Gregory the Great’s Book of Pastoral Rule or Care (Lat. Liber Regulae Pastoralis, Regula Pastoralisor Cura Pastoralis) is his treatise on the responsibilities of ministers.    Gregory wrote it shortly after his inauguration as Bishop of Rome in A.D. 590. At the time, Rome was in a shambles due to invasions, famine, and plague.  In AD 546 the Ostrogoths had plundered the … Continue reading The Book of Pastoral Rule (Care), Gregory the Great, Part I: Gregory to his … fellow-bishop, John (of Ravenna).