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 8
1To Peter, Bishop of Aleria, on the Converts of Corsica2To Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch, in His Troubles3To Donus, Bishop of Messina, on Burial Fees and Detained Slaves4To Various Metropolitans and Bishops, on Soldiers and Officials Who Wish to Become Monks5To Amos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, on a Runaway Acolyte6To Sabinianus, Bishop of Jadera, on His Return from Communion with Maximus7To Columbus, Bishop of Numidia, Commending Bishop Paul8To Boniface, Chief Defensor, on the Privileges of the Defensors9To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna, on the Freedom of the Monastery at Classis10To Maurentius, Master of the Soldiers, on Quiet and Sacred Study11To Agnellus, Bishop of Terracina, on Tree Worship and the Watch on the Walls12To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna, on a Woman Who Took Refuge in a Church13To John, Bishop of Syracuse, on Felix, Once the Slave of a Samaritan14To Rusticiana the Patrician, Urging Her Return to Rome15To Fantinus the Defensor, on Jews Who Wish to Be Baptized16To Sabinianus, Bishop of Jadera, on Standing Firm Against Maximus17To Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria, on the Acts of the Martyrs and the Timber18To Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria, on the Angles and the Title of Universal Pope19To Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage, on the Bond of Love20To John, Bishop of Squillace, on the Rights of the Castellian Monastery21To Leontius, Former Consul, on Citizens of Babylon and of Jerusalem