Popes have been around for centuries giving people in and out of the Roman Catholic Church giving them spiritual guidance. Saint Gregory the Great was one of these popes and many other things in life. Gregory the Great was a man who uses his abilities to take over Italy and other countries in the Western Europe.
Before his life a pope Gregory the great lived a life as a Benedictine monk. It was known to be “a period to which he often refers as the happiest part of his life.”(Hubbert)
Gregory the Great was the first monk to become a pope of the Roman Catholic Church. “The choice of a successor lay with the clergy and people of Rome, and without any hesitation they elected Gregory the great”. (Hubbert) Gregory the Great as a monk and pope …show more content…
Gregory the Great was put in the papacy in 590 (during the time of the Lombard’s), where he then had established administrative machinery which would be ruled by the Church of Rome and all subsequent popes. Administrative machinery, which is supervising the affairs or duties of the Roman church. Gregory the Great used his power as pope all over Western Europe almost demonstrating the power of the Roman Catholic Church possesses. Gregory the Great as stated before almost became a trope to be reckoned with in Roman Catholic Church and Italy. The pope held many titles in his lifetime, outside of his pope duties, Gregory the Great was a physician of souls, a monastic, a missionary, a preacher, He was also the real father or founder of the of the medieval …show more content…
Gregory the great with just his mind, voice, and action would bear such an impact that it had spread throughout Eastern Europe and even Africa with the missionaries he would send, Gregory the great sent many missionaries to convert the people to the Christian faith he wanted to wipe out paganism with all great strength. These mission trips were not taken lightly and methods were somewhat grim. Gregory the great, methods was to do anything to convert which included persuasions, exhortations, and threats. If those tactics would fail, he would give way to force. As a man of God, he surprisingly had no reluctance in these ways to
Before his life a pope Gregory the great lived a life as a Benedictine monk. It was known to be “a period to which he often refers as the happiest part of his life.”(Hubbert)
Gregory the Great was the first monk to become a pope of the Roman Catholic Church. “The choice of a successor lay with the clergy and people of Rome, and without any hesitation they elected Gregory the great”. (Hubbert) Gregory the Great as a monk and pope …show more content…
Gregory the Great was put in the papacy in 590 (during the time of the Lombard’s), where he then had established administrative machinery which would be ruled by the Church of Rome and all subsequent popes. Administrative machinery, which is supervising the affairs or duties of the Roman church. Gregory the Great used his power as pope all over Western Europe almost demonstrating the power of the Roman Catholic Church possesses. Gregory the Great as stated before almost became a trope to be reckoned with in Roman Catholic Church and Italy. The pope held many titles in his lifetime, outside of his pope duties, Gregory the Great was a physician of souls, a monastic, a missionary, a preacher, He was also the real father or founder of the of the medieval …show more content…
Gregory the great with just his mind, voice, and action would bear such an impact that it had spread throughout Eastern Europe and even Africa with the missionaries he would send, Gregory the great sent many missionaries to convert the people to the Christian faith he wanted to wipe out paganism with all great strength. These mission trips were not taken lightly and methods were somewhat grim. Gregory the great, methods was to do anything to convert which included persuasions, exhortations, and threats. If those tactics would fail, he would give way to force. As a man of God, he surprisingly had no reluctance in these ways to