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Synodus Calcbedonenjts.
18 In MS. quidem G r z c o deed t5u ( vit-m-kw
Epifcopis : fed ex ip fo canone Calchedone edi-
to a ft . 16. ad quem h z c referuntur , hoc nomen
ab amaouenfi perperam qnulTum necelfario fup-
plevimus . Conftantinopolitano enirn Epifcopo
Czefare* Cappadocia ^ C yrillo Hierofoly- EPIST'
mis, & rejiquis, Et hanc rem aggrefli fu- Cl.'
mus confidentes merito veftrae Beatitudini AN. C(f.
förei üt proprium repütet honorem fedis 4S*. *
ConftantinppolitanfE , quippe iamdiu apo-
ftolicus vefter thronus . fpljicitudiriem .erga
ipfam & concordiam habet , ipfiqüe per
omnia proprium, quibüs rebuö indigebat i
auxilium elargitus eft abupdanter . Etenim
cum nullum fit dubium, quin gaudeat omni-
no veftra Beatitudo, quoci quae ab ipfis ce-
lebratur congregatio', praeftantiorem habue-
rit honorem, 17 promto animo progrefla , i7
eft ad iconfirmandum quidem ipfum cano-
nem centum quinquaginta fanftorum Pa-
trum ftatuentium, ut Conftantinopolitanus
Epifcppus habeat ..honorem & primum locum
poft Rbmanäm fanftiftimam Sedem ,
eo quod etiam Conftantinopolis fit''nova
Roma, definivifque etiam, yut ordinationes
ipfe faceret Metropolitarum Pontic^ , &
Afianar, & Thracicae di'cecefis; iB Epifco- 18
pis, qui fub ipförum ditione funt , a pro-
- priis Metropolitis7prdinationem-^ccipiehti-
bus, ut in höc potius auferantur ,throno
Cbnftantino^blitano • ordinationes complu- )
riuni Epifcoporum, quas‘ per fexaginta &
feptpagiqta annos facere confueverat,
. Ita vero cum omnes res bene eflent pro- cap. V.
greflk, atque in 'Mtiäm defiiffent; piiflimi
protinus Epifcopi P aschasinus & L uc en-
t iu s & reverendiffimus Presbyter~'EoNiFA-
cius, föpe quidem de hac ipfa re a nobis
edo<3i ,i.& ignorantes ■ • intentiöhem~»vöftr*
Sanftitatis, quam habetis erga Conftantino-
polis fanfliffimam Ecclefiam, poftquärn fi-
gnavit fanida Synodfis, & fubferiptipne con-
nrmavit hujufmodi defiriitionem , rejiciunt
Synodum , turbant & confufione impient
conibidöm
conceffz fuerunt ordinationes Merropoli-
t.arum trium dicecefeon P o n t i, A f i z , & T h r a c i * ;
ordinationes vero Epjfcoporum earumdem dioece-
fe o n , quas C P . Epifcopi per fexaginta vei frf-
ptuaginfa annos fibi vindicaverant , eifdem ad-
emptz propriis Metropoiitis re ft itm z fu e re .
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& facientes omnia, quae injurianf afferunt NC1,
tum mihi, tum Conftantinopolis fanäifti- ^ICH‘
mx Ecclefiae .. Conftituta funt etiam ha»e 45
nutu piiffimorum noftrorum Imperatorum,
adftantibus & magnificentiffimis gloriofiffi-
mifqüe JudicibusConcilio, & pronuntianti-
bus definitionem fanftae Synodi efle firmam,
obnixeque .& ipfis contendentibus .& cupieti-
tibus .ea, qua; ad honorem fedis fpeflant ,
ut .diximus, quorum ex multis pauca vobis
nota fecimus , ne videamur 19 ipfos qui- 19
dem gravare, aures vero veftras .obtunde-
re . Nos enim & ante & poft ipforum ad-
ventum, quse ad veftram gloriam & honorem
debitum pertinent, curaviffe in omni- x
bus, & Deus eft teftis , & ipfa fadla mar
nifeftant, quomodo fcilicet & ipfos honore,
& munerum reverentia dignati fimus : &
honoris gratia, quo yos profequimur, ejuf-
modi etiam decretum ad veftram Sanftita-
tem fanfta Synodus retulit, & nos, 20 ut ?o
approbationem a vobis confirmationemque
confequamur; • obfecramufque, ut hoc etiam
per vos , o fan£Uffimi, efficiatur . Nam fe-
des Conftantinopolis habet patrem thronum
apoftolicum veftrum , praecipuo atque ex-
cellenti modo fe ipfam vobifeum conjun-
gens, utex veftra de ipfa follicitudine omnes
quidem intelligant, vos jamdiu dpfius fom-
modis fincere confulentes , etiam nunc
eamdem curam habere de illa r Et ficut
utilia ecclefiaftico ftatui omnia , quae con- .
fecuta funt, & rite gefta in fanftj.ffi.ma &
uni verfall Synodo, rata habere .21 dignabi-
mini; ipfam quoque definitioiiem fupradi-
ftam de fede‘ Conftantinopolitaqa curavir .
mus mittendam ad veftram Sanftitatem ,
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ut & fequentja ipfos honore & munerum reverentia
dignati fimus.
zo Concinunt quae idem Anatolius ad Leonetn
deinceps feripfit ep. 132. cap. 4 . Cum & fee geflorum
vis omnis & confirmatio auftotitati veflra
Beatitudinis fuerit ref er vat a .
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gnemini. A t fyntaxis & lenfus iegendum often-
dit wto.%iutret£ , dignabimini : de approbatione
enim & confirmatione aftorum a Leone przftan«
d a a g itu r .