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文集與托雷多會議 第 33 章
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Domino suo Nicetio papae, Florianus ex monasterio Romano [Al., Remanoj. Benedicitur una Trinitas, Deus noster, qui vos pontificalibus meritis pontificali locavit in vertice, ut non beatitatem dignitas, sed beatitudo praecederet dignitatem. Nec immerito: cum ab ineunte pueritia dominicis militaveris in castris, ut illuc tutius et validius diseretis, quibus jaculis intelligibilis ille prosternitur Amalech, scilicet quando et ipse victor es nomine. Sic enim estis Deo præsule in statutis cœnobialibus eruditi, ut per mare saeculi sine sæcularibus fluctibus inoffenso vestigio transiretis, et triumphalem hymnum cum Moyse merito concinentes: Cantemus Domino, gloriose enim honorificatus est;
致他的主上尼克提烏斯教宗，羅馬隱修院的弗洛里安努斯敬上。願獨一的三位一體、我們的神受頌讚，祂以教牧的功德把你安置於教牧的巔峰，使你的福分並非由尊位居先引致，乃是福分居先而後有尊位。這也是理所應當的：因為你從幼年起便在主的營中服役，好叫你在那裡更穩妥、更剛強地學會：要用何等的箭射倒那屬靈的亞瑪力，正當你自己連名字也成了得勝者之時。因為你在神的引領下，於隱修的規章中受教如此精純，以致你毫無顛躓地穿越了世界的海，卻不沾世俗的波濤，配與摩西同唱凱旋之歌：「我們要向耶和華歌唱，因祂大大得了榮耀；」
To his lord Pope Nicetius, Florianus from the Roman monastery. Blessed be the one Trinity, our God, who has placed you upon the pontifical summit by pontifical merits, so that not did dignity precede your blessedness, but blessedness preceded the dignity. And not undeservedly: since from your earliest boyhood you have served in the Lord's camp, that you might there more safely and strongly learn with what darts that intelligible Amalek is laid low, namely when you yourself are also a victor in name. For you were so instructed in the monastic statutes, with God as your guide, that you crossed through the sea of the world without the worldly waves, with unstumbling step, and worthily singing the triumphal hymn with Moses: 'Let us sing to the Lord, for he is gloriously honoured;'
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equum et ascensorem projecit in mare. Sic individuus comes Eliæ, ut nequaquam deserens altiora, quo humilitate conscenderas, unde cum apostolis in montem glorificatum aspiceres Dominum Salvatorem. Quia igitur tantae sanctimoniæ vestrae praerogativæ suffultat, quaeso ut pro me, qui impetrastis, orelia. Quoniam Deus præscius futurorum, qui fecit quae ventura sunt, sciens me sanctorum solatio indigere vivorum, ut bonus Dominus preparavit auxilia.
「將馬和騎馬的投在海中」（出埃及記十五章）。如此你成了以利亞形影不離的同伴，使你永不離棄你藉謙卑所登上的更高之境，從而能與眾使徒同在山上仰望那得了榮耀的主、救主。既然你有如此偉大聖德的特權為扶持，我懇求你，你這已蒙垂聽的人，為我代禱。因為神預知將來的事，祂造成將要發生的事，深知我需要在世聖徒的安慰，正如那良善的主已預備了援助。
'the horse and his rider he has cast into the sea' (Exod. xv). Thus you are the inseparable companion of Elijah, so that, never forsaking the higher things to which you had climbed by humility, you might thence with the apostles behold on the mount the Lord and Saviour glorified. Since therefore you are supported by the prerogatives of such great sanctity, I beseech you to pray for me, you who have obtained your own request. For God, foreknowing things to come, who has made the things that are to be, knowing that I have need of the solace of holy living men, as the good Lord has prepared aids.
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Vide ergo quantis adjutoribus uteris, cum pro me coeperis obsecrare sanctae memoriæ dominum Ennodium pontificem Ticinensis Ecclesiæ, quj generosi sanguinis nobilitatem humilitate prævexit ad gloriam, ut in cœlestis patriæ senatu fieret et ibi senator, cujus incomparabilem doctrinae facundiam non solum testatur Occidens, sed et Oriens instructa miratur. Nestorii fulmen, Eutychis exstinctor, gloriosam dominam meam inviolabilemque Mariam Christotocon et Theotocon, apostolica auctoritate perdocuit. Ipse ergo meus est pater ex lavacro, quem credo apud æternum Patrem per Filium intervenire pro filio.
所以你看，當你開始為我向聖名常存的提奇努姆教會主教恩諾狄烏斯代求時，你所倚靠的是何等偉大的幫助者；他以謙卑將其高貴血統的尊榮提升至榮耀，使他在天上家鄉的元老院中也成了一位元老，他那無與倫比的教義口才，不僅西方為之作證，連東方也受教而驚歎。他是擊向涅斯多留的雷霆、撲滅歐迪奇的人；他憑使徒的權柄詳盡地教導：我那榮耀無玷的主母瑪利亞乃是「孕育基督者」與「神之母」。所以他是我洗禮之泉的父，我相信他必藉著聖子，向永遠的父為他的兒子代求。
See therefore with what great helpers you avail yourself, when you begin to intercede for me to the lord Ennodius of holy memory, bishop of the Church of Ticinum, who advanced the nobility of his generous blood by humility unto glory, so that in the senate of the heavenly fatherland he became a senator there also, whose incomparable eloquence of doctrine not only the West attests, but the East too, being instructed, marvels at. The thunderbolt against Nestorius, the extinguisher of Eutyches, he by apostolic authority thoroughly taught that my glorious and inviolable Lady Mary is Christotokos and Theotokos. He therefore is my father from the font of baptism, whom I believe to intercede with the eternal Father, through the Son, for his son.
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Sed et coronæ vestrae socium beatae memoriæ dominum Cæsarium Arelatensem episcopum, qui vixit inter barbaros pius, inter bella pacatus, pater orphanorum, pastor egentium, qui tanti census effusione nil perdidit, catholice regulam disciplinæ dictis factisque demonstrans. Ipse igitur mihi Latinis elementis imposuit alphabetum, sed et hunc profamulo discipuloque suo impetrare confido.
還有與你同冠的、聖名常存的亞爾主教凱撒里烏斯，他在蠻族中度敬虔的生活，在戰亂中保持安寧，是孤兒的父、貧者的牧人；他傾盡偌大的財富卻毫無所失，以言行彰顯大公教會的規範。是他把拉丁文字母擺在我面前；我也深信能為他這僕人兼門徒得著他的代求。
But also the companion of your crown, the lord Caesarius of blessed memory, bishop of Arles, who lived godly among the barbarians, peaceful amid wars, the father of orphans, the shepherd of the needy, who lost nothing by the pouring out of so great a wealth, demonstrating in word and deed the rule of catholic discipline. He it was who set before me the alphabet in Latin letters; and this one too I trust to obtain on behalf of his servant and disciple.
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Addo tertium, imparem quidem dignitate, sed meritis coæqualem sanctæ memoriæ Theodatum abbatem meum, et archimandritam, saeculi hujus inimicum, cui crucifixus est mundus, templum vrre dignissimum Trinitatis, plenum reverentiæ Christianitatis, ex placida bonitate mitissimum, jejuniis castigatum, orationibus refeclum, puritate mundissimum, qui mihi sacras exposuit Scripturas, et flures teneræ lanuginis ipse suscepit; qui pro filio et discipulo, successoreque suo, licet indigno, non ambigo quod laus [Forte, laetus] exoreL. Vincunt ergo, Domine foi, tanti justi orationem peccatorum. Igitur quia conversatio vestra in cœlis est, sicut dicit Apostolus:
我再加上第三位，論尊位固然不及，論功德卻相等，就是聖名常存的我的院長兼修道院長提奧達圖斯，他是這世界的仇敵，世界對他已被釘十字架；他是真正最配得三位一體的殿，充滿基督信仰的虔敬，因其安詳的良善而至為溫柔，以禁食克制自身，以禱告得著滋養，以純潔至為潔淨；是他向我講解聖經，並親自接納我這稚嫩初茸的青年之花；他為他這兒子、門徒兼繼承人（雖不配），我毫不懷疑他必欣然代禱。所以，我的主啊，這許多義人的禱告勝過罪人的禱告。既然你們的家鄉本在天上，正如使徒所說：「
I add a third, unequal indeed in dignity, but equal in merits, my abbot and archimandrite Theodatus of holy memory, the enemy of this world, to whom the world was crucified, a temple truly most worthy of the Trinity, full of the reverence of Christianity, most gentle out of his serene goodness, chastened by fastings, refreshed by prayers, most pure in purity, who expounded to me the sacred Scriptures, and himself received the flowers of my tender down of youth; who, on behalf of his son, disciple, and successor, though unworthy, I doubt not but that he gladly prays. Therefore the prayer of so many righteous men overcomes that of sinners, O my Lord. Since therefore your conversation is in heaven, as the Apostle says:
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Vestra autem conversatio in cœlis est, orate cum his, et rogate itlum meum sacratissimum confessorem AmbrosiuM, quatenus me ut peculiarem famulum tueatur, ut proprium civem foveat, ut familiarem alumnum eruat: qui apud Dominum Jesum quod oraverit exorabit. Quocirca salutationis obsequium famul anter insinuans, precor ut pro beatissimo viro, domino meo Datio episcopo fratre vestro, semper pretis. Æquum est enim ut pro eo, quem monasterii septa sacrarunt successorem, etiam confessorum successor egregius beatorum, exorare non desinas. Et hoc si dignum ducitis, supplicamus ut Beatitudinis vtstræ sospitati parvitatem nostram faciatis, sicut peLimus, successorem [Forte, certiorem].
你們的家鄉本在天上」（腓立比書三章），請與這些人一同禱告，並懇求我那至聖的宣信者安波羅修，叫他守護我這特屬的僕人，眷顧我這本鄉的子民，搭救我這親近的養子：因為他無論向主耶穌求甚麼，必能得著。為此，我謙卑地獻上請安的敬意，求你常為那至有福的人、我的主上、你的弟兄達提烏斯主教禱告。因為這是合宜的：他既蒙隱修院的圍牆祝聖為你的繼承人，你這眾有福宣信者的卓越繼承人，也當為他禱告不止。倘若你以為這是合宜的，我們懇求你使我們這微小者得知你聖德的安康，如我們所求，使我們確知此事。
'Your conversation, however, is in heaven' (Phil. iii), pray with these, and entreat that most sacred confessor of mine, Ambrose, that he may guard me as his peculiar servant, may cherish me as his own citizen, may rescue me as his familiar foster-child: he who, whatsoever he asks of the Lord Jesus, shall obtain. Wherefore, slavishly tendering the homage of my salutation, I beg that you ever pray for the most blessed man, my lord Datius the bishop, your brother. For it is fitting that for him, whom the enclosures of the monastery have consecrated your successor, you also, the distinguished successor of the blessed confessors, should not cease to pray. And if you judge it worthy, we beseech that you make our littleness more assured of your Beatitude's well-being, as we ask, [making us] your successor.