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 7
1To Columbus, Bishop of Numidia, on the Case of Bishop Paul2To Cyriacus, Bishop of Constantinople, on Taking Up the Pastor’s Burden3To Cyriacus, Bishop of Constantinople, on Weakness and Unity of Heart4To the Emperor Maurice, on the Choice of Cyriacus5To the Bishops Peter, Domitian and Elpidius, on Excessive Praise of Cyriacus6To Rufinus, Bishop of Ephesus, Commending a Cleric Who Cannot Read7To Respecta, Abbess of Marseilles, Granting Privileges to Her Monastery8To Fortunatus, Bishop of Fano, on Selling Church Vessels to Ransom Captives9To George the Presbyter and Theodore the Deacon, on Christ’s Descent into Hell10To Sabinianus, Bishop of Jadera, on Breaking with Maximus11To Marinianus, Archbishop of Ravenna, on a New Bishop for Rimini12To the Clergy and People of Rimini, on Choosing a New Bishop13To Fortunatus and Anthemius, on a Betrothed Woman Who Entered a Monastery14To Gregoria, Who Asked to Be Told Her Sins Were Forgiven15To Theoctista, on the Two Kinds of Heartfelt Sorrow16To Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch, on Cyriacus and the Proud Title17To Theodore the Physician, on His Gift for the Poor18To Narses the Religious, on Enduring Opposition19To Cyriacus, Bishop of Constantinople, Asking Him to Give Up the Proud Title20To Anastasius the Presbyter, on Love That Casts Out Fear21To the Emperor Maurice, on Receiving the Envoys of Cyriacus22To Eulogius and Anastasius, on Cyriacus’s Envoys and the Soul of Adam23To Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage, on Monks Who Leave Their Monastery24To Donus, Bishop of Messina, on Ransoming Faustinus’s Daughters25To John, Bishop of Syracuse, on a Boundary Dispute Between Two Abbots26To Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria, on the Chair of Peter and Some Gifts27To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna, on a New Bishop for Cornelium28To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna, on Clergy Who Burden the Monasteries