bishop of Jadera
        7. To Columbus
        8. To Boniface, First Guardian (Defensorem)
        9. To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna
        10. To Maurentius
        11. To Agnellus, Bishop of Terracina
        12. To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna
        13. To John, Bishop of Syracuse
        14. To Rusticiana, Patrician
        15. To Fantinus, Guardian (Defensorem)
        16. To Sabinianus, Bishop of Jadera
        17. To Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria
        18. To Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria
        19. To Dominicus
        20. To John Bishop of Scyllacium
        21. To Leontius, Ex-Consul
  3. Indexes
    1. Index of Scripture References
    2. Greek Words and Phrases
    3. French Words and Phrases
    4. Index of Pages of the Print Edition