Crises in the History of the Papacy / A study of twenty famous popes whose careers and whose influence were important in the development of the church and in the history of the world

by Joseph McCabe

[63] Ep., xcv.

[64] Ep., xliii. and xlv.

[65] Ep., lxxxii. and lxxxiii.

[66] Hefele's History of the Councils of the Church, iii., 411.

[67] Hefele, iii., 425.

[68] Ep., xcviii.

[69] Ep., cx.

[70] In a letter which he wrote about the time (Ep., ciii.) to the bishops of Gaul, Leo tells them that Dioscorus has been condemned, and says that he encloses a copy of the sentence. The copy appended to the letter is spurious, for it contains an allusion to "the holy and most blessed Pope, head of the universal Church, Leo ... the foundation and rock of faith." But I do not think one can say confidently that this is the actual document sent by Leo.

[71] De Rebus Geticis, xlii.

[72] The Chronicles of Prosper and Idatius are in Migne, vol. li. Idatius adds that Attila was threatened (in his rear) by the troops of Marcian, though we cannot trace such a movement of the Eastern troops. It was enough that Attila believed it.