Letter 83
Leo the Great expresses his joy that the faith of Bishop Anatolius of Constantinople is proven, that he revoked the exile of the bishops faithful to Flavian, and that he brought back to Constantinople the body of the late Bishop Flavian who died in 449 after being attacked at the Second Council in Ephesus.
1. [...] Ut ergo precedentibus litteris indicavi, fratres meos Lucentium episcopum et Basilium presbyterum, qui sollicitudinis meae partes possint implere, direxi: favori eos pietatis vestrae in omnibus quae sunt agenda commendas. Nam cum et fratris mei Anatolii scriptis, et nostrorum sermone cognoverim multos de his qui apud Ephesum Dioscori factione compulsi detestabilibus statutis poenitendum praebuere consensum, inconstantiae suae veniam postulare, et communionem catholicam per satisfactionem correctionis expetere, non fuit talium negligenda conversio, qui non proprio sensu, sed improbi praesumptoris impulsu in haec incidisse noscuntur, in quibus liberum non habuerant judicium.
Further on, Leo agrees that a council should gather but that now it is not an opportune moment. The letter is dated to the 5th day before the Ides of June in the consulship of Adelfius [= 9 June 451].
(Patrologia Latina 54, 909 = Ballerini 1753: 1034-1035)