Community and Fellowship: Gregory the Great on Community and Humility
Teaching on Community and Fellowship from Gregory the Great: Gregory the Great on Community and Humility
This is a spiritual discipline on humility in community and servant leadership, drawing on Philippians 2:3-4, Romans 12:10 and 1 Peter 5:5.
Gregory the Great (d. 604) taught that true community requires humility from every member, especially leaders. In the "Pastoral Rule," he wrote: "The ruler should be the neighbor of everyone through compassion and yet be exalted above all through contemplation." Gregory modeled this by calling himself "Servant of the Servants of God" and by personally attending to the poorest members of his community.…
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