¹ To my most blessed and most revered fathers in Christ—Eufronius, Leontius, Fonteius, Viventius, Mamertus, Patiens, Verianus, Auxanius, Faustus, Paulus, Megethius, Graecus, Eutropius, Leontius, Claudius, Marcellus, Crocus, Basilius, Claudius, Ursicinus, Praetextatus, Pragmatius, Theoplastus, Leucadius, Viventius, Julianus, Amicalis, Ioannes, Opilio, and Licinius, bishops—Lucidus, presbyter, sends greetings.

² Your correction is the salvation of the people, and your judgment is a remedy. Therefore, I consider it the greatest remedy to excuse past errors by condemning them and to cleanse myself through a saving confession.

³ Accordingly, in accordance with the recent decrees of the Council on preaching, I also condemn, along with you, that opinion which claims that human obedience to labor should not be joined with divine grace:

⁴ Who says that, after the fall of the first man, the freedom of the will was entirely extinguished,

⁵ Who says that Christ, our Lord and Savior, did not take on death for the salvation of all,

⁶ Who says that God’s foreknowledge compels a person to death by force, or that those who perish do so by God’s will,

⁷ Who says that whoever sins after having lawfully received baptism dies in Adam,

⁸ Who says that some are appointed for death while others are predestined for life.

⁹ Who says that from Adam until Christ, none among the Gentiles were saved by the first grace of God—that is, by the law of nature—before Christ’s coming, because all had lost free will in their first parent,

¹⁰ Who says that the patriarchs, prophets, or the greatest of the saints dwelt in the habitation of paradise even before the time of redemption,

¹¹ Who says that there are no fires of hell.

¹² Condemn all these things as impious and full of sacrilege.

¹³ I affirm God’s grace in such a way that I always join human effort and striving with grace, declaring that free will has not been extinguished but weakened and made frail. I also proclaim that the one who is saved is in danger and that the one who perishes could have been saved. Furthermore, I affirm that Christ, our God and Savior, as far as the riches of His goodness are concerned, offered the price of His death for all, and since He does not wish for anyone to perish—being the Savior of all people, especially of the faithful, and rich in blessings for all who call upon Him—He has made salvation accessible. And because matters of conscience must be satisfied, I recall having previously stated that Christ came only for those whom He foreknew would believe, following the Lord’s words: “Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many”; and also: “This is the cup of My blood, of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins”; and that of the Apostle: “Just as it is appointed for people to die once, so also Christ, having been offered once, bore the sins of many”.

¹⁴ Now, however, by the authority of sacred testimonies, which are abundantly found throughout the expanse of the divine Scriptures, and by the reasoning of the doctrine of the elders, I willingly confess that Christ also came for the lost, since they perished against His will. For it is not right to confine the boundless riches of His goodness and the divine benefits only to those who appear to be saved. For if we say that Christ brought healing only to those who have been redeemed, we would seem to justify those who were not redeemed, even though it is evident that they are to be punished for having despised redemption.

¹⁵ I also affirm that, according to the order and course of the ages, some were saved under the law of grace, others under the law of Moses, and others under the law of nature, which God has written in the hearts of all, in the hope of Christ’s coming. However, from the beginning of the world, none have been freed from the bond of original sin except through the intercession of His sacred blood. I also profess that eternal fire and infernal flames have been prepared for mortal sins, for divine judgment rightfully follows human transgressions for those who persist in them until the end. And those who do not believe this with all their heart justly incur this judgment. Pray for me, holy and apostolic fathers.

¹⁶ I, Lucidus the presbyter, have signed this letter with my own hand and affirm what is asserted in it, and I condemn what is condemned.