Views During the Third Period (750-1517 A.D.) (5): The Supremacy of the Pope, Gregory the Great (590-604)

When Eulogius (in our preceding article we were quoting from Philip Schaff to the effect that Gregory displayed in his correspondence with his rival a singular combination of pride and humility -- H.V.), in return for his exaltation of his own see, afterwards addressed Gregory as "universal pope," he strongly repudiated the title, saying: "I have said that neither to me nor to any one else ought you to write anything of the kind. And lo! When Eulogius (in our preceding article we were quoting...