Letter 9031: **From:** Gregory I, Bishop of Rome
AD ROMANOM DEFENSOREM.
Ecelesiaslica patrocinia non omnibus indiscrete impen-
| denda.
Gregorius Romaio defensori.
Pervenit ad nos quia quidam homines minorem
emnimodo discretionem tenentes, in SUis nos periculis
implieari desiderant, alque ita volunt * ab ecclesias-
ticis personis deſendi, ut ipsx quoque pers0ne- ec-
clesiastice ex eorum culpa teneantur. Idcirco proce
senti te przxceptione admoneo, et per te ſratrem et
coepiscopum nostrum domnunm Joannem, vel caxteros
qui interesse possuntl ; ut patrocinia ecclesiastica, sive
mea SusCipiatis scripla, sive etiam minime ſuerint di-
qualenus (Grat. 14, q. 6, c. 3) si qui in furlis publicis
implicati sunl, a nobis-non videantur injuste deſendi
ne opinionem male agentium ex indiscretz deſensio-
Nis ausu in nos ullo modo Lransſeramus ; 8ed quantunt
decet Ecclesiam, admonendo, verbum intercessionis
adhibendo, quibus valetis succurrite, ut et illis opem
ſeraltis, et opinionem 8anclz, Ecclesiz non inquine-
lis Þ. (Cf. Joan. Diac, l. rv, e. 56.)
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