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Gregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 86
… 420) ci., and (what is of most weight) the almost contemporary biographical particulars contained in the Encomium pronounced on Ephraim by Gregory of Nyssa. Other Greek Lives are extant;--one which bears the name of …
2,203 wordsHilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 18
… and it may be that Christian thinkers in the future will find an inspiration of new and fruitful thoughts in his writings. [1] An actual dependence on Gregory of Nyssa has sometimes been ascribed to …
2,208 wordsHilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 5
… but that, on the other hand, it is familiar to two of the Cappadocians, Basil and Gregory of Nyssa. They must have learned it from some Asiatic writer known to Hilary as a contemporary, to …
2,693 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 199
… If the route by sea must be taken, the season will be favourable; if indeed my God-beloved brother Gregory [2822] consents to the voyage and to the commission concerning these matters. For my own …
2,288 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 126
… in the Paris Editions as "Essay XII. (logos I B) of our Father among the Saints, Gregory of Nyssa against Eunomius (1615), against Eunomius' second Essay (1638)." The discrepance of number seems to have arisen …
2,276 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 110
… This important letter is included as among the works of Gregory of Nyssa, as addressed to Peter, bp. of Sebaste, brother of Basil and Gregory. The Ben. note says: "Stylus Basilii fetum esse clamitat." It …
2,288 wordsHippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 251
… election within the first four centuries." It is given in the life of Gregory Thaumaturgus, by his namesake Gregory of Nyssa. [3062] The whole of Bishop Whittingham's searching reviewal [3063] of Dr. Pusey's …
2,411 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 3
… He placed himself under the teaching of Gregory Nazianzen (80, 93, 357; Ill. Men, 117), and became acquainted with Gregory of Nyssa (Ill. Men, 128); he translated the Chronicle of Eusebius and dedicated it to …
2,384 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 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 14
… for as the Bread corresponds to the body, so also the Word (ho logos) is appropriate to the soul." With this language of Cyril we may compare further what is said by Gregory of Nyssa …
1,957 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 157
… 30) Evagrius was in his youth befriended by Gregory of Nyssa, who left him in Constantinople to assist Nectarius in dealing with theological questions. Being in danger, both as to his chastity and as to …
2,048 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 90
… Gregory of Nyssa adds that a rich friend who, though informed of his prohibition, had provided beforehand for this purpose a costly robe, was punished by the possession of an evil spirit, which tormented him …
2,204 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 238
… Gregory of Nyssa and Theodore of Mopsuestia, and Flavian were present at this council! Well may Tillemont [499] exclaim, "It is remarkable to see Theophilus there with Flavian, although they were not in communion with …
2,120 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 23
… Gregory of Nyssa, preaching on the Resurrection (Orat. iv.) describes the scene: "This brilliant night, by mingling the flames of torches with the morning rays of the sun, has made one continuous day, not divided …
2,202 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 16
… 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 the opening statement …
2,204 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 18
… Wilson's Prolegomena to Gregory of Nyssa, ch. iv., in this Series. [331] Cat. vi. tit. [332] vii. tit.; § 4. [333] viii. tit. [334] ix. tit.; § 4. [335] x. tit.; vii. 4. [336] xi. tit …
2,217 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 68
… Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius i. § 35. [1423] i.e. by those who would identify the abussos (Tehôm) of Gen. i. 2 with that of Luke i. 31, and understand it to mean the abode …
2,132 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 120
… Gregory of Nyssa also uses the passage as does Theodoretus; Greg. Nyss. cont. Eun. iv. i. The accepted opinion now regards the Codex of Alexandrianus as reading hos [1007] Matt. xviii. 10. Observe the omission …
2,200 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 142
… made splendid by the Godhead, than which nothing is lovelier nor more fair." Testimony of Gregory, bishop of Nyssa. From his catechetical oration:-- "And this is the mystery of the dispensation of God concerning the …
2,229 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 75
… The former is an extract taken word for word from Gregory of Nyssa, Oratio Catechetica, ii. c, which may be read in this series: 'All' hos Theou Logon akousantes ....sundromon echousan te boulesei ten dunamin …
2,252 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 89
… History judiciously omits, is (unhappily for the fame of both) attested, and with evident approval, by Gregory of Nyssa. Apollinaris, who was his contemporary, and whose erroneous teaching he held in abhorrence, had committed his …
2,201 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 15
… Socrates [474] says the Hexæmeron was completed by Gregory of Nyssa. Three orations are published among Basil's works, two on the creation of men and one on Paradise, which are attributed to Basil by …
2,227 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 142
… Gregory Nyssa, Jerome, and other later Christian writers refer to the event. [1423] i.e. Claudius Apolinarius, bishop of Hierapolis. Upon him and his writings, see above, Bk. IV. chap. 27, note 1. This reference …
2,240 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 119
… Away then with the flesh as well as with the mind! Let there be no inconsistency in your absurdity." Testimony of the Holy Gregory, bishop of Nyssa. From his sermon on Abraham:-- "So the Word …
2,257 wordsHilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 31
… 1, points out that this is exactly the teaching of Gregory of Nyssa. [222] This view that the conception by the Holy Ghost means conception by the Son is consistently held by Hilary throughout his …
2,209 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 163
On the Making of Man. ------------------------ Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, to his brother Peter, the servant of God. If we had to honour with rewards of money those who excel in virtue, the whole world of …
2,284 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 87
… wise, how much more exceedingly wise must its men be!" Other authorities (including Ephraim's contemporary, Gregory of Nyssa, who professes to collect the facts of his Encomium exclusively from Ephraim's own written remains …
2,258 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 43
… xxi.-xxiv.), and Gregory of Nyssa (Orat. Catech. § 5). [1052] The reference is to Manes, of whom his disciple Turbo says (Archelai Disput. § 10), "the name Sabaoth, which is honourable and mighty with you, he …
2,305 wordsChrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 11
… Speculation was not his forte, and as a thinker he is behind Athanasius, Gregory of Nyssa, and John of Damascus. He was a rhetorician rather than a logician. Like all the Greek fathers, he laid …
2,306 wordsAugustine — Trinity, Doctrinal & Moral Treatises • SECTION 4
… 10, he remarks that he does not comprehend the distinction which the Greek Trinitarians make between ousia and hupostasis; which shows that he had not read the work of Gregory of Nyssa, in which it …
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