Resultados25 letters/passages
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.02
Gregory to Cyprianus, deacon. The question has arisen about the schedule on which the bishops of Sicily are to make their visits to Rome. The old custom was every three years; I am establishing that the new arrangement will be every five years. This change is made in recognition of the difficulties of travel in the pre …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.02
The letter of your Fraternity has reached us, and we have read its contents with the consideration they deserve. You report that the Lombards in your region have been showing greater willingness to hear the preaching of the Gospel, and that some have even sought baptism. This news fills us with joy, for nothing is more …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.02
I am asking you to convey a firm message to Leontius, the former consul: he is not to make any unilateral decisions or dispositions concerning the islands without prior consultation with this see. The islands in question fall within the patrimony and pastoral jurisdiction of the Roman church, and no secular authority — …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.02
Just as the Church ought not to lose its own property, so it ought not to invade the property of others through the burning desire of rapacity. Stephania, the bearer of this letter, complains that certain properties of hers were seized by force by the agents of your predecessor, the late Bishop Lucius, during his time. …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.02
Gregory to Peter, bishop of Bari. Though we do not doubt that your fraternity willingly devotes itself to pious causes, nevertheless, because we believe our letter makes you more disposed, we indicate to you by this present writing that the bearer of this letter, the presbyter Valerianus, has come to those parts for th …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.02
Furthermore, I command that all peasant farmers on the church estates who wish to marry their daughters shall not be compelled to pay anything beyond the lawful amount. Let no one impose upon them those arbitrary and oppressive fees that have crept in through the greed of past administrators. The church must be a mothe …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
The more it is a source of joy to us to know that our brothers are fittingly solicitous toward their sons with paternal charity, the more we count it a source of sorrow when neither the respect of other brothers nor consideration for the priesthood avails to restrain them from unlawful acts. How grave and harsh, then, …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Having been informed by the defensor Romanus, I have learned that the monastery of Timothy suffered violence from our church of Villa Nova regarding an estate claimed to belong to it, which is said to have been assigned to that monastery. If this is so, let your Experience both restore the estate to them and return the …
gregory_great · c. 602 · score 0.01
Just as it is praiseworthy and prudent to show due reverence and honor to one's superiors, so it is a matter of rectitude and the fear of God not to postpone by any dissimulation matters that need correction in them, lest — God forbid — the disease begin to invade the whole body, if the illness is not treated in the he …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.01
Gregory to Sebastianus, bishop of Sirmium. I received the sweetest and most delightful letter of your fraternity. Though there is never any lack of things to cause me sorrow, nevertheless your words brought me the great comfort of knowing that you think of me. For you understand well — you who also live under the burde …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
Furthermore, it has come to our attention that in those regions no one attains sacred orders without payment of a fee. If this is so, I say it weeping, I announce it groaning, because when the priestly order has fallen inwardly, it will not be able to stand outwardly for long either. For we know from the Gospel what ou …
gregory_great · c. 602 · score 0.01
Gregory to Anthemius, subdeacon [a papal administrative officer]. Just as we ought not to lose property rightfully belonging to the Church, so too we judge it no less improper to lay claim to what belongs to others. And since we have been informed that the house of Petronius, a notary [secretary-scribe] of the holy Rom …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
I confess to you that the situation of the church of Aprutium has weighed on me for some time. A community of the faithful without a proper priest is like a flock without a shepherd — vulnerable to every wind and wolf. I desire — and I say desire because desire must precede action — that this be remedied without furthe …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.01
Some clergymen who properly belong to the diocese of Bishop Bacauda have been ordained to holy orders here in Sicily, and they must be returned to their proper bishop. The ordination of clergy belonging to another bishop without his knowledge or consent is a serious irregularity, and I will not allow it to persist. Sen …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.01
I write to you concerning Victor, bishop of Fatianus, whose situation has been brought to my attention. His diocese has, it seems, been subjected to interference — from whose hand I need not specify here, since you will know better than I. What I ask is simple: let the bishop exercise his proper jurisdiction without en …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Gregory to Peter, subdeacon. Pastor, who has served as bishop, is now infirm and has lost the use of his eyes [or has significantly impaired vision]. He cannot support himself. This is a matter of basic charity: a man who has given his life in service to the church is not to be left destitute in old age and illness. Yo …
gregory_great · c. 590 · score 0.01
Gregory to Virgilius, bishop of Arles, and Theodorus, bishop of Marseilles in Gaul. Though there was no fitting occasion of time or persons to render the due address of fraternal greeting, it has come about that I should at once fulfill what was owed in fraternal love, and also not be silent concerning a complaint that …
gregory_great · c. 592 · score 0.01
Your letters, brought to us rather late by Donatus, though delayed, nonetheless compensated for their tardiness by their extraordinary charity. We rejoiced to read of your devoted affection and your zeal for the faith. For charity is the mother of all virtues, and whatever is done without it, however praiseworthy it ma …
gregory_great · c. 591 · score 0.01
Gregory to the clergy, order, and people resident at Perugia. The care of a church without a bishop — or with a bishop whose governance has been disrupted — is a matter that concerns both the local community and the apostolic see. I write to you now to address the situation in your city. A church well governed is not g …
gregory_great · c. 594 · score 0.01
We have taken careful note of what has been reported to us concerning the affairs of your church. The matters you have raised deserve prompt attention, and we respond as follows. Regarding the cleric who has been accused of misconduct: let the case be heard before a synod of neighboring bishops, as the canons require. …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.01
Gregory to Peter and Providentius, bishops of Istria. God, who rejoices in the unity of the faithful and reveals the truth to those who seek it, open your hearts, most beloved brothers, to see with what desire I wish you to be held in the bosom of the holy universal Church, and to remain united in her concord. This I d …
gregory_great · c. 593 · score 0.01
Gregory to Virgilius, bishop of Arles. Oh how good is charity, which through its image makes the absent present to one another through love, unites what is divided, orders what is confused, joins what is unequal, and perfects what is incomplete! I grant you our authority as vicar in the kingdom of Childebert. I admonis …
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.01
Gregory to Constantius, bishop of Milan. The clergy of Como [a city in northern Italy, near the border with the Arian Lombard kingdom] who are separated from the church's unity are to be offered the opportunity to return. If they are willing to come back and to accept the terms of reunion, receive them. The church's go …
gregory_great · c. 595 · score 0.01
Gregory to his most reverend brother Syagrius, bishop of Autun. I have heard with great pleasure of the assistance you gave to my servant Augustine in his mission to the English. [Augustine of Canterbury, sent by Gregory to convert the Anglo-Saxons, passed through Burgundy on his journey and received crucial support fr …
gregory_great · c. 599 · score 0.01
Gregory to Romanus, exarch of Italy. The audacity of wrongdoers ought to find the sting of correction from your excellency rather than the comfort of your defense. For it is grave indeed if those who act wickedly should find refuge in the very quarter from which the censure of discipline ought to proceed. It has come t …