But since so many temptations arise to wean you from this religious unity - both from party strife connected with public life, and from distractions among your domestic circles - you will find your great defence from these evils in that loyal reverence and subjection of spirit, which is so conspicuous among you, towards the head of the Ottoman Empire, whose fairness of feeling, desire for peace, and good-will, evidenced on so many occasions towards Us, have been matters of universal observation.
Quo autem hoc consequamini, videlicet idem sapere idemque in iis, quae ad religionem pertinent, sentire, oportet omnes quidem constanter, ut facitis, in obedientia huic Apostolicae Sedi permanere: vos autem, dilecti filii, Patriarchae vestro, aliisque Antistitibus, qui vobis iure legitimo praesunt, fideliter subesse et obtemperare.— Quoniam vero ad hanc ipsam religiosam concordiam labefactandam saepe suboritur occasio cum ex dissensionibus in publicis negotiis tum propter iurgia de privatis rebus, primas illas a vobis arceat fidelis ea, quae spectatissima in vobis est, observantia et animorum subiectio erga supremum Othomanici imperii Principem, cuius perspecta Nobis est aequitas, studium servandae pacis, et egregia in Nos voluntas luculentis testata indiciis.vatican.va vatican.va