We encourage you, therefore, most beloved brother, to provide him [a bishop Paul] with a hand of support, as is proper, where a reason for justice proves obvious, and to assist him with priestly compassion.
And so, let no possessions, and the power of no person, divert you from a desire for fairness, but rely on the precepts of the Lord, and despise all things that are opposed to rectitude. Persist constantly with justice, in the defense of opposite parties. Do not refuse to put up with hatreds, if there are any, for the sake of the truth.
And so, let no possessions, and the power of no person, divert you from a desire for fairness, but rely on the precepts of the Lord, and despise all things that are opposed to rectitude. Persist constantly with justice, in the defense of opposite parties. Do not refuse to put up with hatreds, if there are any, for the sake of the truth.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II,
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