Gregory of Nazianzus

British  

/ ˌnæzɪˈænzəs /

noun

1. Saint. ?329–89 _ad , Cappadocian theologian: bishop of Caesarea (370–79). Feast days: Jan 2, 25, and 30

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Example Sentences

In the fourth century, Gregory of Nazianzus urged, “Let us sing hymns instead of striking drums, have psalms instead of frivolous music and song, … modesty instead of laughter, wise contemplation instead of intoxication, seriousness instead of delirium.”

From Seattle Times

Amongst his pupils were Gregory of Nazianzus and Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea.

From Project Gutenberg

This is particularly true of St. Gregory of Nazianzus to the disappointment of the Textual Critic, and also of his namesake of Nyssa, as well as of St. Basil.

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St. Gregory of Nazianzus, as a proof of the virtue of his simple sister Gorgonia, said, “she neither cared to curl her own hair, nor to repair its lack of beauty by the aid of a wig.”

From Project Gutenberg

At a comparatively early age he entered the church, and held for some time the office of anagnost or reader; subsequently he manifested a desire to devote himself to the secular life as a rhetorician, an impulse which was checked by the earnest remonstrances of Gregory of Nazianzus.

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