"The three most ancient opinions concerning God are……" — Gregory of Nyssa
"The three most ancient opinions concerning God are Anarchia, Polyarchia, and Monarchia. The first two are the sport of the children of Hellas, and may they continue to be so. For Anarchy is a thing without order; and the Rule of Many is factious, and thus anarchical, and thus disorderly. For both these tend to the same thing, namely disorder; and this to dissolution, for disorder is the first step to dissolution. But Monarchy is what we hold in honor."
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Gregory of Nyssa
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23 Quotes by Gregory of Nyssa
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The silent painting speaks on the walls and does much good.
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Concepts create idols; only wonder understands anything.
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Concepts create idols; only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another over idols. Wonder makes us fall to our knees.
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Since with all my soul I behold the face of my beloved, therefore all the beauty of his form is…
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For truly barren is profane education, which is always in labor but never gives birth. For what fruit worthy of…
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If custom is to avail for proof of soundness, we too, surely, may advance our prevailing custom; and if they…
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