Quote from Letter 5,55 to John, abbot of Reggio. July 595
(I)t is necessary for you, supported in this by the direction of our authority, to go to the monastery, and examine alll those allegations, with a very carefyll investigation. And if you find it to be so (Heaven forbid!), you will punish them according to the rules, so that a worthy punishment teaches them to abstain from wicked and illegal activities in the future.
(I)t is necessary for you, supported in this by the direction of our authority, to go to the monastery, and examine alll those allegations, with a very carefyll investigation. And if you find it to be so (Heaven forbid!), you will punish them according to the rules, so that a worthy punishment teaches them to abstain from wicked and illegal activities in the future.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 386
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