Quote from Letter 5,50 to all the bishops of Gaul who are under the rule of Childebert. 12 August 595
We exhort each of you to be concerned about his office [Virgil, bishop of Arles], so that he who desires to accept the reward promised for feeding his sheep, may guard the flock entrusted to him with pastoral care and prayer, so that the craftly wolf does not invade and tear apart the sheep entrusted to him, and there should not be any punishment in retribution, instead of a reward. And so we hope, dearest brethren, and with all our prayers we beseech that our almighty Lord may make your Beloved more and more fervent in the constancy of our love, and may allow you to remain in full agreement, in the peace of the Church.
We exhort each of you to be concerned about his office [Virgil, bishop of Arles], so that he who desires to accept the reward promised for feeding his sheep, may guard the flock entrusted to him with pastoral care and prayer, so that the craftly wolf does not invade and tear apart the sheep entrusted to him, and there should not be any punishment in retribution, instead of a reward. And so we hope, dearest brethren, and with all our prayers we beseech that our almighty Lord may make your Beloved more and more fervent in the constancy of our love, and may allow you to remain in full agreement, in the peace of the Church.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 394
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