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Leo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 299
… a maintenance. Book VIII. Epistle I. To Peter, Bishop. Gregory to Peter, Bishop of Corsica [1726] . On receiving the letters of your Fraternity we returned great thanks to Almighty God, that you had been so …
1,077 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 18
… 22) Gregory the Cappadocian entered the city as bishop' (Fest. Ind. xi.). But Athanasius (p. 95), remained quietly in the town for about four weeks more [58] . He drew up for circulation throughout the tribes …
2,218 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 3
… Gregory the Great, that Saint and Doctor said of them: "I venerate the first four Ecumenical Councils equally with the Four Gospels (sicut quatuor Evangelia)," [10] and no one has been found to question that …
2,223 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 217
… 26, note 3. [2281] Gregory Thaumaturgus, bishop of Neo-Cæsarea in Pontus from about 233-270 (?). Upon Gregory, see Bk. VI. chap. 30, note 1. [2282] On Athenodorus, see ibid. note 2. [2283] On Theoctistus …
1,087 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 21
… Gregory of Nazianzum to Constantinople, admits that in so doing he "would only have followed the example of many great bishops of the first ages, when usage had not yet reserved translations to the first …
2,298 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 185
… But it appears below that one of eighteen sextarii was in use in the time of Gregory, and by him allowed. This limit, however, seems to have been sometimes exceeded, and herein consisted the abuse …
2,283 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 39
… and I returned great thanks to Almighty God that concerning all questions the Fathers of the Romans and of the Greeks, whose followers we are, have spoken with one spirit. For in many parts I …
1,132 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 110
… Yea, would that what we hope for might be, according to the great kindness of our bountiful God, Who asks for little and bestows great things, both in the present and in the future, upon …
2,332 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 127
… But there are some who, not liking to be thought dull, busy themselves often more than needs in various investigations, and by reason of too great subtilty are deceived. Wherefore this also is added, Or …
1,790 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 19
Epistle LXVII. To Constantius, Bishop of Milan [46] . Gregory to Constantius, &c. Maximus, the prevaricator of the Church of Salona, after he had failed to obtain anything through the greater powers of the world, has …
1,193 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 129
… The reason, however, that the Great Synod made no express definition on the point seems to have been that the controversy had not yet been carried so far in direct terms (cf. S. Basil, Epp …
2,390 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 309
… We see, then, what great praise is due to that which not only engenders perfectness in the soul, but also binds it. Wherefore, since the language of thy letters shews thee to be inflamed with …
1,202 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 105
… That Lord, from the time of Gregory the great champion of your church down to that of the blessed departed, setting over you one after another, and from time to time fitting one to another …
1,832 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 214
… CLXIII. (George a layman of Paspasus, was sent by Theodore of Tyana to Saint Gregory that the latter might convince him of his error and sin in repudiating an oath which he had taken, on …
1,204 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 23
… xiv); Basil the Great (Hom. in Ps. xiv). Gregory of Nazianzum (Orat. xiv. in Patrem tacentem). Gregory of Nyssa (Orat. cont. Usurarios); Cyril of Jerusalem (Catech. iv. c. 37), Epiphanius (adv. Hæres. Epilog. c. 24 …
1,877 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 236
… In the Latin translation of this passage in Gregory, "(professionem) quâ sacris nos Scripturis ac Patrum traditioni penitus inhærere persuasum omnibus foret," the meaning put upon plerophoreisthai by A.V. in the last text is …
1,242 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 97
… The term is used elsewhere by Gregory in this sense, in the Life of S. Gregory Thaumaturgus, and in the Life of S. Macrina. [1018] These last words are apparently a verbal quotation, those preceding …
1,913 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 293
… Further, you inform me in your letter of the passing away of the lady Esychia [1712] ; and I rejoiced with great exultation that that good soul, which laboured in a foreign country, has arrived happily …
1,322 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 8
… and it was by no means right for us to concede so great a matter without his request; especially as an ancient custom has obtained, that the dignity of the pallium shall not be given …
1,972 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 294
… In this, then, I look upon thee as lofty, in this I look upon thee as great, that in a great place and lofty before human eyes thou hast not felt thyself advanced at all …
1,334 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 3
… If then a man that was a pagan showed such great consideration, how much more ought we, who are called priests, not to do this thing? Wherefore I admonish you that this abuse, which comes …
1,333 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 47
… Hence, as great joy has been caused us by the consolations of your Christianity, so also may there be joy in heaven for your perfected work. So acquit yourselves devotedly and with all your might …
1,333 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 231
… The Scholiast Nicetas (on Gregory Naz., Orat. 38) well explains this use of "Egypt": "Egypt is sometimes taken for this present world, sometimes for the flesh, sometimes for sin, sometimes for ignorance, sometimes for mischief …
1,335 wordsHilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 143
… This declaration of our Lord's was understood in the same way by Basil, Gregory Nazianzenus, Cyril and others of the Greek Fathers, and by Hilary among the Latin Fathers. In the ixth and xth …
1,352 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 257
… But I have great confidence that Almighty God, who has vouchsafed to put him over His flock, will both stimulate him to give heed to what is inward, and comfort him with the loving-kindness …
711 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 234
… Since, therefore, without any precedent, thou hast violated such and so great a dignity, namely that of the priesthood, we enjoin that, until I shall have ascertained from the letters of our lords or of …
715 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 266
… For as the splendour of a great lamp shines by the clearness of its light in the darkness of earth's night, so the clear light of your faith glitters and flashes amid the dark …
713 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 72
… Seeing, then, that this comes, by the gift of God, from great discreetness of judgment, we have so speedily and gladly fulfilled what your Excellency desires as to show by the celerity of our execution …
712 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 2
… W.), Pope Gregory the Great and his relations with Gaul. (Cambridge historical essays.) Lond. 1889, 8°. Lampe (Fel.), Qui fuerint Gregorii Magni papæ temporibus in imperii Byzantini parte occidentali exarchi et qualia eorum iura atque …
708 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 203
… more especially of the signs and wonders, which as bishop, he performed to the great glory of the churches. [2479] Gregory of Neocesarea, born 210-15, bishop 240, died about 270. Chapter LXVI. Cornelius, [2480 …
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