5 surviving letters between Flavian, of Constantinople and Pope Leo the Great, spanning 443-445 AD.
Nothing, as you know, most beloved of God, is more precious to priests than piety and the right dividing of the word of truth. For all our hope and safety, and the recompense of promised good depend thereon. For this reason we must take all pains about the true Faith, and those things which have been set forth and decreed by the holy Fathers, th...
An acknowledgment of Flavian's first letter and a promise of a fuller reply Leo to Flavian, bishop of Constantinople. On the first opportunity we could find, which was the coming of our honourable son Rodanus, we acknowledge, beloved, the arrival of your packet , which was to give us information about the case which has been stirred up to our gr...
Having read your letter, beloved, at the late arrival of which we are surprised , and having perused the detailed account of the bishops' acts , we have at last found out what the scandal was which had arisen among you against the purity of the Faith: and what before seemed concealed has now been unlocked and laid open to our view: from which it...
He acknowledges the receipt of a letter and advises mercy if Eutyches will recant. Leo to Flavian, bishop of Constantinople. When our brethren had already started whom we dispatched to you in the cause of the Faith, we received your letter, beloved, by our son Basil the deacon, in which you rightly said very little on the subject of our common a...
He rebukes Flavian for not answering his repeated letters. Leo, the bishop, to Flavian, the bishop. Flavian was the Patriarch of Constantinople Our anxiety is increased by your silence, for it is long now since we received a letter from you, beloved: while we who bear a chief share in your cares , through our anxiety for the defense of the Faith...