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A Source Book for Ancient Church History - Mirrors

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658 A <strong>Source</strong> <strong>Book</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Ancient</strong> <strong>Church</strong> <strong>History</strong>The work is one of the most attractive histories written in theMiddle Ages. For nearly all of his history, Paulus is dependentupon older sources, but he restates the older accounts in clearand careful fashion. The connection between the variousextracts is not always felicitous, yet he has succeeded inproducing one of the great books of history. For an analysis ofthe sources, see F. H. B. Daniell, art. “Paulus (70) Diaconus”in DCB. The best edition is that by Bethmann and Waitz in theMGH, Scriptores rerum Langobardorum et Italicarum sæc.VI-IX, also in the 8vo edition. There is an English translationof the entire work in the Translations and Reprints of theHistorical Department of the University of Pennsylvania.[601]5. At that time the learned and pious Pope Gregory, after he hadalready written much <strong>for</strong> the benefit of the holy <strong>Church</strong>, wrotealso four books concerning the lives of the saints; these bookshe called Dialogus, that is, conversation, because in them he hasintroduced himself speaking with his deacon Peter. The Popesent these books to Queen Theodelinda, whom he knew to betrue in the faith in Christ and abounding in good works.6. Through this queen the <strong>Church</strong> of God obtained many andgreat advantages. For the Lombards, when they were still heldby heathen unbelief, had taken possession of the entire propertyof the <strong>Church</strong>. But, induced by successful requests of the queen,the king, holding fast to the Catholic faith, 254 gave the <strong>Church</strong> ofChrist many possessions and assigned to the bishops, who hadthereto<strong>for</strong>e been oppressed and despised, their ancient place ofhonor once more.7. In these days Tassilo was made king of Bavaria by theFrankish king Childebert. With an army he immediately marchedinto the land of the Slavs, and with great booty returned to hisown land.254 He was not a professed Catholic. It probably means either that he heldfast to his political alliance with Rome, or that he was determined to favor theCatholic faith professed by his spouse.

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