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Gregorius universis episcopis per Illyricum. £l nobis confert de sollicitudine vestra lætitiam, et fraterinitatem vestram de sua reddit ordinatione securam, si antiquæ consuetudinis ordo servatur. Quia ergo ex epistolis quas ad uos per Maximianum presby. terum et Andream diaconum dirclistis, in persona Joannis fratris etcoepiscopi uostri consensum omnium vestrum ut serenissimi principis convenisse cognovimus voluntatem, magna nos exsultatio habuit talem, Deo auctore, ad sacerdotii officium fuisse provectum, qui dignus cunctorum est electionis judicio comprobatus.
額我略致遍佈伊利里孔的眾主教。倘若古時習俗的規矩得以保守，這便使我們對你們的殷勤心生喜樂，也使你們弟兄對其自身的按立感到安穩。既然我們從你們藉司祭瑪西彌盎和執事安德肋所寄給我們的書信中得知，你們眾人的同意，在我們的弟兄、同為主教的若望其人身上，已與至尊貴君王的意願相符合，我們便大為歡騰，因為這樣一位人物——一位在眾人選舉的評斷中被證實為配得之人——已以天主為主宰，被提升到司祭的職分。
Gregory to all the bishops throughout Illyricum. It confers upon us gladness concerning your solicitude, and renders your fraternity secure concerning its own ordination, if the order of ancient custom is preserved. Since therefore, from the letters which you directed to us through the presbyter Maximianus and the deacon Andreas, we have learned that the consent of you all, in the person of John our brother and fellow-bishop, has concurred with the will of the most serene prince, a great exultation possessed us that such a man has been advanced, God being the author, to the office of the priesthood — a man who has been approved by the judgement of the election of all as worthy.
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Proinde jux'a postulationis vestrae desiderium, pradictum fratrem et coepiscopum nostrum, in eo in quo est sacerdotii ordine constitutus, nostri assensus auctoritate firmimus, ratamque nos ejus consecrationem habere, dirigentes pallium, indicamus. Gui quoniam juxta morem nostras vices commisimus peragendas, ideo fraternitatem vestram necessario prævidimus adhortandam, quatenus ei in his quai ad ordinem ecclesiaslicurn rectitudinemque pertinent disciplinæ, sive in aliis quibus canonum decreta non obstant, parere nullo modo differatis, ut charitatem vestram sincero eum judicio elegisse exhibita valeat obediantia declarare. (Vide sup. lib. i, ep. 4;), indict. 9; el inf. ep. 23.)
因此，照著你們請願的願望，我們憑我們同意的權柄，確認上述弟兄、我們同為主教者，安立於他所在的司祭品級之中，並藉頒發白帶，表明我們持定他的祝聖為有效。既然我們已照習俗將我們的代職委任予他去履行，因此我們必然預先設想，當勸諭你們弟兄，好使你們在凡涉及教會秩序及規律之正直的事上、或在其他教規之法令並不反對的事上，絕不遲延地服從他，好使他能藉所表現的順服，宣告你們的愛以真誠的評斷揀選了他。（參上文第一卷第四封信；第九個小紀；及下文第二十三封信。）
Therefore, according to the desire of your petition, we confirm the aforesaid brother and our fellow-bishop, established in that order of the priesthood in which he is, by the authority of our assent, and we make known that we hold his consecration ratified, sending the pallium. And since, according to custom, we have committed to him our vices to be discharged, therefore we have of necessity foreseen that your fraternity should be exhorted, so that you may in no way delay to obey him in those things which pertain to ecclesiastical order and to the rectitude of discipline, or in other matters in which the decrees of the canons stand not opposed, that he may be able, by the obedience shown, to declare that your charity has chosen him with a sincere judgement. (See above, book I, letter 4; indiction 9; and below, letter 23.)