Festal orations /St. Gregory of Nazianzus ; translation with introduction and commentary by Nonna Verna Harrison.
Description
Introduction -- Gregory's life and work -- Emergence of the feast days -- Rhetoric and liturgy -- Festal anamnesis -- Festal mimesis -- A feast without the liturgical calendar? -- Rhetoric and theology -- The Trinity -- A systematic theology in a nutshell -- Theological anthropology -- The person and work of Christ -- The translations -- Oration 1 : on Pascha and on His slowness -- Oration 38 : on the nativity of Christ -- Oration 39 : on the baptism of Christ -- Oration 40 : on baptism -- Oration 41 : on Pentecost -- Oration 45 : on Holy Pascha.
194 p. ;19 cm.
Book Details
Author
Gregory,of Nazianzus, Saint.
Place Published
City
Crestwood, N.Y.
Date Published
2008
Publication Subjects
Church year sermons.
Sermons, Greek--Translations into English.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek--Translations into English.
Orthodox Eastern Church--Sermons.