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# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XII/Gregory the Great/Register of Epistles/Book I/Chapter 36

Epistle L.
To Anthemius the Subdeacon.
Gregory to Anthemius, &c.
Even as, through the ordering of God as it hath pleased Him, we have received the place of government, so ought we to be solicitous for the souls committed to us. Now we find that in the Eumorphian island, in which, as is well known, there is an oratory of the blessed Peter, Prince of the Apostles, a large number of men with their wives from various patrimonies have fled to it for refuge, through stress of barbarian ferocity. This we consider inexpedient:  for, there being other places of refuge near at hand, why should women have their abode there with monks? Wherefore we enjoin thy Experience by this present order from this time forward to allow no woman, whether she be under ecclesiastical jurisdiction or any other, to take up her abode or tarry there; but let them provide for themselves a place of refuge (there being, as has been said above, so many in the neighbourhood) wherever they may choose; so that all intercourse with women may henceforth be put an end to; lest, if we should desist from taking all the care we can, and guarding against the snares of the enemy, we henceforth (which God forbid) should be culpable in case of anything wrong taking place. Delay not, therefore, to give to the abbot Felix, the bearer of these presents, one thousand five hundred pounds of lead, which he is known to be in want of in the same island, which may be charged afterwards in thy accounts, when the whole quantity shall be known. So proceed, then, that thou mayest provide thyself with some, if any can be profitably used for the buildings of the same island. Moreover, since congregations of monks in the islands are exposed to hardship, we forbid boys under eighteen years of age to be received into these monasteries. Or, if there are any now there, let thy Experience remove them, and send them to the city of Rome. We desire thee in all respects to observe this in Palmaria also and the other islands.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Anthemius was Defensor ecclesiæ in Campania.
* ↑ An island, as well as Palmaria mentioned afterwards, near the Campanian coast, and hence under the care of Anthemius.
* ↑ Alluding to the Lombards, who at this time were ravaging Italy.
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XII/Gregory the Great/Register of Epistles/Book I/Chapter 38

Epistle LVI.
To Peter, Subdeacon.
Gregory to Peter, &c.
Being exceedingly desirous of observing the festivals of saints, we have thought it needful to address this our letter of direction to thy Experience, informing thee that we have arranged for the dedication with all solemnity, with the help of the Lord, in the month of August, of the Oratory of the Blessed Mary lately built in the cell of brethren where the abbot Marinianus is known to preside, to the end that what we have begun may through the Lord’s operation be completed. But, inasmuch as the poverty of that cell requires that we should assist in that day of festival, we therefore desire thee to give for celebrating the dedication, to be distributed to the poor, ten solidi in gold, thirty amphoræ of wine, two hundred lambs, two orcæ of oil, twelve wethers, and a hundred hens, which may be afterwards charged in thy accounts.  Provide therefore for this being done at once without any delay, that our desires, God granting it, may take speedy effect.
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XII/Gregory the Great/Register of Epistles/Book I/Chapter 4

Epistle IV.
To John, Bishop of Constantinople.
Gregory to John, Bishop of Constantinople.
If the virtue of charity consists in the love of one’s neighbour, and we are commanded to love our neighbours as ourselves, how is it that your Blessedness does not love me even as yourself? For I know with what ardour, with what anxiety, you wished to fly from the burden of the episcopate; and yet you made no opposition to this same burden of the episcopate being imposed on me. It is evident, then, that you do not love me as yourself, seeing that you have wished me to take on myself that load which you were unwilling should be imposed on you. But since I, unworthy and weak, have taken charge of an old and grievously shattered ship (for on all sides the waves enter, and the planks, battered by a daily and violent storm, sound of shipwreck), I beseech thee by Almighty God to stretch out the hand of thy prayer to me in this my danger, since thou canst pray the more strenuously as thou standest further removed from the confusion of the tribulations which we suffer in this land.
My synodical epistle I will transmit with all possible speed, having despatched Bacauda, our brother and fellow-bishop, immediately after my ordination, as the bearer of this letter, while pressed by many and serious engagements.

## Footnotes

* ↑ For notice of him, see III. 53, note.
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XII/Gregory the Great/Register of Epistles/Book I/Chapter 35

Epistle XLIX.
To Honoratus, Deacon.
Gregory to Honoratus, &c.
Since we have undertaken, however undeserving, a place of government, it is our duty to succour our brethren in need, so far as our power extends. Januarius, then, our brother and fellow-bishop of the metropolitan city of Caralis (Cagliari), has been here in the city of Rome, and informed us that the glorious magister militum, Theodorus, who is known to have received the dukedom of the island of Sardinia, is doing many things there contrary to the commands of our most pious lords, whereby with fitting clemency and gentleness they removed many hardships of proprietors, or of citizens of their empire. Wherefore we desire you at a suitable time to represent the case to our most pious lords in accordance with what the provincials of the aforesaid island justly and reasonably demand; seeing that on a previous occasion also their sacred imperial letters were sent to the glorious Magister militum Edancius, who was in the seventh indiction duke of Sardinia, in which they ordered all these present grievances to be redressed, to the end that their commands, proceeding from the bountifulness of their piety, might be observed unshaken by dukes who might come in course of time to be in power, and that the benefit thereof might not be squandered away by administrators; that so a quiet life might be led under the clement empire of our lords, and for the ordinance which with tranquil mind they grant to their subjects they might receive multiplied compensation at the coming of the eternal judge.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Honoratus was Gregory’s apocrisiarius at Constantinople.
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XII/Gregory the Great/Register of Epistles/Book I/Chapter 40

Epistle LVIII.
To Arsicinus Duke, the Clergy, Nobility, and Common People (ordini et plebi) of the City of Ariminum.
Gregory to Arsicinus, &c.
How ready is the devotion of your love in expectation of a pontiff the text of the report which you have addressed to us shews. But, since the ordainer ought in such cases to be exceedingly careful, we are watching over this case with due deliberation. And so we warn your Charity by this present writing that no
one need trouble himself to apply to us in favour of Ocleatinus: but, if any one is found in your own city to undertake this work with profit, so that he cannot be objected to by us, let your choice concur in his favour. But, if no one should be found fit for it, we have mentioned to the bearers of these presents one to whom you may no less accord your consent. But do you with one accord pray faithfully, that, whosoever may be ordained, he may be able both to be profitable to you and to display priestly service worthy of our God.
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XII/Gregory the Great/Register of Epistles/Book I/Chapter 41

Epistle LXI.
To Gennadius, Patrician and Exarch of Africa.
Gregory to Gennadius, &c.
That you have unceasingly the fear of God before your eyes, and pursue justice, the subdued necks of enemies testify; but, that the grace of Christ may keep your Glory in the same prosperity, restrain, as you have been wont, with speedy prohibition whatever things you discover to be committed wrongfully, so that, fortified with the arms of justice, you may overcome hostile attacks with the power of faith, which is the top of all virtue. Now Marinianus, our brother and fellow-bishop of the city of Turris has tearfully represented to us that the poor of his city are being vexed everywhere, and afflicted by expenses in the way of gifts or payments; and further that the religious of his church endure serious molestation from the men of Theodorus the magister militum, and suffer bodily injuries; and that this thing is breaking out to such a pitch that (shocking to say) they are thrust into prison, and that he himself also is seriously hindered by the aforesaid glorious person in causes pertaining to his Church. How opposed such things are, if indeed they are true, to the discipline of the republic you yourselves know. And, since it befits your Excellency to amend all these things, greeting your Eminence I demand of you that you suffer them to be done no more; but straightly order him to abstain from harming the Church, and that none be aggrieved by burdens laid upon them, or payments, beyond what reason allows, and that, if there should be any suits, they be determined not by the terror of power, but by order of law. I pray you, then, so correct all these things, the Lord inspiring you, by the menace of your injunction that the glorious Theodorus and his men may abstain from such things, if not out of regard to rectitude, yet at any rate out of fear inspired by your command; that so, to the advancement of your credit and reward, justice with liberty may flourish in the parts committed to your charge.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Turritana civitas, a city in Sardinia, called by Pliny (lib. iii. c. 7) Turris Lybissonis, and by Ptolemy (lib. iii. c. 5) Turris Byssonis.
* ↑ Commodalibus dispendiis. The word commodum is used not only for a stipend, or a present or gratuity, but also for exacted payments, “Pro quavis pensitatione vel etiam exactione usurpat Gregor. M.” Du Cange.
* ↑ Religiosos ecclesiæ. By the terms religiosi and religiosæ were denoted not only monks, nuns, dedicated virgins, and clergy, but also other persons devoted to piety and good works in connection with the Church. Cf. xi. 54, “laico religioso.” See reff. in Index under Religiosus.
* ↑ Angariis seu commodis. Angarium, or angaria, denotes any forced service imposed on people, either rendered in person or in money payment. See also V. 8, note 4.
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XII/Gregory the Great/Register of Epistles/Book I/Chapter 39

Epistle LVII.
To Severus, Bishop.
Gregory to Severus, &c.
We learn from thy Fraternity’s epistle that, with regard to the choice of a bishop, some are agreed in favour of Ocleatinus, with whom, since we disallow him, they need not further concern themselves. But give notice to the inhabitants of that city that, if they should find any one in their own Church fit for that work, they all transfer their choice to him. Otherwise the bearer of these presents will point out a person, of whom I have told him, in favour of whom the notification of the election should be made. Do you, moreover, be prudent and careful with regard to your visitation of the same Church, that its property may be preserved inviolate, and its interests attended to after the accustomed manner under your management.

## Footnotes

* ↑ The vacant See referred to was that of Ariminum. See following epistle.  Severus, who had been commisioned to act as visitor during the vacancy, was bishop of Ficulum, or Ficocle in the same province. See V. 25.
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume XII/Gregory the Great/Register of Epistles/Book I/Chapter 42

Epistle LXII.
To Januarius, Archbishop of Caralis (Cagliari) in Sardinia.
Gregory to Januarius, &c.
If our Lord Himself by the testimony of Holy Scripture declares Himself to be the husband of widows and father of orphans, we also, the members of His body, ought with the soul’s supreme affection to set ourselves to imitate the head, and saving justice, to stand by orphans and widows if need be. And, having been given to understand that Catella, a religious woman who has a son serving here in the holy Roman Church over which under God we preside, is being troubled by the exactions and molestations of certain persons, we think it needful to exhort your Fraternity by this letter not to refuse (saving justice) to afford your protection to this same woman, knowing that by things of this kind you both make the Lord your debtor and bind us to you the more in the bonds of charity. For we wish the causes of the aforesaid woman, whether now or in future, to be terminated by your judgment, that she may be relieved from the annoyance of legal proceedings, and yet be by no means excused from submitting to a just judgment. Now I pray the Lord to direct your life in a prosperous course towards Himself, and Himself to bring you in His mercy to the kingdom of glory which is to come.
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I/Volume XI/On the Epistle to the Romans

the homilies of st. john chrysostom,
archbishop of constantinople,
on the
epistle of st. paul the apostle
to the
r o m a n s
translated by
rev. J. B. morris, m.a.,
of exeter college, oxford, and;
rev. w. h. simcox,
fellow of queen’s college, oxford.
revised, with notes, by
GEORGE B. STEVENS, Ph.D., d.d.,
professor IN YALE UNIVERSITY.

## Contents

* Preface to Homilies on Romans
* The Argument
* Homily I on Rom. i. 1, 2
* Homily II on Rom. i. 8
* Homily III on Rom. i. 18
* Homily IV on Rom. i. 26, 27
* Homily V on Rom. i. 28
* Homily VI on Rom. ii. 17, 18
* Homily VII on Rom. iii. 9-18
* Homily VIII on Rom. iv. 1, 2
* Homily IX on Rom. iv. 23
* Homily X on Rom. v. 12
* Homily XI on Rom. vi. 5
* Homily XII on Rom. vi. 19
* Homily XIII on Rom. vii. 14
* Homily XIV on Rom. viii. 12, 13
* Homily XV on Rom. viii. 28
* Homily XVI on Rom. ix. 1
* Homily XVII on Rom. x. 1
* Homily XVIII on Rom. x. 14, 15
* Homily XIX on Rom. xi. 7
* Homily XX on Rom. xii. 1
* Homily XXI on Rom. xii. 4, 5
* Homily XXII on Rom. xii. 14
* Homily XXIII on Rom. xiii. 1
* Homily XXIV on Rom. xiii. 11
* Homily XXV on Rom. xiv. 1, 2
* Homily XXVI on Rom. xiv. 14
* Homily XXVII on Rom. xiv. 25-27
* Homily XXVIII on Rom. xv. 8
* Homily XXIX on Rom. xv. 14
* Homily XXX on Rom. xv. 25-27
* Homily XXXI on Rom. xvi. 5
* Homily XXXII on Rom. xvi. 17, 18
# Not Understood and Other Poems/Dunedin from the Bay

DUNEDIN FROM THE BAY.
# Not Understood and Other Poems/In Memoriam-W. H. Levin

IN MEMORIAM. W. H. LEVIN.
# Not Understood and Other Poems/Kaitangata

KAITANGATA.
On the 21st of February, 1879, a colliery explosion took place at the Kaitangata Mines, by which thirty lives were sacrificed.
# Not Understood and Other Poems/Away With Regret

AWAY WITH REGRET.
To W.E.
# Not Understood and Other Poems/Bush Children

BUSH CHILDREN.
# Not Understood and Other Poems/God’s Own Country

GOD’S OWN COUNTRY.
A recent arrival from New Zealand, walking along Collins Street, Melbourne, a short time since, encountered another Maorilander, who holds a good position in the Victorian capital. “Well, how do you like Australia?” enquired the recent arrival. “Oh! it is a wonderful place,” replied the other, “and I am doing very well here, but I would much sooner live on a far smaller salary in ‘God’s Own Country.’”
# Not Understood and Other Poems/Leah

LEAH.
# Not Understood and Other Poems/How Von Tempsky Died

HOW VON TEMPSKY DIED.
# Not Understood and Other Poems/Hurrah for New Zealand

HURRAH FOR NEW ZEALAND.
# Not Understood and Other Poems/Little Violet

LITTLE VIOLET.
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume IV/Encyclical Letter
## Contents

* Introduction
* Epistola Encyclica
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume IV/Encyclical Letter/Epistola Encyclica
## Contents

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Chapter 6
* Chapter 7
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume IV/Deposition of Arius
## Contents

* Introduction
* Deposition of Arius
# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume IV/Editorial Preface

Editorial Preface.
It is with a sense of deep obligation to Mr. Robertson, the special editor, that this volume of the Post-Nicene series of the Fathers is presented to the subscribers and the public. It will furnish, as is believed, a more comprehensive and thorough introduction to the study of Athanasius than is elsewhere accessible, and the labour and devotion bestowed upon it are beyond all acknowledgment. Thanks must also be expressed to the publishers, by whose liberality the ordinary limits of the volumes of this series have been extended, in order that so important a Father as Athanasius might be represented with as much fulness as possible.
Mr. Robertson’s Preface explains the care and respect with which the translation and notes of Cardinal Newman have been treated, in reprinting them for the purpose of this edition. But there appeared in some parts of the translation inaccuracies which could not be reproduced consistently with a faithful representation of the original; and so far, therefore, and so far only, it has been corrected. Where any correction has been made in the Cardinal’s notes, it is of course distinctly specified.
I must add an expression of particular gratitude to my friend, the Rev. J. H. Lupton, Surmaster of St. Paul’s School, for his generous help in reading the translations throughout, and for various valuable suggestions. The assistance of his scholarly learning gives me additional confidence in presenting this volume to the public.
I must take the opportunity of expressing my great regret that there has been so considerable an interruption in the issue of the series. But by the sudden failure, partly from illness, and partly from other unforeseen causes, of two important contributions at the very moment when they were needed, the editor and the publishers were exposed to difficulties which were for the time insuperable. But other volumes of the series are now steadily progressing, and it is believed there will be no further interruptions in the publication.
Henry Wace.
King’s College, London,
21 Nov. 1891.
# Now May He Who from the Dead

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Now May He Who from the Dead by John Newton
    Now may He Who from the dead
    Brought the Shepherd of the sheep
    Jesus Christ, our King and Head,
    All our souls in safety keep.
    May He teach us to fulfill
    What is pleasing in His sight;
    Perfect us in all His will,
    And preserve us day and night.
    To that dear Redeemer’s praise,
    Who the covenant sealed with blood,
    Let our hearts and voices raise
    Loud thanksgivings to our God.
# Now, My Soul, Rehearse the Story

Now, my soul, rehearse the story How the multitude was fed: How for more than the five thousand Christ the Lord a table spread: How He stayed the faint, the hungry, Who Himself is Living Bread.
Save five loaves and two small fishes, In the desert food was none: What were these among so many? Yet they feasted every one, And twelve baskets full of fragments Gathered, when the meal was done.
In the desert art thou hungry? Christ His loved ones calls to share Banquet which Himself provides them In His Church's pastures fair: See, Love's banner floats to lure thee, Enter, thou shalt find Him there.
Thousands find there Food for thousands, None is sent unfed away, There His Body duly broken, Feeds the faithful day by day, And the Pure Oblation offered, Rises to the Throne for aye.
Still the unbelievers question: Whence for you does God give bread? What they see they pour contempt on; Ah! is thus your Table spread-- This the Feast to Life Eternal, Sacrifice for quick and dead?
Christ hath blessed and Christ hath broken, Thus the soul is satisfied: Still the hands anointed offer What Himself hath sanctified: Christ's own Blood, His very Body, Still the Forms created hide.
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# Now Art has lost its mental Charms

* information about this edition.
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From Notebook c.1808-1811 p.79. See also: Songs and Ballads.

#### Edited text:

cxxvii
1 'Now Art has lost its mental Charms France shall subdue the World in Arms.'
So spoke an Angel at my birth ;
Then said ' Descend thou upon earth ;
5 Renew the Arts on Britain's shore,
And France shall fall down & adore.
With works of Art their Armies meet
And War shall sink beneath thy feet.
9 But if thy Nation Arts refuse,
And if they scorn the immortal Muse,
France shall the arts of Peace restore
And save thee from the ungrateful shore.'
13 Spirit who lov'st Brittannia's Isle
Round which the Fiends of Commerce smile —
MS. Book, p. 79. Lines 13, 14 are apparently the beginning of a second
stanza which was left unfinished. Only in EY i. 227. Cp. Advertisement
(MS. Book, p. 66): 'Let us teach Buonaparte and whomsoever else it
may concern that it is not Arts that follow & attend upon Empire, but
Empire that attends upon & follows The Arts.' Also Blake's notes to
Reynolds' Works (vol. i, p. [cxxv]), ' The Foundation of Empire is Art
& Science. Remove them, or Degrade them, & the Empire is No More.
Empire follows Art, & not Vice Versa as Englishmen suppose.'
4 upon] on the EY. 7 their] her EY. 12 And . . . shore] And save thy works from Britain's shore MS. Book 1st rdg. del. 13, 14 Spirit . . . smile]
       'Spirit who lovest Britannia's shore
       Round which the Fiends of Commerce roar.'
EY. 14 Cp. Advertisement (MS. Book, p. 25), ' In a commercial nation
impostors are abroad in all professions. These are the greatest enemies of Genius.'
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#### The original text:

Now Art has lost its mental Charms France shall subdue the World in Arms
So spoke an Angel at my birth
Then said Descend thou upon Earth
5Renew the Arts on Britains Shore And France shall fall down & adore
With works of Art their Armies meet
And War shall sink beneath thy feet
But if thy Nation Arts refuse
10And if they scorn the immortal Muse
France shall the arts of Peace restore
And save thee from the Ungrateful shore
Spirit who lovst Brittannias Isle Round which the Fiends of Commerce smile
[unfinished]
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## Notes

* ↑ The poetical works of William Blake; a new and verbatim text from the manuscript engraved and letterpress originals; With variorum readings and bibliographical notes and prefaces, edited by Sampson, John, Clarendon Press Oxford 1905, c. 236-7.
* ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 479.
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