Resultados25 letters/passages
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.02
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. 594 · score 0.02
Before him, pagan rulers who knew nothing of the true God but worshipped idols of wood and stone still paid the highest respect to their priests. How much more fitting, then, that a Christian emperor should honor the priests of the true God, when pagan rulers knew how to honor priests who served gods of wood and stone? …
leo_great · c. 461 · score 0.02
Endure with patience what you cannot change, and trust that the same Lord who gave you the charge will give you the strength to bear it. III. Replies to his canonical questions To the specific questions you have raised, we respond as follows: Concerning those who, under threat of torture or death during barbarian invas …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.02
Book II, Letter 30 To Maurilius and Vitalianus [senior military commanders]. Gregory to Maurilius and Vitalianus, Magistri Militum. We have communicated with Your Glory through our son Vitalianus, both by word and by letter, urging you to coordinate with him. On the eleventh day of January, Ariulph [the Lombard Duke of …
boniface · c. 732 · score 0.02
If you find that he has fallen into error again we command you by the authority of the Holy See to correct and discipline him in accordance with the sacred canons, as also any other person you should meet like him. For when he came here he said, " I am a priest ", and he asked for letters of recommendation to our son C …
leo_great · c. 460 · score 0.02
Leo, the bishop, to Neo, bishop of Ravenna — greeting. I. Those taken captive in infancy who cannot remember or bring witnesses of their baptism must not be denied this sacrament. We have indeed frequently, with the Spirit of God guiding us, strengthened the brethren's hearts when they were wavering on the slippery gro …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
On my own account I was not at all disturbed. My conscience bears me witness: I was prepared to endure any hardship, so long as I emerged from it all with my soul intact. But I have grieved deeply for the distinguished men Gregory the prefect and Castorius the military commander, who neglected nothing that could be don …
leo_great · c. 460 · score 0.01
Nevertheless, the first marriage retains its validity, and when the first husband returns, the woman must go back to him. The children born of the second union are not to be considered illegitimate, for they were born in a marriage contracted in good faith. III. On men who were weakened in faith during captivity If any …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Book II, Letter 37 To Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse [Gregory's trusted deputy in Sicily]. Gregory to Maximianus. I must write to your Fraternity about a situation that requires pastoral attention. We have learned that certain monks in the province of Sicily are wandering about without any supervision, neither observin …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
Gregory to the lord Venantius, Patrician, and Italica his wife. With due affection, I have made inquiries of certain people who have come from Sicily about Your Excellency's health. But the report they gave me was a sad one, full of accounts of your frequent ailments. When I say this, I have nothing better to report ab …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to Sebastian, Bishop of Sirmium. I received your most welcome and pleasant letter. Though you are never absent from my heart, your Fraternity's letter has made you feel present to me bodily, as it were. I pray that Almighty God may protect you with his right hand, grant you a peaceful life here, and when it ple …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
Gregory to Syagrius, Bishop of Autun. If in secular affairs every person should have their rights and proper rank preserved, how much more so in ecclesiastical matters? Discord must never be allowed to take root where the blessings of peace should originate. This is secured when nothing is conceded to power but everyth …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to the Emperor Mauricius. The generosity of my Lords, which has always mercifully sustained your servants, has shone forth here in so generous a supply that the needs of all who are weak and suffering have been relieved by your bounty. For this we all pray with tears to Almighty God -- who moved your Clemency t …
leo_great · c. 453 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Julian, Bishop of Cos. I. He laments the recent violence in Palestine The information you provide, brother, about the riotous actions of the false monks is grave and deeply lamentable. These disturbances are the direct result of the war that the wicked Eutyches, through the madness of his deceiv …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Book I, Letter 36 To Peter the Subdeacon [Gregory's delegate in Sicily]. Gregory, bishop, servant of the servants of God, to Peter the Subdeacon. The instructions I gave you when you departed for Sicily must be studied carefully. The greatest attention must be paid to ensuring that bishops do not involve themselves in …
gregory_great · c. 604 · score 0.01
Gregory to Anthemius, subdeacon of Campania. Stephanus, the bearer of this letter, who claims that his wife is a servant of our Church, has reported that he was purchased from the enemy by the elder Acellus for eight solidi. And since he states that he is too poor to repay the price, let your experience carefully inqui …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Gregory to Paul, Scholasticus. When outsiders congratulate me on the dignity of my office, I pay it little mind. But when you do the same, it genuinely pains me -- because you know what I truly wanted, and yet you treat this as a promotion. The real promotion for me would have been achieving what I longed for: the peac …
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.01
Gregory to Anthemius, our subdeacon at Naples. How great our grief is, and how deeply afflicted our heart by what has taken place in the regions of Campania, we cannot express — but you may judge it yourself from the magnitude of the disaster. In view of these circumstances, we are sending you by the distinguished Step …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Gregory to Gennadius, patrician and commander in Africa. A man named Droculf has returned after being held captive by the barbarians. He has endured what I hope neither of us will ever be called upon to endure, and he has come back to us diminished in circumstances but, from all I hear, not in spirit. I commend him to …
leo_great · c. 440 · score 0.01
The only interest worth seeking is what comes from mercy shown here on earth — knowing the Lord will restore a thousandfold what endures forever. On compliance This directive makes clear: if any of our brothers attempts to contravene these rules and dares to do what is forbidden, he must know that he is liable to depos …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Book I, Letter 67 To Peter, Subdeacon [Gregory's delegate in Sicily]. Gregory to Peter. If we meet our neighbors' needs with a compassionate spirit, we will surely find the Lord merciful toward our own prayers. We have learned that Pastor, who suffers from extreme weakness of sight and has a wife and two servants (who …
leo_great · c. 460 · score 0.01
Leo, Bishop of Rome, to Nicetas, Bishop of Aquileia: greetings. I. Introduction My son Adeodatus, deacon of our See, on his return has delivered your request, beloved, to receive from us the guidance of the Apostolic See on matters that seem difficult to resolve but for which we must make provision in light of the nece …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
If the captivity of my land were not growing worse by the day, I would gladly pass over in silence the contempt and ridicule directed at me. But what afflicts me deeply is that my being branded a liar means Italy is dragged further under the Lombard yoke daily. While my reports go unbelieved, the enemy's strength grows …
leo_great · c. 453 · score 0.01
We therefore urge that the ringleaders of these disturbances be removed from the vicinity where they can do further harm. Their influence must be broken, and the faithful must be reassured that the Catholic truth, confirmed by the Council and by the authority of the Apostolic See, stands firm against all assaults. Let …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Book I, Letter 44 To Peter, Subdeacon of Sicily. Gregory to Peter, etc. With regard to our having so long delayed sending off your messenger, we have been so occupied with the engagements of the Paschal festival that we have been unable to let him go sooner. But, with regard to the questions on which you have desired i …