(For) you should have considered, glorious daughter, how great a multitude of the faithful exists in the bossom of mother Church, and with what great virtues the priests shine who have died in that faith, and for how many bodies they make their miracles, and you ought not to have judged them. but you should have trusted such great men and priests more than yourself.
For all that, we give thanks to almighty God, as He has poured the light of His truth into your heart, so that, driving away the darkness of sin, He may show you the path of righteousness, which you should follow and stick to.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 491
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