Letter 7: John, Bishop of Constantinople, to Pope Innocent I.
JOANNIS CONSTANTINOPOLITAN.E URBIS EPISCOPI AD
INNOCENTIUM PAPAM.
Quaiii injusle urbe et ecclesia sua Theophili faclione
pulsus sil, cl quanla ntalu sive tum, sive poslca pa-
Irata fuerint.
(Hajc epislnla proprius habetiir inter cieleras S. Ctiryso-
slomi, ubi videsis lom. III operum S. Docloris. )
catoris exeinplaribus, ut el in Novioniensi , Lau
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