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John VIII

Bishop of Rome from 872 to 882, who freed Methodius and in June 880 allowed the Slavonic Mass.

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This site quotes John VIII 2 times across 2 books, and lists 0 works.

  • Lived died 882.
  • Quoted here most in Psalms: 1 of 2.

John VIII

Lived
died 882
Tradition
Roman Catholic
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2 of 2 quotations

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Quoted in full, because John VIII died in 882 and these works are out of copyright. Each citation below names its edition and its year. A citation naming a modernised text means that edition makes its own editorial changes, and that edition's terms are not in this site's record.

“who made the three principal languages, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, made the others also for His honour and glory.”

Letter to Svatopluk of Moravia (June 880), in Horace K. Mann, The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, vol. 3, 2nd ed. (London, 1925), pages 242 to 243

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Psalms 117:1 Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples! BSB

“Those who are in the service of St. Peter are men of peace, and wherever they go are not to be hindered by wars from working for the public weal.”

Instruction to his legate Paul (873), in Horace K. Mann, The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, vol. 3, 2nd ed. (London, 1925), page 240

Undated in the archive this site cites.

Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. BSB

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Bishop of Rome from 872 to 882, who freed Methodius and in June 880 allowed the Slavonic Mass.

2 quotations across 2 books

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