winning of souls,” Gregory confidently assumed succor and aid for any necessity the missionaries had to insure success. Any who did so would certainly share their spiritual glory. The subsequent letters to Augustine formed a missiology for future endeavors. England eventually, at the Synod of Whitby in 662, entered into the orbit of Roman ecclesiastical authority (until the 1530s). Second, Gregory contributed to the dominance of the Benedictine Rule for monastic life. As the first monk to become
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