How is it... that the Son and Holy Spirit are not co-unoriginate with the Father, if they are co-eternal with Him? Because they are from Him, though not after Him. 'Being unoriginate' necessarily implies 'being eternal,' but 'being eternal' does… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
...though every thinking being longs for God, the First Cause, it is powerless... to grasp Him. Tired with the yearning it chafes at the bit and, careless of the cost, it tries a second tack. Either it looks at things… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
As far as we can reach, He Who Is, and God, are the special names of His Essence; and of these especially He Who… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
But as the old Confusion of tongues was laudable, when men who were of one language in wickedness and impiety, even as some now… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, he is severed from the Godhead. If anyone should assert that… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
What He was, He laid aside; what He was not, He assumed. He takes upon Himself the poverty of my flesh so that I… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
The first of all beautiful things is the continual possession of God. — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Such is the grace and power of baptism; not an overwhelming of the world as of old, but a purification of the sins of… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Keep the Feast of the Resurrection. Be a Peter or a John; hasten to the Sepulchre, running together, running against one another, vying in… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
If our Lord ascends up to Heaven, ascend with Him. Be one of those angels who escort Him, or one of those who receive… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
It is difficult to practice obedience; but it is even more difficult to practice leadership. — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image