Letter 32: in parceciam alienam inradere, or qnidijuam in ea, inconsiillo ipsitis to the bishop, ugere not licere.
In parceciam alienam inradere, aut qnidijuam in ea,
inconsiillo ipsitis episcopo , ugere non licere.
Innocentius i Florentino episcupo Tihui tinensi.
Non scmel, sed aliquoties clamai Scripiura divina
transferri nun oporterC lerniinos a patribus con-
siiintos : quia nelas est , si quod alier semper pos-
sederit, alter invadat, quod tuam honilalem fialer
ct roepisiopin nosicr Ersus nsserit pei pctrasse. Nam
Noniciiianain sive k Felicienscm parreciam, ad suam
quens esse intelligiiur. Imnio cum cm. 10 scqui se
prolilcntur ecclesiaslicani ea de re regnlam , banc
jain ante con-liiulain pnnunt. El vero ad cos oinnes,
qni aliqu.i gravis peccati inacula conlaminali snni,
atlinel cn ratio, qna I ypiianus, episiola 7'2, eos qui
ab h arcsi vcl si hisinate ad Ecclesiam rcdiieni, coiu-
iniuii frntium Cllnsensu a clcro nrcet ac reinovet:
Opirtet enim sacerdotes ac minislros, qni altari et sa-
crijieiis deserriunt, imegros algue immaciilutos esse.
l'.o sanc conspirant quas Ecclesia sanxil nb iniiio
leges, ul nnlli piomnvcnniur ad cleriun, nisi qui a
baptismb innoxiaib Ktque ah onmi cuiuslibet eriminis
lahe puram vilain dlixissent. Sl cujtls veio lalens
piininm culpa, posiuioilum detegerelur, hunc tan-
(lcm conviclum dcponi Nictrni canones 2 et 10 vo-
luni. Viile supva epist. 16, n. 11.
Neque vero tautuni ab episcopatu arcetur Modeslus,
sed .i quolibct eilnm gradu , quem hondum eiat
adeptus, el ex qnb ad episcopatus apicem lendibat.
1 ln edit. Concil. 8. ln collectionibus Isidori,
Hispana ei Dionysli exbilietUr. Apud hunc dccietuin
xxxvi liinoceniii appellatur.
aiilcni, Florenlio.
8 NoH conccplis quidcm verhis, scd quia illnd huliim , non eci lcsiaium pluiium colleciiouem epi
sanciunt hujus concilii patres, unde istud conse- scopo suhjeciani, quo sensu priscis teniporilus vulgo
607 S. INNOCENTIl I PAPiE C08
a dicecesim a mnjoribns pcrtinenlem , invasisse te , A ut qni Christum Deum ex Palris subslaniia anle
saecnla ncganl genitum , bi cum Jud.-cis, qui ejus
atqne illic divina cek-brasse mysteria, iuconsulio
eoilem ac nescienie, non sine dolore conquesltis est.
Quod si veriim esl, non leviter le b incurrisse co-
gnosc:is. Llinle si declinare cupis lanlaj usurpntionis
invidiam , nostris litieris admouiium le convenit
absiinere. Certe si aliquid libi credis jusiilisesuflVa-
gari, inlegris omnibus, et in prislino stalii mnnenli-
bus, pnst dies venerabiles Pasclia; adesse debebis ,
ut c memorati possis inienlionilnis respondere : par-
tibiisqnc in medio collocatis, quid anliquitas aut
veriias liabeat, requiramus.
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