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The Book of Pastoral Rule

Pope St Gregory I the Great (AD 540–604) · Regula pastoralis · PL 77, 13–128

  1. 1. Prologue
  2. 2. How one who has in due order arrived at a place of rule ought to demean himself in it
  3. 3. Prologue
  4. 4. How the Preacher, When He Has Accomplished All Aright, Should Return to Himself, Lest Either His Life or His Preaching Lift Him Up

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St Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae 1265–1273 cites it 26 times

I-II, q. 73, a. 10 · I-II, q. 102, a. 5 · II-II, q. 10, a. 7 · II-II, q. 133, a. 1 · II-II, q. 146, a. 1 · II-II, q. 146, a. 2 · II-II, q. 147, a. 1 · II-II, q. 148, a. 2 · II-II, q. 148, a. 6 · II-II, q. 161, a. 5 · II-II, q. 182, a. 1 · II-II, q. 184, a. 7 · II-II, q. 185, a. 1 · II-II, q. 185, a. 2 · II-II, q. 185, a. 3 · II-II, q. 185, a. 5

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Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (eds.), New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1890-1900. Public domain: English translation first published 1885-1900 (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series). Latin: Migne, Patrologia Latina (1844-1855), public domain; transcription from Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).

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