[Antoninus]

This has nothing to do with purgatory. That is an idea you are bringing to the text.

I'm not bringing it into the text, Gregory the Great did--one of the great saints of the Church. If you have an issue, take it up with him. I just think he's right, as opposed to the inventors of novel doctrines who showed up 1,500 years later.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I'm not bringing it into the text, Gregory the Great did--one of the great saints of the Church.

Maybe he was. Do you mean he is in the top 1%? How do you know this?

Did he outrank the widow who gave her only mite?

So to revise and extend my remarks, Gregory, while reputedly a nice guy, seemingly did poorly in any classes he took on Biblical Studies, Systematic Theology, Koine Greek, etc., or he would not have made these false claims. Especially in print to mislead others. He was human after all and didn't know everything.

It appears you simply repeated what he wrongly claimed and are making no claims of your own to know the meaning of Scripture.

Thank you for the chance to correct the record. I hope that is sufficient.

Now, will you please post any evidence from before 100 ad that shows Ol' Greg's claims to be Apostolic?

Thanks in advance.