Gregory the Great wrote the Epistola synodica in February 591, about six months after becoming pope. The contents of this letter correspond almost entirely with some passages of the Regula pastoralis, composed in the same period. Scholars have so far assumed that the Synodica was written after the Regula pastoralis, implying that Gregory had pasted together some chapters of the Regula to compose the Letter. Through the philological analysis of some textual passages, the present article aims to re-define the relationship between the two works, to better illustrate the evolution of Gregory’s thought on specific doctrinal issues.
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