Quote from Letter 9.179 to Castor, our notary in Ravenna. July 599
The more you see that we trust you and charge you with necessary cases, the more you ought to show yourself strenuous and concerned. Therefore, if Maximus of Salona takes an oath to confirm that he is innocent of simoniacal heresy, and when just asked about other matters before the body of Saint Apollinaris, replies hat he is innocent , and shows penitence over his disobedience, as we have directed, then we want your Experience to give him that letter which we wrote to him to console him, in which we signified that we returned our grace and communion to him.
For just as it suits us to be severe to those resisting in insolence, even so we should not deny an opportunity to pardon to those who are humble again and penitent.
The more you see that we trust you and charge you with necessary cases, the more you ought to show yourself strenuous and concerned. Therefore, if Maximus of Salona takes an oath to confirm that he is innocent of simoniacal heresy, and when just asked about other matters before the body of Saint Apollinaris, replies hat he is innocent , and shows penitence over his disobedience, as we have directed, then we want your Experience to give him that letter which we wrote to him to console him, in which we signified that we returned our grace and communion to him.
For just as it suits us to be severe to those resisting in insolence, even so we should not deny an opportunity to pardon to those who are humble again and penitent.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, p. 654.
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