us. "Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through His great power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies: leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent in their instructions: such as found out musical tunes, and recited verses in writing: rich men furnished with ability, living peaceably in their habitations: all these were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of their times."-Ecclesiasticus xliv. "Cum suos sancta per orbem ecclesia Catholica in omni gente doctores semper celebrare non cessat, quos Christo domino magistrante ad se directos in eo gloriando congaudet, eosque scriptis memorialibus promulget in posteros, ut ponant in Deo spem suam et non obliviscantur operum Dei sui et mandata eius exquirant, merito nos quoque nostri mentionem magistri possumus iuxta vires nostras, adiuvante Domino, facere describentes, quem sanctum Gregorium cum omni etiam orbe praefato possumus appellare."-S. Gallen Life of Gregory. Proem. |