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Gregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 3

Chapter I.--A Sketch of the Life of S. Gregory of Nyssa.

… Here it is usual to place the marriage of Gregory with Theosebeia, said to have been a sister of Gregory Nazianzen. Certainly the tradition of Gregory's marriage received such credit as to be made …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 210

Chapter CXVII.

… Replies to him have been made by Apollinarius, Didymus, Basil of Cæsarea, Gregory Nazianzen, and Gregory of Nyssa. [2553] Bishop 360, died before 396. Chapter CXXI. Priscillianus, [2554] bishop of Abila, belonged to the party …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 10

360. Julian Emperor.

Gregory Nazianzen at Constantinople. 378. Gregory Nazianzen at Constantinople. 386. Through Palestine to Egypt, and settlement at Bethlehem. 386-90. Translation of LXX. into Latin. 379. Theodosius Emperor. 387. Revision of version of New Testament …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 90

Canon IV.

… The conduct of Peter, the successor of Athanasius, first in instituting Gregory Nazianzen bishop of Constantinople by his letters and sending a formal recognition of his appointment and then in substituting Maximus, as has been …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 1

A SELECT LIBRARY

… 383; see also Index--Ambrose); with Augustin he carried on an important correspondence (see Table of Contents); he studied under Gregory Nazianzen (80, 93; see also Illust. Men, c. 117, Vol. iii. 382) at the …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 91

Prolegomena.

… Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen, Sometime Archbishop of Constantinople. Translated by Charles Gordon Browne, M.A., Rector of Lympstone, Devon; and James Edward Swallow, M.A., Chaplain of the House of Mercy, Horbury. Prolegomena …

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Gregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 13

Letter I.

… on good grounds to have been Gregory's, and to have formed that short reply to Eunomius which he read, at the Council of Constantinople, to Gregory of Nazianzen and Jerome (d. vir. illust. c …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 88

Canon II.

… This rule seems to have been made chiefly on account of Meletius, Bishop of Antioch, Gregory Nazianzen, and Peter of Alexandria. For Meletius leaving the Eastern diocese had come to Constantinople to ordain Gregory bishop …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 203

Ep. LXXXI.

… Some writers have imagined that she was the wife of Gregory Nazianzen himself, but there is no evidence to show that he was ever married. The date of her death is uncertain, but it was …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 83

[748] Quis Dives salvetur, chap. 42.

… literally, "enlightened him." The verb photizo was very commonly used among the Fathers, with the meaning "to baptize." See Suicer's Thesaurus, where numerous examples of this use of the word by Chrysostom, Gregory Nazianzen

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Leo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 121

Preface.

… First, that of Gregory Nazianzen (c. a.d. 362), known as his second oration, and called tou autou apologetikos , which was written, like that of the later Gregory, to excuse the writer's reluctance to …

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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 497

Chapter XXIX.

… Chrysostom and Nestorius came from the same city that Cassian alludes in the text. [2682] The reference is to Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop of Constantinople from 379 to 381 when he retired in the interests of …

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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 133

Chapter XXIX.

… 164) speaks of the passages read, "as of very doubtful bearing on the question raised by Nestorius." It is true only two, those from Athanasius and Gregory Nazianzen, contain the crucial term "Theotocos" but all …

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Socrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 281

Councils, imperial convocation defended, [3028]208.

… Eunomius, [3187]207; Arian bishop of Cyzicus, [3188]351; his heresy not new, [3189]363; acknowledges indebtedness to Aetius, [3190]364; described by Gregory Nazianzen, [3191]364; secedes from Arians, [3192]379; banished by Theodosius …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 6

Chapter VII.--Chrysostom as Patriarch of Constantinople. a.d. 398-404.

… After the death of Nectarius (successor to Gregory Nazianzen), towards the end of the year 397, Chrysostom was chosen, entirely without his own agency and even against his remonstrance, archbishop of Constantinople. He was hurried …

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Leo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 209

Epistle LIV.

… This excellent teaching of thine is attested by the holy ancient fathers, doctors, and defenders of the Church; Hilary, Ambrose Augustin, Gregory Nazianzen: these all bear testimony to thee as did the prophets to the …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 1

A SELECT LIBRARY

… Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen Creator(s): Schaff, Philip (1819-1893) (Editor) Print Basis: New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1893 Rights: Public Domain CCEL Subjects: All; Proofed; Early Church; LC Call no: BR60 LC …

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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 496

Chapter XXVI.

Gregory Nazianzen. But perhaps because those whom we have enumerated came from different parts of the world, their authority may seem to you less valuable. An absurd thing, indeed, because faith is not interfered with …

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