Letter 8: 1NN0CENT1I I PAPyE to THEOPniLUM ALEXANDRIN/E ECCLESIVE the bishop.

Brother Theophilus, we hold both you and the brother John in communion with us, just as in our earlier letter we also made our mind plain. And not even now departing from that same resolve, we write the same things to you again; and however often you write back to us, it is plainly not possible that, unless a fitting judgment follow upon those things which have been done in mockery, we should without reason withdraw from communion with John. You therefore, if you have confidence in the judgment, present yourself before a synod which is according to Christ, and there, the charges having been set forth under witnesses according to the canons of the Council of Nicaea (for the Roman Church admits no other canon), you will have a security free from contradiction.

1NN0CENT1I I PAPyE AD THEOPniLUM ALEXANDRIN/E ECCLESIVE EPISCOPUM. Sc a Joannis communione diseedere non posse, uisi lcgitimu judicio damnetur. Theophilus ad canonicam synodum pruvocalur. Frater Tbcophile, nos ct tc et fralrein Joannem habcimis nobis coinmunicanies, sicutel iu prioribus lilleris d mentein noslram manifestam fecimus. Ac ne ininc quidem ab eodein proposilo desislenles, rursum libi eadem scribinius, ct quolie-ciimque ad nos resciipseris, lieri sciiicel non posj-e, ul nisi con- ■ In hiss. coll. Ilisp. ct Isid. hic adjicilur f/Mirfom. Inde Rouvr inier epistolas Itomanorum pontifieum prininm laline cx inicrprelaiionc Ambrosii Camal- diiien-is edit.i, post eliairi giace in flonle epistola- rum Clnysosiomi cuni mva inierprclatinnc laiina excusa esi. Denuun auno 1080, Emerici Bigntii siu- dio cuin lolo Palladii dialogo castigalior el eiegan- lior prodiil. Eanuleiude inlegroad mss.Cnsliniauuin etllaniburgensemexegimus.Proxime post violentiam ecclesiai ConsiaiHinop. ab adversariis Clifysosiomi in vigiba Pnsi h;r illataiu, adeoque eitca meiiseni AjpTilem anoi 104 scripia cst. « In edil. Concit. 5i ; qua: aiileiu 5 eral, nunc 38. A Palladio, cni uni debelur, pagime 24 dialogi de vila Chrysoslomi sine tilulo aut inscripiione insena ASiXifi 0£oyi).£ , viuii; v.ai <rc tap.vi xoaiuvtxov x«t toi/ «Oc/.yov IwkKvvjv, ws x«t ev TtpwToir ypftftfiao'! yav£)0«v r,p.r~rj T)jv yvw(i»v zi70tn<iaptv r.t/.i viiv §£ oux CY.(fT&»TSS to; «uTijj TrpoxipcGias, tzkXiv aot Ta k'Jt« ypayopcv, xat offaxis av «7roo"T£t).y]ff, OTt £kv ur, OEouca xotctj 7raoaxo- )o-/Jrio-« £7rt Toff 7r«evvto)3wf yzyzvvu.£vot; , Kftjj^avov Desi. Ex inlerpieiaiioneAnibrosii Caniablulensis inter ponlificiasepisiolaslaiiiie Rnmiae escusa, et exindein ediiiouibiis concilioriiin rerusa fuit. Cjus seribfenda: occasionein ac tempiis idein Palladiusibid. sic docei : Pam is post diebus, qiiam Innoceniiiis a Theophilo per Alexandriimm lectorem accrpissei, eidemque red- didissetliileias, ruTSum Theophili nomine in Urbem venernnt Peirus ipsius presbyter ei Martyrius ecck- si.e C;inslaiiliiiopolilan;c diaconus, aliaiu Tbeopliili epistolam cum quibusdam adversus Joannem gfesiis deferenles. Quibus perleetis Innocenlius, ouni nullas graves esse accusaiiones comperissel, noyos illns le- galos ciun bac allera epistola dimisii. Unde illam non longo po.^t superiorein intervallo scripiam esse colligilur. gniiiin judicium snbsequalur snper his quae per ludi- A eo-tiv uloyois ripus uKOsrnvui rii; 'iuavvou xoivwvta». brium gesla sunt, sine ralione n Jo:nniis coininniiione discedamus. Tn igilur, si judicio eonfidis, si-ie lead synodum quse seciindnin Cliristum « fuerit, et ibi cxposiiis criminniionibus b stib leslibus Nicteni cou- cilii cnnonihus (alium enim canonem Roinana non admitlit ecclesia), securiialein liabebis contradiciio- nis expertem.