He [the wicked Maximus] chose to accept excommunication rather than show obedience. As a result, it has come about that his depraved and wicked mind has involved others on its road to ruin, dreadful to relate.
But now we have learnt that you disagree with his wickedness. And so we exhort you finally, with this present letter, not to share communion with him, nor to make any mention of his name during solemn Mass. Thus it may profit your soul to have disagreed with him, even at a late stage. And do not delay in coming to us, but hasten to bring with you any bishops and any other religious person you can.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 469
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