The extract is taken from St. Gregory Nazianzus’ Orations where he discusses the monarchy of the Father in respect to the Trinity. All emphasis will be mine. Oration 29 The Third Theological Oration. On the Son. I. This then is what might be said to cut short our opponents’ readiness to argueContinue reading “Gregory of Nazianzus on Trinitarian Monarchy”
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Gregory Nazianzen on the Monarchia
This comes from St. Gregory’s Oration 25. All emphasis will be mine. Define our piety by teaching the knowledge of: One God, unbegotten, the Father; and One begotten Lord, his Son, referred to as “God” when he is mentioned separately, but “Lord” when he is named together with the Father—the first on account of the [divine]Continue reading “Gregory Nazianzen on the Monarchia”