Letters132 Letter CXXXII. To the clergy of Milan (A.D. 1132)
Letter CXXXII. To the clergy of Milan (A.D. 1132)
He congratulates the Milanese clergy, by whose endeavours the State had abandoned the Antipope Anacletus and returned to the unity of the Church.
Blessed be ye of the Lord, for by your zeal and diligence your state has been set free from error, has abjured its schism, and returned to Catholic unity. The news of it has spread amongst Catholics; Sion has heard of it and rejoiced, and you are glorified before God and the people. How joyfully does your Mother, the Church, welcome back such a number of worthy sons, whom she was grieving for as lost! With how joyous and serene countenance does God, the Father, receive this sacrifice at your hands! Do now, as sons of peace, what you propose to do for the peace of the earth. And I, brethren, longing to become a sharer and companion of your joy, am coming, according to your request, with our beloved brethren, your messengers. Concerning the things you wrote to me of, I will more fully satisfy you according to reason if it be the good pleasure of God. But since I shall soon be setting out to the Council, I hope it will be no burden to you to postpone them till my return.
Benedicti vos a Domino, quorum studio et industria civitas vestra liberata est ab errore, et relicto schismate ad catholicam rediit unitatem. Exiit sermo iste inter Catholicos: audivit et laetata est Sion, et est vobis gloria coram Deo et omni populo. Quam laetis amplexibus mater Ecclesia colligit tot et tantorum multitudinem filiorum, quos se amisisse dolebat! quam laeto et sereno vultu Deus pater recipit hoc sacrificium de manibus vestris! Quod autem et paci terrae intenditis, facitis quod filii pacis. Et ego, fratres, particeps et socius gaudii vestri fieri cupiens, juxta petitionem vestram ad vos cum dilectis fratribus nostris, nuntiis vestris, veniebam, de quibus mihi scripsistis, plenius secundum rationem in beneplacito Dei satisfacturus. Sed quia tempus breve est quo ad concilium festinamus; non gravet vos usque ad reditum nostrum sustinere.