Letter 4033: Those whom our Redeemer vouchsafes to convert to himself from Judaical perdition we ought, with reasonable moderation, to assist; lest (as God forbid should be the case) they should suffer from lack of food. Accordingly we charge you, under the authority of this order, not to neglect to give money every year to the children of Justa, who is of t...

Pope Gregory the GreatAnthemius|c. 593 AD|Pope Gregory the Great|Human translated
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Gregory to Anthemius, Subdeacon.

Those whom our Redeemer graciously converts from the dead end of Judaism we ought to assist with reasonable generosity, so that — God forbid — they do not suffer from lack of food.

We therefore charge you, by the authority of this order, to provide money each year to the children of Justa, who is of the Hebrews — namely, to Julianus, Redemptus, and Fortuna — beginning from the coming thirteenth indiction. See to it that this payment is entered in your accounts without fail.

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