159. [in Coll. Avell.]
1. Having received the letters of Your Sanctity, o my dearest brother in Christ, through the most famous Comes Gratus, and now through the most reverent Bishops Germanus and John, the most holy deacons Felix and Dioscorus and the Presbyter Blandus, I rejoiced in the spiritual love of Your Sanctity because you seek the unity of the most holy Churches of God according to the old traditions of the Fathers and you are in hurry to rebuke with your mind the manglers of the spiritual flock of Christ.
In what follows, John professes that his faith is the same as the faith of Hormisdas. He repudiates the same heretics as he, and accepts the canons of the four ecumenical councils - Nicea, Constantinople, Ephesus, and Chalcedon. He confirms that the see of Peter, Rome, always guarded the orthodox faith. He condemns Nestorius, Eutyches, Dioscorus of Alexandria, Timothy Aelurus, Peter Mongus of Alexandria, Acacius of Constantinople, Peter of Antioch. He accepts the Tome of Leo. He expresses hope of restoration of communion between Rome and Constantinople.
7. This profession I signed with my own hand and sent in rescripts to you Hormisdas, the holy and most blessed brother and pope of the great Rome through the above-mentioned venerables Bishops Germanus and John, the Deacons Felix and Dioscorus, and the Presbyter Blandus.
The letter is signed by John himself. It is dated to the 28 March, 12th indiction, the year of the consulship of the Emperor Justin and Eutharic (i.e. 519).
(summary and translation by M. Szada)