[6.] Cum facit (subditus) voluntatem (prælati) dummodo benefacit vera obedientia est. Admon., iii.; Conform., 139a, 2.—Si vero prælatus subdito aliquid contra animam præcipiat licet ei non obediat tamen ipsum non dimittat., Ibid.—Nullus tenetur ad obedientiam in eo ubi committitus delictum vel peccatum. Epist., ii.
[7.] 2 Cel., 3, 89; Spec., 29b; Conform., 176b, 1; Bon., 77.
[8.] Per caritatem spiritus voluntarii serviant et obediant invicem. Et hæc est vera et sancta obedientia. Reg., 1221, v.
[9.] Tribul., Laur. MS., 14b; Spec., 125a; Conform., 107b, 1; 184b, 1.
[10.] Wadding gives it (Epist. xvi.), after the autograph preserved in the treasury of the Conventuals of Spoleto. The authenticity of this piece is evident.
[11.] This plural, which perplexed Wadding, shows plainly that Brother Leo had spoken in the name of a group.
[12.] This date for the new communications between them seems incontestable, though it has never been proposed; in fact, we are only concerned to find a time when all three could have met at Rome (2 Cel., 3, 86; Spec., 27a), between December 22, 1216 (the approbation of the Dominicans), and August 6, 1221 (death of Dominic). Only two periods are possible: the early months of 1218 (Potthast, 5739 and 5747) and the winter of 1220-1221. At any other time one of the three was absent from Rome.
On the other hand we know that Ugolini was in Rome in the winter of 1220-1221 (Huillard Bréholles, Hist. dipl., ii., pp. 48, 123, 142. Cf. Potthast, 6589).—For Dominic see A. SS., Aug., vol. i., p. 503. The later date is imperative because Ugolini could not offer prelatures to the Brothers Minor before their explicit approbation (June 11, 1219), and this offer had no meaning with regard to the Dominicans until after the definitive establishment of their Order.
[13.] See the imperial letters of February 10, 1221; Huillard-Bréholles, vol. ii., pp. 122-127.
[14.] 2 Cel., 3, 86; Bon., 78; Spec., 27b.