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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 124
… There is great uncertainty as to the date of his birth, some bringing it down almost to the middle of the second century, while Dodwell carried it back to the year 97 or 98. But …
1,374 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 169
… Register of the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great. ------------------------
1,396 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 239
… but when we turn our eyes to your excellence, we own that we have great cause for thankfulness to the dispensation of Divine Providence, that we are able to enjoy in your neighbourhood [2185] your …
1,389 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 130
… So in the "order of the holy and great church" of St. Sophia, the "Great Steward" is described as "taking the oversight of the widowed church" (Goar, Eucholog., p. 269); so Hincmar says: "Si fuerit …
1,397 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 49
… 7. [860] to teleutaion epi to proton anatrechonti, i.e., to begin by interdicting him from holding Christian assemblies, while the great question was whether he was a Christian at all, would have been to …
1,391 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 288
… But now this is especially fitting, since both many things and great, done by the Lord, deserve our thanks [4576] , and those who believe in Him ought not to be ungrateful for His many benefits …
1,426 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 192
… For it is harsh and unfeeling that he who is suffering persecution should not be received; indeed, great cordiality and abundant consideration should be shown him. All the synod said: All that has been decreed …
1,470 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 13
… Zonaras complains that in his time "these synods were everywhere treated with great contempt," and that they had actually ceased to be held. Possibly the opinion of St. Gregory Nazianzen had grown common, for it …
1,517 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 8
… And who shall be able, tell me, to declare the providence of God, which is so great and so beneficent? or who shall be able to recall the things which seem to have been passed …
1,534 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 182
… lxx.) says that heretics who have no true altar cannot have oil sanctified by the altar. "Gregory of Nazianzus, Orat. (xlviii in Jul.) speaks of oil sanctified or consecrated on the spiritual or divine table …
1,556 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 156
… of temperance, the whole method of the training, and all the daily regimen which contributes towards this great end, has been dealt with in certain written manuals of instruction for the benefit of those who …
1,580 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 221
… Athanasius the Great flees again, and is in Concealment; by the Letter of Valens he reappears, and governs the Churches in Egypt. A council was convened at Sicily; [1449] and after the same doctrines had …
1,632 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 208
… Which thing if any one of the four patriarchs had done, such great contumacy could by no means have been allowed to pass without the most grievous offence. Nevertheless, now that your Fraternity has returned …
1,666 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 96
… for a reader who accompanied him privately sequestered the letters; upon which Isidore in great alarm returned to Alexandria. This was the reason why Theophilus so warmly favored Isidore. The court however gave the preference …
1,683 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 55
… A great disturbance occurred at Alexandria in consequence of the following circumstance. There was a place in that city which had long been abandoned to neglect and filth, wherein the pagans had formerly celebrated their …
1,707 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 157
… For those who "go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters" do not let the shipwreck that has befallen some one else prevent their being of good cheer; they …
1,737 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 84
… in whose praise Gregory, the brother of Basil, pronounced a funeral oration. The body of the deceased bishop was by his friends conveyed to Antioch; where those who had identified themselves with his interests again …
1,726 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 40
… Basil's death, Gregory of Nazianzus, Orat. xxxi. de Spiritu Sancto, Cap. 5, wrote "of the wise on our side some held it to be an energy, some a creature, some God. Others, from respect …
1,758 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 138
… The attempt is beyond my powers, for I possess but little knowledge of those great men, or of their exploits." 10. In ecclesiastical culture we have many and important incidental hints, but no direct general …
1,798 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 80
… I will now pursue the course of my narrative, and will describe the beginning of the tempest which stirred up many and great billows to buffet the Church. Valens, when he first received the imperial …
1,832 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 168
… And he found welcome and rest with a woman of great wealth, and distinguished in her manner of life and in other respects. She was treating with great honor a famous heretic then in Alexandria …
1,821 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 61
… Accordingly the emperor sent one of the officers who ride post with relays of horses, and bring communications with great speed. On his arrival he reported the imperial message, but, "I cannot," said the admirable …
1,859 wordsAugustine — Sermon on the Mount & Gospel Harmony • SECTION 48
… In the same passage he informs us that this treatise was undertaken during the years in which he was occupied with his great work on the Trinity, and that, breaking in upon the task which …
1,852 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 156
… How those are to be admonished who decline the office of preaching out of too great humility, and those who seize on it with precipitate haste. (Admonition 26.) Differently to be admonished are those who …
1,903 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 82
… Yet at the same time they continually speak of two great sacraments of the Christian Church" (Palmer's Origines Liturgicæ, vol. ii. c. 6, sec. 1, p. 201). [620] That is, he became a catechumen …
1,889 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 30
… It is in this same year, 374, that Amphilochius, the first cousin of Gregory of Nazianzus and friend and spiritual son of Basil, paid the first of his annual autumn visits to Cæsarea (Bishop Lightfoot …
1,918 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 31
… for He that is mighty hath done to me great things, and holy is His name." For having made me the mother of God, He has also preserved me a virgin; and by my womb …
1,934 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 181
… As, however, this preface contains mistakes in several places, especially chronological errors--for instance, regarding the death of Constantine the Great--we cannot unconditionally accept its statement as to the date 344, but can only …
1,947 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 310
Epistle XXXV. To Leontius, Ex-Consul. Gregory to Leontius, &c. Since in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some indeed …
2,228 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 39
… 341-2) 339. *Gregory 339&40. Antioch 340. Rome 340. Gangra 341. Antioch* 342. Stephen 342. *Macedonius Sardica 343. Philippopolis* 344. Leontius 344. Antioch* 345. Milan 347. Sirmium I* 350. Constantius, sole Augustus 351. Sirmium …
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