Gregorys celebrated speeches defending the orthodox teaching on the trinity against the heretical eunomians and macedonians are collected as the orationae 362381. Gregory of nazianzus five theological orations tspace. This pdf file is from the christian classics ethereal library. It was at the end of 378 or early in 379 that gregory entered constantinople, and he quitted it during the general council of 381. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the patristic age. The five theological orations, first delivered in ad 379 by gregory of nazianzus, one of the three cappadocian fathers of the early church, were immediately. In response to these heretical movements, gregory wrote the five theological orations. Excerpt from the five theological orations of gregory o f nazianzus accordingly the date must be in one of the three years 379 381. The five theological orations of gregory of nazianzus.
Let us then keep the festival with splendour, and let us embrace one another. As a classically trained orator and philosopher he infused hellenism into the. It is the day of the resurrection, and my beginning has good auspices. Tspace is a free and secure research repository established by university of toronto libraries to disseminate and preserve the scholarly record of university of toronto. Such then is the account of the son, and in this manner he has escaped those who. Gregory theologian bilingual anthology, resources online and in print. The fourth theological oration, which is the second concerning the son. Since i have by the power of the spirit sufficiently overthrown the subtleties and intricacies of the arguments, and already. Theological orations by gregory of nazianzus read by jonathan lange. The standard english translation of gregorys five theological orations has been the one produced by charles gordon browne and james edward swallow for. The five theological orations by gregory of nazianzus goodreads. Books by gregory of nazianzus author of on god and christ. Gregory of nazianzus also known as gregory the theologian or gregory nazianzen, was a 4thcentury archbishop of constantinople, and theologian.
Gregory theologian, third theological oration xxix, on. On god and christ, the five theological orations and two letters to cledonius. Gregory of nazianzus five theological orations translated. Oration 1 oration 2 oration 3 oration 7 oration 8 oration 12 oration 16 oration 18 oration 21 oration 27 first theological oration oration 28 second theological oration oration 29 third theological oration oration 30 fourth theological oration. Gregory of nazianzus, the theologian, was recognized among the cappadocian fathers as a peculiarly vivid and. Gregory nazianzen the theologian third theological oration xxix, on the son, complete translated by ch.