Gregory the Great, bishop of Rome from 590 to 604: the Book of Pastoral Rule on what a pastor is and how he should teach each kind of person, and his selected letters from the Register, from the Lombard wars and the mission to the English to the quarrel over the title Ecumenical Patriarch. Modern English from the Post-Nicene Fathers translation.
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Contents
Letters, Book 4
1To Constantius, Bishop of Milan, on His Ordination2To Constantius, Bishop of Milan, on the Bishops Who Withdrew from Him3To Constantius, Bishop of Milan, on the Faith of Chalcedon4To Queen Theodelinda, on Communion with Constantius5To Boniface, Bishop of Regium, on the Discipline of His Clergy6To Cyprian the Deacon, on Petronilla and Agnellus7To Gennadius, Exarch of Africa, on the Council of Numidia8To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on Stephen’s Monastery9To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on Nuns, Councils, Slaves and the Chrism10To the Bishops of Dalmatia, on the Election at Salona11To Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse, on Church Revenues, Abbots and Abbesses12To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on Theodosia’s Monastery13To Maurus the Abbot, on the Church of Saint Pancratius14To Maximus, the Usurper at Salona15To Venantius, Bishop of Luna, on Christian Slaves Held by Jews16To Hospito, Duke of the Barbaricini, on Their Conversion17To Zabardas, Duke of Sardinia, on Peace with the Barbaricini18To the Nobles and Landowners of Sardinia, on Their Idolatrous Peasants19To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on Discipline and the Pagan Peasants20To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on the Guesthouses and Clerical Discipline21To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on a Bishop for Phausiana22To the Empress Constantina, on the Relics of Saint Paul23To Theodore, the Emperor’s Physician, on Reading Scripture24To Narses the Patrician, on the Case of the Presbyters25To Anthemius the Subdeacon, on Support for Converts from Judaism26To Pantaleo, Prefect of Africa, on the Donatists27To Victor and Columbus, Bishops in Africa, on the Donatists28To Leo, Bishop of Catania, on Married Subdeacons29To Queen Theodelinda, on the Four Councils30To Constantius, Bishop of Milan, on the Bishops of Brescia and the Fifth Council31To Rusticiana the Patrician, on Her Journey to Mount Sinai32To Sabinianus the Deacon, on Maximus and the Death of Bishop Malchus