Leo had, upon the first news of these proceedings, written to him tocomfort him, as also to Theodosius, Pulcheria, and the clergy ofConstantinople, in his defence. MARCH XII. contra Nestor. Pardon me,brethren: be not my hinderance in attaining to life, for Jesus Christ isthe life of the faithful; while I desire to belong to God, do not yeyield me back to the world.
Thomas, with great reluctancy,compelled by holy obedience {528} consented to be admitted doctor, onthe 23d of October, in 1257, being then thirty-one years old. He beggedof a holy old man, renowned in that monastery for sanctity, to pray thatGod would soon take him to himself. auty, and have so comely personsin his possession: and that so fine an outside should have nothing ofGod's grace to furnish it within. The modern Greeks have transferred his feast from the 7th to the 8th of February.
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