Viam agnoscere veritatis

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Viam agnoscere veritatis may refer to one of the following papal communications from Pope Innocent IV to the Mongols in the 13th century:

  • Dei patris immensa, letter sent March 5, 1245, carried by Lawrence of Portugal
  • Cum non solum, letter sent March 13, 1245, carried by John of Plano Carpini
  • Viam agnoscere veritatis (1248), letter sent November 1248, in reply to a Mongol communication, and probably carried by Mongol ambassadors Aybeg and Sarkis. Also known as "viam cognoscere veritatis" (both agnoscere and cognoscere are Latin for "to know")