The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part I

Part I

• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.1 — Prologue. of Roman Pontiff, to John, Bishop of the City of Ravenna. ———————————— Part I. Gregory to his most reverend and most holy brother and fellow-bishop, John. With kind and humble intent thou reprovest me,…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.2 — That the unskilful venture not to approach an office of authority. 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…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.3 — That none should enter on a place of government who practise not in life what they have learnt by study. That none should enter on a place of government who practise not in life what they have learnt by study. There…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.4 — Of the weight of government; and that all manner of adversity is to be despised, and prosperity feared. Of the weight of government; and that all manner of adversity is to be despised, and prosperity feared. So much,…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.5 — That for the most part the occupation of government dissipates the solidity of the mind. Often the care of government, when undertaken, distracts the heart in divers directions; and one is found unequal to dealing…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.6 — Of those who are able to profit others by virtuous example in supreme rule, but fly from it in pursuit of their own ease. Of those who are able to profit others by virtuous example in supreme rule, but fly from it in…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.7 — That those who fly from the burden of rule through humility are then truly humble when they resist not the divine decrees. That those who fly from the burden of rule through humility are then truly humble when they…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.8 — That sometimes some laudably desire the office of preaching, while others, as laudably, are drawn to it by compulsion. That sometimes some laudably desire the office of preaching, while others, as laudably, are drawn…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.9 — Of those who covet pre-eminence, and seize on the language of the Apostle to serve the purpose of their own cupidity. Of those who covet pre-eminence, and seize on the language of the Apostle to serve the purpose of…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.10 — That the mind of those who wish for pre-eminence for the most part flatters itself with a feigned promise of good works. That the mind of those who wish for pre-eminence for the most part flatters itself with a…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.11 — What manner of man ought to come to rule. That man, therefore, ought by all means to be drawn with cords to be an example of good living who already lives spiritually, dying to all passions of the flesh; who…vatican.va
• The Book of Pastoral Rule I.12 — What manner of man ought not to come to rule. Wherefore let every one measure himself wisely, lest he venture to assume a place of rule, while in himself vice still reigns unto condemnation; lest one whom his own…vatican.va