Author : Pope Gregory I
Release : 2014
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 490/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Moral Reflections on the Book of Job by : Pope Gregory I

Download or read book Moral Reflections on the Book of Job written by Pope Gregory I. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gregory the Great was pope from 590 to 604, a time of great turmoil in Italy and in the western Roman Empire generally because of the barbarian invasions.Gregory s experience as prefect of the city of Rome and as apocrisarius of Pope Pelagius fitted him admirably for the new challenges of the papacy. "The Moral Reflections on the Book of Job" were first given to the monks who accompanied Gregory to the embassy in Constantinople. This first volume of the work contains books 1 5, accompanied by an introduction by Mark DelCogliano."