Letter 95: Part of the papal correspondence surrounding the Acacian Schism (484-519), the major breach between Rome and...

Hormisdas to our legates mentioned above. It is necessary that we give thought either to the state of the task enjoined upon you or to the absence of your beloved selves, and our anxiety on behalf of these matters does not allow us to let slip any opportunities of writing. Some time ago, through a magistrianus [an imperial agent] who returned to the service of the patrician Symmachus, we sent a letter to your charity, urging that you should not fail to instruct us concerning all the things that have been done or are being done in the ecclesiastical cause; and this you ought indeed to do for the relief of our concern. For it is our prayer that almighty God may deign to grant to your labor its desired effect. Stephanus the merchant, through whom our communications will be delivered to you, assist with suitable supports in whatever the situation requires, since you recall that he has always been ours. Given on the same day.

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