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Page vii
... force in Athanasius ; much more in Basil ; much more in Gregory. It obscures facts to say that there was good Greek only in the age of Thucydides. There was good and bad Greek of its kind, in every epoch, as long as Greek was living. So ...
... force in Athanasius ; much more in Basil ; much more in Gregory. It obscures facts to say that there was good Greek only in the age of Thucydides. There was good and bad Greek of its kind, in every epoch, as long as Greek was living. So ...
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... the Trinity, upon which Gregory laboured for so many years, thus all comes from Baptism.) Gregory would not confine the entire force of Baptism to the » Or. Cat. c. ill. one ritual act. A resurrection to a new immortal life 12 PROLEGOMENA.
... the Trinity, upon which Gregory laboured for so many years, thus all comes from Baptism.) Gregory would not confine the entire force of Baptism to the » Or. Cat. c. ill. one ritual act. A resurrection to a new immortal life 12 PROLEGOMENA.
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... force of, his illustration : and therefore, while admitting that the illustration was one not unlikely to produce misconceptions of his teaching, we may fairly acquit him of any personal bias towards tritheism such as might appear to be ...
... force of, his illustration : and therefore, while admitting that the illustration was one not unlikely to produce misconceptions of his teaching, we may fairly acquit him of any personal bias towards tritheism such as might appear to be ...
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... force of his protest against error. The crisis in his day was not one which demanded the same sustained effort for which the contest called in the days of S. Athanasius. Now and then, certainly, S, Gregory also rises to a white heat of ...
... force of his protest against error. The crisis in his day was not one which demanded the same sustained effort for which the contest called in the days of S. Athanasius. Now and then, certainly, S, Gregory also rises to a white heat of ...
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... force opposed to him, and of the " life and death " character of the contest S. Gregory does not under-estimate the momentous nature of the questions at issue ; but when he wrote, he might feel that to those questions the answer of ...
... force opposed to him, and of the " life and death " character of the contest S. Gregory does not under-estimate the momentous nature of the questions at issue ; but when he wrote, he might feel that to those questions the answer of ...
Contents
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Books TilIX Translation with Notes by Rev H A Wilson | 135 |
Books XXII Rev H C Ogles translation revised with Notes by Rev H | 220 |
On the Holy Spirit against Mscedonius A Fragment Translation with Notes | 326 |
On Not three Gods Translation with Notes by Rev H A Wilson 386 331 337 | 386 |
The Great Catechism | 471 |
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