ST See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• ST GREGORY (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

GREGORY (c. 213-C. 270)  , surnamed in later ecclesiastical tradition Thaumaturgus (the See also:

• MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

miracle-worker), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble and wealthy See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan parents at Neocaesarea in See also:

• PONTUS

Pontus, about A.D . 213 . His See also:

• ORIGINAL

original name was See also:

• THEODORUS, FLAVIUS MALLIUS

Theodorus . He took up the study of See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and, with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• ATHENODORUS

Athenodorus, was on his way to Berytus to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete his training when at Caesarea he met See also:

• ORIGEN (c. 185-c. 254)

Origen, and became his See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil and then his convert (A.D . 233) . In returning to See also:

• CAPPADOCIA

Cappadocia some five years after his See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion, it had been his original intention to live a retired ascetic See also:

• LIFE

life (Ens . H.E. vi . 30), but, urged by Origen, and at last almost compelled by Phaedimus of See also:

• AMASIA (anc. Amasia)

Amasia, his See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan, neither of whom was willing to see so much learning, piety and masculine See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy practically lost to the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, he, after many attempts to evade the dignity, was consecrated See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of his native See also:

• TOWN

town (about 240) . His episcopate, which lasted some See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years, was characterized by See also:

• GREAT

great missionary zeal, and by so much success that, according to the (doubtless somewhat rhetorical) statement of See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory of Nyssa, whereas at the outset of his labours there were only seventeen Christians in the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, there were at his See also:

• DEATH

death only seventeen persons in all who had not embraced See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity . This result he achieved in spite of the Decian persecution (250-251), during which he had See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt it to be his See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty to absent himself from his See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese, and notwithstanding the demoralizing effects of an irruption of barbarians (Goths and Boranians) who laid See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste the diocese in A.D . 253–254 . Gregory, although he has not always escaped the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of Sabellianism, now holds an undisputed See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place among the fathers of the church; and although the turn of his mind was See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical rather than speculative, he is known to have taken an energetic See also:

• PART

part in most of the doctrinal controversies of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time .

He was active at the first See also:

• SYNOD
• SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

synod of See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch (A.D . 264–265), which investigated and condemned the heresies of See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul of See also:

• SAMOSATA (Eau6vara, -arum, Ptol. v. 15 § r 1 ; Strabo xvi. 749)

Samosata; and the rapid spread in Pontus of a Trinitarianism approaching the Nicene type is attributed in large measure to the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . Gregory is believed to have died in the reign of See also:

• AURELIAN [Lucius DoMITIus AURELIANUS]

Aurelian, about the See also:

• YEAR

year 270, though perhaps an earlier date is more probable . His festival (semiduplex) is observed by the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic Church on the 17th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November . For the facts of his See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography we have an outline of his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years in his eulogy on Origen, and incidental notices in the writings of See also:

• EUSEBIUS
• EUSEBIUS (Gr. EuOi/3tos, from ebaegils, pious, cf. the Latin name Pius)
• EUSEBIUS [OF CAESAREA] (c. 260-c. 340)
• EUSEBIUS [OF EMESA] (d. c. "36o)

Eusebius, of See also:

• BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

Basil of Caesarea and See also:

• JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA (1859– )
• JEROME, ST (HIERONYMUS, in full EUSEBIUS SOPHRONIUS HIERONYMUS) (c. 340–420)

Jerome . Gregory of Nyssa's untrustworthy See also:

• PANEGYRIC

panegyric represents him as having wrought miracles of a very startling description; but nothing related by him comes near the astounding narratives given in the Martyrologies, or even in the Breviarium Romanum, in connexion with his name . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORKS

works of Gregory Thaumaturgus are the Panegyricus in Origenem (See also:

• ELI (Hebrew for "high"? i Sam. chaps. i.-iv.)

Eli 'S2pis4in v aavr7yupLK6r X6yos), which he wrote when on the point of leaving the school of that great See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master (it contains a valuable See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute description of Origen's mode of instruction), a Mlietaphrasis in Ecclesiasten, characterized by Jerome as " See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short but useful "; and an Epistola canonica, which treats of the discipline to be undergone by those Christians who under pressure of persecution had relapsed into paganism, but desired to be restored to the privileges of the Church . It gives a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good picture of the conditions of the time, and shows Gregory to be a true shepherd (cf. See also:

• ART

art See also:

• PENANCE (Old Fr. penance, fr. Lat. poenitentia, penitence)

PENANCE) . The "EaG€osr 7rierewr (Expositio fidei), a short creed usually attributed to Gregory, and traditionally alleged to have been received by him immediately in See also:

• VISION (from Lat. videre, to see), or SIGHT

vision from the apostle See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John himself, is probably See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic . A sort of Platonic See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue of doubtful authenticity " on the impassivity and the passivity of See also:

• GOD

God " in See also:

• SYRIAC

Syriac is in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum . See also:

• EDITIONS

Editions: See also:

• GERHARD
• GERHARD, FRIEDRICH WILHELM EDUARD (1795-1867)

Gerhard See also:

• VOSS, JOHANN HEINRICH (1751–1826)
• VOSS, RICHARD (1851– )

Voss (See also:

• MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz, 1604), See also:

• FRONTO, MARCUS CORNELIUS (c. A.D. 100–170)

Fronto Ducaus (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1622), See also:

• MIGNE, JACQUES PAUL (1800-1875)

Migne, Patr . Graec. x .

963 . See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

Translations: S . D . F . Salmond in Ante-Nicene Fathers, vi.; Lives, by Pallavicini (See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, 1644); J . L . Boye (See also:

• JENA

Jena, 1709); H . R . See also:

• REYNOLDS, JOHN FULTON (182o-1863)
• REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA (1723-1792)
• REYNOLDS, WALTER (d. 1327)

Reynolds (Dict . Chr . Biog. ii.); G . See also:

• KRUGER, STEPHANUS JOHANNES PAULUS (1825-1904)

Kruger, Early Chr .

Lit . 226; See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyk. vii . (where full See also:

• BIBLIOGRAPHIES

bibliographies are given) .