Letter 10058: **From:** Gregory I, Bishop of Rome
Gregory to Bonifatius, bishop of Regium.
It is without doubt fitting for the gravity of the priesthood that if a bishop has any disputes with his church, he should settle them either by peaceful arrangement, if possible, or certainly by the intervention of judgment without delay, so that with the matter of contention removed from between them, only the concord of peace may remain between him and his people. Our glorious son Gregorius, the former prefect, has therefore informed us that there is a certain dispute between himself and your Church concerning properties that are at issue. Your fraternity should therefore bring this case to a conclusion without further delay, or hold his men in your commendation.
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Latin / Greek Original
AD BONIFACIUM REGIENSEM EPISCOPUNM.
Gregorii cum Ecclesia 8va causam absque dilatione
finial ipsiusve homines habeat commendalos.
Gregorius Bonifacio episcopo Regiensi.
Sacerdolali procul dubio convenit gravilati ut 8
quas Ecclesie suz causas habuerit, aut pacifica eas
ordinatione, $i fieri potest, aut certe judicio inierve-
niente 8ine mora definiat, ut, sublata e medio con-
tentionis materia, $0la illi cum filiis svis pacis possit
concordia permanere. Indicavit itaque nobis gloriosus
ſilius noster Gregorius * expraſecto, quod inter $6
et Keelesiam vestram de locis que competunt aliqua
Sit orta conleniio. Ob quam rem hortamur ut eam
avt cessante jurgio finiatis, aut certe dilatione 8ub-
mota Ecclesize vesir® actores ad electorum ire judi-
cium facialis; ut, eorum deſinitione precedente, nec
i!le- contra justitiam gravari, nec vestra prajudicium
videatur Ecclesia suslinere. Quia vero homines $u0s
el possessiones quas illic habet yobis voluit commen-
dari, oporlet ut vesira $e charitas in ejus causis quod-
cunque ratio invitaverit, non omittat impendere. At-
que ila eum in quibuscunque valuerit juvare- ſestinet,
ut, concurrentibus vobis, absentem $se a $u1s utilifa-
tibus esse non agnoscat.
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