The Holy See And The Wandering Of The Nations From St Leo I To
Chapter 3
PETER STOOD UP.
Pope Anastasius: his letter to the emperor Anastasius, 120
He makes the Pope's position in the Church parallel with that of the emperor in the world, 121
He writes to Clovis on his conversion, 122
St. Gregory of Tours notes the prosperity of Catholic kingdoms and the decline of Arian in the West, 123
Letter of St. Avitus, bishop of Vienne, to Clovis on his baptism, 124
He recognises the vast importance of the professing the Catholic faith by Clovis, 125
And the duty of Clovis to propagate the faith in peoples around, 126
How the words of St. Avitus to Clovis were fulfilled in history, 127
The election of Pope Symmachus traversed by the emperor's agent, 128
His letter termed "Apologetica" to the eastern emperor, 129
The imperial and papal power compared, 131
The papal and the sovereign power the double permanent head of human society, 133
Emperors wont to acknowledge Popes on their accession, 134
Inferences to be deduced from this letter, 135
The answer of the emperor Anastasius is to stir up a fresh schism at Rome, 136
The Synodus Palmaris, without judging the Pope, declares him free from all charge, 137
Letter of the bishop of Vienne to the Roman senate upon this Council, 139
The cause of the Bishop of Rome is not that of one bishop, but of the Episcopate itself, 140
Words of Ennodius, bishop of Pavia, embodied in the act of the Roman Council of 503, 142
Result of the attack of the emperor on the Pope is the recording in black and white that the First See is judged by no man, 143
The eastern Church under the emperor Anastasius, 143
He deposes Macedonius as well as Euphemius, 144
Both these bishops of Byzantium failed to resist his despotism, 147
Eastern bishops address Pope Symmachus to succour them, 148
Pope Hormisdas succeeds Symmachus in 514, 149
His instruction to the legates sent to Constantinople, 150
The bishop of Constantinople presents all bishops to the emperor, 157
The conditions for reunion made by Pope Hormisdas, 158
The treacherous conduct of the emperor, 159
Hormisdas describes Greek diplomacy, 160
The Syrian Archimandrites supplicate the Pope for help, 161
Sudden death of the emperor Anastasius, 162
The emperor Justin's election and antecedents, 162
He notifies his accession to the Pope, 163
The Pope holds a council and sends an embassy to Constantinople, 164
The bishop, clergy, and emperor accept the terms of the Pope, 165
The formulary of union signed by them, 167
The report of the legates to the Pope, 169
The emperor Justin's letter to the Pope, 170
Character of the period 455-519, 171
Political state of the East and West most perilous to the Church, 172
The Popes under Odoacer and Theodorick, 173
How Acacius took advantage of the political situation, 174
The meaning and range of his attempt, 175
The Pope from 476 onwards rests solely upon his Apostolate, 176
The seven Popes who succeed St. Leo, 179
The seven bishops who succeed Anatolius at Constantinople, 180
The eastern emperors in this time, 182
The state of the eastern patriarchates, Alexandria and Antioch, 184
The waning of secular Rome reveals the power of the Pontificate, 185
The Popes alone preserved the East from the Eutychean heresy, 185
The position of St. Leo maintained by the seven following Popes, 186
The submission to Hormisdas an act of the "undivided" Church, 187
The adverse circumstances which developed the Pope's Principate, 188