▁This ▁is ▁not ▁unusual ▁since ▁the ▁work ▁is ▁a ▁letter ▁and ▁Gregory ▁was ▁not ▁in ▁the ▁habit ▁of ▁tit ling ▁his ▁many ▁letters . ▁" Lib ell us ▁respons ion um " ▁is ▁the ▁name ▁given ▁the ▁letter ▁by ▁B ede ▁in ▁his ▁Historia ▁E cc les iast ica , ▁and ▁most ▁modern ▁comment ators ▁translate ▁B ede ' s ▁nom en cl ature ▁as ▁" L ittle ▁book ▁of ▁answers " ▁or ▁" L ittle ▁book ▁of ▁responses ". ▁" Lib ell us " ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁translated ▁as ▁" letter "; ▁thus ▁" Let ter ▁of ▁answers " ▁is ▁another ▁possible ▁translation . ▁ ▁Cont ents ▁ ▁The ▁Lib ell us ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁responses ▁( respons iones ) ▁by ▁Gregory ▁to ▁" certain ▁juris pr ud ential , ▁administrative , ▁juris dict ional , ▁lit urg ical ▁and ▁rit ual ▁questions ▁August ine ▁was ▁confront ed ▁with ▁as ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁fled g ling ▁English ▁church ". ▁The ▁number ing ▁and ▁order ▁of ▁these ▁responses ▁differ ▁across ▁the ▁various ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁Lib ell us ▁( see ▁below ). ▁But ▁in ▁the ▁most ▁widely ▁known ▁version ▁( that ▁reprodu ced ▁in ▁B ede ' s ▁Historia ▁E cc les iast ica ) ▁there ▁are ▁nine ▁responses , ▁each ▁of ▁which ▁begins ▁by ▁re - st ating ▁or ▁par ap hr asing ▁August ine ' s ▁original ▁questions . ▁Gregory ' s ▁first ▁response ▁addresses ▁questions ▁about ▁the ▁relationship ▁of ▁a ▁bishop ▁to ▁his ▁cler gy ▁and ▁vice ▁vers