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The Influence of St. Gregory the Great
The word "Great" has justly been attributed to St. Gregory who stands as a dividing mark between the Ancient World and the Middle Ages, and who, undoubtedly, did more than any other one individual to direct the course of European progress and development. Gregory was one of those dominating …
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The Whitby life of Gregory the Great: exegesis and hagiography
The eight-century Whitby Vita Gregorii is one of the earliest examples of Anglo-Saxon hagiography, and is the earliest surviving life of Gregory the Great (590-604). The work has proved itself an anomaly in subject matter, style and approach, not least because of the writer’s apparently arbitrary …
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Pope Gregory the Great and a Prominent Woman of His Time
If the title "Great" applied to a historical personage may be rightly defined as implying the combination of high moral purpose with commanding ability, so used as to affect extensively the history of mankind, such title has been assigned duly to the first Pope Gregory. In all cases favorable …
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The Relations of Pope Gregory the Great with Private Citizens of his Time
Gregory the Great is quite generally regarded as one of the greatest of all the Popes. It is fortunate, therefore, that the fourteen volumes of his collected letters provide a golden opportunity to learn much about the inner workings of his mind. However, despite the fact that Gregory was often - …
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The Missionary Spirit of Gregory the Great as Evidenced by His Interest in the Angles
The purpose of this study is to examine the missionary spirit of Gregory the Great in the light of his objectives, his interest, his plans, and the execution of his designs for the conversion of the Angles. This will be the vantage point throughout the work since the Pope’s apostolic ardour should …
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The Monk As An Executive: The Monastic Influence in the Career of Gregory the Great
This study is "based on the first five books of Gregory's correspondence. Assuming that the chronology is generally correct, these five "books cover the first one-third of Gregory’s career as pope. Being 55 years old by this time, Gregory must have become quite firmly established and fixed in his …
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The Influence of Saint Augustine Upon Pope Saint Gregory the Great in his Regula Pastoralis
Letters and discourses of great men throw valuable side-lights, not only on their own personal character and history, but also on the religious, political, and economic aspects of the times in which they lived. |Pope St. Gregory the Great was born 186 years after the Great Doctor of the North …
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The Doctrine on Contemplation of St. Gregory the Great as Found in Three of His Sermons on Ezekiel
At the close of his sermons on Ezekiel, St. Gregory grieves thus to his flock, “Let no one upbraid me .... if after this sermon I retire because, as you are all aware, our tribulations have increased,"|He then enumerates some of the woes which oppress him:|"On all sides we are surrounded with …
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The Life of Saint Gregory the Great Vita Sancti Gregorii Magni By Paul the Deacon: A Translation and Commentary
This translation of the Vita Sanoti Gregorii Magni of Paul the Deacon was made at the suggestion and under the direction of Doctor Leo V. Jacks, head of the Classical Department of the Creighton University Graduate School, An interest in the life of this illustrious pontiff had been awakened in the …
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The Relationship of the Clergy to Civil Courts, Civil Officials and Administration as Expressed in the Letters of Gregory the Great
Since Gregory the Great is regarded as one of the greatest of the Popes of the Catholic Church, a study of the saint reveals much about the position of the Church and its members during his reign. Some insight into this Pope’s thought may be gained through an investigation of his reaction to …
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The Relations of Saint Gregory the Great, while Pope, with the Imperial Exarch of Ravenna (590-604): Based on the Correspondences
In the sixth century the Roman Empire was in a deplorable state. For more than a hundred years, Italy had been divided between the Lombards and the Empire: The king of the Lombards lived at Pavia, the Imperial Exarch at Ravenna. The Emperor of Byzantium ruled over Romagna, Ferrara, and five cities …
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Life of Saint Gregory the Great Written in Four Books by John the Deacon: A Translation and Commentary of Books I and II
Catholic scholars in the field of patristics have long felt the need for new translations of early Christian writers which not only convey faithfully and intelligibly the original message but also present a correct theological understanding. The bulk of the old translations, notably the collections …
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A Comparative Analysis of Gregory of Nazianzus's Apologeticus and Gregory the Great's Pastoral Care
This thesis contributes to the scholarly field by providing a detailed analysis of how the intertextual expression of dimensions of pastoral care was undergirded by a shared framework. I concentrate on the eastern thought of Gregory Nazianzen who lived during the fourth century, and the western …
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Pope Gregory's care of the Papal Estates from 590 to 604, as shown in his letters to his stewards
(First paragraph) I used the "Correspondence of Pope Saint Gregory the Great,” Abbe Migne's Edition, as the principal source material. I have also employed the edition of the Epistolae published by Paul Ewald and L. M. Hartman in Monumenta Germaniae Historica (Berlin, 1887-1899), which is the best …
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An Irish apostle: articulating and actualising apostolicity in the early Irish church
This thesis examines the earliest extant Latin Lives of Brigit and Patrick; Cogitosus’s Vita Brigidae and Muirchú’s Vita Patricii as evidence for a seventh-century debate on Irish apostolicity. While often dismissed as mere propaganda, this thesis shows they are highly sophisticated demonstrations …
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The Role and Status of the Catholic Church in the Church-State Relationship Within the Roman Empire from A.D. 306 to 814
… information from historical documents on the role and status of the church in the development of church-state relationships within the Roman Empire from A.D. 306 to 814 (from Constantine's ascendancy to the throne, to Charlemagne's death).</p> <p>After the introductory chapter, chapter 2 …
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The Art of Arts: Theorising Pastoral Power in the English Middle Ages
Gregory the Great described the government of souls as ‘the art of arts,’ a sentiment that the Fourth Lateran Council would echo in 1215. This thesis takes as its fundamental proposition that this ‘art’ can be understood as a ‘craft’, one that is responsible for producing and maintaining a …
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Vengeance and saintly cursing in the saints’ Lives of England and Ireland, c. 1060-1215
This dissertation concerns the narrative and theological role of divine vengeance and saintly cursing in the saints’ Lives of England and Ireland, c. 1060-1215. The dissertation considers four case studies of primary material: the hagiographical and historical writings of the English Benedictines …
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Inordinate Desire: The History of and Exegetical Basis for the Sin of Gluttony
The sin of gluttony has a long history in Christian tradition as one of the seven deadly sins, but it has almost entirely disappeared from the modern church’s moral vocabulary. Unless one were a fifth-century monk, it might be difficult to answer the following questions: What is gluttony? Why is it …
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Innovation in Tradition: Gregory the Great's Use of Classical and Patristic Thought in His Commentary on the Song of Songs
<p>To follow the example of Jesus and to draw closer to God in a meaningful relationship was the ultimate goal of the monastics. Starting with St. Anthony and spread by St. Athanasius in the fourth century CE, Egyptian monasticism was established in the deserts of North Africa. Around the fifth …
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