Pope St. Gregory the Great on Defending the Church
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Justinian and Gregory of Alexandria
Justinian is known for the reconquest of many lands that had been lost to different barbarian tribes. He was born into a wealthy aristocratic family, very old Roman Christian family. We don't know much about his education, but we know he had a very good one. But part of it, Tim, is that he really hides his own learning. Even though we're sure he studied Virgil and Cicero and all these greats of Latin literature, he doesn't quote them. That's one of the things I remember in his writing.
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