Select orations

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Label

Select orations

Statement of responsibility

translated by Martha Vinson

Creator

• Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint

Contributor

• Vinson, Martha Pollard

Subject

• Christliche Existenz
• Electronic books
• Friede
• Nächstenliebe
• RELIGION -- Christian Church | History
• RELIGION -- Christian Theology | History
• RELIGION -- Christianity | History
• Religiões cristãs
• Sermons, Greek
• Sermons, Greek
• Sermons, Greek -- Translations into English
• Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
• Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek -- Translations into English
• Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek

Genre

• Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
• Electronic books
• Sermons, Greek

Language

• eng
• grc
• eng

Summary

"This translation makes available nineteen orations by the fourth-century Cappadocian father St. Gregory of Nazianzus. Most are appearing here in English for the first time. These homilies span all the phases of Gregory's ecclesiastical career, from his service as a parish priest assisting his father, the elder Gregory, in his hometown of Nazianzus in the early 360s, to his stormy tenure as bishop of Constantinople from 379 to 381, to his subsequent return to Nazianzus and role as interim caretaker of his home church (382-83). Composed in a variety of rhetorical formats such as the lalia and the encomium, the sermons treat topics that range from the purely theological to the deeply personal." "Exemplifying the perfect synthesis of classical and Christian paideia, these homilies will be required reading for anyone interested in late antiquity. The introduction and notes accompanying the translation will assist both the specialist and the general reader as they seek to navigate the complex environment in which Gregory lived and worked."--Jacket

Member of

• Fathers of the church, v. 107
• Orations., Selections
• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

E7B

Dewey number

• 270 s
• 252/.014

Index

index present

LC call number

BR65.G62

LC item number

E54 2003eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

The fathers of the church

Series volume

v. 107