Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series • VOLUME 5
Gregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises
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Letter XI.--To Libanius.
Letter XI.--To Libanius. It was a custom with the Romans [2196] to celebrate a feast in winter-time, after the custom of their fathers, when the length of the days begins to draw out, as the sun climbs to the upper regions of the sky. Now the beginning of the month is esteemed holy, and by this day auguring the character of the…
802 wordsSECTION 242Letter XII [2201] .--On his work against Eunomius.
Letter XII [2201] .--On his work against Eunomius. We Cappadocians are poor in well-nigh all things that make the possessors of them happy, but above all we are badly off for people who are able to write. This, be sure, is the reason why I am so slow about sending you a letter: for, though my reply to the heresy (of Eunomius) h…
773 wordsSECTION 243Letter XIII.--To the Church at Nicomedia [2207] .
Letter XIII.--To the Church at Nicomedia [2207] . May the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, Who disposeth all things in wisdom for the best, visit you by His own grace, and comfort you by Himself, working in you that which is well-pleasing to Him, and may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ come upon you, and the fel…
2,217 wordsSECTION 244Letter XIV [2222] .--To the Bishop of Melitene.
[2207] Euphrasius, mentioned in this Letter, had subscribed to the first Council of Constantinople, as Bishop of Nicomedia. On his death, clergy and laity proceeded to a joint election of a successor. The date of this is uncertain; Zacagni and Page think that the dispute here mentioned is to be identified with that which Sozomen…
1,780 wordsSECTION 245Letter XV.--To Adelphius the Lawyer [2228] .
Letter XV.--To Adelphius the Lawyer [2228] . I write you this letter from the sacred Vanota, if I do not do the place injustice by giving it its local title:--do it injustice, I say, because in its name it shows no polish. At the same time the beauty of the place, great as it is, is not conveyed by this Galatian epithet: eyes a…
1,363 wordsSECTION 246Letter XVI.--To Amphilochius.
Letter XVI.--To Amphilochius. I am well persuaded that by God's grace the business of the Church of the Martyrs is in a fair way. Would that you were willing in the matter. The task we have in hand will find its end by the power of God, Who is able, wherever He speaks, to turn word into deed. Seeing that, as the Apostle says, "…
2,364 wordsSECTION 247Granting that the knowledge which they believe themselves to have acquired is somewhat greater than that of others: yet can they possess mor
Granting that the knowledge which they believe themselves to have acquired is somewhat greater than that of others: yet can they possess more than the belief that the Son of the Very God is Very God, seeing that in that article of the Very God every idea that is orthodox, every idea that is our salvation, is included? It include…
2,373 wordsSECTION 248Letter XVIII.--To Flavian [2259] .
Letter XVIII.--To Flavian [2259] . Things with us, O man of God, are not in a good way. The development of the bad feeling existing amongst certain persons who have conceived a most groundless and unaccountable hatred of us is no longer a matter of mere conjecture; it is now evinced with an earnestness and openness worthy only …
2,735 wordsSECTION 249[2259] The date of this letter is probably as late as 393. Flavian's authority at Antioch was now undisputed, by his reconciliation, after t
[2259] The date of this letter is probably as late as 393. Flavian's authority at Antioch was now undisputed, by his reconciliation, after the deaths of Paulinus and Evagrius, with the Bishops of Alexandria and Rome, and, through them, with all his people. Gregory writes to him not only as his dear friend, but one who had known …
2,007 wordsSECTION 250* Amiges: [1328]1 * Apokatastasis: [1329]1 * Basileusei Kurios eis ton ai& 242;na, kai eis ton ai& 242;na tou ai& 242;nos;: [1330]1 * Gennet
* Amiges: [1328]1 * Apokatastasis: [1329]1 * Basileusei Kurios eis ton ai& 242;na, kai eis ton ai& 242;na tou ai& 242;nos;: [1330]1 * Gennetos: [1331]1 * Doxa: [1332]1 * Eisphresanton: [1333]1 * Zorotero: [1334]1 * Theou: [1335]1 * Theos: [1336]1 [1337]2 [1338]3 * Theos kurios, kai epephanen hemin; sustesasthe ten eorten en tois…
6,982 wordsSECTION 251Index of Pages of the Print Edition
Index of Pages of the Print Edition [3114]i [3115]iii [3116]v [3117]vii [3118]viii [3119]ix [3120]xiii [3121]1 [3122]2 [3123]3 [3124]4 [3125]5 [3126]6 [3127]7 [3128]8 [3129]9 [3130]10 [3131]11 [3132]12 [3133]13 [3134]14 [3135]15 [3136]16 [3137]17 [3138]18 [3139]19 [3140]20 [3141]21 [3142]22 [3143]23 [3144]24 [3145]25 [3146]26 […
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