Letter 1012: [Bishop Avitus to the Bishop of Jerusalem.
[Avitus episcopus papae Hierosolymitano].
Domnus Gundobadus rex Avito Viennensi episcopo.
De prophetica lectione sanctitatem vestram censui consulendam, cuius lectionis
exemplar subter adieci. Et ideo utrum iam tempora ista fuerint, an futura sint, scripto
vestro declarare dignamini.
Ex Sion procedet lex et verbum domini ex Hierusalem. Et iudi-
cabit inter plebes multas et redarguet gentes validas usque longe.
Et concident gladios suos in aratra et lanceas suas in falces. Et
iam non extollet gens super gentem gladium, et iam non stabunt
belligerare.
Et requiescet unus quisque sub vinea sua et sub ficu sua: et non
erit qui in timorem mittat eos.
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