Quote from Letter 9,142 to Callinicus, exarch of Italy. May 599
(For) indeed, the bearers of this letter, coming to us from districts of Istria, avoiding the error of the schismatics, among whom they were living, and desiring to be subject to the unified Church. Considering their intention of good works, we welcomed them within the bosom of the Mother Church with suitable exhortation, and we gratefully allowed them their desire to serve as soldiers of our Church.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 627.
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