Pope gregory i quotes and sayings

Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; c. – 12 March ), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian Mission, to convert the then-paganAnglo-Saxons in England to Christianity.

Top 30 Pope Gregory I Quotes (2025 Update) - Quotefancy

Gregory is also well known for his writings, which were more prolific than those of any of his predecessors as pope. The epithet Saint Gregory the Dialogist has been attached to him in Eastern Christianity because of his Dialogues.

Quotes

• Scriptura sacra mentis oculis quasi quoddam speculum opponitur, ut interna nostra facies in ipsa videatur.

  Ibi etenim foeda, ibi pulchra nostra cognoscimus.

  • Holy Scripture presents a kind of mirror to the eyes of the mind, so that our inner face may be seen in it. There we learn our own ugliness, there our own beauty.
  • Morals in the Book of Job, d, as translated in Cultural Performances in Medieval F Pope Gregory I Quotes (Author of The Book of Pastoral Rule) FOCU