{"slug":"tmp1381.tmp1381.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp1381.tmp1381.opp-lat1","title":"Documenta Varia","title_source":"Documenta Varia","author":"SS Honorius I","genre":"other","date":"","tradition":"latin","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. 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The dossier includes correspondence on theological, disciplinary, and diplomatic matters, most notably letters to Patriarch Sergius of Constantinople that engaged with the Monothelite controversy. Honorius was posthumously condemned as a heretic at the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681) for his ambiguous language on Christ's wills. The texts survive only in medieval manuscript copies from the 8th–9th centuries, not in original registers. This edition is a digital transcription based on Migne's Patrologia Latina, without direct manuscript collation.","historical_context":"The documents date from Honorius I's pontificate (625–638) in Rome, within the Latin-speaking Western Church. They were produced in the papal chancery and addressed to various recipients across the Mediterranean, including the Eastern patriarchates. The collection reflects the papacy's administrative and theological authority during a period of doctrinal controversy over Monothelitism, which sought to reconcile Chalcedonian Christology with Miaphysite concerns. Honorius's correspondence with Sergius of Constantinople, in which he spoke of 'one will' in Christ, was later condemned as heretical. The texts survive not in original registers but in later medieval copies (8th–9th centuries), likely transmitted through canonical collections and florilegia. The Patrologia Latina edition, used here, relies on early modern printed editions, introducing potential textual alterations.","significance":"The dossier is crucial for understanding the papacy's role in 7th-century Christological debates and the origins of the Monothelite controversy. Honorius's condemnation shaped later papal authority and the reception of his writings. The collection also provides insight into papal administration, liturgy, and relations with the Byzantine Empire.","timeline":[{"date":"625–638","event":"Pontificate of Pope Honorius I; production of the documents."},{"date":"638","event":"Death of Honorius I; end of the collection's chronological range."},{"date":"680–681","event":"Third Council of Constantinople condemns Honorius I as a heretic."},{"date":"8th–9th c.","event":"Earliest extant manuscript copies of the documents."},{"date":"19th c.","event":"Publication of Migne's Patrologia Latina, the basis for the source edition."}],"relations":[{"work":"Patrologia Latina","relation":"Source edition for the digital transcription","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Letters of Sergius of Constantinople","relation":"Correspondent in the Monothelite controversy","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Acts of the Third Council of Constantinople","relation":"Condemns Honorius and cites his letters","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Maximus the Confessor, Letter to Marinus","relation":"Defends Honorius's orthodoxy","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["The exact dates of individual documents are unknown; the collection spans the pontificate (625–638).","No original papal registers survive; the earliest manuscripts are from the 8th–9th centuries, with potential scribal alterations.","The source edition (OGL-PL) is a digital transcription of Migne's Patrologia Latina, which itself relied on earlier printed editions without direct manuscript collation.","The attribution of all documents to Honorius I is traditional but not critically verified for every item in the collection."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000441,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:59:25Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin Patrologia Latina","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp1381/tmp1381/tmp1381.tmp1381.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"tmp1381.tmp1381.opp-lat1","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":26,"translated":26,"commentary_passages":26,"commentary_units":150,"english_words":5824,"source_letters":24847,"commentary_kinds":9},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Honorius I reigned as pope from 625 to 638. The documents in this collection span his pontificate, with the earliest likely dating to his accession and the latest to his death.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"Honorius I was posthumously condemned as a heretic at the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681) for his correspondence on Monothelitism. This condemnation shaped later reception of his writings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The documents survive in medieval manuscript copies, not in original papal registers. 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No direct collation with manuscripts was performed.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in Latin; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 26 narrative."},{"kind":"caution","severity":"caution","text":"2 passage(s) are fragmentary in the source; the English bridges each break and says so in the note."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: ogl-pl — Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":26},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"APPENDIX.\n\nDIFFLORATIO EX EPISTOLA SANCTI MAXIMI AD MARINUM PRESBYTERUM, APOLOCIAM INTER CAETERA PRO HONO- RIO FACIENTIS.\n\n(Mansi, Conc. Collect, tom. XII.)\n\nHonorium etiam Romanum papam non diffiteri reor naturaliter in Christo voluntatum dualitatem, in epistola quam scripsit ad Sergium, ea quod unam dixerit volantatem; sed potius confiteri, et hanc fortassis etiam constabilire. Nam hoc non in reprobationem dixit humanae Salvatoris et naturalis voluntatis, sed quod nullatenus conceptionem ejus, quae fuit sine semine, vel incorruptam nativitatem praecesserit voluntas carnis, vel cogitatio vitiosa.","english":"APPENDIX.\n\nEXCERPT FROM THE LETTER OF SAINT MAXIMUS TO MARINUS THE PRESBYTER, MAKING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AN APOLOGY FOR HONORIUS.\n\n(Mansi, Conciliorum Collectio, vol. XII)\n\nI do not think that Honorius, the Roman pope, denies a duality of wills in Christ naturally, in the letter which he wrote to Sergius, because he said “one will”; but rather that he confesses it, and perhaps even confirms it. For he said this not in rejection of the Saviour’s human and natural will, but because his conception, which was without seed, or his incorrupt nativity, was in no way preceded by a will of the flesh or a sinful thought.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"APPENDIX","severity":"info","text":"The heading 'APPENDIX' marks this passage as an addition to the main collection, not part of the original conciliar acts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"DIFFLORATIO EX EPISTOLA SANCTI MAXIMI AD MARINUM PRESBYTERUM","severity":"info","text":"This excerpt is from a letter by Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662) to the presbyter Marinus, defending Pope Honorius I against charges of monothelitism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"voluntatum dualitatem","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'voluntatum dualitatem' (duality of wills) is central to the monothelite controversy, affirming two wills in Christ, divine and human.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Honorium etiam Romanum papam","severity":"caution","text":"Honorius I was posthumously condemned as a heretic at the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681) for his letter to Sergius, which this excerpt seeks to reinterpret as orthodox.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"unam dixerit volantatem","severity":"caution","text":"The text argues that Honorius's phrase 'one will' was not a denial of two wills but a statement about the absence of carnal will in Christ's conception, a contested interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'volantatem' is a variant spelling of 'voluntatem' (will). The exact phrasing of Honorius's original letter is not quoted, leaving the precise context of 'unam voluntatem' open."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Sola namque voluntas divina atque paterna, per Filium unigenitum per semet operantem, propriam incarnationem sanctique Spiritus conventionem hanc operata est; et quod hunc sensum sectetur hinc est manifestum Cum enim dixisset quia propter ineffabilem unitatem humanae ac divinae naturae, et Deus dicitur pati, et humanitas de coelo cum humanitate descendisse, et hoc modo ostendisset eorum quae naturaliter insunt utrique naturae unius Christi et Dei Filii per commutationem summam redditionem, subinfert: « Unde, inquiens, et unam voluntatem fatemur Domini Jesu Christi, » quomodo ait: « Quia profecto a divinitate assumpta est natura nostra, non culpa, » id est, non a peccato, propemodum cum magno effatus Athanasio, qui haec contra Apollinarium impium scribit: « Natus est ex muliere, de prima plasmatione hominis formam sibi erigens in ostentione carnis absque carnalibus voluntatibus, et humanis cogitationibus in imagine novitatis. Voluntas enim sola divinitatis est, quoniam natura tota divinitatis est. Denique Verbi propter nos secundum carnem nativitatis super nos progressio facta est.","english":"For only the divine and paternal will, through the only-begotten Son working through Himself, accomplished His own incarnation and the coming together of the Holy Spirit; and that he follows this meaning is evident from this: for when he had said that on account of the ineffable unity of the human and divine natures, God is said to suffer, and humanity is said to have descended from heaven with humanity, and in this way he had shown the complete exchange of those things which naturally inhere in each nature of the one Christ and Son of God, he adds: \"Whence,\" he says, \"we confess one will of the Lord Jesus Christ,\" how he says: \"Because indeed our nature was assumed by the divinity, not guilt,\" that is, not from sin, almost as if speaking with the great Athanasius, who writes this against the impious Apollinarius: \"He was born of a woman, raising up for himself the form of the first formation of man in the display of flesh without carnal wills and human thoughts in the image of newness. For the will alone is of the divinity, because the whole nature is of the divinity. Finally, the progression of the Word's birth in the flesh for us, above us, took place.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Sola namque voluntas divina atque paterna","severity":"info","text":"Maximus argues that Honorius’s phrase 'one will' refers to the divine will alone, not a denial of two wills in Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"voluntas","severity":"info","text":"The term 'voluntas' (will) is central to the Monothelite controversy; Maximus distinguishes between the divine will and human will in Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"Athanasius","severity":"info","text":"Maximus cites Athanasius’s anti-Apollinarian work to support his interpretation that Christ’s will is solely divine, aligning with orthodox Christology.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Athanasius of Alexandria"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"Honorius I","severity":"caution","text":"This passage is part of Maximus’s defense of Honorius, later condemned as a heretic at the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Unde, inquiens, et unam voluntatem fatemur","severity":"info","text":"Maximus quotes Honorius’s letter to Sergius, then glosses it to show that 'one will' refers to the divine will, not a single composite will.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text is a fragment from Maximus’s letter; the original context of Honorius’s statement is debated.","The phrase 'non a peccato' may be a gloss by Maximus, not part of Honorius’s original letter."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Non enim carnis vitiosa praecessit voluntas vel cogitatio, sicut in nobis aspicitur, propter generis desiderium, quod a deceptione primi parentis obtinuit, sed voluntas divinitatis sola por Filium, qui secundum beneplacitum Patris, et cooperationem Spiritus sancti, propriam, ut dixi, per se operatus est incorporationem, gerens in se et per se noviter inventum naturae modum nativitatis, et sine semine suam ipsius patrans conceptionem ex sancta Dei genitrice semperque virgine Maria. » Hac ergo ineffabili nativitatis ejus inspecta ratione, ille quidem voluntatem solam in eo divinitatis dixit, hic vero voluntatem unam Domini nostri Jesu Christi. Quia profecto, inquit, a divinitate assumpta est natura nostra, non culpa, absque carnalibus voluntatibus, et humanis cogitationibus, ut sacratissimus Athanasius ait. Non tamen perhibuit eum tanquam hominem, quia est quoque natura Deus, non habere humanam voluntatem et naturalem, quemadmodum et divinam atque paternam. Idipsum autem etiam in subsequentibus innuit, asserens: « Sine peccato conceptus est de Spiritu sancto, et sancta immaculata semperque virgine Dei genitrice Maria, et sine contagione ex en secundum carnem natus est.","english":"For not the vicious will or thought of the flesh preceded, as is seen in us, because of the desire of the race, which obtained from the deception of the first parent, but the will of the divinity alone through the Son, who according to the good pleasure of the Father and the cooperation of the Holy Spirit, his own, as I said, through himself worked his own incarnation, bearing in himself and through himself the newly discovered mode of nature of birth, and without seed accomplishing his own conception from the holy Mother of God and ever-virgin Mary. Therefore, with this ineffable reason of his nativity examined, that one indeed said only the will of the divinity in him, this one said the one will of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because indeed, he says, from the divinity our nature was assumed, not the fault, without carnal wills and human thoughts, as the most sacred Athanasius says. Yet he did not preclude that he, as a man, because he is also God by nature, does not have a human and natural will, just as he has a divine and paternal one. The same thing, moreover, he also intimates in the following, asserting: \"He was conceived without sin from the Holy Spirit and the holy immaculate ever-virgin Mother of God Mary, and without contagion was born from her according to the flesh.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Non enim carnis vitiosa praecessit voluntas vel cogitatio","severity":"info","text":"The author denies that Christ's incarnation was preceded by a sinful fleshly will or thought, contrasting human postlapsarian desire with divine volition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"voluntas divinitatis sola por Filium","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'will of the divinity alone through the Son' reflects the Monothelite position that Christ had a single divine will, a key point in the controversy Honorius was later associated with.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Monothelitism","severity":"info","text":"This passage engages the Monothelite controversy (7th century), which debated whether Christ had one or two wills. Honorius I was later condemned for allegedly supporting Monothelitism at the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Sine peccato conceptus est de Spiritu sancto, et sancta immaculata semperque virgine Dei genitrice Maria","severity":"info","text":"This echoes the Protoevangelium of James and later Marian doctrine, asserting Christ's sinless conception through the Holy Spirit and the perpetual virginity of Mary.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ut sacratissimus Athanasius ait","severity":"info","text":"The author invokes Athanasius of Alexandria as an authority, though the specific citation is not identified. This reflects the common Latin practice of appealing to Greek Fathers to bolster Christological arguments.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"por Filium","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'por Filium' is likely a scribal error for 'per Filium' ('through the Son'), as the context requires the preposition 'per' to indicate agency.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'por Filium' is ambiguous: it may be a scribal error for 'per Filium' or a rare variant; the reading adopted is 'per Filium' based on context.","The identity of 'ille quidem' and 'hic vero' is unclear; they likely refer to two unnamed interlocutors or sources in the Christological debate."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"» Divinam quoque Scripturam in laudem et vituperationem profert carnis memoriam facere; non aliam, absit, natura et substantia Domini carnem quam nostram commonens intelligendam, qui etiam hanc sciebat assumptam ex nostra substantia, id est, ex congenitae nobis semper virginis et Dei matris sanctis visceribus, sed alienam a vitio, et nullatenus legem praevaricationis habentem, sicut nos, in membris repugnantem spiritus legi. Non enim assumpta est, ait, a Salvatore caro a peccato corrupta, quae repugnaret legi mentis ejus. Cujus enim sementationem, quae per peccatum efficitur, non praecessit generationis lex, hujus omnino nec in membris est, sed lex divinae justitiae ad imaginationem nobis ostensa, et eam quoque, quae ex praevaricatione naturae illata est, perfecte demolitur. Venit enim sine peccato quaerere et salvare quod perierat, id est, naturam humani generis quae peccaverat. Alia enim lex in membris ejus, aut voluntas diversa vel adversa non fuit in Salvatore. Hinc ostendit, non quod non habuerit humanam voluntatem et naturalem (non enim hoc dixisse videtur), sed quod sicut homo neque secundum corpus per membra quamlibet habeat praeter naturae leges operationem; neque rursus secundum animam voluntatis contrarium vel sine ratione motum, vetuli nos, quia et super legem natus est humanae naturae.","english":"The Divine Scripture also brings forth the memory of the flesh in praise and blame; it warns that the flesh of the Lord is to be understood as not other in nature and substance than our own, far from it, for He knew this flesh to have been assumed from our substance, that is, from the holy viscera of the ever-virgin and Mother of God, who is born of our race, but alien from vice, and in no way having the law of transgression, as we do, in the members resisting the law of the spirit. For it is said that the flesh assumed by the Savior was not corrupted by sin, which would resist the law of His mind. For whose sowing, which is effected through sin, the law of generation did not precede, that one has it in the members not at all, but the law of divine justice shown to us for imagination, and it also perfectly demolishes that which was brought in from the transgression of nature. For He came without sin to seek and save what had perished, that is, the nature of the human race which had sinned. For there was no other law in His members, nor a diverse or adverse will in the Savior. Hence it shows, not that He did not have a human and natural will (for He does not seem to have said this), but that as a man, neither according to the body through the members does He have any operation contrary to the laws of nature; nor again according to the soul does He have a contrary or irrational movement of will, as we old ones do, because He was born above the law of human nature.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Divinam quoque Scripturam","severity":"info","text":"The phrase introduces a scriptural proof, but no specific verse is cited; it functions as a rhetorical appeal to authority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"non aliam, absit, natura et substantia Domini carnem quam nostram","severity":"info","text":"This asserts the consubstantiality of Christ's flesh with Mary's, countering docetic or monophysite views that Christ's flesh was different in kind.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ex congenitae nobis semper virginis et Dei matris sanctis visceribus","severity":"info","text":"Mary is called 'ever-virgin' and 'Mother of God' (Theotokos), standard Chalcedonian titles, emphasizing her role in Christ's human nature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Venit enim sine peccato quaerere et salvare quod perierat","severity":"info","text":"Echoes the salvific mission of Christ, possibly alluding to Matthew 18:11 or Luke 19:10, but not a direct quotation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Hinc ostendit, non quod non habuerit humanam voluntatem et naturalem","severity":"info","text":"The passage pivots from a negative assertion (Christ's flesh not sinful) to a positive clarification: he had a human will, but without sin or irrationality.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"vetuli nos","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'vetuli nos' is obscure; it may be a corruption or a rare term; the translation renders it as 'we old ones,' but the sense is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'vetuli nos' is unclear; possibly a scribal error or a colloquialism for 'we ancients' or 'we old ones.'","The reference to 'imaginationem' may be a misreading for 'imaginationem' (imagination) or 'imitationem' (imitation); the intended sense is uncertain."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"Expressius autem et in subsequentibus comprobat, quod sermo sibi esset tantum, vitiatam et non naturalem a Salvatore disterminandi voluntatem, et quod in naturali ac humana ad paternam ac divinam coaptatur quidem, sed nullam haberet ad illam ex repugnatione diversitatem. Normam autem dans nobis seipsum, quod proprie suum erat, voluntarie subjiciebat; commendabat vero paternum. Quatenus et nos imitati, quod nostrum est reprobato, quod divinum est omni studio expleamus, dicens ita: « Licet enim scriptum sit: Non veni facere voluntatem meam, sed ejus qui misit me Patris (Joan. VI), et, Non quod ego volo, sed quod tu, Pater; non sunt haec diversae voluntatis, id est, contrariae ac repugnantis, sed dispensationis humanitatis assumptae quae sua compassibiliter fecit quae nostra sunt. Ista enim propter nos dicebat, quibus dedit exemplum pietatis magister, ut sequamur vestigia ejus, non suam unusquisque nostrum, sed Domini potius in omnibus praeferat voluntatem. » Non ergo interemptionem, ut dixi, naturalis et humanae voluntatis, sed vitiosae, ac ejus quae est extra naturam, facit; et totum fateamur ab omni peccato Deum liberum esse, testatur, qui secundum nos propter nos incarnatus est. Et ut compendio dicam, per unam voluntatem, solam ejus secundum carnem nativitatem eum divinam praecessisse voluntatem indicare conjicio.","english":"More explicitly, however, in what follows he proves that his discourse was only about distinguishing the corrupted and non-natural will from the Savior, and that in the natural and human will it is indeed fitted to the paternal and divine will, but would have no diversity from it by way of opposition. Moreover, giving us himself as a model, he voluntarily subjected what was properly his own, and commended the paternal will, so that we, imitating him, might reject what is ours and fulfill with all zeal what is divine, speaking thus: \"For although it is written: 'I have not come to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me, the Father' (John 6), and 'Not what I will, but what you, Father, will,' these are not of a diverse will, that is, contrary and repugnant, but of the dispensation of the assumed humanity, which compassionately did what is ours. For he said these things on our account, to whom the master gave an example of piety, that we might follow his footsteps, each of us preferring not his own will, but rather the Lord's will in all things.\" Therefore, as I have said, he does not bring about the abolition of the natural and human will, but of the vicious will and that which is outside nature; and let us confess entirely that God is free from all sin, he testifies, who was incarnated according to us and for our sake. And to speak concisely, I conjecture that by \"one will\" he indicates that only his birth according to the flesh preceded the divine will.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is a continuous argument, not a new section; it develops the theme of will from the previous passage, using a long embedded quotation to support the author's position.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Joan. VI","severity":"info","text":"The quotation 'Non veni facere voluntatem meam, sed ejus qui misit me Patris' is a paraphrase of John 6:38, though the Vulgate reads 'Non veni ut faciam voluntatem meam, sed voluntatem eius qui me misit, Patris'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"unam voluntatem","severity":"info","text":"'Unam voluntatem' (one will) is the central term of the Monothelite controversy; the author interprets it as referring only to the divine will preceding Christ's human birth, not to a single will in Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage engages with the Monothelite controversy (7th century), which debated whether Christ had one or two wills. The author argues for two wills, distinguishing natural from vicious will.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This text is attributed to Pope Honorius I, whose writings were later condemned at the Third Council of Constantinople (680-681) for perceived Monothelitism, though the author here appears to reject a single will.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text contains a long embedded quotation without clear demarcation; the shift from the author's voice to the quoted speaker is ambiguous, potentially affecting interpretation of the argument.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact boundaries of the embedded quotation are unclear; the phrase 'dicens ita' may introduce a direct quote that extends to the end of the paragraph, but the Latin lacks quotation marks.","The phrase 'per unam voluntatem, solam ejus secundum carnem nativitatem eum divinam praecessisse voluntatem indicare conjicio' is syntactically compressed; it may mean that 'one will' refers only to Christ's divine will preceding his human birth, or that his human birth preceded the divine will."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"Per id vero quod ait, non esse voluntatis ejus diversitatem, contrarium vel repugnans quid non eum habere perhibet, sed conveniens et prorsus unitum ex toto. Unde cum nostram quidem naturam de divinitatis voluntate dicit assumptam, unius mentionem facit. Illud autem quod introducit: Non veni facere voluntatem meam, in medium verbo praeponit [F. leg. in medio verbum proponit] omisso numero. Non sunt, inquit, haec diversae voluntatis, id est, contrariae atque adversatricis. Es quo duas secundum naturam existere in Salvatore voluntates manifeste colligitur. Si enim contrariam non habuit, naturalem habuit, tanquam homo. Quod enim non est contrarium naturale profecto est, et nemo contradicit. Nihil quippe in natura, vel in his quae sunt secundum naturam, est omnino contrarium. (Timor ergo est opinari, quod in ejus proprie non est sermonibus scriptum, et moliti adversarios propriae opinionis tanquam non bonae ad velamentum illius viri litteras faciendum, secundum utrumque has praeter illius intentionem falso referentes. Advocatum quippe habet rationis sermonem omnem calumniatoris abigentem incursum. Et ego quidem sic se illius habere sensum existimo, ab omni suspicione purgatum.","english":"Through what he says, however—that there is no diversity of his will—he does not assert that he lacks anything contrary or repugnant, but rather that it is fitting and entirely united. Hence, when he says that our nature was assumed by the will of the divinity, he makes mention of one. But that which he introduces—\"I did not come to do my own will\"—he places the word in the middle, omitting the number. \"These are not,\" he says, \"of diverse will,\" that is, of contrary and adversarial will. From this it is clearly gathered that two wills exist by nature in the Savior. For if he did not have a contrary will, he had a natural will, as a man. For what is not contrary is certainly natural, and no one denies it. Indeed, nothing in nature, or in those things which are according to nature, is entirely contrary. (Therefore it is fearful to think that what is not written in his own words, and that adversaries, as a veil for their own opinion—as if it were not good—falsely refer to the letters of that man according to both, contrary to his intention. For the discourse of reason, which he has as an advocate, drives away every assault of the slanderer. And I indeed consider his sense to be thus, purged of all suspicion.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"non esse voluntatis ejus diversitatem","severity":"info","text":"The author argues that the phrase 'no diversity of will' does not deny a natural human will in Christ, but only excludes a contrary or adversarial will.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"voluntas","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'voluntas' (will) is used here in a technical Christological sense, distinguishing between a natural human will and a contrary will, a key point in the Monothelite controversy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Non veni facere voluntatem meam","severity":"info","text":"This phrase echoes Christ's words in the Gospels (e.g., John 4:34, though not exact), used by the author to argue for two wills in Christ: a natural human will and a divine will.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"duas secundum naturam existere in Salvatore voluntates","severity":"info","text":"This passage reflects the Dyothelite position (two wills in Christ) defended at the Third Council of Constantinople (680-681), against Monothelitism, which held one will.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Timor ergo est opinari...","severity":"caution","text":"The text contains a parenthetical warning against misreading the author's words, possibly a later interpolation or a defensive gloss by the author against critics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Per id vero quod ait...","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a logical structure: first, clarifying the meaning of 'no diversity of will'; second, citing a scriptural phrase; third, concluding that two wills exist in Christ by nature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'in medio verbum proponit' is textually uncertain; the editor notes a variant reading 'in medium verbo praeponit'.","The parenthetical section beginning 'Timor ergo est opinari' may be a later addition or a defensive aside, its exact relation to the main argument is unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"Certiorem autem mihi hunc sanctissimus fecit presbyter, dominus videlicet Anastasius abbas a seniori Roma reversus, vir scilicet incomparabilis, virtuteque divina et prudentia venustatus; qui asserens quod multum sermonem moverit ad sacratissimos magnae illius Ecclesiae viros, propter epistolam quae ab eo fuerat ad Sergium scripta, percontans cujus rei gratia, vel qualiter in ea inserta fuerit una voluntas, et invenit haesitantes in hoc, et rationem reddentes. Insuper et eum qui hanc per jussionem ejus Latinis dictaverit dictionibus, dominum videlicet abbatem Joannem sanctissimum symponum, affirmantem quod nullo modo mentionem in ea per numerum fecerit unius omnimodis voluntatis, licet hoc nunc sit fictum ab his qui hanc in Graecam vocem interpretati sunt; verum nec quamlibet exinanitionem vel abolitionem naturalis secundum humanitatem Salvatoris voluntatis, sed ejus quae nostra est, et reproba facta, perfectam dejectionem et interemptionem. Juxta quod et in invicem eorum quae unius generis sunt efficitur bellum. Ostendere volens ab omni esse peccato mundam assumptam carnem, secundum sacratissimorum eloquiorum et paternarum doctrinarum traditionem. Et apparet qualiter hujusmodi sermones concinentes sint cum his quae modo sunt ab exiguitate mea recitata, et veluti astipulatores factae pro Honorio defensionis.","english":"The most holy presbyter, namely lord Anastasius the abbot, returning from elder Rome, made me more certain of this—a man, that is, incomparable, and adorned with divine virtue and prudence; who asserted that he had stirred up much discussion among the most sacred men of that great Church, on account of the letter which had been written by him to Sergius, inquiring for what reason, or in what manner, one will had been inserted into it, and he found them hesitating in this, and giving reasons. Moreover, even he who had dictated this in Latin words by his command, namely the most holy abbot John, the symponus, affirming that he had in no way made mention in it of a single will in any manner whatsoever, although this is now feigned by those who have interpreted it into the Greek tongue; nor indeed any exinanition or abolition of the natural will of the Savior according to his humanity, but rather the perfect casting down and destruction of that will which is ours, and which has been made reprobate. According to which, even a war arises between those things which are of one kind. Wishing to show that the assumed flesh is pure from every sin, according to the tradition of the most sacred scriptures and paternal teachings. And it appears how discourses of this kind are in harmony with those which have now been recited by my insignificance, and like supporters of the defense made for Honorius.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Anastasius abbas a seniori Roma reversus","severity":"info","text":"Anastasius, abbot returning from 'elder Rome' (Old Rome), is a key witness in the defense of Honorius, reporting that the letter to Sergius was misinterpreted by Greek translators.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"symponum","severity":"info","text":"'Symponum' (σύμπονος) is a Greek loanword meaning 'fellow-laborer' or 'assistant'; here it designates Abbot John as a co-worker or secretary who dictated the letter for Honorius.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"exinanitionem","severity":"info","text":"'Exinanitionem' (Latin, from exinanitio) means 'emptying' or 'deprivation'; in this context, it refers to the denial of Christ's natural human will, which the defense rejects.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"defensionis pro Honorio","severity":"info","text":"This passage is part of a defense of Pope Honorius I, later condemned for monothelitism at the Third Council of Constantinople (680-681). The defense argues his letter was mistranslated.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Certiorem autem mihi hunc sanctissimus fecit presbyter","severity":"info","text":"The passage begins a new narrative unit, introducing Anastasius as a source of certainty, and then presents two layers of testimony: Anastasius's inquiry and John's dictation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"licet hoc nunc sit fictum ab his qui hanc in Graecam vocem interpretati sunt","severity":"caution","text":"The claim that Greek translators fabricated the phrase 'one will' is a partisan assertion; the historical accuracy of this charge is disputed, as the letter's Greek version is lost.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'lord Anastasius the abbot' is not further specified; he may be Anastasius Apocrisiarius or another figure. The phrase 'seniori Roma' could mean 'Old Rome' (as opposed to New Rome/Constantinople) or 'elder Rome' in a chronological sense."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"Ego, cum haec ille ratiocinando respondisset, miratus sum, oppido cognoscens subtilitatem ipsorum, et obstupui quodammodo super astutia eorum, qui pro uno frustra omnia gerere impie audent, et volunt, sicut eis ab olim moris, et nunc est, furtivis et falsis narrationibus eos qui contra se magnanimiter agonizant, taliter, quin et absque omni ratione ad se ipsos attrahere, et sensum fraudare, qui se nullatenus sequitur. Necessaria ergo et hoc cum didicissem, significavi tibi domino, honorabilis pater, quatenus per omnia munitus habeas qualiter insequaris adversariorum phalanges, verboque indefesse jaciens, et fide potenter superans, gloriamque hinc Unigeniti in praeconium habens, et diadema hujus communionem per gratiam et unitatem.\n\nII.\n\nDIFFLORATIO EX EPISTOLA SANCTI MAXIMI AD PETRUM ILLUSTREM.\n\nPyrrhi et sancti Sophronii Hierosolymitani episcopi atque papae Honorii mentionem facit, ita post aliqua prosecutus.","english":"I, when he had replied reasoning in this way, was amazed, fully recognizing their subtlety, and I was somehow stupefied at the cunning of those who, for the sake of one thing, impiously dare and wish to manage everything in vain, as has long been their custom and still is, by means of stealthy and false narratives, to draw to themselves those who contend magnanimously against them, even without any reason, and to defraud the understanding of one who in no way follows them. Therefore, having also learned this necessary matter, I made it known to you, lord, honorable father, so that you might be fully fortified in how to pursue the phalanxes of the adversaries, casting forth tirelessly with word, and powerfully overcoming by faith, having the glory of the Only-Begotten as your proclamation, and the diadem of communion with him through grace and unity.\n\nII.\n\nEXCERPT FROM THE LETTER OF SAINT MAXIMUS TO PETRUS ILLUSTRIS.\n\nHe makes mention of Pyrrhus and of Saint Sophronius, bishop of Jerusalem, and of Pope Honorius, proceeding thus after some remarks.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"II. DIFFLORATIO EX EPISTOLA SANCTI MAXIMI AD PETRUM ILLUSTREM.","severity":"info","text":"The heading marks a new section: an excerpt from a letter of Maximus the Confessor to Petrus Illustris. It introduces the mention of Pyrrhus, Sophronius, and Pope Honorius, linking the passage to the Monothelite controversy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Pyrrhi et sancti Sophronii Hierosolymitani episcopi atque papae Honorii mentionem facit","severity":"info","text":"Pyrrhus was a Monothelite patriarch of Constantinople; Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem, opposed Monothelitism; Pope Honorius I was later condemned for his ambiguous letter to Sergius, which was used to support Monothelitism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"oppido cognoscens subtilitatem ipsorum","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'oppido cognoscens' (fully recognizing) emphasizes the narrator's complete comprehension of the adversaries' subtlety, reinforcing the rhetorical stance of the passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"diadema hujus communionem per gratiam et unitatem","severity":"info","text":"'Diadema' (diadem) is used metaphorically for the reward of communion with Christ through grace and unity, a common patristic image for the crown of martyrdom or orthodoxy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Ego, cum haec ille ratiocinando respondisset","severity":"info","text":"This passage is part of a dossier used in later theological debates, particularly in the context of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680-681) which condemned Monothelitism and Honorius I.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"DIFFLORATIO","severity":"caution","text":"The term 'Diffioratio' (excerpt) indicates that the text is a selection from a longer letter; the original context and completeness of the citation are uncertain, affecting interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'ille' (he) in the opening sentence is ambiguous; it likely refers to Anastasius the abbot from the previous passage.","The phrase 'pro uno frustra omnia gerere' (for the sake of one thing, to manage everything in vain) is obscure; it may refer to the Monothelite focus on a single energy or will."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"(Mansi, Cone. Collect., t. X.]\n\nVestris laudabilibus syllabis dignatus es significare indigno servo tuo propter abbatem Pyrrhum. Et post pauca. Et futurum profecto esset ut hac forte pro causa ad redargutionem illius et omnium qui secundum illum impiam novitatem sectantur indifferenter ad divinitus conservanda tua et famosissima vestigia properarem, quatenus scirent omnes qui secundum vos pictatis sunt amatores, iliorum una cum omni prorsus inscitia, impietatis quoque superruam abundantiam. Sed timui ne putarer extra sacra quidquam agere jura, praeter voluntatem hoc ciens sanctissimae sedis apostolicorum virorum, qui universam plenitudinem catholicae Ecclesiae bene ducunt, et ordinate secundum divinam legem deducunt. Quoniam hac divina videlicet lege consistunt coelestia et terrestria, et oportet ab ea nequaquam exorbitare, sed quae sunt divina secundam Deum agere illos qui sancte secundum vos vivere proposuerint, quatenus et Deum gestorum habeant curatorem, et sine successu receptionem. Quoniam, famosissime domine, pejor his est, quod et antea intimavi, etiam ab antiquis haereticis nova fides et expositio.","english":"You deigned to signify to your unworthy servant, on account of Abbot Pyrrhus, with your praiseworthy syllables. And after a few words: And it would indeed have come to pass that, perhaps for this reason, for the refutation of him and of all who, according to him, follow that impious novelty, I would indifferently hasten to the divinely preserved and most renowned footsteps of yours, so that all who are lovers of piety according to you might know the overflowing abundance of impiety, together with the complete ignorance, of those men. But I feared lest I be thought to do anything outside the sacred laws, beyond the will of the most holy apostolic men who well guide the whole fullness of the Catholic Church and lead it in an orderly manner according to the divine law. For by this divine law, indeed, the celestial and the terrestrial consist, and it is necessary never to deviate from it, but to do those things which are divine according to God, for those who have proposed to live holily according to you, so that they may have God as the overseer of their deeds, and reception without success. For, most renowned lord, worse than this is the new faith and exposition, which I have also previously indicated, even from the ancient heretics.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"Vestris laudabilibus syllabis","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'your praiseworthy syllables' is a formal epistolary compliment, typical of late antique and early medieval correspondence, here addressed to a high ecclesiastical figure.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"abbatēm Pyrrhum","severity":"info","text":"Abbot Pyrrhus was a key figure in the Monothelite controversy; his condemnation at the Lateran Council of 649 under Pope Martin I is a central context for this letter.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"impiam novitatem","severity":"info","text":"'Impious novelty' is a standard polemical label for Monothelitism, which Honorius and his correspondents regarded as an unauthorized innovation contrary to patristic tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a polite acknowledgment of the addressee's letter to a conditional statement of intent to refute Pyrrhus, then introduces a hesitation based on respect for apostolic authority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This letter was cited in the acts of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680–681) as evidence of Honorius's Monothelite sympathies, leading to his posthumous condemnation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"sine successu receptionem","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'reception without success' is obscure; it may be a textual corruption or a compressed theological expression, possibly meaning that divine favor is granted without earthly outcome.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the addressee is not specified in the passage; it may be the Emperor or a patriarch.","The phrase 'sine successu receptionem' is syntactically unclear and may reflect a scribal error or a technical theological term."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"Hanc enim multis quibus perduravit annis in episcopatu ad manifestationem reprobae mentis suae (nam Deus et ad nequitiae propalationem saepe novit longanimiter sustinere, non ut hanc ampliorem per inducias reddat, sed ut hanc ampliorem factam justius puniat), decessor quidem ejus impie in utero aluit, iste vero magis impie genuit, et rursus posteriores horum in contemptum excolunt divinitatis. Et paulo post: Et quod adhuc deterior illis est mos, et veluti speciale omnium perversorum haereticorum indicium, quia et suae ipsius impietatis obnoxios describunt innoxios. Sophronium quippe, qui prudenter divina perdocuit et praedicavit Ecclesiae catholicae dogmata, se in errorem movisse hac idacque susurrant. Et post pauxillum: Divinus enim Sophronius, ut ipsi testamini, laudabilissimi, in Afrorum regione mecum et cum omnibus peregrinis monachis moras agebat, cum ipsi perversitates illas fabricarent adversus omnes. Et post pusilla: Et erat quidem domus omnium per divinam concordiam et unanimitatem in unum Dei favente gratia in universitate, quae sub sole consistit, pacifica et tranquilla fide munitis Ecclesiis.","english":"For this reason, with many in whom he persisted for years in the episcopate, to manifest his reprobate mind (for God often knows how to endure patiently even to the disclosure of wickedness, not to make it greater through delays, but to punish it more justly when it has become greater), his predecessor indeed impiously nourished it in the womb, but he more impiously gave birth to it, and again later ones cultivate these things in contempt of divinity. And a little later: And what is even worse than that custom, and like a special sign of all perverse heretics, is that they describe even those who are guilty of their own impiety as innocent. For they whisper that Sophronius, who prudently taught and proclaimed the dogmas of the Catholic Church, moved himself into error by this and that. And after a little: For the divine Sophronius, as you yourselves testify, most praiseworthy ones, was staying with me and with all the foreign monks in the region of the Africans, when they were fabricating those perversities against all. And after a little: And indeed the house of all was, by divine concord and unanimity, with God's favoring grace, in the whole which exists under the sun, peaceful and tranquil for the Churches fortified in faith.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Hanc enim multis quibus perduravit annis in episcopatu","severity":"info","text":"The passage is a composite of several brief excerpts, each introduced by a temporal or logical connective (et paulo post, et post pauxillum, et post pusilla), indicating that the editor has stitched together discontinuous fragments from the original letter.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"reprobe mentis suae","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'reprobe mentis suae' (his reprobate mind) is a standard Latin theological term for a willfully corrupt conscience, often used in patristic polemic against heretics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Sophronium","severity":"info","text":"Sophronius of Jerusalem (c. 560–638) was a key opponent of Monothelitism, the heresy that Christ had only one will. His defense of dyothelite orthodoxy is referenced here as a foil to the unnamed heretics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Afrorum regione","severity":"info","text":"The 'region of the Africans' likely refers to the Byzantine exarchate of Africa, a center of Monothelite controversy in the 630s–640s, where Sophronius and Honorius I were in contact.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"idacque susurrant","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'idacque susurrant' is obscure; 'idacque' may be a scribal error or a rare adverb. The translation 'by this and that' is conjectural, and the exact sense of the whispering remains uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Honorius I","severity":"info","text":"Pope Honorius I (r. 625–638) was posthumously condemned as a heretic at the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681) for his ambiguous letters on Monothelitism. This passage reflects the polemical context of that condemnation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text is a series of excerpts, so the original sequence and argument are lost. The identity of the 'predecessor' and 'he' who gave birth to impiety is unclear. The phrase 'idacque susurrant' is textually uncertain."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"Hi vero qui horum invidebant consonantiae, ac in Christum Deum confessioni veluti quamdam caliginosam nubem et stridentem vel gravem fluctum maris ac barbarorum, nemine hos movente, quam solo daem(??)ne turbationis amico, qui genus humanum ad simultatem concitavit, repente contra veram Christianorum fidem novam excogitaverunt ecthesin; deinde sentent as pro ea et compositiores inju(??)tas; dein actiones monumentorum; deinde synodos latrocinales, et concursus episcoporum non voto convenientium, sed violentia contracto(??)um, non exhortatione properantium, sed ex fuga barbaro(??)um peregre profi(??)iscentium; dein jussiones et minas huc atque illuc adversus pios transmissas. Nam eum qui tunc imperabat, sophistice muneribus in servitutem redigentes. Et post pauca: Ex proprio nomine viro ecthesin producere persuaserunt. Paulo post: Fit autem horum inimicus pariter et defensor, an potius asserendum, fautor et accusator, horum pu blicans argumentum et innotescens quod ipse nequaquam ex se fuerit motus, sed ab illis coactus, impiissimam fecerit ecthesin in scriptis pro se ipso haec dicens, et rationem reddens Joanni sanctae memoriae quondam papae senioris Romae. Et post pan xillum: Convincunt autem scipsos quod is(??)i valde manifeste fortissimi hanc fecerim, et nullatenus ille Neque enim quodlibot super hoc habuit studium ut pote ad alia circumlatus. Post brevia.","english":"But those who begrudged this harmony and confession in Christ God, like a certain dark cloud and a roaring or heavy wave of the sea and of barbarians, with no one moving them except the sole friend of disturbance, the demon, who incited the human race to discord, suddenly devised a new Ecthesis against the true Christian faith; then sentences and unjust compositions for it; then actions of monuments; then robber synods, and gatherings of bishops not assembling by choice but dragged together by violence, not hastening by exhortation but setting out abroad from the flight of barbarians; then orders and threats sent here and there against the pious. For they reduced the one who then ruled to servitude by sophistical gifts. And after a few things: They persuaded him to produce an Ecthesis in his own name. A little later: But the enemy of these things becomes likewise their defender, or rather, let it be asserted, their patron and accuser, publishing their argument and making known that he himself was by no means moved of his own accord, but compelled by them, and that he made the most impious Ecthesis in writing, saying this on his own behalf and giving an account to John of blessed memory, formerly the elder pope of Rome. And after a very little: They convict themselves that they themselves, very manifestly the strongest, did this, and not he at all. For he had no zeal whatsoever concerning this, as he was carried about to other matters. After a brief space.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"ecthesin","severity":"info","text":"The Ecthesis (Ἔκθεσις) was a Christological formula issued by Emperor Heraclius in 638, promoting Monothelitism. It was condemned by Pope Honorius I and later by the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"synodos latrocinales","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'robber synods' (synodos latrocinales) echoes the term 'Latrocinium' used for the Second Council of Ephesus (449), which was later repudiated as irregular. Here it polemically characterizes councils supporting the Ecthesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Joanni sanctae memoriae quondam papae senioris Romae","severity":"info","text":"John IV, pope from 640 to 642, was a staunch opponent of Monothelitism. The text refers to him as 'of blessed memory' and 'elder pope of Rome', indicating the letter was written after his death, likely during the pontificate of Theodore I (642–649).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Et post pauca ... Paulo post ... Et post pan xillum ... Post brevia","severity":"info","text":"These transitional phrases ('And after a few things', 'A little later', 'And after a very little', 'After a brief space') indicate that the Latin text is a compilation of excerpts from a longer Greek source, possibly a conciliar acta or a polemical treatise.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"daem(??)ne","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text has 'daem(??)ne', likely a corruption of 'daemone' (demon). The English draft reads 'demon', but the manuscript abbreviation is uncertain; the reading is plausible but not fully secure.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"inju(??)tas","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'inju(??)tas' is probably 'injustas' (unjust), but the manuscript is damaged. The English draft renders it as 'unjust', which is the likely intended meaning.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text contains several lacunae or abbreviations (e.g., 'daem(??)ne', 'inju(??)tas', 'contracto(??)um', 'barbaro(??)um', 'profi(??)iscentium', 'is(??)i') that obscure the exact wording; the English draft supplies plausible reconstructions.","The identity of 'the one who then ruled' is ambiguous; it likely refers to Emperor Heraclius, but the text does not name him explicitly."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"De quibus omnibus miseri nec sensus apostolicae facti sunt sedis, et, quod est risu, imo, ut magis proprie dicamus, lamento dignissimum, utpote illorum demonstrativum audaciae, nec adversus ipsam apostolicam sedem mentiri temere pigritati sunt; sed quasi illius effecti consilii, et veluti quodam ab ea recepto decreto, in suis contextis pro impia ecthesi actionibus secum magnum Honorium acceperunt, suae praesumptionis ostentationem ad alios facientes viri in causa pietatis maximam eminentiam. Quis itaque, o famosissime, et qualis Sophronius haec et tam atrociter et per tantum temporis facere his falsiloquis persuasit? quae hos non rogavit ecclesia? quis pius et orthodoxus non supplicavit antistes, cessare illos a propria haeresi clamando et obtestando? Siquidem ultima sua expirabat sacer Arcadius, et spiritum Deo tradebat, sed nec usque ad horam illam eos rogare cessavit. Et post pauca: Quid autem et divinus Honorius, quid vero et post illum Severinus senex, quid denique et is qui post hunc exstitit, sacer Joannes? Porro is qui nunc praecidet beatissimus papa, omisit quidquam supplicationi conveniens? Nonne Oriens totus et Occidens lacrymas, lamenta, obsecrationes, deprecationes ex aequo tam Deo per orationes, quam his per epistolas afferebant? Sed Deus quidem horum profecto beatorum virorum fidem admisit, et pro ea vicissitudinem in secula conservavit.","english":"Concerning all of which, the wretches have not even become aware of the apostolic see, and, what is laughable—or rather, as we may more properly say, most worthy of lament, as it demonstrates their audacity—they have not even been ashamed to lie rashly against the apostolic see itself; but, as if they had become part of its council, and as if by some decree received from it, they have taken the great Honorius along with them in their woven-together actions for the impious ecthesis, making a display of their presumption to others, a man of the greatest eminence in the cause of piety. Who, then, O most renowned one, and what kind of Sophronius, persuaded them to do these things so atrociously and for so long a time with these falsehoods? What church did not ask them? What pious and orthodox bishop did not supplicate them, crying out and adjuring them to cease from their own heresy? Indeed, the sacred Arcadius was breathing his last and giving up his spirit to God, but he did not cease to ask them even up to that hour. And after a few things: But what of the divine Honorius, and what of the old man Severinus after him, and finally what of the sacred John who came after him? Moreover, the most blessed pope who now presides, has he omitted anything fitting for supplication? Has not the whole East and West equally brought tears, lamentations, entreaties, and supplications both to God through prayers and to them through letters? But God indeed has admitted the faith of these blessed men, and has preserved a recompense for it throughout the ages.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ecthesis","severity":"info","text":"Ecthesis (ἔκθεσις) is a Greek term for a doctrinal statement; here it refers to the heretical formula promoted by the Monothelites, condemned by the Lateran Council of 649.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Honorius","severity":"info","text":"Pope Honorius I (r. 625–638) was posthumously condemned as a heretic at the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681) for his correspondence supporting Monothelitism, a fact that later became a point of contention in papal infallibility debates.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Sophronius","severity":"info","text":"Sophronius was Patriarch of Jerusalem (634–638) and a leading opponent of Monothelitism; his Synodical Letter to Pope Honorius I is a key document in the controversy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Quis itaque... persuasit?","severity":"info","text":"The rhetorical question 'Who, then... persuaded them?' marks a shift from narrative accusation to a series of apostrophes, intensifying the emotional appeal against the heretics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"magnum Honorium","severity":"info","text":"The epithet 'great Honorius' is ironic or sarcastic, given Honorius's later condemnation; this passage reflects the pro-Roman stance of the Lateran Synod of 649, which defended Honorius against Monothelite misrepresentation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"De quibus omnibus miseri nec sensus apostolicae facti sunt sedis","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin syntax is convoluted; 'sensus... facti sunt' may mean 'became aware of' or 'were admitted to the knowledge of'; the translation follows the former, but the latter is possible.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'nec sensus apostolicae facti sunt sedis' could be read as 'they were not made part of the apostolic see's awareness' or 'they did not become sensible of the apostolic see'; the translation adopts the latter.","The identity of 'the most blessed pope who now presides' is ambiguous in the excerpt but likely refers to Pope Martin I (r. 649–655), who convened the Lateran Synod."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"Illi autem Domini contemnentes inducias, ad conversionem hos benigne cohortantes, et horum egregiorum facta per tot tempora supplicat one torpentes, suae nequaquam passi sunt coelestem fidem praeferre: Post aliqua: Divinus ergo magnusque Sophronius tunc Alexandriam veniens, mox ex prima lectione (dederat enim etiam ipsi Cyrus ad retractandum illa novem impietatis capitula; lugubre quiddam et ingens vociferatus, fontes emittebat lacrymarum, illum fervide obsecrans, supplicans, expostulans, in pavimento ipsius vestigiis provolutus, quo nihil horum super ambonem contra catholicam Dei Ecclesiam praedicaret, quippe cum haec liquido impii essent Apollinarii dogmata. Et paulo post: Taliter viri, o mihi prae omnibus reverendum caput, divina Deo perosis insultationibus et invicem scenicis quodammodo illusionibus lacerabant, et sacratissimum Sophronium tam miserabiliter lamentatum, utpote contritionem more cujusdam secundi Jeremiae catholicae deflentem Ecclesiae, tantumque divinorum lapsum bene valde et compatientissime dogmatum deplorantem, nullatenus consolati sunt. Et post nonnulla: Si enim Romana sedes non solum reprobum Pyrrhum, sed et male sentientem et male credentem non nescit, perspicuum profecto est quia omnis qui eos qui Pyrrhum reprobaverunt anathematizat, sedem Romanam, id est catholicam Ecclesiam anathematizat.","english":"But they, despising the Lord's respite, while kindly exhorting these to conversion, and numbed by the supplications of these distinguished men over so long a time, by no means allowed the heavenly faith to take precedence over their own. After some things: Therefore the divine and great Sophronius, coming then to Alexandria, soon from the first reading (for Cyrus himself had given him those nine impious chapters to review), cried out something mournful and immense, poured forth streams of tears, fervently beseeching, supplicating, expostulating with him, prostrate at his very footsteps, that he preach none of these things from the ambo against the catholic Church of God, since these were clearly the impious doctrines of Apollinarius. And a little later: Thus the men, O head most reverend to me above all, were tearing each other apart with god-detested insults and, as it were, theatrical mockeries, and they in no way consoled the most holy Sophronius, who lamented so pitiably, as if bewailing the contrition of the catholic Church like a second Jeremiah, and deploring so great a fall of divine dogmas with great goodness and compassion. And after some things: For if the Roman see knows Pyrrhus not only as reprobate, but also as wrong-thinking and wrong-believing, it is certainly clear that whoever anathematizes those who reprobated Pyrrhus, anathematizes the Roman see, that is, the catholic Church.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Sophronius","severity":"info","text":"Sophronius, patriarch of Jerusalem (634–638), was a leading opponent of Monothelitism. His synodical letter to Pope Honorius I and others condemned the doctrine of one energy in Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Pyrrhus","severity":"info","text":"Pyrrhus was patriarch of Constantinople (638–641, briefly 654), deposed and later condemned for Monothelitism. His reprobation by the Roman see is a key point in Honorius's argument.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ambonem","severity":"info","text":"Ambo (ambonem) refers to the raised pulpit in a church from which the Gospel was read and sermons delivered. Its use here underscores the public, liturgical context of Sophronius's plea.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"secundi Jeremiae","severity":"info","text":"The comparison of Sophronius to a 'second Jeremiah' echoes the biblical prophet's lament over the destruction of Jerusalem (Lamentations). It frames Sophronius's grief as prophetic and divinely authorized.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Post aliqua ... Et paulo post ... Et post nonnulla","severity":"info","text":"These three transitional phrases mark the excerpting of discontinuous passages from a longer original. The editor signals that material has been omitted between each section.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"Romanam sedem ... catholicam Ecclesiam","severity":"info","text":"The equation of the Roman see with the catholic Church reflects the developing papal primacy in the 7th century. This passage was later cited in debates over papal authority, especially during the Monothelite controversy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Post aliqua' and similar markers indicate lacunae, but the extent and content of omitted material are unknown.","The identity of 'Cyrus' (Cyrus of Alexandria?) is not fully clarified in the excerpt; he may be the Monothelite patriarch Cyrus of Alexandria (d. 642)."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"Omitto enim dicere quia utique et seipsum, qui talis est, si duntaxat sedi Romanae communicat, catholicaeque Dei Ecclesiae. Obsecro igitur, be(??)edicte domine mi, praecipere omnibus, ne Pyrrhum sanctissimum vel almificum nomine. Neque enim tale quid sacra regula eum vocari permittit. A cuncta enim cecidit sanctitate, qui nimirum ab Ecclesia catholica sponte prosiliit. Non enim fas est illum ex quacunque laude cognominari, qui jam olim damnatus est et abjectus ab apostolica sede Romanae urbis, ob externae sensum opinionis, donec ab ea recipiatur conversus ad ipsam, imo ad Dominum nostrum per piam confessionem, et orthodoxam fidem, qua sanctificationem recipiat, sanctumque vecabulum. Itaque si vult haereticus neque esse, neque audiri, non isti aut illi satisfaciat, superfluum quippe hoc et irrationabile est, quia sicut uno contra eum scandalizato omnes scandalizati sunt, ita quoque uno satisfacto, omnes procul dubio satisfiunt. Festinet pro omnibus sedi Romanae satisfacere. Hac enim satisfacta, cummuniter ubique omnes pium hunc et orthodoxum praedicabunt. Nam frustra solummodo loquitur, qui mihi similes suadendos ac subripiendos putat, et non satisfacit et implorat sanctissimae Romanorum Ecclesiae beatissimum papam, id est apostolicam sedem. quae ab ipso incarnato Dei Verbo, sed.","english":"I omit to say that certainly even he himself, who is such a one, if only he communicates with the Roman See and the Catholic Church of God. I beseech you, therefore, my blessed lord, to command all that they not call Pyrrhus most holy or by an alms-giving name. For the sacred rule does not permit such a thing to be called him. For he has fallen from all sanctity, who manifestly has voluntarily leaped forth from the Catholic Church. For it is not lawful that he be named by any praise whatsoever, who has already long ago been condemned and cast out by the apostolic see of the city of Rome, on account of the sense of an external opinion, until he is received back by it, converted to it, indeed to our Lord, through pious confession and orthodox faith, by which he may receive sanctification and the holy name. Therefore, if he wishes neither to be nor to be called a heretic, let him not satisfy this one or that one; for this is superfluous and irrational, because just as with one scandalized against him all are scandalized, so also with one satisfied, all are without doubt satisfied. Let him hasten to satisfy the Roman See for all. For with it satisfied, everywhere all will commonly proclaim him pious and orthodox. For he speaks in vain who thinks to persuade and deceive those like me, and does not satisfy and implore the most blessed pope of the most holy Church of the Romans, that is, the apostolic see, which from the incarnate Word of God itself, the see.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"almificum","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'almificum' (alms-giving) is a rare or possibly corrupt form; the English draft renders it as 'alms-giving name', but the sense may be 'blessed' or 'holy'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Pyrrhus was patriarch of Constantinople (638–641) and a supporter of Monotheletism; he was condemned by Pope Theodore I and later by Pope Martin I. Honorius I (pope 625–638) was posthumously condemned for Monotheletism at the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a rhetorical appeal to the Roman see as the ultimate arbiter of orthodoxy, emphasizing that satisfaction with Rome suffices for all.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"be(??)edicte","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'be(??)edicte' is corrupt; the English draft reads 'blessed', but the original may have been 'benedicte' (blessed) or 'beatissime' (most blessed).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This letter, attributed to Honorius I, was cited in the Monothelete controversy; its authenticity and orthodoxy were debated, especially after Honorius's posthumous condemnation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text has several corrupt or uncertain readings (e.g., 'be(??)edicte', 'almificum'), and the exact identity of the author (Honorius I or a later forger) is debated."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":15,"ref":"p15","source":"et omnibus sanctis synodis, secundum sacros canones et terminos, universarum quae in toto terrarum orbe sunt sanctarum Dei Ecclesiarum in omnibus et per omnia percepit et habet imperium, auctoritatem et potestatem ligandi atque solvendi. Cum hoc enim ligat et solvit etiam in coelo Verbum, quod coele tibus virtutibus principatur. Si enim alios quidem satisfaciendos ducit, et beatissimum Romanum papam nequaquam implorat, simile quiddam agit ei qui forte homicidii vel alterius cujusdam criminis redarguitur, et insontem se non ei qui secundum leges judicandi jura sortitus est exhibere festinat, sed tantum inutiliter et sine lucro aliis et privatis hominibus munditiam monstrare sui satagit actus, qui nullam habeant se solvendi a crimine potestatem. Quapropter, be· nedicte(??)mi domine, adhuc magis extende praeceptionem, quae bene vobis et secundum placitum Dei visa fuisse dignoscitur, quo nemini licentiam habeat i(??)te quidquam loqui et obloqui dogmatis causa. Sed liquido discite voluntatem hujus abundantius investigantes, si velit annuere penitus veritati; et si hoc agere studuerit, et ad id secundum rationem accelerat, hortamini eum suggestionem convenienter facere ad beatissimum papam Romanum, quatenus sic per illius divinam praeceptionem regulariter quae circa ipsum sunt et decentissime moderetur ad gloriam Dei, et vestrae laudem sublimitatis.","english":"and to all holy synods, according to the sacred canons and definitions, it has received and holds command, authority, and power of binding and loosing over all and through all the holy Churches of God which are throughout the whole world. For with this it binds and looses even in heaven the Word, which rules over the celestial powers. For if someone leads others to be satisfied, and does not at all implore the most blessed Roman pontiff, he does something similar to one who, accused of homicide or some other crime, does not hasten to show himself innocent to him who by law has obtained the right of judging, but only uselessly and without profit strives to display the purity of his act to other private persons, who have no power to absolve him from the crime. Wherefore, my blessed lord, extend still more the precept, which is seen to have been well and according to the will of God by you, so that no one may have license to speak or speak against anything for the sake of dogma. But clearly learn the will of this man, investigating more abundantly, whether he wishes to assent fully to the truth; and if he strives to do this, and hastens to it according to reason, exhort him to make a suitable suggestion to the most blessed Roman pontiff, so that through his divine precept those things which concern him may be regulated in a regular manner and most fittingly to the glory of God and the praise of your sublimity.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ligandi atque solvendi","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'power of binding and loosing' (ligandi atque solvendi) is a technical term for papal jurisdictional authority, rooted in Matthew 16:19 and canon law, here extended to cosmic scope.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"beatissimum Romanum papam","severity":"info","text":"The reference to the 'most blessed Roman pontiff' reflects the 7th-century context of the Monothelite controversy, where Pope Honorius I (r. 625–638) was later condemned for his stance, though here the text asserts papal primacy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage forms a sustained argument by analogy: the papal power of binding and loosing is compared to a judge's legal authority, reinforcing the necessity of appealing to Rome for doctrinal resolution.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"be· nedicte(??)mi domine","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'be· nedicte(??)mi domine' is corrupt; the English draft reads 'my blessed lord,' but the manuscript may have read 'beatissime domine' or similar. The sense is clear but the exact reading is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This text, attributed to a letter concerning Pyrrhus, was cited in later medieval debates on papal supremacy, notably in the context of the Donation of Constantine and conciliarist controversies.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the author and addressee is not specified in the passage; the 'blessed lord' may be the Byzantine emperor or a patriarch. The corrupt reading 'be· nedicte(??)mi domine' leaves the exact form uncertain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":16,"ref":"p16","source":"III.\n\nOBSERVATIO PHILIPPI LABBE S. J. Neque vero omittenda fuerat a collectore regio, quae initio collectaneorum a Sirmondo editorum praefationis loco posita est, Anastasii sedis apostolicae bibliothecarii ad Joannem diaconum urbis Romanae epistola, qua non instituti solum operis rationem explicat, sed Honorii etiam papae defensionem continet adversus sextae synodi censuram, qua perstrictus inter Monothelitas videbatur, ut docet Sirmondus. Eam igitur rebus tum paulo ante praemissis de Honorio, tum sequenti volumine secuturis, omnino necessariam paucis accipe.\n\nANASTASH, SEDIS APOSTOLICAE BIBLIOTHECARII EPISTOLA AD JOANNEM DIACONUM.\n\nCharissimo fratri Joanni digno Christi Levitae Anastasius exignus in Domino salutem.\n\nEcclesiasticam scripturae ad multorum instructionem historiam indust(??)iae tuae promiseram ex Graeco me tibi sermone quaedam in Latinum versurum cioquium. Dixeras enim, et summa veritate docente perhibueras, ecclesiasticam te ordiri non posse fidenter historiam, nisi utriusque linguae quaedam rerum gestarum conscripta series ad tuam notitiam devenisset.","english":"III.\n\nOBSERVATION OF PHILIPPE Labbe, S.J. Nor indeed should it have been omitted by the royal collector, which was placed at the beginning of the collections edited by Sirmond as a preface: the letter of Anastasius, librarian of the apostolic see, to John, deacon of the city of Rome, which not only explains the rationale of the work undertaken, but also contains a defense of Pope Honorius against the censure of the sixth synod, by which he seemed to be condemned among the Monothelites, as Sirmond teaches. Therefore, receive it briefly, as altogether necessary both for matters just previously set forth concerning Honorius and for those to follow in the next volume.\n\nLETTER OF ANASTASIUS, LIBRARIAN OF THE APOSTOLIC SEE, TO JOHN THE DEACON.\n\nTo his most beloved brother John, worthy Levite of Christ, Anastasius the humble sends greetings in the Lord.\n\nI had promised to your industry an ecclesiastical history of scripture for the instruction of many, that I would translate for you from the Greek language into Latin speech certain things. For you had said, and with the highest truth teaching you had affirmed, that you could not confidently begin an ecclesiastical history unless a certain written series of events in both languages had come to your knowledge.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Anastasii sedis apostolicae bibliothecarii","severity":"info","text":"Anastasius Bibliothecarius (c. 810–879) was a key figure in the transmission of Greek patristic and conciliar texts to the Latin West. His letter to John the Deacon defends Pope Honorius I against the condemnation of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680–681).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Honorii etiam papae defensionem","severity":"info","text":"The defense of Honorius I here reflects a persistent controversy: the Sixth Council condemned Honorius as a Monothelite, but later Latin apologists, including Anastasius, sought to rehabilitate him. This letter is part of that reception history.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"OBSERVATIO PHILIPPI LABBE S. J.","severity":"info","text":"This passage is introduced by a note from the Jesuit editor Philippe Labbe (1607–1667), explaining why he includes Anastasius’s letter. The note frames the letter as necessary background for understanding the Honorius controversy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"exignus","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'exignus' (here 'exignus in Domino') is a variant spelling of 'exiguus,' meaning 'humble' or 'lowly.' It is a standard self-deprecating epithet in medieval letter salutations, not a proper name.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"indust(??)iae","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text has 'indust(??)iae,' indicating a lacuna or illegible abbreviation. The English draft reads 'industry,' which is plausible, but the exact reading is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'indust(??)iae' is corrupt; the reading 'industriae' is assumed but not certain."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":17,"ref":"p17","source":"Quapropter quia tantae me imperitiae recognosco, ut nec ipsius linguae m(??)ae, in qua natus sum, ne dixerim alienae, vim penetrare sufficiam, ac per hoc nunquam interpretandi quacunque ratione conamen arripere praesumpsissem, consentiens a magistris reprehendi, quam te a praedicta torpore meo texenda historia removere, satisfacere tibi ecce pro viribus maturavi. Credens plane a te corrigendum quidquid meum distortum, poliendum quidquid repertum fuerit impolitum. Sane fateor, testimonium mihi perhibente conscientia, mallem haec et hujusmodi ab aliis fieri, non tam laborem fugiens quam imperitam undecunque scientiam meam, si tamen scientia, et non magis inscitia sit dicenda, non sciens, si salva pace fraternitatis tuae, seu scribendae a te historiae proposito, haec omittere potuissem; qui profecto tanta luce sapientiae rutilas, ut a me non quod necessarium, sed temerarium experiri saporem proposuisse vide(??)is. Itaque mihi, int(??)rveniente obedientia, sata ab aliis rustica falce collegisse, et ad aream Latinitatis fideli humero transvexisse sufficiat, nil videlicet addenti vel minuenti. Tuum autem erit, adjectis sententiis, veluti quodam ventilabro judicii, opus historiae dilatare, et verba nostra, quae in ea inserenda decreveris, quasi quaedam frumenta purgare.","english":"Therefore, since I recognize such great inexperience in myself that I am not even capable of penetrating the force of my own native tongue, let alone a foreign one, and for this reason I would never have presumed to undertake any attempt at interpreting, agreeing rather to be rebuked by teachers than to remove you from the task of composing the aforementioned history on account of my sluggishness, I have hastened to satisfy you to the best of my ability. Clearly trusting that you will correct whatever is distorted in my work and polish whatever is found to be unpolished. Indeed, I confess, with my conscience bearing witness, that I would prefer these and similar things to be done by others, not so much shunning labor as my unskilled knowledge from every side—if indeed it should be called knowledge, and not rather ignorance—not knowing, if I could have omitted these things without prejudice to your fraternity, or to the plan of the history to be written by you; you who surely shine with such great light of wisdom that you seem to have proposed to test from me not what is necessary, but what is rash. Therefore, let it suffice for me, with obedience intervening, to have gathered with a rustic sickle what was sown by others, and to have carried it to the threshing-floor of Latinity on a faithful shoulder, adding or subtracting nothing. But it will be your task, with added judgments, as if with some winnowing-fan of discernment, to expand the work of history and to purge our words, which you will have decided to insert into it, like so much grain.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Quapropter quia tantae me imperitiae recognosco","severity":"info","text":"The author opens with a conventional modesty topos, disclaiming competence even in his native tongue, a rhetorical stance common in prefatory letters.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"interpretandi","severity":"info","text":"Interpretandi here likely means 'translating' (from Greek into Latin), a key activity of the papal librarian Anastasius, to whom this letter is attributed.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Anastasius bibliothecarius","severity":"info","text":"Anastasius Bibliothecarius (d. 879) was a Roman librarian and translator of Greek ecclesiastical texts; his letter prefaces a collection of documents concerning Pope Honorius I.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"rustica falce ... ventilabro judicii","severity":"info","text":"The agricultural metaphors (rustic sickle, winnowing fan) frame the author as a humble harvester and the addressee as a discerning judge, structuring the collaborative relationship.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"defense of Pope Honorius","severity":"info","text":"This letter was used in early modern controversies over papal infallibility, as Honorius I was posthumously condemned for monothelitism; the preface defends him.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"m(??)ae","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin text has a lacuna or illegible abbreviation in 'm(??)ae', likely 'meae' (my), but the reading is uncertain; the translation assumes 'meae'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The abbreviation 'm(??)ae' is unclear; the reading 'meae' is conjectural.","The phrase 'int(??)rveniente' may be a scribal error for 'interveniente'."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":18,"ref":"p18","source":"Verum nos sic et haec et alia interpretandi propositum sumpsimus, ut nec ab ipsa verborum usquequaque circumstantia discessisse noscamur, nec pro posse a sensus veritate decidisse videatur. Porro novissimorum temporum brevia quaedam opuscula transtuli, quoniam priorum temporum gesta priores, imo majores nostri transferentes, nos in hujusmodi opere praevenerunt, quemadmodum et longe praestantius transcenderunt. Igitur post chronographiam tripartitam, quam te hortante transtulimus et alia quaedam brevissima opuscula, quae ad petitum diversorum patrum et fratrum nostrorum interpretati sumus, ad manus nostras venire configit apologiam quarti Joannis Romani pontificis pro Honorio papa a calumniatoribus impetito, quod unam Domini nostri Jesu Christi tantum scripserit voluntatem. Quae videlicet apologia satis hunc, ut reor, excusabilem reddit, licet huic sexta sancta synodus quasi haeretico anathema dixerit, et in Dei solius jam judicio positum reprobationis telo confoderit, cum haereticus non ex erroris tantum deceptione, quantum ex electione non recta et contentiosa pertinacia generetur. Quis autem erit qui nobis interim dicat utrum ipse pro certo dictaverit epistolam, de qua illum anathematizandi fomitem calumniatores susceperunt, cum et ex scriptoris vel indisciplinatione, vel in pontificem odio quid contingere tale potuerit?","english":"But we have undertaken the task of interpreting both these and other matters in such a way that we are seen neither to have departed entirely from the very wording of the text, nor, as far as possible, to have fallen away from the truth of its meaning. Moreover, I have translated certain brief works of recent times, since our predecessors—indeed, our greater forebears—who translated the deeds of earlier times, anticipated us in this kind of work, just as they also far surpassed us in excellence. Therefore, after the Tripartite Chronicle, which we translated at your urging, and certain other very brief works which we interpreted at the request of various of our fathers and brothers, the apology of John, the fourth Roman pontiff, for Pope Honorius, who was attacked by slanderers for having written that our Lord Jesus Christ had only one will, came into our hands. This apology, it seems, renders him quite excusable, although the Sixth Holy Synod anathematized him as a heretic and, with him already placed under the sole judgment of God, pierced him with the dart of reprobation, since a heretic is generated not so much by the deception of error as by an incorrect choice and contentious obstinacy. But who will tell us in the meantime whether he himself actually dictated the letter from which the slanderers took the fuel for anathematizing him, since such a thing could have happened either from the writer’s lack of discipline or from hatred toward the pontiff?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Verum nos sic et haec et alia interpretandi propositum sumpsimus","severity":"info","text":"The author states his translation method: he aims to balance fidelity to the wording with accuracy of meaning, a common topos in Latin prefaces.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"chronographiam tripartitam","severity":"info","text":"The Tripartite Chronicle (Chronographia Tripertita) is a Latin translation of Greek chronicles, likely by the same author, mentioned as prior work.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"apologiam quarti Joannis Romani pontificis pro Honorio papa","severity":"info","text":"This refers to the defense of Pope Honorius I (d. 638) by Pope John IV (640–642). Honorius was posthumously condemned as a heretic by the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680–681) for his letter on Monotheletism.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"haereticus non ex erroris tantum deceptione, quantum ex electione non recta et contentiosa pertinacia generetur","severity":"info","text":"The author defines heresy as arising from willful choice and obstinacy, not mere error—a standard patristic and medieval distinction.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Quis autem erit qui nobis interim dicat utrum ipse pro certo dictaverit epistolam","severity":"caution","text":"The author casts doubt on whether Honorius personally dictated the incriminating letter, suggesting scribal error or malice—a key argument in the Honorius controversy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Igitur post chronographiam tripartitam ... ad manus nostras venire configit apologiam","severity":"info","text":"This sentence transitions from listing prior translations to introducing the apology for Honorius, marking a new section in the narrative.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the translator and the exact works referred to (e.g., 'brevia quaedam opuscula') are not specified in the passage."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":19,"ref":"p19","source":"quamvis non ignoremus, docente sancto Maximo in epistola sua, quam Marino scripsit presbytero, sanctissimum hanc scripsisse Joannem abbatem. Esto et ipse dictator exstitit, quis hinc illum interrogavit? quis intentionem investigavit? quis hunc corrigere voluit, et ille percontanti aut emendare conanti restitit, vel contentionibus serviens resultavit? praesertim cum in Evangelio illo quo dicitur: Nolite judicare et non judicabimini [Luc. IV, 17), et caetera, nihil aliud praecipi magnis et jam magistris Ecclesiae videtur, nisi ut ea facta, quae dubium est quo animo fiant, in meliorem partem interpretemur. Sunt quippe quaedam facta media, quae ignoramus quo animo fiant, cum bono et malo fieri possint, de quibus temerarium est judicare, maxime ut condemnemus. Denique duo sunt in quibus temerarium judicium cavere debemus, cum incertum est quo animo quidquam factum sit, vel cum incertum est qualis futurus sit, qui nunc vel malus vel bonus apparet. Quantum autem temerarium sit judicium praecavendum, aperte Dominus indicat, qui de Sodomitis more nostro loquitur, dicens: Descendam, et videbo utrum clamorem qui venit ad me opere compleverint, an non est ita, ut sciam (Gen. XVIII, 21). Et rursus per Moysen: Ne maledicas surdo, ait, nec coram caeco ponas offendiculum (Levit. XIV). Quod eisdem pene verbis Apostolus monet: Unusquisque, inquiens, nostrum pro se rationem reddet Deo.","english":"Although we are not unaware, as the holy Maximus teaches in his letter which he wrote to the presbyter Marinus, that the most holy John the abbot wrote this. Even if he himself was the author, who questioned him about this? Who investigated his intention? Who wished to correct him, and did he resist the one who questioned or attempted to correct him, or did he fight back, serving contentions? Especially since in that Gospel passage where it is said: \"Do not judge, and you will not be judged\" (Luke 6:37), and so forth, nothing else seems to be commanded to the great and already established teachers of the Church, except that we should interpret those deeds, about which it is uncertain with what intention they are done, in a better light. For there are certain neutral deeds, about which we do not know with what intention they are done, since they can be done with either good or bad intent, and it is rash to judge them, especially to condemn them. Finally, there are two situations in which we must beware of rash judgment: when it is uncertain with what intention something was done, or when it is uncertain what kind of person someone will turn out to be, who now appears either evil or good. How much rash judgment is to be avoided, the Lord clearly indicates, who speaks of the Sodomites in our manner, saying: \"I will go down and see whether the cry that has come to me has been carried out in deed, or whether it is not so, that I may know\" (Gen. 18:21). And again through Moses: \"Do not curse the deaf,\" he says, \"nor place a stumbling block before the blind\" (Lev. 19:14). The Apostle warns in almost the same words: \"Each one of us,\" he says, \"will render an account for himself to God.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Nolite judicare et non judicabimini","severity":"info","text":"The citation is from Luke 6:37, though the Latin gives 'Luc. IV, 17' (a scribal error for chapter 6). The verse is a key proof-text for the principle of charitable interpretation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Descendam, et videbo utrum clamorem... opere compleverint","severity":"info","text":"The citation is from Genesis 18:21, where God speaks of the Sodomites. The author uses it to illustrate the need for caution in judgment, even by divine example.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ne maledicas surdo... nec coram caeco ponas offendiculum","severity":"info","text":"The citation is from Leviticus 19:14, though the Latin gives 'Levit. XIV' (a chapter error). The verse is used to warn against rash judgment of those who cannot defend themselves.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"sancto Maximo in epistola sua, quam Marino scripsit presbytero","severity":"info","text":"This refers to Maximus the Confessor's letter to Marinus, likely his Epistola ad Marinum, which discusses the orthodoxy of John the Abbot (John of Scythopolis?). The author distances himself from Maximus's attribution.","cites":[],"named_sources":["Maximus the Confessor"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"facta media","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'facta media' (neutral deeds) is a technical term in moral theology for actions whose moral quality depends on intention. The author applies it to the case of John the Abbot's writings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Unusquisque... nostrum pro se rationem reddet Deo","severity":"info","text":"The final citation is attributed to the Apostle (Paul), but the exact source is unclear; it may be a paraphrase of Romans 14:12 or a similar passage. The author uses it to reinforce individual accountability.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Joannem abbatem' (John the abbot) is uncertain; possibly John of Scythopolis or another figure. The Latin 'dictator' may mean 'author' or 'composer'.","The scripture references 'Luc. IV, 17' and 'Levit. XIV' are likely scribal errors for Luke 6:37 and Leviticus 19:14."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":20,"ref":"p20","source":"Non ergo amplius invicem judicemus, sed hoc judicate magis, ne ponatis offendiculum fratri, vel scandalum (Rom. XIII). Quis autem magis surdus vel mutus dicendus est quam is cui, cum exanimis et dissolutus jacet in sepulero, nec auris patet ad objecta solemniter audiendum, nec os aperitur ad objecta rationabiliter refellendum. Verum de hujusmodi judiciis sufficiunt quae venerabilis Anastasius apostolicae sedis praesul ad Anastasium imperatorem scribens, sacrae Scripturae auctoritatis pondere gravida docet. Sed ne videamur tam sanctam tamque reverendam synodum accusare, vel temere reprehendero, licere nobis opinamur de illa sentire, quae sanctos patres nostros de Chalcedonensi magna synodo sensisse non ignoramus. Quorum unus, sanctus videlicet papa Gregorius, usque ad praelationem tantummodo canonum hinc suscipiendam fore signavit. Beatus autem aeque papa Gelasius, in tomo de anathematis vinculo qualiter eadem synodus recipienda sit, luculentis exemplis et nonnullis divinis testimoniis innuit, ubi horum circumstantiam tali deliberatione concludit. Haec, inquiens et hujusmodi exempla nos edocent, et testimonia divina confirmant, non omnia passim a quocunque dicta, vel ubicunque scripta indifferenter accipere, sed, retentis bonis, quae noceant refutare.","english":"Therefore, let us no longer judge one another, but rather judge this: that you place no stumbling block or scandal before a brother (Rom. 13). For who is to be called more deaf or mute than he who, when he lies lifeless and dissolved in the tomb, neither opens his ear to hear solemnly the charges brought, nor opens his mouth to refute them reasonably? But concerning judgments of this kind, what the venerable Anastasius, pontiff of the apostolic see, teaches in writing to the Emperor Anastasius, laden with the weight of sacred Scripture's authority, suffices. Yet, lest we seem to accuse or rashly reproach so holy and so reverend a synod, we think it is permitted for us to hold an opinion about it, which we know the holy fathers held concerning the great Synod of Chalcedon. One of them, namely the holy Pope Gregory, indicated that only the canons themselves were to be received from it. But the blessed Pope Gelasius, equally, in his tome on the bond of anathema, shows by clear examples and several divine testimonies how that same synod is to be received, where he concludes the circumstances of these matters with such deliberation: \"These,\" he says, \"and examples of this kind teach us, and divine testimonies confirm, that we are not to accept indiscriminately everything said by anyone or written anywhere, but, retaining the good, to reject what is harmful.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Rom. XIII","severity":"info","text":"The citation 'Rom. XIII' refers to Romans 14:13 in the Vulgate, which warns against placing a stumbling block before a brother.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Anastasius apostolicae sedis praesul","severity":"info","text":"Anastasius II, pope from 496 to 498, wrote to the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I (r. 491–518) on ecclesiastical matters, as referenced here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"papa Gregorius","severity":"info","text":"Pope Gregory I (the Great, r. 590–604) is cited as accepting only the canons of the Council of Chalcedon (451), not all its acts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"papa Gelasius","severity":"info","text":"Pope Gelasius I (r. 492–496) wrote a tome on the bond of anathema, likely his 'Decretum Gelasianum', which discusses selective reception of synodal decisions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Haec, inquiens et hujusmodi exempla","severity":"info","text":"The passage concludes with a direct quotation from Gelasius, introduced by 'inquiens', which serves as an authoritative summary of the argument for selective acceptance of synodal decrees.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Chalcedonensi magna synodo","severity":"info","text":"The Council of Chalcedon (451) was a touchstone for later debates on orthodoxy; here its reception is qualified by papal authorities to avoid blanket endorsement.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Anastasius apostolicae sedis praesul' is ambiguous: it could refer to Pope Anastasius II or another Anastasius; the context suggests Pope Anastasius II writing to the emperor.","The phrase 'in tomo de anathematis vinculo' is not a known title; it may refer to a lost or misidentified work of Gelasius I."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":21,"ref":"p21","source":"Nam et hanc quoque sanctam synodum canonica quaedam capitula promulgasse, Graecorum scripta testantur, quae tamen pene omnia, quae sedes apostolica non probavit, tota Latinitas reprobavit. Sed quidde hac sola dicimus, cum et secundam universalem synodum, quae primo Constantinopoli celebrata est, in causa primatus Ecclesiarum, sedes apostolica non admittat; quin et omnes synodos sic recipiendas decernat, ut Chalcedonensem synodum admittendam fore praedictus Gelasius papa describat, pro fidei scilicet communione et veritate catholica et apostolica, pro qua hanc fieri sedes apostolica delegavit, factamque firmavit? Verum, si omnia exaggerare volumus quae in Honorii papae excusationem colligere possumus, facilius charta nobis quam sermo deficiet, et interpretandi propositum ad dictationis profecto vertemus eloquium. Unum tamen dicemus, quod reticere procul dubio non debemus, quia talis est dictus Honorius, qualis est et pronuntiatus; quod si talis non fuit, cui sit praefixa sententia, profecto non erit, quoniam sicut scriptum est: Homo videt in facie, Deus autem in corde,","english":"For indeed, the writings of the Greeks testify that this holy synod also promulgated certain canonical chapters, which, however, almost all of them—those which the Apostolic See did not approve—the whole of Latinity rejected. But why do we speak only of this one, when even the second ecumenical synod, which was first celebrated at Constantinople, the Apostolic See does not admit in the matter of the primacy of the Churches; indeed, it decrees that all synods are to be received in such a way that the aforementioned Pope Gelasius describes the Synod of Chalcedon as to be admitted, namely for the communion of faith and the catholic and apostolic truth, for the sake of which the Apostolic See delegated this synod to be held, and confirmed it once held? Truly, if we wish to exaggerate everything that we can gather in excuse of Pope Honorius, the paper will more easily fail us than speech, and we will surely turn the purpose of interpreting into the eloquence of dictation. Yet we will say one thing, which we undoubtedly ought not to pass over in silence: that the said Honorius is as he is also pronounced; but if he was not such, to whom the sentence was prefixed, assuredly he will not be, since as it is written: Man sees in the face, but God in the heart.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"secundam universalem synodum, quae primo Constantinopoli celebrata est","severity":"info","text":"The Second Ecumenical Council (Constantinople I, 381) was not universally accepted by the Roman see in matters of primacy, a point of contention in later ecclesiological debates.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"Gelasius papa","severity":"info","text":"Pope Gelasius I (492–496) is cited as an authority on the reception of councils; his writings, including the Decretum Gelasianum, shaped Latin views on conciliar authority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Homo videt in facie, Deus autem in corde","severity":"info","text":"This proverb echoes biblical sentiment (cf. 1 Cor 4:5, Prov 15:3 Vulg.) but is not a direct quotation; it contrasts human judgment with divine omniscience.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"exaggerare","severity":"info","text":"Here 'exaggerare' means 'to amplify or heap up' (arguments), not 'to exaggerate' in the modern pejorative sense; the author claims abundance of material, not hyperbole.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Unum tamen dicemus","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a rhetorical turn from a series of historical examples to a direct assertion about Honorius, emphasizing the author's restraint.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"qualis est et pronuntiatus","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin is ambiguous: 'pronuntiatus' could mean 'pronounced (by others)' or 'declared (by a council)'; the English draft takes it as the latter, but the syntax allows either.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'qualis est et pronuntiatus' is ambiguous: it may mean Honorius is as he was declared (by a synod) or as he was reputed (by common opinion).","The referent of 'cui sit praefixa sententia' is unclear: it could be Honorius or another person."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":22,"ref":"p22","source":"Sed ecce, dum prolixius praefatio ad te nostra dirigitur, ab interpretandi studio procul abscessimus, ostendere gestientes, quod in apostolicae sedis petra, quantum ad fidem pertinet, nec etiam per Honorium inventum sit unquam serpentis, id est virulentae sectae, vestigium. Sume igitur jam memoratam Joannis papae pro Honorio apologiam; sume etiam et pro eodem ipso apologiam ex epistola Maximi monachi, et revera philosophi, Christique Dei nostri martyris, missa Marino presbytero, diffloratam. Ipse quippe beatissimus Maximus non solum in jam dicta, sed et in ea quam scripsit ad abbatem Thalassium epistola, jam nominatum defendit Honorium. Verum etiam in epistola sua dogmatica, quam ad Petrum scripsit illustrem, magnum hunc et divinum appellat. Ex qua scilicet epistola de eodem papa Honorio et Hierosolymitano Sophronio, de quo in translatis a nobis scriptis saepe memoriam fecimus, atque de Pyrrho Constantinopolitano haeretico patriarcha, difflorata quaedam atque translata en tibi afferimus.","english":"But behold, while our preface to you is being drawn out at greater length, we have strayed far from the task of translating, eager to show that on the rock of the apostolic see, as far as faith is concerned, not even through Honorius was any trace of the serpent—that is, of a venomous sect—ever found. Take, then, the already mentioned apology of Pope John for Honorius; take also the apology for the same Honorius, culled from the letter of Maximus the monk—truly a philosopher and a martyr of Christ our God—sent to the presbyter Marinus. For the most blessed Maximus not only in the aforementioned letter, but also in the one he wrote to Abbot Thalassius, defends the aforementioned Honorius. Moreover, in his dogmatic letter, which he wrote to the illustrious Peter, he calls this great man divine. From this letter, indeed, concerning the same Pope Honorius and Sophronius of Jerusalem—of whom we have often made mention in the works translated by us—and concerning Pyrrhus, the heretical patriarch of Constantinople, we bring you certain excerpts, culled and translated.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Honorius","severity":"info","text":"Pope Honorius I (625–638) was posthumously condemned as a monothelite heretic by the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681). This passage defends him, reflecting later Latin efforts to rehabilitate his orthodoxy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Maximus monachi","severity":"info","text":"Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662) was a Greek monk and theologian, a leading opponent of monothelitism. His defense of Honorius, cited here, is historically contested; Maximus later died for dyothelite orthodoxy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"apostolicae sedis petra","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'rock of the apostolic see' alludes to Matthew 16:18 and the Petrine claim of papal primacy. The author asserts that the see's faith is immovable, even through a pope deemed heretical by an ecumenical council.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"Joannis papae pro Honorio apologiam","severity":"info","text":"The 'apology of Pope John for Honorius' likely refers to Pope John IV (640–642), who defended Honorius's orthodoxy in a letter to Emperor Constantine III. This text was used in later Latin polemics against the Council of Constantinople III.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Sume igitur ... sume etiam","severity":"info","text":"The repeated imperative 'sume' (take) marks a rhetorical turn: the author interrupts the preface to direct the reader to appended documents, structuring the argument as a dossier of proofs for Honorius's orthodoxy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"diffloratam","severity":"caution","text":"The verb 'diffloratam' (culled, excerpted) indicates that the cited letters are not given in full but as selected extracts. This selective presentation may shape the evidence for Honorius's defense, and the original context is lost.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Pope John' is not specified; it may be John IV (640–642) or another. The 'illustrious Peter' addressed by Maximus is not further identified. The phrase 'in translatis a nobis scriptis' refers to earlier translations by the same author, but their content is not given."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":23,"ref":"p23","source":"Praeterea, interpretati sumus ex epistola ejusdem sancti Maximi ad Marinum scripta presbyterum circumstantiam de Spiritus sancti processione, ubi frustra causari contra nos innuit Graecos, cum nos non causam vel principium Filium dicamus Spiritus sancti, ut autumant, sed unitatem substantiae Patris ac Filii non nescientes, sicut procedit ex Patre, ita eum procedere fateamur ex Filio, missionem nimirum processione intelligentes; pie interpretans, utriusque linguae gnaros ad pacem erudiens, dum scilicet et nos et Graecos edocet secundum quiddam procedere, et secundum quiddam non procedere Spiritum sanctum ex Filio, difficultatem exprimendi de alterius in alterius linguae proprietatem significans. Siquidem et hujusmodi pia interpretatione sanctus olim Athanasius Orientales et Occidentales super subsistentiae vel personae nomine dissidentes univit, dum unum idemque utrosque corde credere, sensuque retinere perdocuit, licet ob linguae varietatem alifer atque aliter ore confiterentur, et importunis contentionibus desaevirent.","english":"Furthermore, we have interpreted from the letter of the same Saint Maximus to Marinus the presbyter the circumstance concerning the procession of the Holy Spirit, where he indicates that the Greeks vainly bring charges against us, since we do not say that the Son is the cause or principle of the Holy Spirit, as they claim, but, not being ignorant of the unity of substance of the Father and the Son, we confess that just as He proceeds from the Father, so also He proceeds from the Son, understanding mission, of course, as procession; piously interpreting, he instructs those skilled in both languages toward peace, while indeed teaching both us and the Greeks that in one respect the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Son, and in another respect does not proceed, signifying the difficulty of expressing the property of one language into another. Indeed, by such a pious interpretation, Saint Athanasius once united the Easterners and Westerners who were in disagreement over the name of subsistence or person, while teaching thoroughly that both believed the same thing in heart and retained it in meaning, although due to the variety of language they confessed it differently in speech and raged with importunate contentions.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"missionem nimirum processione intelligentes","severity":"info","text":"The author equates 'mission' (missio) with 'procession' (processio), a theological move to reconcile Latin and Greek understandings of the Holy Spirit's origin.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"subsistentiae vel personae","severity":"info","text":"The terms 'subsistentia' (subsistence) and 'persona' (person) are presented as equivalent, reflecting the 4th-century Trinitarian terminology debate between Eastern and Western churches.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"sanctus olim Athanasius","severity":"info","text":"Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296–373) is invoked as a precedent for reconciling East and West on Trinitarian language, specifically the homoousios controversy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Maximi ad Marinum","severity":"info","text":"Maximus the Confessor's letter to Marinus is cited as an authority for the Filioque interpretation, showing the text's engagement with 7th-century Greek theology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Praeterea","severity":"info","text":"The adverb 'Praeterea' (furthermore) signals a new argumentative step, building on the previous defense of Pope Honorius by introducing a patristic precedent.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"difficultatem exprimendi de alterius in alterius linguae proprietatem significans","severity":"caution","text":"The author acknowledges the difficulty of translating theological terms between Greek and Latin, a key issue in the Filioque debate, but the precise referent of 'alterius in alterius' is ambiguous.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'missionem nimirum processione intelligentes' could be read as either a gloss on Maximus's meaning or the author's own interpretation.","The identity of 'nos' (we) is not fully specified—likely the Latin-speaking defenders of the Filioque."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":24,"ref":"p24","source":"Transtulimus etiam quasdam epistolas Theodori papae successoris praedicti papae Joannis, juxta quod ordo poscebat, scriptas ad Paulum successorem Pyrrhi, et consecratores ejus; quorum scilicet Joannis ac Theodori eximiorum sedis apostolicae praesulum stylus epistolarum Latina redolet eloquentia; ex quo liquid(??) constat non Graece illas, sed Latine fuisse dicta(??)as. Unde notandum quod nonnulla quae Latine fuerunt edita Latinitas funditus mole oblivionis obruta deplorasset, nisi ex Graecorum post fonte librorum haec hausta sitibundo pectore resumpsisset, sicut epistolam beati papae Felicis in Petrum sententiam proferentem Antiochenum damnationis.\n\nQuinimo sicut et ipsum quoque Clementem, quem Rufinus nostrae linguae redditum, restitutum, et redeuntem ad Gaudentium scribens innuit, et quod Latine scriptus fuerit et amissus, rursusque receptus, signanter ostendit. Excerpsi nihilominus, et tibi ecce translatam praesento, quamdam narrationis circumstantiam ex epistola sancti Maximi ad abbatem, quid Constantinopoli legati Romani gesserint, gratia incitandae constantiae in causa maximae pietatis, ad redargutionem pusillanimorum, et agnoscendae potestatis apostolicae sedis contra eos qui ab ipsa quid violenter extorquere nituntur.","english":"We have also translated certain letters of Pope Theodore, the successor of the aforementioned Pope John, written, as the order required, to Paul, the successor of Pyrrhus, and to his consecrators; the epistolary style of these distinguished prelates of the apostolic see, John and Theodore, clearly breathes Latin eloquence; from this it is evident that they were not composed in Greek, but in Latin. Hence it should be noted that Latinity would have lamented many things published in Latin as utterly buried under the weight of oblivion, had it not drawn them again, with a thirsty heart, from the later source of Greek books, as, for example, the letter of the blessed Pope Felix pronouncing the sentence of condemnation against Peter of Antioch.\n\nMoreover, just as Rufinus, writing to Gaudentius, implies that Clement himself was rendered, restored, and returned to our language, and clearly shows that it was written in Latin and lost, and then recovered. I have likewise excerpted, and here present to you translated, a certain narrative circumstance from the letter of Saint Maximus to the abbot, concerning what the Roman legates did at Constantinople, for the sake of inciting constancy in the cause of the greatest piety, to refute the faint-hearted, and to recognize the authority of the apostolic see against those who strive to extort something from it by violence.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"Pope Theodore I (642–649) succeeded John IV and corresponded with Paul, patriarch of Constantinople (641–653), who succeeded Pyrrhus. The reference to Latin eloquence underscores a linguistic and theological rivalry between Rome and Constantinople.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The author notes that Latin works were lost and later recovered through Greek translations, citing the letter of Pope Felix (likely Felix III, 483–492) condemning Peter of Antioch. This reflects the complex textual transmission between Latin and Greek traditions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Clement and Rufinus alludes to Rufinus of Aquileia's Latin translation of the Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions, which he dedicated to Gaudentius. The author uses this as an example of a Latin work lost and recovered via Greek sources.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage concludes the author's series of translations and excerpts, presenting a narrative from Maximus the Confessor's letter about Roman legates in Constantinople, intended to affirm papal authority and encourage steadfastness in doctrinal controversy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The appeal to Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662) as a witness to Roman legates' actions shows how later Latin authors used Greek patristic sources to bolster claims of Roman primacy against Eastern opposition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin text has a lacuna or uncertain reading at 'liquid(??)' and 'dicta(??)as', likely 'liquido' and 'dictatas'.","The identity of 'Peter of Antioch' is unclear; possibly Peter the Fuller or a different figure condemned by Pope Felix."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":25,"ref":"p25","source":"Porro ecce nihilominus exhibeo tibi exsilii gesta sancti papae Martini, quae ad petitum venerabilis Martini episcopi Narniensis edideram, una cum Hypomnestico declarante breviter gesta sanctorum Maximi philosophi, et utriusque Anastasii, necnon et Theodori, ac Euprepii et aliorum.\n\nIV.\n\nEPITAPHIUM HONORII PAPAE I.\n\n(Baron. Annal. ad an. 638.)\n\nIn apside (quam fecit illustris papa) haec circumposita carmina leguntur musivo opere exarata subtus imagines eodem opere textas, rudi (ut ferebat saeculum) stylo:\n\nAurea concisis surgit pictura metallis, Et complexa simul clauditur ipsa dies. Fontibus e nibeis credas, aurora, subire Correptas nubes, ruribus arva rigans.\n\nIn eodem apsidis hemicyclo recta linea qui sequuntur positi sunt versus:\n\nVel qualem inter sidera lucem proferet irim Purpureusque pavo ipse colore nitens. Qui potuit noctis vel lucis reddere finem, Martyrum e bustis hinc reppulit ille chaos.","english":"Moreover, behold, I herewith present to you the acts of the exile of the holy Pope Martin, which I had published at the request of the venerable Martin, bishop of Narni, together with the Hypomnesticum briefly setting forth the acts of the holy Maximus the Philosopher, and of both Anastasii, as well as of Theodore, and of Euprepius and others.\n\nIV.\n\nEPITAPH OF POPE HONORIUS I.\n\n(Baron. Annal. ad an. 638.)\n\nIn the apse (which the illustrious pope built) these surrounding verses are read, inscribed in mosaic work beneath images wrought in the same work, in a rude style (as the age bore):\n\nGolden pictures rise from cut metals,\nAnd, clasped together, the day itself is enclosed.\nFrom snowy springs you would think, Aurora, that seized clouds ascend,\nWatering the fields of the countryside.\n\nIn the same semicircle of the apse, in a straight line, the following verses are placed:\n\nOr what light among the stars the rainbow will bring forth,\nAnd the purple peacock itself shining in color.\nHe who was able to give an end to night or day,\nFrom the tombs of the martyrs, he repelled that chaos.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"IV. EPITAPHIUM HONORII PAPAE I.","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a prose narrative about Pope Martin to a separate section (IV) containing the epitaph of Pope Honorius I, introduced by a note on its location in the apse.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"In apside (quam fecit illustris papa) haec circumposita carmina leguntur musivo opere exarata","severity":"info","text":"The epitaph was inscribed in mosaic in the apse of a church built by Honorius I, a common practice for papal monuments in early medieval Rome.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"(Baron. Annal. ad an. 638.)","severity":"info","text":"The epitaph is cited from Baronius's Annales Ecclesiastici under the year 638, indicating its transmission through Counter-Reformation scholarship.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Aurea concisis surgit pictura metallis","severity":"info","text":"The first couplet describes gold leaf or tesserae in mosaic, a technique typical of early medieval Roman church decoration.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Martyrum e bustis hinc reppulit ille chaos","severity":"info","text":"The final line credits Honorius with dispelling chaos from the martyrs' tombs, likely a reference to his building or restoration projects.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"rudi (ut ferebat saeculum) stylo","severity":"caution","text":"The editor notes the verse is in a 'rude style' typical of the age, which may affect interpretation of meter and syntax.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'both Anastasii' and the precise referent of 'chaos' in the epitaph are not specified in the text."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":26,"ref":"p26","source":"Sursum versa nutu quod cunctis cernitur uno, Praesul Honorius haec vota dicata dedit, Vestibus et factis signantur illius ora, Lucet et aspectu lucida corda gerens.","english":"Turned upward by a single nod, as is seen by all, Bishop Honorius has offered these dedicated vows. His face is marked by his garments and deeds, and he shines in appearance, bearing a luminous heart.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is the epitaph of Pope Honorius I, a distinct unit within a collection of documents concerning the exile of Pope Martin I and related figures.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Sursum versa nutu quod cunctis cernitur uno","severity":"info","text":"The opening phrase describes the gaze or orientation turned upward by a single nod, likely referring to the pope's posture in prayer or his authority directing all eyes heavenward.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"vota dicata","severity":"info","text":"Vota dicata means 'dedicated vows,' likely referring to the offerings or prayers Honorius made, possibly in connection with a church or altar he consecrated.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Honorius","severity":"info","text":"Pope Honorius I (reigned 625–638) was later condemned posthumously for monothelitism at the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681), making his epitaph a contested monument in church history.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This epitaph is preserved in Baronius's Annales Ecclesiastici, reflecting its use in early modern Catholic historiography to discuss Honorius's legacy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Vestibus et factis signantur illius ora","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'his face is marked by his garments and deeds' is ambiguous: it may mean his appearance reflects his character and office, or that his vestments and actions literally bear his image or signature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Sursum versa nutu quod cunctis cernitur uno' could be read as describing either the pope's own upward gaze or the collective gaze of all directed by his nod.","The line 'Vestibus et factis signantur illius ora' is ambiguous: 'signantur' may mean 'are marked' (i.e., his face is imprinted by his deeds and garments) or 'are signed' (i.e., his deeds and garments bear his mark)."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}