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Gregory the Great on the balance of the christian life of the clergy

In Gregory the Great’s Pastoral Care the balance of the Christian life of the clergy not only permeates Gregory’s discussions in each major section of the book but also this theological motif served him to challenge the tendency of the clergy of his times to have a negative attitude towards the active life. Overall, Gregory’s middle-ground position of work is noteworthy and deserves more attention. He seems to defend ‘the mixed life’ in his discussions, where the balance motif serves such a purpose. The ‘mixed life’ is understood as the combination of both the active and contemplative life of the …

What can we learn from Gregory the Great’s vision of pastoral care?

Gregory the Great was the leader of the Western Church in the sixth century. In the preface to the Third Book of his work titled Pastoral Care, Gregory suggests that church leaders along with their congregants must be in agreement if they want the church to be edified through the Scriptures. Such accordance would allow these leaders to preach the same doctrine of the gospel but using different ways to exhort. Gregory writes, “every teacher, in order to edify all in the one virtue of charity, must touch the hearts of his hearers by using one and the same doctrine, …