Epistle
XX.
To Honoratus, Deacon of Salona.
Gregory to Honoratus, &c.
Having read the contradictory letters which thou and thy
bishop have addressed to us against each other, we grieve that there is
so little charity between you. Nevertheless we enjoin thee to
continue in the administration of thy office, and, if the cause of
offence between you can, under the power of grace, be settled on the
spot, we believe it will be
greatly to the advantage of your
souls. But in case the discord between you has so set you in arms
against each other that you have no will to allay the swelling of your
offence, do thou without delay come to be heard before us, and let thy
bishop send to us on his own behalf such person as he may choose,
furnished with instructions; that, after minutely considering the whole
case, we may settle what may appear fit between the parties. But
we would have thee know that we shall make strict enquiry of thee on
all points, as to whether the ornaments
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either those of thine own church, or such as have been collected from
various churches, are being now kept with all care and fidelity.
For, if any of them shall be found to have been lost through negligence
or through any person’s dishonesty, thou wilt be involved in the
guilt of this, being, in virtue of thy office of Archdeacon, peculiarly
responsible for the custody of the said church.
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Cimelia
, from
Gr.
κειμήλια
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