Pope Gregory I (the Great)
Pope and Doctor of the Church. One of the four great Latin Doctors. Praised Jerome's translation so highly that he says it rendered everything more truly from the Hebrew.
Preliminaries
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PREFACE TO THE READER (1)
— Called the older Latin edition the "Old translation"
"St. Gregory the Old translation"
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PREFACE TO THE READER (1)
— Praised Jerome's translation so highly that he says it rendered everything more truly from the Hebrew
"The same St. Gregory praises him so highly that he says his translation (which he calls the new one) has rendered everything more truly from the Hebrew speech"
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THE LIFE OF CORNELIUS A LAPIDE.
— Listed among saints whose company Lapide found in Rome (referred to as "Gregory")
"in company with Saint Basil, Gregory, and Jerome"
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Section One
— In Book IV, letter 84, rebukes Theodore the physician for neglecting Sacred Scripture; calls Scripture a letter from Almighty God
"St. Gregory, in Book IV, letter 84, rebukes Theodore, even though he was a physician, for negligently reading Sacred Scripture"
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Chapter II: On the Object and Breadth of Sacred Scripture
— In 18th book of Moralia, chapter 14, explains Job passage about silver's veins as an image for Sacred Scripture
"St. Gregory splendidly explains, in the 18th book of the Moralia, chapter 14"
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Chapter III: On the Difficulty of Sacred Scripture
— In preface to Books of Kings, advises that sometimes he explains history differently from Fathers
"St. Gregory splendidly advises the reader in his preface to the Books of Kings"
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Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers
— Commenting on Ezekiel, acknowledges mysteries in sacred volumes revealed only to heavenly spirits
"Gregory the Great, both Pontiff and Doctor, ventures further: for commenting on Ezekiel"
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Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers
— Listed among Fathers who labored night and day over sacred books
"Shall we then marvel that Gregory, Augustine, Ambrose, Eusebius, Origen, Jerome, Cyril, and the whole chorus of holy Fathers, labored so intensely"
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Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study
— In preface to Moralia, chapter 41, says divine Scripture is "a river both shallow and deep, in which the lamb may walk and the elephant may swim"
"St. Gregory in the preface to his Moralia, chapter 41"
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Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study
— Reports in II Dialogues, chapter 35, that Blessed Benedict saw a light in which the whole world was gathered
"St. Gregory reports, II Dialogues, chapter 35, that the Blessed Benedict"
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Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study
— The Holy Spirit sat upon him in the form of a dove as he wrote, as Peter the Deacon attests
"That the Holy Spirit sat upon St. Gregory the Great in the form of a dove"
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Praises of Moses from Scripture and the Fathers
— In Part 2 of Pastoral Rule, chapter 5, quotes him on Moses entering and leaving the tabernacle
"Hear Saint Gregory, Part 2 of the Pastoral Rule, chapter 5"
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Praises of Moses from Scripture and the Fathers
— In book 6 on 1 Kings chapter 3, says Moses was so full of spirit that the Lord shared his spirit with seventy elders; in homily 16 on Ezekiel, places Moses above Abraham in knowledge of God
"The same author, in book 6 on 1 Kings chapter 3, says that Moses was so full of the spirit"
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— In the preface to the Morals, Book 1, teaches that all apparitions were made through angels
"Gregory in the preface to the Morals, Book 1, and others throughout"
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Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch
— Wishes allegory to be free in Scripture
"St. Jerome, Gregory, Origen, and others often wish the allegory to be free"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations
— Cited alongside Augustine, Rupert, Bede for angels created simultaneously with the world
"so with Saint Augustine, Gregory, Rupert, and Bede"