Resultados25 letters/passages
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.02
And yet even this is not enough; but something besides is said to be exacted according to a custom of many years. This practice we altogether detest, and desire it to be utterly extirpated from the patrimony. But, whether in this or in other minute imposts, let your Experience consider what is paid too much per pound, …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.02
Gregory to the Empress Constantina. Almighty God, who holds your devout heart in His right hand, both protects us through you and stores up for you eternal rewards in return for your earthly deeds. I have learned from the letters of my representative, the deacon Sabinianus, how justly Your Serenity has taken up the cau …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.02
These things having been ordained and granted by us, study in the governing of your community to show yourself so earnest and attentive in all respects that the malice of the evil one may find nothing there that can be corrupted. All these provisions, set out in this document of injunctions, we decree to be observed, u …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.02
Gregory to the Emperor Mauricius. Anyone who is not blameless in all he does and says toward our most serene sovereigns is guilty before Almighty God. I, however, your Piety's unworthy servant, speak in this appeal neither as a bishop nor as your subject by right of the state, but in a private capacity — for, most sere …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.02
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 …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.02
I want you to correct whatever has been done in this way without delay. Slaves taken into church possession without trial should be returned before any trial, so that if the Church has a legitimate claim, the current possessors may then be dispossessed through proper legal proceedings. Correct all this permanently. You …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
The value of the farmland produce matters little to me if fraud is mixed in. If it comes to my knowledge that you are lax about this, you will be held responsible. Furthermore, I have learned that the Jews in Catania have been complaining that they were expelled by force from the site of their synagogue, which they had …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
Gregory to Anthemius, Subdeacon of Campania. Whenever we hear things about our brother bishops that show them at fault and cause us sadness, we are compelled to act for their correction. I have been told that the bishops of Campania are so negligent that, unmindful of the dignity and character of their office, they sho …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
I should also inform you that I have received a letter from the most devout Emperor asking me to be at peace with my brother and fellow bishop John of Constantinople. I wish to be at peace with everyone -- and I am. But when John, in his arrogance, assumes the new and unprecedented title of Universal Bishop, effectivel …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Book II, Letter 7 To Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse [Gregory's close friend and trusted deputy in Sicily]. Gregory to Maximianus. We carry out our heavenly commission more effectively when we share our burdens with our fellow bishops. For this reason, we appoint you, our most reverend brother, to administer all the chu …
boniface · c. 719 · score 0.01
Finally, we command you that in admitting within the Church those who have some kind of belief in God you will insist upon using the sacramental discipline prescribed in the official ritual formulary of the Holy Apostolic See. Whatever means you find lacking in the furtherance of your work, you are to report to us as o …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
But lest also the leases [i.e. by the Church to the farmers] be adjusted according to the sum of the payments due. We desire you to receive no more from the estates of the Church on account of the store-houses and stores beyond what is customary; but let your own stores which we have ordered to be procured be procured …
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 …
gregory_great · c. 596 · score 0.01
Gregory to Respecta, Abbess of Marseilles in Gaul. The desire expressed in a devout petition ought to be fulfilled by a matching result, so that the benefit asked for may be validly obtained and sincere devotion may shine forth with deserved praise. Accordingly, for the monastery consecrated to the honor of Saint Cassi …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
Gregory to Senator, Priest and Abbot of a hospice. [This letter follows the same form as Gregory's privilege letters to the monastery and hospice at Autun, founded at the request of Queen Brunichild and King Theoderic.] When the hearts of Catholic kings are so inflamed by divine grace that they demand of their own acco …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
Gregory to Lupo, Priest and Abbot. [This letter is a copy of the same privilege letter (see Letter 9 to Thalassia) adapted for the abbot Lupo's institution, granting the same protections and immunities established at the request of Queen Brunichild and King Theoderic for the religious foundations at Autun.] When the he …
boniface · c. 743 · score 0.01
Be assured that you have a special place in our affections and that it would give us great pleasure to have you always by our side as a minister of God in charge of the churches of Christ. Finally, beloved brother, take strength in God. Persevere manfully in the work to which God'. in His mercy, has called you; for the …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
For my son the servant of God, Diaconus, has already found such as displeased him; but he had not liberty to change them. We will, then, that, saving excepted cibaria of small value , nothing else beyond the just weights be exacted from the husbandmen of the Church. Further, we have ascertained that the first charge of …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Book II, Letter 36 To Peter, Subdeacon of Sicily. Gregory to Peter. We have seen fit to bring to the attention of your Experience certain matters that require correction. We have learned that on some estates, the custom of exacting labor services [corvee] from the tenants beyond what is established by long tradition ha …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
Gregory to Thalassia, Abbess. When the hearts of Catholic kings are so inflamed with ardent desire by divine grace that they ask of their own accord for the very things our pastoral admonitions should have urged them to seek, such requests should be granted with cheerful and joyful heart -- all the more because these a …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
Gregory to Virgilius, Bishop of Arles. Pious purposes and laudable devotion always deserve the earnest support of priests. Careful attention must be paid to ensure that neither carelessness, neglect, nor overreach disturbs what has been established for the peace of monks and religious communities. What reason required …
gregory_great · c. 603 · score 0.01
Gregory to Brunichild, Queen of the Franks. Among your many excellencies, this stands above the rest: that amid the turbulent waves of this world, which so often confuse the minds of rulers, you turn your heart to the love of divine worship and to providing for the peace of sacred places -- as if no other care troubled …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
… o John, Bishop of Ravenna [the second most important city in Italy, seat of the imperial Exarch]. Gregory to John. The very fact that I write less often than I should shows how overwhelmed I am by the burdens of this place. But let Your Fraternity take the will for the deed, since what I cannot express in frequency of …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.01
Gregory to Theodorus, Physician. What benefits I enjoy from Almighty God and from my most serene lord the Emperor, my tongue cannot fully express. What return can I make for these blessings, except to love them sincerely? But, on account of my sins — by whose instigation or counsel I do not know — last year the Emperor …
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 …