Governar os corpos e reger as almas: a rela o entre “igreja” e “cidade” na correspondência de S. Gregório Magno

This article examines the meanings and usages of the terms regimen and administratio according to Gregory the Great. They’re different, because the first one refers to the role of the clergy and the second, the role of civil magistrate, however both indicate a common supernatural purpose: the salvation of the men by means of the conversion to the faith and the christianization of the behaviors. Church and City are parcels of the same supertemporal unit, that is, the Christian society.