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Gregorius a Ecclesio episcopo b Clusino. Gloriosus filius noster Aufridus ad nos scripta transmisit, indicans quod in castro c Balneo-Regis, 1064 una cum habitatoribus loci ipsius sihi d Joannem Diaconum elegerit episcopum ordinandum, de cujus omnino vita bona testarus est. Sed quia quae sint canonica nesciunt, et nos inexpertis vel incognitis manus temere non audemus imponere, fraternitas vestra cum omni sollicitudiue ac vigilantia diversis quibus potuerit modis de vita actibusque ipsius requirere stuleat. Et si nihil est quod ei canonice possit obsistere, requirendum quoque est si in opere Dei studium habuit, vel psalmos novit.
Gregory to Ecclesius, bishop of Clusium. Our glorious son Aufridus has transmitted writings to us, indicating that in the fortress of Balneum-Regis, together with the inhabitants of that place, he has chosen John the Deacon to be ordained bishop, of whose good life he has borne witness in every respect. But because they do not know what things are canonical, and we do not dare rashly to lay hands upon men untried or unknown, let your fraternity with all solicitude and vigilance take care to inquire, by various means as you are able, concerning his life and deeds. And if there is nothing that can canonically stand against him, it must also be inquired whether he had zeal in the work of God, or knows the psalms.
額我略致克盧西烏姆主教厄克萊西烏斯。我們榮耀的兒子奧夫里都斯寄來書信，陳明在王泉城堡，他連同該地的居民，已選定執事若望被祝聖為主教，並就其良善的生活各方面作了見證。但因他們不知何為合乎教規之事，而我們也不敢對未經考驗或不為人知之人草率地覆手，願你的兄弟會以全然的用心與警醒，盡你所能藉各種方式查訪他的生活與行為。若無任何按教規可以阻礙他之事，還須查明他在神的工作上是否有熱忱，是否通曉聖詠。
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Et si talis fuerit, eum ad nos cum testificationis sure epistola dirigat. Si vero aliter fuerit, vestris nobis similiter epistolis indicate, et hahitatores loci ipsius adhortamini ut si iste aplus non fucrit, sicut et suprascripto Aufrido filio nostro scripsimus, alium sibi eligant qui ad hoc officium cum gratia Dei aptus valeat inveniri r.
And if he prove to be such, let him send him to us with a letter of his testimony. But if it be otherwise, indicate it to us likewise by your letters, and exhort the inhabitants of that place that, if this man be not suitable—as we have also written to our aforesaid son Aufridus—they choose for themselves another who by the grace of God may be found suitable for this office.
若他證實為這樣的人，便讓他持一封見證的書信將他送到我們這裡。但若情形相反，同樣以你的書信向我們陳明，並勸勉該地的居民：若此人不合適——正如我們也曾寫信給我們上述的兒子奧夫里都斯所言——就為自己另選一位藉神的恩典可被發現合乎此職分的人。