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 until about age three unless there is danger of death (to verify §28).
- 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
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)