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Leo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 247
… How great, then, is the virtue of humility for the sake of teaching which alone He who is great beyond compare became little even unto the suffering of death! For, since the pride of the …
2,323 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 94
… Jacob to the Council of Nicæa in 325--in which it is borne out by Gregory Barhebræus in his Ecclesiastical Chronicle [299] (who though a very late writer (1226-1286) had access to early authorities …
2,265 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 68
… for many of the clerical body were sent into exile, as we have stated; Basil and Gregory alone, by a special dispensation of Divine Providence, being on account of their eminent piety exempted from this …
2,331 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 48
… Further, what other great distresses of sickness beside what I have mentioned I am affected by, I am unable to recount. This however I may briefly say, that the infection of a noxious humour so …
837 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 253
… To Anastasius, Bishop [1602] . Gregory to Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch. Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men of good will (Luke ii. 14), because that great river which once had …
841 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 286
… the Emperor. Epistle VII. To Peter, Domitian, and Elpidius. Gregory to Peter, Domitian, and Elpidius, Bishops [1688] . I rejoice exceedingly that you welcomed with great joy the ordination of the most holy Cyriacus, my brother …
1,597 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 180
… This was the pasture given to their flocks by the great teachers of the imperial city, by Gregory, shining friend and supporter of the truth; by John, teacher of the world, by Atticus, their successor …
2,341 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 113
… Basil, with the intention of vindicating the permanence of his former rights, created a new see at Sasima, on the borders of the two provinces, and with great difficulty prevailed upon S. Gregory to receive …
2,352 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 247
… Stephens (not the great lexicographer), who also translated On Pilgrimages into French for Du Moulin (see p. 382): and this edition was reprinted a year after at Hanover, with notes by Isaac Casaubon, "viro docto …
2,373 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 227
… But I beseech you by Almighty God, stretch out the hand of prayer to me who am labouring in so great billows of tribulation, that by your intercession I may be lifted up to the …
1,635 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 4
… For all assert that you are the author of all that great mischief in the case of Maximus, and that the spoiling of that Church, and the perdition of so many souls, and the audacity …
865 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 123
… Nazianzus. [3270] He who has. S. Gregory the elder was the principal mover in S. Basil's election and consecration. [3271] Gen. i. 16. Oration XXI. On the Great Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria. The reference …
2,373 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 133
… the time when the "Great Year" shall again begin, and the world's history be literally repeated, i.e. the "identical Socrates shall marry the identical Xantippe, and teach the identical philosophy, &c." This expression …
2,384 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 238
… Hence Gregory says, that, "next to God, Cynegius had the power to remove his young relative from danger." How intimate Gregory was, not only with the highest officers, but at the Court itself, is shown …
871 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 171
… of him, see III. 53, note. Epistle V. To Theoctista, Sister of the Emperor. Gregory to Theoctista, &c. With how great devotion my mind prostrates itself before your Venerableness I cannot fully express in words …
1,674 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 146
… Nevertheless I do pray that, by the aid of your prayers, my own longing may be fulfilled; although my journey has caused me great difficulties, in consequence of the affairs of my own Church having …
897 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 187
… Gregory uses monasteria in the literal sense of "the abodes of solitaries," and that there is no great distinction between koinonikoi and migades. Cf. ii. 29. xxi. 10-19. [4512] New city--a hospital for …
2,451 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 93
… Still later, Gregory the Great wrote in the same sense: Romana autem Ecclesia eosdam canones vel gesta Synodi illius hactenus non habet, nec accepit; in hoc autem eam accepit, quod est per eam contra Macedonium …
1,679 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 497
… Chrysostom and Nestorius came from the same city that Cassian alludes in the text. [2682] The reference is to Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop of Constantinople from 379 to 381 when he retired in the interests of …
918 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 58
… Franks [172] . Gregory to Clotaire, &c. Among so many cares and anxieties which you sustain for the government of the peoples under your sway, it is to your exceeding praise and great reward that you …
920 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 128
… For one whose estimation is such that the people are called his flock is bound anxiously to consider what great necessity is laid upon him to maintain rectitude. It is necessary, then, that in thought …
928 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 152
… Basil and Gregory injudiciously ordained the reluctant slave without waiting for his mistress's consent. The angry lady wrote in indignation, and threatened him with the vengeance of her slaves and eunuchs. After Basil's …
937 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 223
… But if, relying on the patronage of great people, which we do not believe, they should scorn to submit to thy judgment or to come to us, and should refuse contumaciously to answer to the …
1,767 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 81
Epistle IV. To Fantinus, Guardian (Defensorem) of Panormus. Gregory to Fantinus, &c Such things about our brother and fellow-bishop Exhilaratus, as thou thyself also knowest, have come to our ears as ought by all …
953 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 69
… And, since there is need of great caution lest this bodily injury which they complain of at his hands in excess of his powers should be ventured on with allowance, or should grow worse by …
954 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 56
… For how great love of ecclesiastical order shines forth in you, and how great is your regard for discipline, and how great your earnestness in the observance of wholesome ordinances you shew in that you …
971 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 275
Epistle XXXV. To Anthemius, Subdeacon. Gregory to Anthemius, our Neapolitan Sub-deacon [1658] . How great is our grief, and how great the affliction of our heart, from what has taken place in the regions of …
979 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 420
… See Gregory Thaumaturgus. Thebais, [2912]249, [2913]328, [2914]329, [2915]334, [2916]349, [2917]350. Thebuthis, a heretic, [2918]199. Thecla, a martyr, [2919]344, [2920]347. Thelymidres, bishop of Laodicea, [2921]291, [2922 …
765 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 78
Epistle XXXVIII. To Phocas, Emperor. Gregory to Phocas Augustus. It pleases us to consider, with rejoicings and great thanksgivings, what praises we owe to Almighty God, that the yoke of sadness has been removed, and …
1,003 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 154
… But, on the other hand, the peacemakers are to be admonished that they detract not from the efficacy of so great an undertaking through not knowing between whom they ought to establish peace. For, as …
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