Funeral Orations

by Gregory of Nazianzus

10 chapters6h 50mEnglish0

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Gregory the Theologian, also known as Gregory Nazianzen (which name also refers to his father,) was a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the patristic age. Along with the brothers Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, he is known as one of the Cappadocian Fathers. Gregory is a saint in both Eastern and Western Christianity. In the Roman Catholic Church he is numbered among the Doctors of the Church; in Eastern Orthodoxy and the Eastern Catholic Churches he is revered as one of the Three Holy Hierarchs, along with Basil the Great and John Chrysostom. He is also one of only three men in the life of the Orthodox Church who have been officially designated "Theologian" by epithet, the other two being St. John the Theologian (the Evangelist), and St. Symeon the New Theologian. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia.)

Chapters (10)

1Oration VII, on St Caesarius, the Saint's brother

3243

2Oration VIII, on St Gorgonia, the Saint's sister

2525

3Oration XVIII, on St Gregory Nazianzen, the Saint's father

2650

4Oration XVIII continued

2563

5Oration XXI, on St Athanasius the Great

2057

6Oration XXI continued

1945

7Oration XLIII, on St Basil the Great

2416

8Oration XLIII continued (2)

2421

9Oration XLIII continued (3)

2589

10Oration XLIII continued (4)

2244

Funeral Orations

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Chapters (10)

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