Letter 904
To the Emperor Arcadius.
John [John Chrysostom], the greatest luminary of the world, the bishop of Byzantis [Constantinople], you have sent into exile with no good cause, won over out of great frivolity by bishops who are not sound in their thinking. Since, then, you have robbed the catholic Church of a teaching that has been carried off captive and was undefiled, do not remain unfeeling.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἰωάννην τὸν μέγιστον φωστῆρα τῆς οἰκουμένης, τὸν Βυζαντίδος πρόεδρον, οὐκ εὐλόγως εἰς ἐξορίαν ἐξέπεμψας, ἐκ πολλῆς ἐλαφρίας εἰς μὴ ὑγιαίνουσι τὸ φρονεῖν ἐπισκόποις παραπεισθείς. Τῆς τοίνυν ἁλωθείσης, καὶ ἀκραιφνοῦς διδασκαλίας τὴν καθολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν στερήσας, μὴ ἀναλγήτως διάκεισο.
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