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Gregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 65
… Probably only the phrase about the imparting and receiving of the essence is taken from him, the rest of the passage being Gregory's expansion of the phrase into a distinction between the essence and …
2,568 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 90
… 933] Ps. xxiii. 2. [934] Ps. xxiii. 2. [935] This point has been already discussed by S. Gregory in the second and third books. See above. pp. 119, 149. It is also dealt with in …
2,605 wordsChrysostom — Galatians through Philemon • SECTION 11
… 1.) Moreover, this language teaches that each individual justly owes as a great debt of gratitude to Christ, as if He had come for his sake alone, for He would not have grudged this His …
2,541 wordsLactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 134
… Behold my hands pierced with nails, and my arms drawn out, and the great wound in my side; see the blood streaming from it, and my perforated [2085] feet, and blood-stained limbs. Bend your …
2,601 wordsChrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 181
… Flattery of the great, [1124]474. Flesh, an unruly steed, [1125]334. Floods, [1126]470. Flowers, [1127]408; yield a sweeter, than artificial smells, [1128]466. Folly of laboring for worldly things, and not to …
2,205 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 273
… Baptism, of Constantine the Great, [338]35; of Constantius, [339]75; of Theodosius the Great, [340]120; of Eudocia, [341]164; customs respecting, [342]132, [343]155, [344]161, [345]170; form of, changed by …
2,216 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 130
… Ephraim Syrus, in 378; Gratian was emperor of the West; Theodosius the Great was just about to succeed Valens in the East. Ambrose was the most imposing ecclesiastic of the Occident; Gregory Nazianzen and Epiphanius …
2,632 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 104
… Are they not then committing a crime, in their very thought to gainsay so great and ecumenical a Council? are they not in transgression, when they dare to confront that good definition against Arianism, acknowledged …
2,640 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 20
… women, and practises to deceive the sex which naturally falls into every snare,' and thinks it a great thing to be admired by the criminal and abandoned;' it is that of one who has proved …
2,636 wordsAugustine — Sermon on the Mount & Gospel Harmony • SECTION 266
… Commandment, the great, [318]166. Crucifixion of Christ, [319]198. Devils are cast out when nations renounce their superstitions and believe on Christ, [320]168. Disciples, calling of the first, [321]121, etc.; the designation …
2,205 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 277
… Nectarius, bishop of Constantinople, elected, [1628]121; consulted by Theodosius the Great as to points of difference between the Christian sects, [1629]122, [1630]123; abolishes the office of penitentiary presbyter, [1631]128; his death …
2,205 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 129
… There are a number of others also whose works are still presented by a great many of the brethren. [1272] See above, chap. 23, §5. [1273] Philip's work against Marcion which Eusebius mentions here …
2,681 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 143
… has ho katathumios, a favorite word with Gregory. Livineius reads hokathemenos, which he renders "nanus" (i.e. of low stature), and cites Pollux Onomast. lib. 3, c. 24 (where apokathemenos = iners); it might also bear …
2,709 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 31
… This use of the optative, where the subjunctive with ean might have been expected, is one of the few instances in Gregory's Greek of declension from Classic usage; in the latter, when ei with …
2,705 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 18
… Nevertheless, those facts (to which I have referred) are of such a nature as to bring upon the very name of philosophy the last degree of ridicule almost from the great mass of men; and …
2,733 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 11
… Was it from the teaching of the Spirit? What teaching? Where found? What says great David, to whom God revealed the hidden secrets of His wisdom? He distinctly asserts the unapproachableness of knowledge of Him …
2,741 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 414
… Archelaus, son of Herod the Great, [334]90, [335]95, [336]96. Ardeban, in Mysia, [337]231. Areopagite. See Dionysius the Areopagite. Ares, a martyr, [338]351. Aretas, king of Petra, [339]97. Aristarchus, Paul …
2,201 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 18
… On these last he is certainly great, heightening the enormity of the offence, and making solemn reflections on falsehood, and seeing equal heinousness in it whether in great or very trivial matters. Like the fathers …
2,720 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 51
… A further exposition of Gregory's views on this passage will be found in Book V. [446] S. John ii. 19 [447] Cf. 2 Cor. vi. 16. [448] S. John i. 14 [449] Ps. lxv …
2,787 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 133
… So the portent at Hebdomas was a sign of divine favor to Theodosius the Great (vii. 24); the heavenly hosts were the real overthrowers of Gaïnas (viii. 4); Basiliscus the martyr appears to Chrysostom (viii …
2,735 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 94
… for our sakes a curse and sin? [972] That is, of the Son's goodness: for S. Gregory's comment on the awkward use of the pronoun spheteras, see p. 233, inf. [973] Cf. Phil …
2,811 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 279
… Antony the Great, an Egyptian monk, practices asceticism; his mode of life, [2553]249; sees spirit of Ammon at latter's death, [2554]250; visits Alexander, [2555]270; seeks in vain recall of Athanasius, [2556 …
2,356 wordsAugustine — Anti-Pelagian Writings • SECTION 4
… If the great Physician came from heaven, a great sick man was lying ill through the whole world. That sick man is the human race" (175, 1). "He who says, I am not a sinner …
2,835 wordsThe Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 464
… So great trust have we received from the Lord, the Founder of this holy seat and of the apostolic church, and from the blessed Peter, chief of the apostles, that we may labour with unwearied …
2,891 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 74
… So far are we from referring to an ordinary man the cause of this great and unspeakable grace, that even if any should refer so great a boon to Peter and Paul, or to an …
3,143 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 12
… other matter introduced he views as merely episodic. [130] He also quotes the letter [131] of Gregory the great in which the Roman bishop states that "the apostolic see refuses to receive the History of …
3,104 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 34
… Amen. [564] "A Discourse by our sainted Father Gregory, Bishop of Neo-Cæsareia, surnamed Thaumaturgus, on the Holy Theophany, or, as the title is also given, on the Holy Lights." [565] kataduseos. [566] Matt. iii …
3,150 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 190
… It is a mark of great faith and of great virtue, to be the pure temple of God, to offer oneself a whole burnt-offering, and, according to the same apostle, to be holy both …
3,186 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 283
… Theodosius the Great, [4149]324, [4150]332; built temple over head of John Baptist, [4151]199, [4152]391; character according to Sozomen, [4153]200; literary eulogium on, [4154]200; self-controlled and peaceful, [4155]200 …
3,177 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 220
… But what have I to do with this? No longer is the great Olympius with us, nor does he bear our rudder-lines. We are undone, we are betrayed, we have become again the Second …
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