Letter 20: Felix, bishop of Rome, to our beloved brothers the bishops of Egypt, the Thebaid, Libya, and Pentapolis, greetings.
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^|.^^ xFelicis papao ad episcopos per Aegyptum, Thebaidem, laibyam
et Pentapolim constitutos fragmentwn,
FeUx papa episcopifl per Aegjrptum , Thebaidem , Libyam et PentapoHm eoiwtitmtif pb 1
post alia.
Petnmi^) vero, qui se ab Ecdesiae unitate sub beatae recor-
tlationis Proterio sepiinivit *^ ), et in niortera ipsius parricidae Timo-
tlieo ad persequendos se junxit orthodoxos, nulla tanti nominis aub
lionoris permittimus societate laetari^): quando in creatoribus propiiis
non dissimilibus ipso sui exordio caducmn, quod se aestimat, repe-
ritur. Est ergo prHcfutus cunctis anathema, nec ab Ecclesia catho-
lica credatur unquiun recipi, qui post cohortationem saepissimam et
per tot annorum spiitia*) in perversitate propria perseverans locum
satisfactionis amisit.
Petri ordinatores. Xec obstat, quod Fehx sup. epist. 8 n. 3 Petrum ab uno
dumtaxfit ordiuatum scribat. Is enim tropicus loquendi modus, quo de ploii*
bus asseriturf quod unius est proprium, uec inusit^atus Felici est nec ineleganter
hic adhibetur.
BPISTOLAE 8 — 10. 251
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