Letter 18: The edict of the sentence of Felix, bishop, by reason of the condemnation of Acacius, bishop of Constantinople.

Felix IIIThe Universal Church|c. 486 AD|Pope Felix III|AI-assisted
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The edict of the sentence of Pope Felix on account of the condemnation of Acacius, bishop of Constantinople.

Acacius, who, admonished a second time by you, did not cease to be a despiser of the wholesome decrees, and believed that I was to be imprisoned among my own people, him God, by a sentence pronounced from heaven, has made an exile from the priesthood. Therefore, if any bishop, cleric, monk, or layman shall, after this denunciation, hold communion with the same man, let him be anathema, the Holy Spirit carrying it into effect!

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Latin / Greek Original

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II. Edictum sententiae Felicis papae propter Acacii episcopi oo^fV^'

Constantinopolitani damnationem.

Acacius, qui secundo a uobis admonitus statutorum salu])riimi
uon destitit esse coutemptor, meque iu meis credidit carcerizandum,
hunc Deus coelitus prolata seuteutia ^le sacerdotio fecit extorrem.
£rgo si quis episcopus, clericus, mouaclius, laieus post hanc deuuu-
tiationem eidem commuuicaverit , auathema sit, saucto 8piritu ex-
seqiiente !

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