Letters 165
165 To Leo Augustus PL 54, 1155
[This letter, which is sometimes called the Second Tome, contains the detailed statement of the catholic doctrine of the Incarnation, which Leo had promised the Emperor in Letter CLVI. It consists of 9 chapters, but, as chaps. iii. to viii. and parts of ii. and ix. are almost identical in language with Letter CXXIV., already given in full, I have not thought it necessary to reproduce the letter here. At the end a long series of quotations from Hilary, Ambrose and other Fathers bearing upon the doctrine are also added, but these also are dispensed with in accordance with our general practice, as we are now presenting Leo and no one else to the reader.]
Promissa prius scripta adversus Eutychianum dogma se mittere indicat. --II. Nestorii et Eutychetis dogmata exponuntur, quorum hic Apollinarem, Valentinum et Manichaeum aemulatus est. --III. Nicaeno Symbolo omnia haec haeresum monstra confodi. --IV. Reconciliationem hominum ex incarnatione pendere, sine qua nec mediatoris nec redemptoris offiium Christus implet. --V. Solo Christi sacrificio vel reconciliatum Deo fuisse mundum, vel justificatos peccatores. --VI. Utriusque in Christo naturae proprietates ex diversis ejus actionibus manifestari. --VII. Veritatem carnis in Christo ex veritate mortis, sepulturae et resurrectionis comprobari. --VIII. Christi exaltationem nisi in vera hominis natura perfici non potuisse. -- IX. Sub specie Deitatis honorandae magna eam injuria affici, cum sub mendacio phantasmatis latuisse asseritur. --X. Ex SS. Patrum traditione catholicam fidem inconcusse firmari, quam tueri imperatore in primis dignum. --XI. Testimonia SS. Patrum tam Graecorum quam Latinorum pro asserenda veritate carnis in Christo.