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| ID |
1898 |
| Text |
Epistolae (Bonifatius et Lullus) (700 - 754) Boniface Lull |
| Quotation |
Nam catholica et apostolica Romana aecclesia, quando indignum ac vilem predicatorem ad
predicandum Germaniae erroneis vel paganis gentibus direxit, praecepit mihi, ut ex auctoritate
Romani pontificis, si alicubi viderem inter christianos pergens populos erroneos vel
ecclesiasticas regulas mala consuetudine depravatas vel homines per invium a catholica fide abductos, ad viam salutis invitare et revocare totis viribus niterer. Hoc praeceptum servare cupiens admonitoriam vel praecotoriam epistolam Aethelbaldo regi Mercionum cum consilio et consensu episcoporum, qui una nobiscum sunt, transmisi. |
| Translation |
The Catholic and Apostolic Church of Rome, in sending me as an unworthy and
humble preacher to the erring or pagan peoples of Germany, enjoined upon me by authority of the Roman pontiff that if, as I
went among Christians, I should find people in error, or church rules perverted by evil practices, or men led away from the catholic faith into pathless ways, I should strive with all my strength
to call them back into the way of salvation.
Desiring to follow this precept, I sent a letter of exhortation
and admonition to Ethelbald, king of Mercia, with the advice and
consent of the bishops who are working with me. (Trans. Emerton, p. 132) |
| Summary |
Boniface writes to Archbishop Ecgberht of York. |
| Quotation source |
Epist. 75 (p. 75, lin. 15) |
| Temporal Coverage |
746 - 747 |
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