Letter 12: UONORII IMPERATOIUS to ARCADIUM AUGUSTUM.
UONORII IMPERATOIUS AD ARCADIUM AUGUSTUM. ONQPIOr ArTOXPATOPOI npoi APKAAION BAIIAEA.
Ut synodiim Thessalonica- cotji, eoque Theophilum se confene jubeat.
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gaus iu quse ex compacto contra Joannem Constan-
tinopolitanum episcjpum gesta sunl, einemleniur :
et, ut videiur, uondiim est perfeclum. Quare denuo
scrip.i per hosce episcopos et presbyteros, de pace
ecclesiasiica, per quam et nostrum imperium pacem
obtinet, valde sollicitus; ut jubere digneris Orientis
episi opos Tliessalonicae convenire. Eienim noslri
Occidentis episcopi, cum elegissent viros qui ad
malum ei mendacium declinare nescianl, miserunt
episcopos quiuqiie, presbyleros diios, et diaconum
iiiiuiii magnie ecclesia: Romamc, qnos omni bonore
digneris veliin ; ut si Joannem jure expulsum esse
persuasum eis fuerit, doceant nie ab ejus commu-
nione recedcre ; aui si coarguerint Orienlis epi-
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commuiuoiie averlant. Quxnam enim sitOcddenia-
lium de Joanne episcopo senleulia [ ut coiiiperluni
babeas], ex omnibus epislolis, quse ad me scriplce
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