To Castorius the Notary, on Reconciling Maximus

Gregory to Castorius, and so on. [a]

The more you see that we trust you and put you in charge of cases when the need arises, the more energetic and careful you ought to show yourself. So, if Maximus of Salona swears an oath that he is not guilty of the heresy of simony, and as to the other matters, when simply questioned before the body of Saint Apollinaris, answers that he is innocent, and if he has done penance for his disobedience as we have directed, we want your experience to give him, for his comfort, the letter we have written to him. In it we have told him that we have restored to him both our favor and our communion. For just as it is right for us to be severe with those who persist in defiance, so we ought not to deny a place of pardon to those who are humbled again and repent. [b]

Further, as to our brother Sabinianus, bishop of Jadera, and Honoratus, archdeacon of Salona, and any others who have turned to the Apostolic See, Maximus must be very earnestly dealt with, so that he receives them with fitting love, keeps no grudge against them in his heart at all, and lives with them in pure goodwill and sincere affection. [c]