(Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1894.) We do not keep under the body by fasting, or go forth to God by prayer; nor do we subject the worse to the better — I mean the dust to the spirit — as they would do who form a just judgment of our composite nature; we do not make our life a preparation for death; nor do we make ourselves masters of our passions, mindful of our heavenly nobility; nor tame our anger when it swells and rages, nor our pride that brings to a fall, nor unreasonable grief, nor unchastened pleasure, nor meretricious laughter, nor undisciplined eyes, nor insatiable ears, nor excessive talk, nor absurd thoughts, nor anything of the occasions which the Evil One gets against us from sources within ourselves; bringing upon us the death that comes through the windows, Jeremiah 9:21 as Holy Scripture says; that is, through the senses. I. The Fifth Theological Oration. To many Christians, the Trinity seems to be something very confusing but that may be able to be explained by learned scholars of religion. Gregory of Nazianzus, also known as Gregory the Theologian, was born in 329 at Nazianzus in Cappadocia (modern day Turkey). Found inside – Page 105Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations 27–28, trans. ... Oration 27 by Paul Gallay, Grégoire de Nazianze Discours 27–31(Discours Théologiques) (Paris: Les Éditions ... Gregory of Nazianzus was a fourth century Greek church father who spent much of his life speaking. Found insideGregory of Nazianzus, Oration 29 15 (PG, 36:93); T. A. Noble, “Paradox in Gregory Nazianzen's Doctrine of the Trinity,” StPatr 27 (1993): 94–99; Ayres, ... Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series. Surely not, my friends and brethren (for I will still call you Brethren, though you do not behave like brothers). Oration 34 He also explains the Anointing as meaning the Imposition of hands at Ordination. Gregory of Nazianzus (Greek: Γρηγόριος ὁ Ναζιανζηνός, Grēgorios ho Nazianzēnos; c. 329 – 25 January 390), also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen, was a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople, and theologian. Found inside – Page 321Gregory of Nazianzus. Orations 1-26. PG. vol. 35. . Orations 27-45. PG. vol. 36. . Funeral Orations. FC. vol. 22. . Repertorium Nazianzenum: Orationes ... I was reading through some of the orations of St. Gregory of Nazianzus and came across a great passage where St. Gregory exhorts Christians to “take every thought captive” (2 Cor 10:5) by declaring war on the vain doctrines of the Pagan Philosophers. They to whom the subject is of real moment, and not those who make it a subject of pleasant domestic chatter, or gossip after the races or the theatre, after concerts, or dinner parties: not to mention still lower employments. gregory nazianzen's second invective against julian the emperor. . Found insideThis volume clarifies Gregory Nazaizen's late fourth century C.E. debate with Neo-Arians, Pneumatomachians, pagans and others concerning the nature of paideia and theology. Let even our disputings then be kept within bounds. But when we have put away from the conversation those who are strangers to it, and sent the great legion Luke 8:31 on its way to the abyss into the herd of swine, the next thing is to look to ourselves, and polish our theological self to beauty like a statue. ... (τύπος) of order for others” (§27, p. 51), having become “all things to all men” (§81, p. 98, citing 1 Cor 9:22).4 Such comparisons were rather bold, which Gregory himself recognizes somewhat apologetically (τολμηρὸς ὁ λόγος, §75, p. 93). Found inside – Page 201Gregory of Nazianzus' education in Origen's writings and the more general ... the Apostolic Constitutions.76 In Oration 27, Gregory primarily contends with ... And if these things seem to you unworthy of discussion as petty and already often confuted, and you will keep to your line, and seek the satisfaction of your ambition in it; then here too I will provide you with broad paths. Found inside – Page 17Indeed, it seems likely that Evagrius assisted Gregory in the preparation of ... had a hand in Gregory's celebrated 'Theological Orations' (Orations 27–31). Found inside – Page 271So Oration 27, at least, was in the form of a real stump-sermon, dealing with hostile interlocutors with the age-old weapons of a witty orator. To such men as these, idle jests and pretty contradictions about these subjects are a part of their amusement. Such results come to us from mutual contest. Oration 18 Found inside – Page 95Wace, “Gregory of Nazianzus,” Oration 27. The wider context here reads, “I adjure you by the name of Christ, by Christ's emptying Himself for us, ... It’s a great example of how early Christians were not afraid to interact with philosophy. VI. The first point to be considered is — What is this great rivalry of speech and endless talking? We do not praise either hospitality, or brotherly love, or conjugal affection, or virginity; nor do we admire liberality to the poor, or the chanting of Psalms, or nightlong vigils, or tears. Contact information. Found inside – Page 53One can see how, if Nazianzen is trying to prove a shared monarchia, ... Gregory of Nazianzus, “Fifth Theological Oration,” 27 in ibid., 210. 63. Attack the Void and Full (what nonsense), and all the details about the gods and the sacrifices and the idols and demons, whether beneficent or malignant, and all the tricks that people play with divination, evoking of gods, or of souls, and the power of the stars. 1 A clever hit of Gregory's, the sharpest in the whole invective. Is it the rest and glory which is in store There for the Blessed, or something else?— No, not anything else. The Path of Christianity: The First Thousand Years (Kindle Locations 23220-23233). He studied rhetoric with his friend Basil, later named Basil the Great, and Julian, who became an emperor known as Julian the Apostate. Not to all men, because it is permitted only to those who have been examined, and are passed masters in meditation, and who have been previously purified in soul and body, or at the very least are being purified. Found insideFor Gregory's ideas on literature, see his poem “On His Own Verses,” Carmina ... Gregory of Nazianzen in his extensive corpus of poetry and in Oration 27, ... The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. For there are certain persons who have not only their ears 2 Timothy 4:3 and their tongues, but even, as I now perceive, their hands too, itching for our words; who delight in profane babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called, and strifes about words, which tend to no profit; for so Paul, the Preacher and Establisher of the Word cut short, Romans 9:28 the disciple and teacher of the Fishermen, calls all that is excessive or superfluous in discourse. Not to every one, my friends, does it belong to philosophize about God; not to every one; the Subject is not so cheap and low; and I will add, not before every audience, nor at all times, nor on all points; but on certain occasions, and before certain persons, and within certain limits. Naz., or. I. I am to speak against persons who pride themselves on their eloquence; so, to begin with a text of Scripture, Behold, I am against you, O thou proud one, Jeremiah 50:31 not only in your system of teaching, but also in your hearing, and in your tone of mind. Gregory Nazianzus, Funeral Oration on Basil the Great. II. Oration 31 Fifth Theological Oration Regrettably, I can't reply to every letter, but I greatly appreciate your feedback — especially notifications about typographical errors and inappropriate ads. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more — all for only $19.99... Oration 1 Why have we tied our hands and armed our tongues? But as to those to whom we refer, would that they, whose tongue is so voluble and clever in applying itself to noble and approved language, would likewise pay some attention to actions. Found inside – Page 369Logos Historikos, 116 Gregory of Nazianzus (the Theologian), 174, 184, 205, ... Oration on the Nativity, 183 Gregory of Nyssa, 27, 172–73, 175, 182, 188, ... From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. Found insider r fNzinz hTh I in On the Holy Trinity, Orations 27-31 St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 27: The First Theological Oration A Preliminary Discourse Against ... "we also believe, therefore we also speak." IX. This book brings together a new, original survey of the significance of Gregory's life and work with translations of eight beautiful and profound orations. Indeed, it is not for everyone. Education: BA, M.Div., BBA Why do we make our accusers judges? And yet, O talkative Dialectician, I will ask you one small question, Job 38:3 and answer thou me, as He says to Job, Who through whirlwind and cloud gives Divine admonitions. Found inside – Page vii8 Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 27, in Gregory of Nazianzus, On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius, trans. 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