“In the Orthodox church Gregory of Nazianzus (ca. AD 329–ca. 390) is known as ‘the Theologian,’ a title he shares only with the apostle and evangelist John, and is among the most honored of the saints. Together with his colleagues Basil the Great (ca. 329–379) and Gregory of Nyssa (ca. 335–395), he is one of the three Cappadocian fathers, and together with Basil and John Chrysostom (ca. 347–407) he is one of the ‘three great hierarchs and ecumenical teachers’ of the Eastern church. His reputation and influence in the Byzantine world as both theologian and rhetor are unsurpassed in ways that Western scholars have sometimes overlooked. The homilies translated in this volume have arguably been the most influential of his works throughout the Orthodox church’s history.” —“Introduction”
CONTENTS
Preface Introduction Gregory’s Life and Work • Emergence of the Feast Days• Rhetoric and Liturgy • Festal Anamnesis • Festal Mimesis • A Feast without the Liturgical Calendar? • Rhetoric and Theology • The Trinity • A Systematic Theology in a Nutshell • Theological Anthropology • The Person and Work of Christ • The Translations ORATION 1 On Pascha and on His Slowness ORATION 38 On the Nativity of Christ ORATION 39 On the Baptism of Christ ORATION 40 On Baptism ORATION 41 On Pentecost ORATION 45 On Holy Pascha Appendix Select Bibliography
Item Number: BKV114 Publication Data: Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2008 Format: softcover Number of Pages: 194 Dimensions (l × w × h): 18.4 cm × 12.7 cm × 1.4 cm ISBN: 978‒0‒88141‒325‒0
