He was canonized and declared a "Doctor of the Church";
elected Pope in 590 and held office until his death in 604 C.E.
Left behind his Moralia on Job a line-by-line commentary as well
as Homilies on the Gospels and Ezekiel 1-4 & 40; a Book of
Testimonies that likely included Commentary on the Apocalypse
(Book of the Revelation to John). He used figural / allegorical
interpretation as well as a grammatical exegesis . . .
Mark DelCogliano (transl. and editor) for FATHERS of the CHURCH
series (CUA Press, 2022) Volume 144
Central to Gregory's eschatology is the idea
that at the end of the era of the Church, Satan
is released from his bondage with all his
strength for a final testing of humanity: Gregory
is no millennialist, interpreting the "thousand
years" not literally but as the present, long,
indeterminate length of the Church's reign,
however long it may be.
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