Gregory of Nazianzus

Gregory of Nazianzus was a Cappadocian bishop, orator, and poet, close friend of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa. His Five Theological Orations, delivered at Constantinople in 380 against Eunomian (Anomoean) and Pneumatomachian opponents, are the classic patristic statement of the church's Trinitarian doctrine and earned him the title "the Theologian."

Dates

ca. 329 – ca. 390 (approximate)

See or city

Constantinople

Region

Cappadocia / Constantinople

Also known as

Gregory the Theologian; Gregory Nazianzen

Notes

One of the three Cappadocian Fathers, briefly bishop of Constantinople (380–381) during the Council that confirmed Nicene orthodoxy against Arianism and its offshoots; called "the Theologian" in the Byzantine tradition (with John the Evangelist and Symeon the New Theologian) chiefly on the strength of the Five Theological Orations.

Works

• Theological Oration 1: Against the Eunomians, as a Preliminary DiscourseOratio 27, Adversus Eunomianos · 380 · CPG 3010.27 (not yet checked)
• Theological Oration 2: On the Doctrine of GodOratio 28, De Theologia · 380 · CPG 3010.28 (not yet checked)
• Theological Oration 3: On the SonOratio 29, De Filio (I) · 380 · CPG 3010.29 (not yet checked)
• Theological Oration 4: On the SonOratio 30, De Filio (II) · 380 · CPG 3010.30 (not yet checked)
• Theological Oration 5: On the Holy SpiritOratio 31, De Spiritu Sancto · 380 · CPG 3010.31 (not yet checked)
• Orations (other than the Theological Orations)Orationes · ca. 362–383 · CPG 3010 (not yet checked)
• LettersEpistulae · ca. 360–390 · CPG 3034 (not yet checked)