Quote from Letter 9.88 to Anthelm, sub-deacon of Naples. January 599
The right of justice demands that our Church ought not to retain any more without just cause than what was given by our predecessors, who knew the truth. Otherwise, what is considered totally contrary to a religious purpose might seem to have been not a true restitution, but an imaginary one, and quite fraudulent.
The right of justice demands that our Church ought not to retain any more without just cause than what was given by our predecessors, who knew the truth. Otherwise, what is considered totally contrary to a religious purpose might seem to have been not a true restitution, but an imaginary one, and quite fraudulent.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 596
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