Quote from Letter 9.103
(If) there is nothing that might prevent their ordination, be keen to ordain them with God's blessing. It is also right for you to talk with them, so that with the concern of their exhortation, they may strive to recall those living there from their lack of faith, and relieve them from the worship of pagan gods, and teach them to persist in their fear of almighty God and to love the rewards of eternal life, so that this consecration may lead them to glory before God and the people living there to salvation.
(If) there is nothing that might prevent their ordination, be keen to ordain them with God's blessing. It is also right for you to talk with them, so that with the concern of their exhortation, they may strive to recall those living there from their lack of faith, and relieve them from the worship of pagan gods, and teach them to persist in their fear of almighty God and to love the rewards of eternal life, so that this consecration may lead them to glory before God and the people living there to salvation.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 604
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