Gregory the Elder or Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder (c. 276 – 374) was the bishop of the see of Nazianzus in Roman province of Cappadocia. However, he is better remembered as the patriarch of an important family of ecclesiastics.
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Lutheranism. Gregory, his elder brother Basil of Caesarea, and their friend GregoryofNazianzus are collectively known as the Cappadocian Fathers. Gregory lacked...
III, 22). In the Byzantine Church, three Doctors were pre-eminent: John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, and GregoryofNazianzus. The feasts of these three...
of GregoryofNazianzus. He is recognized as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and the Catholic Church. The younger son ofGregorytheElder, bishop of Nazianzus...
of 1,089 Early Christian saints— saints before 450 AD— in alphabetical order by Christian name. Wikipedia contains a calendar of saints listed by the...
Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregorythe Great, was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590...
friend, GregoryofNazianzus (329–389), became Patriarch of Constantinople. The Cappadocia region, in modern-day Turkey, was an early site of Christian...
with his brother Gregoryof Nyssa and his friend GregoryofNazianzus, are collectively referred to as the Cappadocian Fathers. The Eastern Orthodox Church...
years of asceticism and writing. He was a disciple of several influential contemporary church leaders, including Basil of Caesarea, GregoryofNazianzus, and...
James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James theElder, or Saint Jacob or Santiago. James was the son of Zebedee and...
of a bishop, he interpreted the writings of Gregory of Nazianzus for a group of deacons. The biographer praises him as a second Chrysostom. By a miracle...
life of asceticism. After the demise oftheElder Nicodemus, Gregory spent eight years of spiritual struggle under the guidance of a new Elder, Nicephorus...
the Younger (Greek: Μακρίνα; c. 327 – 19 July 379) was an early Christian consecrated virgin. Macrina was elder sister of Basil the Great, Gregoryof...
unpopular, he tries to introduce Mahayana Buddhism to the country. GregorytheElder, bishop ofNazianzus (approximate date) Guo Pu, Chinese historian, poet...
least to the 13th century; "the theology of St. Gregory Palamas", on which see Palamism. Christian monasticism started with the legalisation of Christianity...
and defends Gregory's list in his Summa Theologica, although he calls them the "capital sins" because they are the head and form of all the other sins...
Saturdays and Sundays and standing up worshiping throughout the night. St. GregoryofNazianzus speaks of a solitary who stood upright for many years together...
Gorgonia (Greek: Αγία Γοργονία) (died 23 February 375) was the daughter of Saint GregorytheElder and Saint Nonna. She is remembered in both Eastern and...
and GregoryofNazianzus). The feast days of John Chrysostom in the Eastern Orthodox Church are 14 September, 13 November and 27 January. In the Roman...
Zonaras — commentaries on the Church Fathers and the poems ofGregoryofNazianzus; lives of Saints; and a treatise on the Apostolic Canons — and there...
John Chrysostom, Isidore of Seville, Origen, GregoryofNazianzus, Augustine of Hippo, Jerome, Pope Gregory I, Ambrose of Milan, Cassiodorus, and Cyprian...
Works of mercy (sometimes known as acts of mercy) are practices considered meritorious in Christian ethics. The practice is popular in the Catholic Church...
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