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Gregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 148
… This thing so great and precious [1416] , as the Scripture calls him, this being man, has fallen from his proud birthright. As those who have slipped and fallen heavily into mud, and have all their …
2,058 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 52
… For great is the efficacy of penitence against sin; but only if one persevere in this penitence. For it is written, He that shall persevere unto the end, the same shall be saved (Matth. x …
2,059 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 157
… Better would it be to imitate Jonah and say: "If it is for my sake that this great tempest is upon you, take me up and cast me forth into the sea." [3874] He in …
2,048 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 115
… through the exertions of Augustine in the first years of the fifth century, and of Pope Gregory the Great at the close of the sixth, and partly weakened by divisions among themselves, they dwindled away …
2,099 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 90
… Basil's Death.--The death of Basil (at the end of 378) is said by our author to have caused great grief to Ephraim, and to have been lamented by him in hymns. But (as …
2,204 wordsAugustine — City of God & Christian Doctrine • SECTION 335
But that these perversely compassionate persons may see what is the purport of these words, "How great is the abundance of Thy sweetness, Lord, which Thou hast hidden for them that fear Thee," [1558] let …
2,098 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 10
… translation by August Krohne, Stuttgart, 1854) are a later compilation by the abbot of Fescamp in France, at the close of the twelfth century, from the writings of Augustin, Gregory the Great, Anselm, and others.
2,088 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 238
… For the great Cyprian finished his martyr course in the time of the Emperor Decius: but there was a long interval between Aurelian and Decius. For many emperors reigned after the death of Decius, to …
2,120 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 32
… The subaltern was sent to utter aloud the mystery of the great King; the mystery, I mean, which is discerned by faith, and which cannot be searched out by officious curiosity; the mystery which is …
2,127 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 210
… Looked upon in this light these words quoted by Dionysius become of great interest to us. They (or a part of the same saying) are quoted more frequently by the Fathers than any other of …
2,122 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 23
… little are the things which thou art forsaking, great what the Lord is giving. Forsake things present, and put thy trust in things to come. Hast thou run so many circles of the years busied …
2,202 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 6
… Heretofore thou wast a Catechumen, but now thou wilt be called a Believer (Pistos) [103] ." Again, "How great a dignity the Lord bestows on you in transferring you from the order of Catechumens to that …
2,200 wordsHilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 155
… God then made man without evil, upright, virtuous, free from pain and care, glorified with every virtue, adorned with all that is good, like a sort of second microcosm within the great world [1801] , another …
2,204 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 264
… But in my judgment such things are not to be imputed to so great and to such an assembly of bishops, for it is not likely that the fathers of this council, in the presence …
2,190 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 16
… early centuries to Candidates seeking admission to the full privileges of the Christian Church. "The Great Catechetical Oration" of Gregory of Nyssa is addressed not to the learner but to the teacher, in accordance with …
2,204 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 18
… sed numquid melius Ariani negaverunt?" That the statement of Athanasius himself is not free from difficulty is clear from the way in which so great a Theologian as Bishop Hefele endeavours to explain it: "Athanasius …
2,217 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 61
… 14: "Word resists word, but a deed is irresistible." The Jerusalem Editor refers to Gregory Nazianzen (Tom. II. p. 596): Dogo palaiei pas logos. [1523] 1 Cor. i. 23. [1524] Ecclus. iv. 31: Let not …
2,213 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 86
… This at first seemed incredible, but it was proved to have been so from the Reports; which caused great astonishment to us, as I suppose, dearly beloved, it does to you also. Presbyters, who are …
2,208 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 3
… Death of Gregory of Nazianzus. 392. Death of Valentinian II. Eugenius set up as Emperor. Theod. v. 24. 393. Birth of Theodoret, according to the more probable date of Tillemont. 394. Theodosius defeats Eugenius. Theod …
2,214 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 90
… And as for those who like wolves [620] have invaded their Churches, Gregory at Alexandria, Basil at Ancyra, and Quintianus at Gaza, let them neither give them the title of Bishop, nor hold any communion …
2,218 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 272
… 316. [4126] Gregory Nazianzen speaks of the Lenten fast as katharsis proeortios, vol. i. p. 715. §30. ed. Ben. fol. Par. 1778. [4127] Cf. Luke xiv. 15 [4128] The Saturdays and Sundays during Lent were …
2,221 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 120
… It were the uttermost foolishness to withstand authorities so many and so great. Orth.--Do you wish to have a solution of the rest of the difficulties? Eran.--Let us put off their investigation until …
2,200 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 171
… Hence also, it seems to me, the great David pitying the misery of man mourns over his nature with such words as these, that, "man being in honour knew it not" (meaning by "honour" the …
2,204 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 5
… From this close affinity with earlier works we may be assured that in the Catecheses of Cyril we have trustworthy evidence of the great care which the Church had from the beginning bestowed on the …
2,235 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 246
… Cyril's; to utterances--in no way striking--of Gregory of Nazianzum, of SS. Chrysostom, Basil, Athanasius of Amphilochius and of Eusebius Pamphili, from his Letter to the Empress Constantia, who had asked him for …
2,202 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 105
… And if you confess that He was born of the Holy Spirit, because you are not able to deny it, but deny that He was born again, it is great folly to confess what is …
2,231 wordsChrysostom — Corinthians • SECTION 92
[7.] And that thou mayest clearly know how great a thing this is, hear how even Paul, going before an unbelieving judge, made his defence. "I think myself happy," saith he, "That I am to …
2,202 wordsAugustine — Sermon on the Mount & Gospel Harmony • SECTION 2
… He remarks, "Augustin said beautifully that a figure proves nothing;" but, probably from the high regard he had for the great theologian, he did not condemn his allegorizing exegesis. [2] However much the great African …
2,203 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 99
… There have been some who have tried to reduce all the great theological controversies on the Trinity and on the Incarnation to mere logomachies, and have jeered at those who could waste their time and …
2,200 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 69
… 43) and later writers, Luke was a painter of great skill; but this late tradition, of which the earlier Fathers know nothing, is quite worthless. Epiphanius (Hær. II. 11) makes him one of the Seventy …
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