Resultados25 letters/passages
gregory_great · c. 598 · score 0.02
Gregory to Quertinus, ex-prefect. I have been asked to intervene on behalf of Bonitus in his effort to obtain a prefecture. I must be honest with you about why I cannot do this. The apostolic see does not seek to place particular individuals in positions of civil power through papal influence. This would be an inapprop …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.02
I am asking you to convey a firm message to Leontius, the former consul: he is not to make any unilateral decisions or dispositions concerning the islands without prior consultation with this see. The islands in question fall within the patrimony and pastoral jurisdiction of the Roman church, and no secular authority — …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.02
Book II, Letter 22 To all the Bishops of Illyricum [the Roman province in the western Balkans]. Gregory to all the bishops. It both gives us joy for your careful judgment and confirms the validity of your own ordination that the ancient order of custom has been maintained. We have learned from the letters you sent thro …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.02
I am writing to you with a warning that I intend to follow through on if necessary: if you do not comply with the legitimate authority of the primate of Prima Justiniana in the matters he has brought to your attention, you will face formal correction from this see. The primate's authority is real and binding in matters …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.02
And yet even this is not enough; but something besides is said to be exacted according to a custom of many years. This practice we altogether detest, and desire it to be utterly extirpated from the patrimony. But, whether in this or in other minute imposts, let your Experience consider what is paid too much per pound, …
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.02
… dvised connivance that neither is the fear of God maintained there, nor are the imperial commands carried out. They add that in the aforesaid province, through the bribes of the Donatists, the Catholic faith is being openly sold. The distinguished Gennadius, on the other hand, has in turn lodged a complaint against one …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
… contradict the orders of our most devout lords [the Emperor and Empress]. Those imperial orders had mercifully and gently removed many of the hardships suffered by landowners and citizens of the empire. We therefore ask you, at a suitable time, to present the case to our most devout lords in accordance with the just an …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to the Empress Constantina. Almighty God, who holds your devout heart in His right hand, both protects us through you and stores up for you eternal rewards in return for your earthly deeds. I have learned from the letters of my representative, the deacon Sabinianus, how justly Your Serenity has taken up the cau …
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.01
The men who bring you this letter are sent by Maurentius, the master of soldiers [magister militum], for purposes he has explained to them. They are known to me as trustworthy, and I ask you to receive them well and to assist them in whatever business they have with you. A smooth working relationship between this offic …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
These things having been ordained and granted by us, study in the governing of your community to show yourself so earnest and attentive in all respects that the malice of the evil one may find nothing there that can be corrupted. All these provisions, set out in this document of injunctions, we decree to be observed, u …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.01
Book III, Letter 30 To John, Subdeacon [Gregory's representative]. Gregory to John. Since it is clear that the Apostolic See [the papacy], by God's ordering, is set over all churches, there is among our many responsibilities none we take more seriously than ensuring the proper governance of the churches that look to us …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.01
Gregory to the Emperor Mauricius. Anyone who is not blameless in all he does and says toward our most serene sovereigns is guilty before Almighty God. I, however, your Piety's unworthy servant, speak in this appeal neither as a bishop nor as your subject by right of the state, but in a private capacity — for, most sere …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to the Emperor Mauricius. Our most devout and God-appointed sovereign, among his many pressing cares, also watches over the preservation of peace among the clergy with genuine spiritual concern -- rightly and wisely recognizing that no one can govern earthly affairs well unless he knows how to handle the things …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
… rejoicing, we who are glad that the kindness of Your Piety has ascended to the imperial throne. "Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad" (Psalm 96:11). Let the whole people of the republic, so long and so grievously afflicted, grow cheerful at your generous deeds. Let the proud minds of enemies be brought …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to all the bishops of Gaul who are under the kingdom of Childebert. The divine plan has ordained that there should be different degrees and distinct orders, so that while those of lesser rank show respect to the more powerful and the more powerful bestow love on their inferiors, a single fabric of concord may b …
gregory_great · c. 597 · score 0.01
Your appointment to oversee the poor table and the administration of the diaconia is now confirmed. This is a charge of the highest spiritual seriousness — the hungry who come to that table are the Lord Christ himself in disguise, and every loaf distributed in his name is an act of worship. I have granted you the neces …
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.01
Gregory to Maurentius, military commander. The matter I am writing to you about requires the cooperation of civil and military authority with the church. I have found in you a man who understands that such cooperation serves both parties; I therefore bring this matter to you with confidence. The specific situation — de …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Since the city of Aufinum has been recovered, with God's help, and since great care must be taken for its church, especially since Hospoton, the master of soldiers in Italy, has sought our help in this matter, we have taken care to send this present letter to your fraternity so that you may go there as visitor. You mus …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
The case involving John the bishop requires your personal attention. I want you to treat this as if you yourself were the judge — gather the facts, hear all sides, and apply proper judgment. I have confidence in your ability to do this fairly. Do not let anyone's status or connections influence your assessment of the e …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
… urdens of long duration have been lifted from our necks, and the gentle yoke of imperial authority has returned, one that subjects are glad to bear. Let glory be given to the Creator of all by the choirs of angels on high. Let thanksgiving be offered by men on earth. For the whole republic, which has endured so many wo …
gregory_great · c. 601 · score 0.01
My brother Maximus, I must address something that has caused repeated difficulties: your representatives have been presenting themselves at this see and speaking on your behalf in ways that I can no longer simply accept at face value. There have been too many instances where what they claimed to represent was not what …
gregory_great · c. 600 · score 0.01
The monks who carry this letter are engaged in the task of recovering servants who belong to the Roman monastery of Saint Demetrius. This is a legitimate exercise of the monastery's property rights, and I ask you to assist them in their efforts. Use your authority as defender to facilitate the process wherever you can …
gregory_great · c. 598 · score 0.01
… judgment, when he sees that he is prohibited from having soldiers because of an imperial decree? I ask you, as one close to the emperor: present this letter to him. Urge him to revoke this law, by which the path to God is closed to many. For what is the value of an empire over this world if it stands as an obstacle to …
gregory_great · c. 597 · score 0.01
We write to you concerning a matter that has been brought to our attention and demands immediate resolution. The bearer of this letter has petitioned us for justice, claiming that he was unjustly expelled from his monastery by the abbot without the hearing required by the Rule and the canons. We take such complaints se …
gregory_great · c. 600 · score 0.01
Brothers and sisters, I have appointed Gaudiosus, bishop of Iguvium, as visitor to your community, and I write to ask — indeed to require — that you give him your full cooperation and obedience. A visitor arrives with the authority of this see, and resistance to his ministry is, in effect, resistance to this see itself …