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
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 …
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 …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.02
Gregory to Phocas Augustus. It gives us joy to consider, with rejoicing and deep thanksgiving, what praises we owe Almighty God now that the yoke of sorrow has been lifted and we have come to times of freedom under the imperial authority of Your Benign Piety. That Your Serenity has not found a deacon of the Apostolic S …
gregory_great · c. 601 · score 0.02
Gregory to Barbara and Antonina. I was delighted in every way to receive your letter and to hear that you are well. I pray Almighty God to guard you by his protection from malignant spirits in your thoughts, from wicked men, and from every kind of adversity -- and that by the grace of his holy fear, he may settle you i …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.02
Gregory to Sabinianus, Deacon. You know what has happened in the case of the usurper Maximus. After our most serene Lord the Emperor had sent orders that he should not be ordained, he broke out into an even higher pitch of arrogance. The men of the distinguished patrician Romanus accepted bribes from him and arranged h …
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
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 …
boniface · c. 743 · score 0.01
Peter, the Apostle, or in the city of Rome, we consider them to be sinful and pernicious not only for us but for all Christians, according to God's word in the Scriptures: " Jacob needs no soothsayer, Israel no divination: time will reveal the marvellous things God does to them." We consider also that auguries and divi …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.01
Gregory to the Nobles and Proprietors in Sardinia. I have learned from the report of my brother and fellow bishop Felix, and my son the servant of God Cyriacus, that nearly all of you have peasants on your estates who are given to idolatry. This has caused me great sorrow, because I know that the guilt of subordinates …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Book I, Letter 74 To Gennadius, Patrician and Exarch [supreme military and civil governor] of Africa. Gregory to Gennadius. As the Lord has made Your Excellency shine through military victories in this life, so you should use all your energy of mind and body to defeat the enemies of the Church. From both kinds of trium …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Book II, Letter 41 To Leander, Bishop of Seville [Gregory's close friend in Visigothic Spain]. Gregory to Leander. The bearers of this letter, returning to Spain, have given me a welcome opportunity to write to you. Though I am heavily burdened with the weight of my pastoral duties and frequently crushed by the concern …
boniface · c. 743 · score 0.01
For a long time no council has been held there, and as a result many who call themselves priests hardly know what the priesthood is. When Carloman has put his promises into effect and you take your place by his side at the council, if you see bishops, priests or deacons living in adultery or having more than one wife i …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Book II, Letter 48 To Columbus, Bishop [a bishop in Numidia, North Africa]. Gregory to Columbus. It is well known, most dear brother in Christ, that the ancient enemy [the devil], who by cunning persuasion deposed the first man from paradise, never ceases to sow discord among the faithful. When he cannot destroy faith …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
But since, with his grace at the helm, we must ensure that no external wave throws us into confusion, so too we must pray with all our hearts, dearest brothers, that by his providential hand he may drain the bilge water accumulating within us. For our adversary the devil, raging against the humble, "prowls around like …
gregory_great · c. 604 · score 0.01
Gregory to Queen Theodelinda of the Lombards. The letters you sent us from Genoa have made us share in your joy. By the favor of Almighty God, a son has been given to you -- and, as is greatly to your Excellency's credit, he has been received into the fellowship of the Catholic faith [through baptism]. Nothing less was …
boniface · c. 739 · score 0.01
Gregory, servant of the servants of God. A sentence of the teacher of all nations, the celebrated Apostle St. Paul, tells us that everything helps to secure the good of those who love God. Therefore when we learned from your report that God in His mercy had loosed a great number of the German people from the toils of p …
boniface · c. 732 · score 0.01
If you are able, forbid those whose wives have died to enter into second marriages. We declare that no one who has slain his father, mother., brother or sister can receive the Holy Eucharist except at the point of death. He must abstain from eating meat and drinking wine as long as he lives. He must fast on every Monda …
boniface · c. 726 · score 0.01
This we strictly forbid, for it is an impious thing to allow children who have been offered to God by their parents to follow their baser instincts for pleasure. You mention also that some have been baptized by adulterous and unworthy priests without being questioned on their belief in the articles of the Creed. In suc …
boniface · c. 726 · score 0.01
If they obey, they will save their souls, and you, on your side, will attain your reward. Do not refuse to eat and speak with them at the same table. It often happens that where correction fails to bring men to an acknowledgment of the truth, the constant and gentle persuasion of their table companions leads them back …
boniface · c. 726 · score 0.01
Gregory, the servant of the servants of God, to Boniface, our most holy brother and colleague in the episcopate. Your devout messenger Denual has brought us the welcome news that you are well and that, by the help of God, you are making progress in the work for which you were sent. He also delivered to us letters from …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
Gregory to Theoderic and Theodebert, Kings of the Franks. Since the renown of your kingdom has long outshone all others through the grace of the Christian religion, you should take the greatest care to please the Almighty Lord all the more perfectly in that very thing which makes you more glorious than other nations -- …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Book I, Letter 19 To Natalis, Bishop of Salona [the chief city of Dalmatia, on the Adriatic coast, modern-day Split, Croatia]. Gregory to Natalis. The records of your synod [church council], in which the Archdeacon [senior deacon, the bishop's chief administrative assistant] Honoratus is condemned, appear to us full of …
boniface · c. 722 · score 0.01
If, therefore, any man assists and gives succour to this servant of God sent by the Apostolic See for the enlightenment of the heathen, may he enjoy through the prayers of the princes of the Apostles the fellowship of the saints and martyrs of Jesus Christ. But if (which God forbid) any man should attempt to hinder his …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.01
Gregory to Narses, Patrician. Your most kind Charity has said a great deal in your letters praising my good deeds. To all of it I reply briefly with the words of Ruth: "Do not call me Naomi" — that is, beautiful — "but call me Mara" — that is, bitter — "for I am full of bitterness." As for the case of the presbyters, w …