Resultados17 letters/passages
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.02
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. 591 · score 0.02
Book II, Letter 23 To John, Bishop of Prima Justiniana [a major city in Illyricum/the Balkans, designated by Emperor Justinian as a metropolitan see] in Illyricum. Gregory to John, Bishop of Prima Justiniana. It is clearly a powerful testament to goodness when everyone's agreement converges on one person. Since the rep …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.02
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 0.02
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. 599 · score 0.02
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. 591 · score 0.02
Book II, Letter 46 To Natalis, Bishop of Salona [modern Split, Croatia]. Gregory to Natalis. Many complaints have reached us about your conduct -- complaints we had hoped would cease after our repeated warnings. But since you persist in the same behavior, we are compelled to write yet again. We have learned that you co …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.01
Book III, Letter 7 To John, Bishop of Larissa [a city in Greece, in the province of Illyricum]. Gregory to John, Bishop of Larissa. Our brother Adrian, bishop of the city of Thebes, has come to Rome with bitter complaints that he was condemned unlawfully -- with neither proper legal procedure observed nor adequate oppo …
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. 595 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, Bishop of Syracuse. Moved by the goodwill of the Apostolic See and by long-established custom, I have decided to grant your Brotherhood -- who is now known to have received the office of leadership in the Church of Syracuse -- the use of the pallium, at such times and in such manner as it was used with …
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. 594 · score 0.01
Our Creator descended from the heights of his glory to give honor to the human race, and we -- created from dust -- set our faces toward heaven, pass our tongues over the earth, and feel no shame or fear at being lifted up. Even we, who are corruption, and sons of men who are worms. Let us remember, dearest brother, wh …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
All that was foretold has come to pass. The king of pride draws near, and -- terrible to say -- an army of priests is being marshaled for him, since those appointed as leaders in humility have enlisted under the banner of pride. But in this matter, even if I said nothing at all, the power of Him who personally and uniq …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
I say this with tears and deep grief in my heart, and I attribute it to my own sins that this brother of mine -- appointed to the episcopal rank for the very purpose of leading souls back to humility -- has himself proved incapable of returning to humility, and though he teaches truth to others, refuses to teach it to …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Book II, Letter 26 To John, Bishop [of Nepi, a town north of Rome]. Gregory to John. Since we have assigned our brother Bishop Paul to oversee the Neapolitan church, let Your Fraternity not hesitate to take on the oversight of the church of Nepi [a town in central Italy north of Rome]. The Easter season's requirements …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Through our teaching, let the people entrusted to us learn that there is another life. Let your preaching be a welcome spur to urge them on, and your own life an example for them to follow. Your preaching should reveal to them what to love and what to fear. Above all, take careful precaution never to make any unlawful …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Whatever it was my duty to do in humility, I have not neglected. But if I am disregarded in my reproof, I will have no choice but to bring the matter before the Church. May Almighty God show you, brother, how great a love for you constrains me in saying these things, and how deeply I grieve in this matter -- not agains …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, Bishop of Syracuse. Someone arriving from Sicily told me that certain people there -- whether Greek or Latin I do not know -- are grumbling about changes I have made to the liturgy, claiming: "How can he say he is keeping the church of Constantinople in check when he follows their practices in everythi …