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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 224
… Enoch, for instance, was thus translated, and Moses increased and was perfected; and Isaac by advancing became great [3150] ;' and the Apostle said that he reached forth [3151] ' day by day to what was before …
2,486 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 172
… The attempt to revive the Night Office among the secular Clergy of the Diocese brought great odium on S. John Chrysostom a few years later. [4246] i.e., by Isaiah. [4247] Job xxxviii. 4, Ps …
2,505 wordsAugustine — Exposition on Psalms • SECTION 181
… Appendix, when Ingentius, the forger, was to be threatened with torture, Proconsul dixit, Suspendatur. [3994] Quia talibus meritis agebantur. [3995] [Note his caution and great humility.--C.] [3996] Rom. iv. 15. [3997] Matt. x. 25 …
2,491 wordsChrysostom — Galatians through Philemon • SECTION 260
… Guests, poor, are the best, [1617]374; great and rich, are like masters, [1618]ib. Hades, most said to be punished in, [1619]359. Hadrian. See [1620]Adrian. Ham, cursed through want of love, [1621 …
802 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 32
… We saw, then, with how great charity thy mind was aflame, seeing that it so kindled others also. Your life indeed, which I always remember with great reverence, they did not know; but the loftiness …
940 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 90
… He was a witness to the will of Gregory of Nazianzus. [799] Vide note on p. 114. [800] Vide note on p. 82. Chapter XXVIII.--Of the letter written by Valens to the great Valentinianus …
918 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 82
… Boniface, Deacon. Gregory to Boniface, Deacon at Constantinople [236] . As often as the discord of those who ought to have been preachers of peace makes us sad, we should study with great solicitude that cause …
938 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 14
… II. (Basil the Great, p. 18, note.) The "Canonical Epistles" of St. Basil are not private letters, but canons of the churches with which he was nearest related. When there was no art of printing …
2,544 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 129
… In the West, we find this abuse attracting the attention of Gregory the Great, who writes to a bishop that "rationalis ordo" would not allow a layman to pervert a monastic foundation at will to …
940 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 192
… I mean the great Gregory, and all who succeeding in order to the throne of your episcopate, like stars rising one after another, have tracked the same course, so as to leave the tokens of …
2,562 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 173
… among those of Gregory of Nazianzus, to whom it is to be attributed. It is only found in one ms. of the letters of Basil (Coisl. i.) Letter CLXVII. [2555] To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata …
957 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 11
… If Arianism failed to assist the thought of the Church to a solution of the great problem of God, its failure was not less conspicuous with regard to revelation and redemption. The revelation of the …
2,554 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 211
… Although I could say nothing else in his favour, yet, because he has made it of very great importance to be the bearer of my letter, reckon him among our friends, and remember me and …
952 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 1
… 1 Birth of Gregory of Nazianzus. Eustathius of Beroea elected bishop of Antioch. Theod. i. 3; Soz. i. 2. Constantine writes a letter ordering the building and reparation of churches. Theod. i. 14 Also a …
950 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 123
… Gregory the Great orders that the accounts of xenodochia should be audited by the bishop (Epist. iv., 27). Charles the Great provides for the restoration of decayed "senodochia" (Capitul. of 803; Pertz, Leg., i. 110 …
980 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 59
… But where shall I rank the great Gregory, [1328] and the words uttered by him? Shall we not place among Apostles and Prophets a man who walked by the same Spirit as they; [1329] who …
2,619 wordsChrysostom — Homilies on Matthew • SECTION 1
… It is true "the Three Cappadocians," Basil the Great, his brother Gregory of Nyssa, and his friend Gregory of Nazianzen, had but a qualified admiration for the exegetical results attained by Origen, though diligent in …
2,628 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 249
… This edition, which soon became popular, was introduced by Gregory of Tours into the services of the Church of France, and thus obtained the name of the Gallican Psalter. In 1566 it superseded the Roman …
993 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 125
… If any one should venture, even after this ordinance of the holy and great Synod, to act contrary to this present rule, and should follow the old custom, the translation shall be null, and he …
990 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 241
… The Greek language has in this respect a great advantage over the Hebrew, the Latin and the English; it has a word which is a general word and is properly used of the affectionate regard …
2,654 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 137
… 378 a.d.), but on the accession of Theodosius the Great he was compelled to resign the see, which was given to Gregory of Nazianzus. [1754] 1 Cor. i. 13. [1755] Hercules found it impossible …
1,018 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 62
… Accordingly Eusebius besought Lucifer to repair to Alexandria and take counsel on the matter with the great Athanasius, intending himself to undertake the labour of bringing about a reconciliation. Lucifer however did not go to …
1,008 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 91
… Such is your life; great and wonderful to all who have eyes to see; and yet not wonderful to any one who judges by the whole purpose of your life. Now let me tell my …
1,033 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 67
… on which account the people celebrated a festival with great rejoicings, whereby there was, say they, an accomplishment of those words of the oracle, their mystic dance with wat'ry feet Shall tread through proud …
1,040 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 417
… Herod the Great, becomes king, [1298]89, [1299]90, [1300]93; lineage of, [1301]93; cruelty toward the infants, [1302]94; death of, [1303]94, [1304]95; succeeded by Archelaus, [1305]96; puts John to …
2,200 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 77
… And thus came to pass that unspeakable mixture and conjunction of human littleness commingled with Divine greatness, whereby even those names which are great and Divine are properly applied to the Humanity, while on the …
1,065 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 60
… On the other hand the maintainers of apostolic doctrine, who were perfectly well aware of the soundness of the great Meletius, and had clear knowledge of his stainless character and wealth of virtue, came to …
1,080 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 24
… And therefore because you see, beloved, that we are anxious about so great a matter, hasten to inform us of everything in as full and clear a manner as possible (for this ought to have …
1,114 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 205
… Basil's too great readiness to believe in Eustathius because of his mean garb contrast Augustine De Serm. Dom. "Animadvertendum est non in solo rerum corporearum nitore atque pompa, sed etiam in ipsis sordibus lutosis …
1,093 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 1
… SECOND SERIES VOLUME XII Leo the Great, Gregory the Great T&T CLARK EDINBURGH WM. B. EERDMANS PUBLISHING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN THE LETTERS AND SERMONS OF LEO THE GREAT BISHOP OF ROME, Translated, with …
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