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Gregory, a friend of both Basil of Caesarea and
Gregory of Nyssa, was the son of a wealthy bishop (also called Gregory).[1] Like Basil he was well-educated and deeply influenced by the
teachings of Origen.[2] In this regard Gregory stood halfway
between the literalism of Basil and the allegory of Gregory of Nyssa. Again,
like hus f riend Basil, Gregory was an ascetic at heart. After many years of
periodic withdrawal into monasteries he was made bishop, a position that he did
not take up willingly.[3] Many of Gregory's works have
survived, including his Five Theological Orations which have a distinct
Trinitarian emphasis.[4]
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[2] Rosemary R.
Ruether, Gregory of Nazianzus, Rhetor and Philosopher. (Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1969), 26-27: "...Gregory seems ignorant of Neoplatonic
writings, of Plotinus in particular. If we conclude that he did not know
Neoplatonic thinkers or writings directly, this helps to explain why Gregory,
who inherited his Neoplatonism from Origen, can so readily assume these ideas
to be Christian."
[3] Norris, "Gregory
of Nazianzus," Everett Ferguson, editor, Encylopedia of Early
Christianity. (New York: Garland, 1990), 398; Ruether, 32. Indeed he was
forced into it by his father.
[4] E.R. Hardy,
"Gregory of Nazianzus," Encyclopedia Briutannica Micropedia, Vol. 5,
482.
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