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interest with regard to Leo is that he wrote once and again in approbation of the decision of the council and in condemnation of Honorius, whom he regarded as one who profana proditione immaculatam fidem subvertere conatus est. In their bearing upon the question of papal See also:

INFALLIBILITY (Fr. infaillibilite and infallibilite, the latter now obsolete, Med. Lat. infallibilitas, infallibilis, formed from faller, to make a mistake)

infallibility these words have excited considerable See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention and controversy, and prominence is given to the circumstance that in the See also:

Greek See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text of the See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor in which the phrase occurs the milder expression srapexc'emoev (subverti permiiit) is used for subvertere conatus est. This See also:

HEFELE, KARL JOSEF VON (1809-1893)

Hefele in his Conciliesgeschiclite (iii. 294) regards as alone expressing the true meaning of Leo. It was during Leo's pontificate that the dependence of the see of See also:

Ravenna upon that of See also:

Rome was finally settled by imperial See also:

EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

edict. See also:

Benedict II. succeeded him.

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