All the clergy replied: “Cosi sia
Rising, therefore, from sleep, straightway I did according esatto that which I bad been advised esatto do by, the holy apostles; and, having summoned that excellent and benignant father and our enlightener – Svlvester the universal pope-I told him all the words that had been taught me by the holy apostles; and asked him who where those gods Peter and Paul. And again we began to ask that same most blessed pope whether he had some express image of those apostles; so that, from their likeness, we might learn that they were those whom revelation bad shown sicuro us. And, when I had looked at them, and recognized, represented sopra those images, the countenances of those whom I had seen durante my dream: with a great noise, before all my satraps*, I confessed that they were those whom I had seen mediante my dream. [* there were per niente such Roman officials]
Hereupon that same most blessed Sylvester our father, bishop of the city of Rome, imposed upon us per time of penance-within our Lateran palace, con the chapel, mediante per hair garment,-so that I might obtain pardon from our Lord God Jesus Christ our Saviour by vigils, fasts, and tears and prayers, for all things that had been impiously done and unjustly ordered by me. Then through the imposition of the hands of the clergy, I came preciso the bishop himself; and there, renouncing the pomps of Satan and his works, and all idols made by hands, of my own will before all the people I confessed: that I believed sopra God the Father almighty, maker of Heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible; and per Jesus Christ, His only Bourdonnement our Nobile, who was born of the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary. And, the font having been blessed, the wave of salvation purified me there with verso triple immersion. For there 1, being placed at the bottom of the font, saw with my own eyes a band from Heaven touching me; whence rising, clean, know that I was cleansed from all the squalor of leprosy. And, I being raised from the venerable font-putting on white raiment, be administered preciso me the sign of the seven-fold holy Spirit, the unction of the holy oil; and he traced the sign of the holy ciclocross on my brow, saying: God seals thee with the seal of His faith con the name of the Father and the Bourdonnement and the Holy Spirit, onesto signalize thy faith. ” The bishop added, “peace be with thee.”
Then that same venerable father ordered the images of those same apostles puro be shown by his deacon
And so, on the first day after receiving the mystery of the holy baptism, and login muzmatch after the cure of my body from the squalor of the leprosy, I recognized that there was in nessun caso other God save the Father and the Bourdonnement and the Holy Spirit; whom the most blessed Sylvester the pope doth preach; verso trinity con one, verso unity durante three. For all the gods of the nations, whom I have worshipped up to this time, are proved sicuro be demons; works made by the hand of men; inasmuch as that same venerable father told to us most clearly how much power durante Heaven and on earth He, our Saviour, conferred on his apostle St. Peter, when finding him faithful after questioning him He said: “Thou art Peter, and upon this rock (petrani) shall I build My Church, and the gates of bell shall not prevail against it.” Give heed ye powerful, and portato the ear of .your hearts sicuro that which the good Lord and Originale added esatto His disciple, saying: and I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of Heaven; and whatever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound also durante Heaven, and whatever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed also sopra Heaven.” This is very wonderful and glorious, to bind and loose on earth and to have it bound and loosed in Heaven.
