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Gregory of Nazianzus a complex and colorful figure living during a crucial agein which it was permissible for the first time to be a public Christianintellectual 4th Century AD was well placed to become one of the outstandingdefenders and formulators of Trinitarian orthodoxy.A gifted and skilled rhetorician poet and orator as well as a profoundtheologian Gregory was ordained a bishop and served as head of the orthodoxChristian community in Constantinople where he played an important role informulating the classical doctrines of the Trinity and the person of Christ.Under fire from opponents in the Church the enigmatic Gregory soon retreatedinto a quiet life of study and simple asceticism concentrating on quietmeditation and strengthening his canon of literature. Gregorys body of workscomprising poetry letters sermons and lectures on religious themes andwritten with the terseness and elegance of classical Greek literature wascanonized in the Byzantine age as equal to the greatest Greek writers beforehim.A collection of new translations of a selection of these achievements inliterature and theology with an extensive introduction to Gregorys lifethought and writings Gregory Nazianzus portrays a vivid picture of afascinating character of vital importance who deserves to be regarded as thefirst true Christian humanist. «
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