Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 2.12: Leo the Great, Gregory the Great (Catholic Edition)
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Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Volume XII: Leo the Great, Gregory the Great. The Early Church Fathers is one of the most important collections of historical, philosophical and theological writings available in English to the student of the Christian Church. These documents provide the most comprehensive witness to the development of Christianity and Christian thought during the period immediately following the Apostolic Era. The Catholic edition of Early Church Fathers does not include the introductions, prolegomenae, and various interpretive comments made by the protestant editors of the Edinburgh edition. However, it retains all of the footnotes found in the printed editions. Contents of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series XII Leo the Great Letters Sermons Gregory the Great The Book of Pastoral Rule Register of Epistles (Books 1-8)
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“For certainly no one does more harm in the Church than one who has the name and rank of sanctity, while he acts perversely.” (Volume 12b, Page 2)
“If, then, the care of feeding is the proof of loving, whosoever abounds in virtues, and yet refuses to feed the flock of God, is convicted of not loving the chief Shepherd.” (Volume 12b, Page 4)
“No one presumes to teach an art till he has first, with intent meditation, learnt it. What rashness is it, then, for the unskilful to assume pastoral authority, since the government of souls is the art of arts!” (Volume 12b, Page 1)
“The conduct of a prelate ought so far to transcend the conduct of the people as the life of a shepherd is wont to exalt him above the flock. For one whose estimation is such that the people are called his flock is bound anxiously to consider what great necessity is laid upon him to maintain rectitude. It is necessary, then, that in thought he should be pure, in action chief; discreet in keeping silence, profitable in speech; a near neighbour to every one in sympathy, exalted above all in contemplation; a familiar friend of good livers through humility, unbending against the vices of evil-doers through zeal for righteousness; not relaxing in his care for what is inward from being occupied in outward things, nor neglecting to provide for outward things in his solicitude for what is inward.” (Volume 12b, Page 9)
“And so that which till then was visible of our Redeemer was changed into a sacramental presence2, and that faith might be more excellent and stronger, sight gave way to doctrine, the authority of which was to be accepted by believing hearts enlightened with rays from above.” (Volume 12a, Page 188)
- Title: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 2.12: Leo the Great, Gregory the Great (Catholic Edition)
- Authors: Philip Schaff, Henry Wace, Pope Saint Leo I, Saint Gregory the Great
- Series: Early Church Fathers (Catholic Edition)
- Volume: 12
- Publisher: Christian Literature Company
- Print Publication Date: 1895
- Logos Release Date: 2001
- Era: era:byzantine
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christian literature, early; Fathers of the church
- Resource ID: LLS:6.60.126
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:03:52Z