Quote from Letter 5,29 t Julian, a recruiting-officer. 2 March 595
Indeed you do well to love charity and persuade men to concord. But since we are compelled by a consideration of our rank to leave aside those unwanted things which have not come to all our notice because of God, for that reason, as Maximus comes here, we take care to examine him in detail as to what has been said about him, and we are confident in the protection of our Creator, as we are deflected neither by anyone's favor nor by any wrongdoing from the status of canon law and the rectitude of justice, but we freely preserve what agrees with reason. for it (Heaven forbid!) we neglect the care and energy of the Church, idleness destroys discipline and will certainly harm the souls of the faithful, while they receive examples of this sort from their own bishops.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, translated by John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMPS, 2004), II, 342
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