c. AD 540 – 604
Gregory the Great
He shaped the medieval papacy, western liturgy and the pastoral ideal of the bishop as 'servant of the servants of God'.
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- Location
- Rome
- Role
- Pope, monk and Doctor of the Church
- Major writings
- Pastoral Rule
- Dialogues; Moralia on Job; letters
- Teachings
- Pastoral care adapted to each hearer
- Mission to peoples outside the empire
- Connection to apostolic Christianity
- He appealed to Peter's commission while refusing the title 'universal bishop' as a matter of humility.
Quotations with references
“The government of souls is the art of arts.”
Sources and References
- Gregory I, Pastoral Rulenewadvent.org