Sons of Hellenism, Fathers of the Church: Emperor Julian, Gregory of Nazianzus, and the Vision of Rome [Reprint ed.] 0520287541, 9780520287549

This groundbreaking study brings into dialogue for the first time the writings of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman E

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Sons of Hellenism, Fathers of the Church: Emperor Julian, Gregory of Nazianzus, and the Vision of Rome [Reprint ed.]
0520287541, 9780520287549

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As we, Christians of the twenty first century, study the Fathers of the Church, their writings (often in an unreadable E

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Quotations in early Christian writers provide important evidence for the text of the New Testament as well as the ways i

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This introduction to the thought of Gregory of Nazianzus promotes a theological and pastoral vision for the Christian li

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The Fathers of the Church have been a vital source of wisdom and inspiration for countless saints, popes, peasants, and

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Gregory of Nazianzus, known best for his Christology and Trinitarian doctrine, presents an incomparable vision of the im

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In the generation after Constantine the Great elevated Christianity to a dominant position in the Roman Empire, his neph

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