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Gregory of Nazianzus: source notes

Gregory of Nazianzus: source notes

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Topic: baptism

See baptism reasoning.

BAP S1: Oration 40 (On Holy Baptism) 17

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310240.htm
  • Text: “Have you an infant child? Do not let sin get any opportunity, but let him be sanctified from his childhood; from his very tenderest age let him be consecrated by the Spirit.”
  • Context: Urges people not to delay baptism. Later in the oration (§28) he advises waiting ’till the end of the third year, or a little more or less’, unless ‘any danger presses’ (§28, verified).
  • Bears on: B2
  • Status: verified (English)

Topic: atonement

See atonement reasoning.

ATN S1: Oration 45.22

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310245.htm
  • Text: “since a ransom belongs only to him who holds in bondage, I ask to whom was this offered … If to the Evil One, fie upon the outrage! … But if to the Father, I ask first, how? … Is it not evident that the Father accepts Him, but neither asked for Him nor demanded Him; but on account of the Incarnation”.
  • Context: Rejects both a ransom paid to the devil and one demanded by the Father.
  • Bears on: A1, A4
  • Status: verified (English)

Topic: trinity

See trinity reasoning.

TRI S1: Oration 31.8

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310231.htm (NPNF/ANF English translation)
  • Text: “r division, and is introduced by a better Theologian than you, our Saviour Himself? Or perhaps you have taken that word out of your Gospels for the sake of your Third Testament, The Holy Ghost, which proceeds from the Father; Who, inasmuch as He proceeds from That Source, is no Creature; and inasmuch as He is not Begotten is no Son; and inasmuch as He is between the Unbegotten and the Begotten is God.”
  • Context: Fifth Theological Oration, on the Spirit.
  • Bears on: T2
  • Status: verified (English)

Topic: christology

See christology reasoning.

CHR S1: Letter 101 (to Cledonius)

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3103a.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “For that which He has not assumed He has not healed; but that which is united to His Godhead is also saved.”
  • Context: Against Apollinarius: Christ’s full human mind.
  • Bears on: X1, X2
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine F06

See F06 reasoning.

F06 S1: Oration 31.10

Doctrine F03

See F03 reasoning.

F03 S1: Letter 101

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3103a.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “For that which He has not assumed He has not healed; but that which is united to His Godhead is also saved.”
  • Context: Against Apollinarius.
  • Bears on: F03.1
  • Status: verified (English)

F03 S2: Letter 101

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3103a.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “But if He has a soul, and yet is without a mind, how is He man, for man is not a mindless animal? And this would necessarily involve that while His form and tabernacle was human, His soul should be that of a horse or an ox, or some other of the brute creation.”
  • Context: Against Apollinarius.
  • Bears on: F03.2
  • Status: verified (English)

Doctrine S18X

See S18X reasoning.

S18X S1: Oration 38.13

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310238.htm (public-domain English translation)
  • Text: “Conceived by the Virgin, Luke 1:35 who first in body and soul was purified by the Holy Ghost (for it was needful both that Childbearing should be honoured, and that Virginity should receive a higher honour), He came forth then as God with that which He had assumed, One Person in two Natures, Flesh and Spirit, of which the latter deified the former.”
  • Context: Gregory’s sermon on the Nativity.
  • Bears on: S18.4
  • Status: verified (English)