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Gregory I - the 4th + last of the traditional Latin Doctors of the Church +
the father of the medieval Papacy. One of the great successes of his Pontificate
was the conversion of England. He was a very fertile auther and an ardent promoter of Benedictine monasticism.
most important work, it became a handbook of morals,
read, quoted, + excepted throughout the Middle Ages
Moralis Gregory's largest work is th Book of Morals, an
exposition of the Book of Job. Begun as confrences to the monks
when Gregory was in Constantinople the work grew to 35 books.
It opens with the literal meaning of the Scriptures, delves most
liberally into the mystical + allegorical interpretation, + then
points out the moral application. Although it is not a work
of scriptural exegesis it is impossible to follow it without
constant reference to the Book of Job. As a stonehouse
of theology, the Morals was a vade mecum for the
later contusics.
Gregorius I - Pontificate Sept 3, 590 to March 16, 604
Gregorian Sacramentary - ordered the Kyrie eliison + the
Christe eleison to be sung alternately by the clergy + laity.
a bridge between the the ancient + the medieval world -
an instigator of the Anglo-Saxon + the Carolingian
culture. To the Middle Ages he was the mouthpiece
of the Christian way of life.
-By Jan. 1478 Gering, Friburger + Crantz had printed some 30
books, among them the 1st Bible printed in France. After this
date we hear no more of Friburger + Cantz, and Gering
continued the business alone until around 1479-80, when for a
short time he went into partnership with Guillaume Meynial.
Towards the end of 1483 or beginning of 1484, Gering moved
his printing office to the rue de Sorbonne, where he
printed in conjunction with B. Rembolt.
-The attribution to Gregory of "Gregorian chant" rests on the
9th C "Life" by John the Deacon.
-the most important work of Gregory I; it became a handbook
of morals + was read, quoted + abridged throughout the Middle Ages.
Gregory was the 1st to introduce non-scriptural illustrations into his
instructions... he opened the way for the popular orators of the
Middle Ages.