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Recognized as the most thorough pastoral treatise of the patristic era, this sixth-century work by St. Gregory the Great carefully details the duties and obligations of the clergy concerning the spiritual formation of their flock. Examine this important Early Christian document in fresh translation by George E. Demacopoulos.

divine Voice, therefore, pomegranates are added to the little bells.26 For what could be indicated by the pomegranates if not the unity of the faith? For in the pomegranate, the many seeds that are inside are protected by the outer rind; just so, the unity of the faith covers the innumerable people of the holy Church, who, though they vary in merit, are held within her. Therefore, in order that the spiritual director does not rush unprepared into speaking (as we have said), the Truth proclaimed to
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