Resultados22 letters/passages
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.02
I am directing you to see to it that Centegus and his wife Flora receive the ten pounds of gold that have been withheld from them. I have looked into the matter and I am satisfied that this payment is properly owed. Delay in rendering just payment is itself an injustice, and I will not have the Church's administrators …
gregory_great · c. 602 · score 0.02
Gregory to John, Bishop of Ravenna. Not much time has passed since certain matters concerning your brotherhood were reported to us, about which, as we recall, we gave detailed notice through Castorius, notary of the Holy Church over which, by God's authority, we preside. For it had come to our attention that certain th …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.02
The case involving Leo, bishop of Catania, has reached a point where I must give you clearer direction. Leontius has communicated his reasons for the position he has taken, and I have considered them. My judgment is that the matter be handled as follows: you are to investigate the specific charges against Leo with the …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.02
Gregory to John, bishop of Syracuse. Since the bearer of this letter, Crescentius our vicar, whom our most glorious son the lord Leontius the ex-consul ordered to come to him, hesitated to leave the venerable precincts, lest some excuse on his account should perhaps arise for others, or public utility be said to be imp …
gregory_great · c. 598 · score 0.02
Gregory to John, bishop of Palermo. I am granting you the use of the pallium [the wool vestment worn across the shoulders that signified metropolitan or special papal favor — a rare and honored grant]. You may wear it on the occasions specified for its use. This grant is an expression of the trust and esteem in which I …
gregory_great · c. 602 · score 0.02
And that you well know this custom of the universal Church, you have made most clearly known to us in your own letters, in which you transmitted to us the decree of our predecessor of blessed memory, Pope John [Pope John III, r. 561–574], attached as a supplement, stating that all customs granted to you and your church …
gregory_great · c. 602 · score 0.01
The desires of petitioners should always be fulfilled whenever those things are asked which do not deviate from reason. And therefore, since certain chapters which you promised to your clergy when they justly petitioned you are now requested by them to be confirmed by our authority, we exhort your fraternity by these w …
gregory_great · c. 602 · score 0.01
Or if, in the end, neither of these exists, we do not wish you to set an example of such presumption for other metropolitans. But lest you perhaps think that we, in writing these things to you, have neglected what pertains to brotherly love, know that a careful search has been made in our archives regarding the privile …
gregory_great · c. 604 · score 0.01
I must ask your personal intervention on behalf of two men: Passisinus — a man of great distinction — and Blanca, also of standing and good character. Word has reached me that they face difficulties from which your authority and goodwill could protect them. I ask you to take their situation under your pastoral care, to …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, bishop of Syracuse. A dispute has arisen involving the church's land agents [actores — the officials who managed the church's agricultural estates] and the priest Felix. This matter requires impartial judges who will examine it honestly and render a fair verdict. I direct you to appoint such judges wit …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, bishop of Syracuse. A man named Felix has come to my attention. He was born of Christian parents and is therefore entitled to the full standing of a free Christian. He is currently in a position of servitude or dependency to a Samaritan, and this is not acceptable. I direct you to take whatever steps a …
gregory_great · c. 597 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, bishop of Syracuse. I am writing to you as well about the unjust encroachment on Faustus's property. The same matter I described to the defender Romanus also requires your attention, as it falls within your diocese. Use your episcopal authority to support what is right here. The man whose property has …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, praepositus of Italy. I am receiving complaints that the annual grain supply [annona — the public food distribution that had been part of Roman administration for centuries, which the church now helped administer] reaching the diaconia [charitable distribution center] of Naples has been reduced. This m …
gregory_great · c. 602 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, Bishop of Ravenna. We are commanded by the Lord's precepts to love our neighbors as ourselves, and to share in their afflictions as though they were our own infirmities. Mindful of these commands, your fraternity, with fitting devotion, first showed compassion by visiting our brother and fellow bishop …
gregory_great · c. 597 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, bishop of Syracuse. The case of Rusticiana and the invasion of her property has been dragging on for too long. This delay is in no one's interest and in particular does not serve justice. I direct you to bring this matter to a conclusion without further delay. The facts should be by now quite well know …
gregory_great · c. 598 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, bishop of Prima Justiniana. The bishop Paul of Doclea [a city in what is now Montenegro] has been brought to my attention through reports of serious misconduct. The offenses described are not minor disciplinary lapses — they appear to be grave enough to require formal action. I direct you to take up th …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, bishop of Velitrae. Given the present dangers [the Lombard invasions that were making many Italian towns unsafe], the episcopal seat of your church is to be transferred to a more secure location. This decision has been made for the safety of the clergy and people and for the continuation of proper epis …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, bishop of Syracuse. Sacred vessels belonging to the church have been sold — sold by clergy who had no right to sell them. This must be addressed. I direct that the notary Pantaleon investigate and recover these vessels. Where they have been sold and the purchasers can be identified, the sale must be un …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, bishop of Sorrento. A monastery dedicated to the holy proto-martyr Stephen is to be consecrated, and it is right that such a dedication should be accompanied by the translation of suitable relics. I therefore direct your fraternity to obtain the relics of the holy virgin and martyr Agatha [the popular …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, archbishop. I want to commend to you the work of Bishop Secundinus, who handled the case of Anastasius with exactly the kind of careful, honest judgment that the case required. He examined the evidence, applied the relevant canonical principles, and reached a conclusion that I believe is just and defen …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
Gregory to John, bishop of Syracuse. Ten pounds of gold are to be paid to the bishop Basil of Capua [for the ransom of captives — ransoming Christians taken by the Lombards was one of Gregory's most active pastoral commitments]. The captives to be ransomed are Cethegus and Flora. Arrange this payment promptly. Two peop …
gregory_great · c. 598 · score 0.01
I must address a practice that has been reported to me and that I regard as problematic: the appointment of clerics who are actively serving parishes or churches to positions of oversight in monasteries. These are two distinct vocations requiring two distinct kinds of commitment, and a man cannot properly serve both si …