In his letters to priests and bishops, Augustine is often found
exhorting them to humility. Their fruitfulness as ministers is not
contingent primarily on their own goodness and power, but on the one
whose vicar they are. Nevertheless, the minister must exercise his
freedom in seeking after virtue if he is to effectively fulfill his role
as a true instrument of the Gospel. For the Bishop of Hippo, each alter Christus
has to find the right relationship between humble receptivity and
zealous activity in order to faithfully carry out his sacred ministry.
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