St Gregory of Nazianzus: An Intellectual Biography
John A. McGuckin
“In the Orthodox world Gregory had always been regarded first and foremost as a theologian. That was usually understood to refer to his work on the foundations of classical Trinitarian orthodoxy. In fact his influence was probably more pervasively felt in the paradigm of Christian Hellenism he bequeathed to nascent Byzantium. Byzantine Christianity, in a real sense, was Gregory’s mind-child and masterpiece, partly by design, and partly by his transmission to later Byzantium as the last of the ancients and the first of their ‘moderns.’ He was the archetypal patron of the new Christian Byzantine culture that set out to clip the roses of Hellenism of their thorns, and gather them in to decorate and color the form of a new world order. As the study of Byzantine theology itself begins, rightly, to take a place in the light, and demand a hearing on its own terms, so too the time is right for a reassessment of this last of the Antique and the first of the Byzantine Christian theologians; and surely one of the finest.” —“Preludium”
CONTENTS
Chronological Synopsis of the Vita Gregorii Bibliographic Abbreviations St Gregory Nazianzen Preludium 1 In Search of a Self 2 “Then Came Athens and Letters” 3 Politics and Priesthood in Cappadocia 4 Bishop of Sasima 5 An Invitation to Byzantium 6 Archbishop of Constantinople 7 The Twilight of a Poet An Epilogue Bibliography Orations and Letters Gregory’s Orations Other Translations & Editions The Poetic works Other Related Classical Primary Texts A Select Bibliography of General Studies and Biographical Sources Relevant to the Subject Studies on the Thought and Style of St Gregory Nazianzen A Thematic Guide to the Bibliography Index of Names & Places Index of Subjects Maps & Illustrations Corrigenda
Item Number: BKV406 Publication Data: Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2001 Format: softcover Number of Pages: xxviii + 437 Dimensions (l × w × h): 22.8 cm × 15.4 cm × 2.8 cm ISBN: 978‒0‒88141‒864‒4
