Gregory the Great: source notes

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Topic: church-authority

See church-authority reasoning.

PAP S1: Letter V.18 (to John of Constantinople)

• Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360205018.htm (public-domain English translation)
• Text: “Certainly Peter, the first of the apostles, himself a member of the holy and universal Church, Paul, Andrew, John, — what were they but heads of particular communities? And yet all were members under one Head.”
• Context: Against the title ‘universal bishop’.
• Bears on: P2
• Status: verified (English)

PAP S2: Letter V.18

• Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360205018.htm (public-domain English translation)
• Text: “And you will become by so much the greater as you restrain yourself from the usurpation of a proud and foolish title: and you will make advance in proportion as you are not bent on arrogation by derogation of your brethren.”
• Context:
• Bears on: P2
• Status: verified (English)