64th Bishop of Rome, Head of the Roman Catholic Church from 590 to 604
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A Roman aristocrat who gave up the city prefecture to live as a monk, then found himself running the church — and the collapsing empire's welfare system — better than the emperors could manage themselves.
Born around 540 to a senatorial family, Gregory served as prefect of Rome at thirty before retreating to a monastery he'd founded on his own estate. He re-entered public life as a papal ambassador, then became the 64th Bishop of Rome on 3 September 590. His administration outpaced emperors Maurice and Theodosius in feeding and governing the people of Rome as imperial power frayed. He dispatched missionaries to England — Augustine of Canterbury, Paulinus of York — and realigned the barbarian kingdoms: Franks, Lombards, Visigoths all turned from Arian Christianity to Roman allegiance, a shift th…
Sourced, dated quotes from Pope Gregory I
The bliss of the elect in heaven would not be perfect unless they were able to look across the abyss and enjoy the agonies of their brethren in eternal fire.
They are not Angles, but angels.
No one does more harm in the Church than he who has the title or rank of holiness and acts perversely.
And let the fear and dread of you be upon all of the animals of the earth.” Clearly, fear and dread were prescribed for the animals, but evidently it was forbidden among humans.
Moreover, because the slothful mind is typically brought to its downfall gradually, when we fail to control our speech, we move on to more harsh words.
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