Resultados25 letters/passages
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.02
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. 600 · score 0.02
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 …
gregory_great · c. 601 · score 0.02
Gregory to Romanus the defender, Anthemius the subdeacon, and Savinus the subdeacon. What we ought willingly to bestow, we cannot deny when asked. And therefore, since our glorious son Romanus, the former praetor, has wished to commend his properties and the men who are in those parts to your experience, we command you …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.02
We recall that your Magnificence, during the time you were here in the city of Rome, learned that Bonifatius, a former accountant, had by his established testament left a certain portion of his inheritance to the hospice situated at the church of the blessed Peter, prince of the apostles. And since we said we would exe …
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.02
Gregory to Maurentius, military commander. A second matter has arisen that requires your attention. I described the first matter in my previous letter; the present matter is separate, though related in that it also requires the kind of coordination between military and ecclesiastical authority that I have come to depen …
gregory_great · c. 604 · score 0.02
Gregory to John and Fortunatus, bishops, and Anthemius, subdeacon. What we ought willingly to bestow upon our sons, we should not deny them when they ask. And therefore, since our glorious son Gregorius, the former prefect, asks that the properties he has there, and his men, be commended to your fraternity, we direct y …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Was it not the case -- as you well know -- that the prelates of this Apostolic See, which by God's providence I now serve, were offered the title of "universal" by the venerable Council of Chalcedon? Yet not one of them ever accepted it or claimed this ill-advised name, lest by seizing the glory of singularity by virtu …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Guard against the wicked suggestions of evil men. Flee from every instigation to give offense. Offenses must come, to be sure, but woe to the one through whom they come. Because of this abominable title of pride, the Church is torn apart and the hearts of all the brothers are provoked to offense. Has it escaped your me …
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.01
Gregory to Brunichild, Queen of the Franks. The praiseworthy and God-pleasing goodness of your Excellency is made clear both by your governance of your kingdom and by the education of your son. You have not only preserved intact for him the glory of earthly things with provident care, but have also attended to the rewa …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
And Paul the Apostle urges: "Making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" (Ephesians 4:3). And again: "Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord" (Hebrews 12:14). This peace you will truly have with us when you turn away from the pride of a prof …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.01
Book III, Letter 22 To Antoninus, Subdeacon, Rector [administrator] of the Patrimony in Dalmatia. Gregory to Antoninus, Subdeacon, Rector of the Patrimony in Dalmatia. It is widely reported here that our brother and fellow bishop Natalis [of Salona/Split] has still not reformed his conduct despite our many admonitions. …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
… eror's disposition is favorable -- my deacon, who represented our Church at the imperial court, reports that the Emperor fully supports this. Many good reports of our brother Syagrius have reached us, from your testimony and others', and especially from John the Regionarius [a papal regional officer] on his return to u …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to Childebert, King of the Franks. Your Excellency's letter has delighted me greatly, testifying as it does that you are careful, with devout affection, of the honor and reverence owed to priests. You show all men that you are a faithful worshiper of God by loving His priests with proper veneration and hastenin …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, Bishop of Syracuse. I have received Your Fraternity's letter informing me that the most eloquent Martin has arrived from the African province and shared certain information with you privately. Your Fraternity, as always, never misses an opportunity to demonstrate your devotion to the blessed apostle Pe …
gregory_great · c. 601 · score 0.01
I find myself obliged to repeat what I said to you when you first took up the episcopal office, since it seems my earlier words have not borne the fruit I hoped for. The administration of your church — its property, its clergy, its poor — must be conducted with rigor and accountability. Laxity in the bishop leads to la …
gregory_great · c. 601 · score 0.01
Ciridanus, I write to you concerning the matter I have discussed with you before. The situation has not improved, and I need your action rather than your acknowledgment. Whatever obstacles have prevented you from acting until now, address them; whatever difficulties attend the action required, face them. This is not a …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
I too, unworthy as I am, having come to a place of rule, had at times determined to seek some retreat. But seeing the divine counsels opposed to me, I submitted the neck of my heart to my Maker's yoke — reflecting especially that no hiding place can save the soul without God's grace, as we observe when even saints some …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Brothers, I have appointed Bishop Venerius as visitor to your communities, and I write to ask you to receive him with the obedience and cooperation that his mandate from this see requires. A visitor comes not to judge but to support — to ensure that the life of the church in your communities is properly ordered, that t …
gregory_great · c. 598 · score 0.01
Gregory to Boniface, Chief Defensor [Head of the Church's Legal Defenders]. Concerning the privileges of defensores [church legal advocates]. Those who labor faithfully in the Church's interests deserve proper recognition, so that we give a worthy return for their service and they are motivated to serve even more effec …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
To Palumbus, bishop of Consentia; Venerius, bishop of Vibo; and Marcianus, bishop of Locri. The clergy of the church of Regium have brought many complaints against our most reverend brother Bonifatius their bishop, by a petition given to us, asking that they should have permission to come to us so that their cases migh …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
Gregory to Prajecta, illustrious lady. Whenever our assent is expected in certain agreements, reason requires that it be given for the security of the parties, lest what is transacted come into doubt. Therefore, having learned what has been agreed between your love and Fantinus, our defensor and rector of the patrimony …
gregory_great · c. 601 · score 0.01
Gregory to Romanus, defender. Luminosus, the bearer of this letter, asserting that he and his wife are suffering violence from the most distinguished Salustius, was compelled by that same necessity to come here. Since he asserts that he is a servant of Saint Mary, which belongs to the diocese of Grumentum, it is necess …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
… of that abominable title of pride, and he forbade his archdeacon -- sent to the imperial court according to custom -- from celebrating Mass with you. After Pelagius's death, when I, unworthy as I am, succeeded to the governance of the Church, I addressed your Fraternity through my representatives and through our mutual …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
The one who said: "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of heaven; I will sit upon the mount of the testament, in the sides of the North; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High." For what are all your brother bishops of the universal Church but stars of …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
Furthermore, in your letters I find you seeking with great longing for serenity of mind, and panting for tranquillity of thought free from disturbance. But I do not know how your Fraternity can attain to this. For one who has undertaken the pilotage of a ship must watch all the more as he moves further from shore — for …