Quote from Letter 9.91 to Felix, in Sicily. January 599
(For) we cannot pass judgment for someone who wants us to decide the case simply according to precedent, and we should give a full hearing to each party, so that we can judge the merits of the other party;s allegations without any doubt, especially if we have not heard the whole case.
And for that reason, both of you act in such a way that, as we have said, the judgment of the trial decides the merit of your cases, once the truth is known.
For while we should not want to sustain any prejudice, we wish much more that justice be preserved for you, as for our true sons.
(For) we cannot pass judgment for someone who wants us to decide the case simply according to precedent, and we should give a full hearing to each party, so that we can judge the merits of the other party;s allegations without any doubt, especially if we have not heard the whole case.
And for that reason, both of you act in such a way that, as we have said, the judgment of the trial decides the merit of your cases, once the truth is known.
For while we should not want to sustain any prejudice, we wish much more that justice be preserved for you, as for our true sons.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 598
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