Letter 3011: I write to inform you that a bishop has been ordained for your church.
Gregory to the order and people of Albano [a town in the Alban Hills near Rome].
I write to inform you that a bishop has been ordained for your church. The long period of vacancy — and the difficulties it has caused for the pastoral life of your community — is now ended.
Receive your new bishop with charity and obedience. He comes to you as a pastor, not merely as an administrator; receive him accordingly. Give him your cooperation in the difficult work of governing a church in these troubled times. And pray for him, as he will pray for you.
The relationship between a bishop and his people is one of the most important in the church. Make it a good one from the beginning.
May God bless your church and prosper your bishop's ministry.
Gregory
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Latin / Greek Original
AD ORDINEM ET PLEBEM ALBANENSEM.
| Ordinatum ipais episcopum.
Gregorius ordiai eb plebi couxigtentibus in ©® Al-
bago. |
Probabilibus > desideriis nihil attulimus tarditatis,
EersT. X., — * Vide epist. 25 lib. 1.
Www ynioahs Gudiuw, & wchismalis odium quando-
quidem veritalem quasi obscurat Superiaducto ma-
lagmale, W ishius Sybdiaconi meulem e:oliens
Eeclesiaz cogsSocigt. Lege epigt. 3) lib. ww, ad Con-
= de his mode personis actum, de
quibys nilil iu Chalcedoneasi concilio coulinelur.
bugaxy. Quad hic docet Gregorius, iisdem pee ves-
bis legitur bb, 1y, egish 59. Sepsus Sauch Doctogis
esl ad concilium oe Hon Dei gou pertinere quid-
quid extra aut ultra fidei definitioveww statutum est
4+ Pers0ns Auk alis negoliis. Eadem es Velagii If
duclripa maxime epigt. 2, ad Elam et ad alios lslrig
epiSCoPus, quam A Greguiio Scriptam diximus supra.
Poxro, praecipua you regipieudi pro. Chalced. Concilio +
quedam iy viticais achvonibus Sancita ratio fuil quod
vel absenlibys, vel repuguanlibus legalis apestglicis,
vec approbante sancto Leone, fuerint conslitula.
Eeasrt. XI. — * Albauvuw, vulgo Albans, civilas La-
bonum vobis ordinavimus sacerdotem. > Mense No-
vembri, indictione 1.
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