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Leo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 230
Epistle V. To Boniface, Bishop. Gregory to Boniface, Bishop of Regium (Reii). It is a shame for priests to be admonished about matters of divine worship. For they are then to their disgrace required to …
855 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 236
… translating Gregory from the bishopric of Nazianzen to that of this city. [1519] Soc. v. 5; Ruf. H. E. ii. 21; Theodoret, H. E. v. 3. Chapter IV.--Reign of Theodosius the Great; he was …
1,352 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 243
… But we are pressed by such great straits that we cannot excuse even ourselves from exactions (angariis) [1569] and burdens at this present time. [1569] The word angaria, which is of frequent occurrence, denotes exactions …
862 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 38
Epistle XIX. To Anthemius, Subdeacon. Gregory to Anthemius, Subdeacon of Campania. After he who had been elected to the episcopate of the city of Surrentum had appeared to us to be unfit, they elected Amandus …
867 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 102
… Eunomius, Gregory says, "makes a solemn travesty" of the word. He reduces its force to its lowest level, and makes it only "fancy the unnatural," either contracting or extending the limits of nature, or putting …
2,389 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 9
… Indeed, so great was the affectionate confidence of the great administrator and theologian [236] in his younger brother, that, when infirmities were closing round him, he asked Amphilochius to aid him in the administration of …
2,393 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 202
… For it is no great thing for us to be humble to those by whom we are honoured; for even any worldly man would do this: but we ought especially to be humble to those …
873 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 306
… But this Gregory will by no means allow. Epistle XXII. To Rusticiana, Patrician [1745] . Gregory to Rusticiana, &c. I remember having before now written to your Excellency, and repeatedly urged you to lose no time …
885 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 77
… Appeal to the bishops of the whole Church to unite against Gregory. You are acquainted with the history of the Arian madmen, beloved, for you have often, both individually and in a body, condemned their …
1,906 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 216
… 1485] As to the great Metropolitan See of Milan having been anciently independent of the See of Rome, cf. Bingham. Bk. IX., Ch. I., Sect. 10, 11. As to Pope Gregory's attitude with regard …
898 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 16
… On this John's election to the See of Syracuse on Gregory's strong recommendation after the death of Maximianus, see V. 17. [40] Viz. Crementius. See preceding epistle. Epistle LX. To Romanus and other …
902 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 209
… It would seem that this man tried to get Amphilochius round to his side, and through him Gregory.) The Injunction of your inimitable Honour is not barbaric, but Greek, or rather christian; but as for …
914 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 191
Epistle LXXV. To Gennadius, Patrician, and Exarch throughout Africa. Gregory to Gennadius, Patrician, &c. Had not such great success of the military exploits of your Excellency arisen from the merit of your faith and from …
928 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 290
… May Almighty God fill your soul with the grace of His Holy Spirit, and, after the tears which you daily shed in prayer, bring you to eternal joys. [1703] It will be observed that Gregory …
1,461 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 150
… the decretal letters] of Dionysius, formerly Archbishop of the great city of Alexandria; and of Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria and Martyr; of Gregory the Wonder-worker, Bishop of Neocæsarea; of Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria; of …
924 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 279
… LVII. To Arigius, Patrician [1671] . Gregory to Arigius, Patrician of Gaul. We have learnt from the servant of God, Augustine, the bearer of these presents, how great goodness, how great gentleness, with the charity that …
933 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 241
… Furthermore, take all possible pains to send to us with all speed our brother and fellow-bishop Paul [1560] , to the end that, on learning more particularly from him the causes of so great a …
968 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 197
… He died there suddenly after his case had been heard, and judgment had been given against him, Gregory being calumniously accused of having caused his death. His case is referred to II. 20, 46; III …
974 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 75
… 34). [210] Sacerdotes, meaning here apparently parish priests, though more commonly, in Gregory's epistles, denoting bishops. The abuse complained of seems to have been that of charging priests of parishes unreasonably for the remuneration …
983 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 276
… Funeral rites, of Constantine the Great, [1022]35; of Paul, bishop of Constantinople, [1023]122; of Theodosius the Great, [1024]137; of the 'Tall Monk' Dioscorus, [1025]150; of Maximian, bishop of Constantinople, [1026]175 …
2,227 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 227
… In the passages from Epiphanius which Suicer adduces for "figure," "mode," as a meaning of stoicheion itself, that word means a sign of the zodiac (as in our Gregory's De Animâ et Resurr., it …
1,564 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 235
… Sardinia. Gregory to Zabardas, &c. From the letters of my brother and fellow-bishop Felix, and of the servant of God, Cyriacus, we have learnt your Glory's good qualities. And we give great thanks …
1,016 wordsTertullian, Minucius Felix, Commodian & Origen • SECTION 194
… was attended with very great consequences, of which we shall gather more hereafter. It is worthy of the solemn consideration of young students to whom this page may come. Gregory was unbaptized when Origen (circa …
2,092 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 57
… of the Franks [170] . Gregory to Theoderic, &c. The letter of your Excellency, which is the index of your heart, has so shewn, in its flow of lucid language, what great prudence is conspicuous in …
1,027 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 12
… But learning presently that the malady had entirely left you, I soon turned my sorrow into joy, and returned great thanks to Almighty God for that He smote that He might heal, afflicted that He …
1,032 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 308
… 40, for Gregory's view of the sees of Rome, Alexandria, and Antioch, jointly representing the see of St. Peter. Epistle XXX. To Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria. Gregory to Eulogius, &c. Our common son, the …
1,640 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 199
… To Basil. (An attack had been made in Gregory's presence on the orthodoxy of Basil in respect of the Deity of God the Holy Ghost; and in this letter he gives his friend an …
2,220 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 118
… The xxvij^th Trullan canon repeated this canon of Chalcedon against persons ordained for money, doubtless in view of such a state of things as Gregory the Great had heard of nearly a century earlier …
1,065 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 105
… Gregory the Great's Pastoral Care, i. 1, takes the form "ars artium est regimen animarum." [2579] Gen. iii. 19. [2580] Eph. vi. 12. [2581] 1 Pet. i. 7. [2582] Our will. Clémencet compares S …
2,202 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 1
… most lasting; for, though he was not a great original thinker like Augustin, nor a champion like Ambrose, nor an organiser and spreader of Christianity like Gregory, his influence outlasted theirs. Their influence in the …
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