Paul and Eugenios, Legates of Elder Rome, Speak

¹ Paul and Eugenius, the most holy representatives of Elder Rome,

² said: As the truth itself bears witness, we speak neither out of partiality nor out of bribery; but as God knows, and as the holy emperor himself bore witness to the man’s sympathy and mercy and the surpassing height of his virtue, the Church of the Constantinopolitans has for many years failed to receive such a man.