Quote from Letter 9.159 to Marcellinus, proconsul of Dalmatia. May-June 599
But we have heard that your Greatness has been accused of committing wicked sins that n man of faith should ever have perpetrated. For all affirm that you are the source of the plundering of that church and the ruination of such great souls and the audacity of unheard-of presumption.
And indeed, as you say that you want to receive our favor, it is fitting that for such things as this you ought to satisfy our Redeemer with all the effort of your mind, as is proper, and with tears. For if He is not satisfied, what certainty will our mitigation and favor be able to confer?
And indeed, as you say that you want to receive our favor, it is fitting that for such things as this you ought to satisfy our Redeemer with all the effort of your mind, as is proper, and with tears. For if He is not satisfied, what certainty will our mitigation and favor be able to confer?
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II,644 .
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