The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I. Allies Thomas William

3

"Episcopatus unus est cujus a singulis in solidum pars tenetur." – S. Cyprian, De Unitate Ecclesiæ.

4

Gregorovius, i. 286. "Das Papstthum, vom Kaiser des Abendlandes befreit, erstand, und die Kirche Roms wuchs unter Trümmern mächtig empor. Sie trat an die Stelle des Reichs."

5

Gregorovius, i. 200.

6

St. Ignatius, Epistle to the Romans.

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8

Gregorovius, i. 208.

9

Gregorovius, i. 215.

10

Sidonius Apollinaris, Epist., i. 9. "Hi in amplissimo ordine, seposita prærogativa partis armatæ, facile post purpuratum principem principes erant."

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"Sed si forte placet veteres sopire querelas

Anthemium concede mihi; sit partibus istis

Augustus longumque Leo; mea jura gubernet

Quem petii." —Carmen, ii.

12

Reumont, i. 700.

13

He says at the end of 500 hendecasyllabics (jam te veniam loquacitati Quingenti hendecasyllabi precantur):

14

For a well-told account of this expedition and its failure, see Thierry, Derniers Temps de l'Empire d'Occident, pp. 77-101.

15

There is a strange occurrence recorded by St. Gregory in his Dialogues as having taken place in this church, which would seem to point at Ricimer's burial in it.

16

This account has been shortened from that of Gregorovius, i. 231-5.

17

Giesebrecht, quoted by Hergenröther, K.G., i. 449.

18

Hergenröther, i. 449-453.

19

Reumont, ii. 6.

20

Reumont, ii. 9.

21

Reumont (ii. 29-42) gives an admirable sketch of the government of Theodorich, by which I have profited in what follows.

22

Montalembert, Gregorovius, Kurth. Philips (vol. iii., p. 51, sec. 119), remarks: "Wäre Theodorich der Grosse nicht Arianer gewesen, so würde, wenn er es sonst gewollt, ihm wohl nichts weiter im Wege gestanden haben, als sich zum Römischen kaiser im Abendlande ausrufen lassen".

23

Gregorovius, i. 312, 315.

24

Orosius, Hist., vii. 43.

25

Photius, i. 111.

26

Photius, i. 120.

27

Guizot, Sur la Civilisation en Europe, deuxième leçon.

28

Edict of Valentinian III., in 447.

29

See Philips, Kirchenrecht, vol. iii., sec. 119.

30

Tillemont, xvi. 68.

31

Simplicii, Ep. viii.; Photius, i. 115.

32

Pope Gelasius, 13th letter.

33

Mansi, vii. 1032-6; Jaffé, 359.

34

Mansi, vii. 1028; Jaffé, 360.

35

Photius, i. 123, translated.

36

Mansi, vii. 1065; Baronius (anno 484), 17; Jaffé, 364.

37

It is to be observed that the Pope calls his judgment the Judgment of the Holy Ghost, just as Pope Clement I. did in the first recorded judgment. See his letter, secs. 58, 59, 63, quoted in Church and State, 198-199.

38

Photius, i. 124.

39

Mansi, vii. 1139; Baronius (anno 484), 26, 27.

40

Domini sacerdotes.

41

Jaffé, 365; Mansi, vii. 1065.

42

iv. 16.

43

Silentiarius, in the Greek court, officers who kept silence in the emperor's presence.

44

Ep. x.; Mansi, vii. 1067.

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"The recital of a name in the diptychs was a formal declaration of Church fellowship, or even a sort of canonisation and invocation. It was contrary to all Church principles to permit in them the name of anyone condemned by the Church." —Life of Photius, i. 133, by Card. Hergenröther.