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ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
The Catholic Encyclopedia: Fathers-Gregory
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Gregory of Nyssa Against Eunomius
Author: Saint Gregory of NyssaPublisher: Aeterna Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
It seems that the wish to benefit all, and to lavish indiscriminately upon the first comer one’s own gifts, was not a thing altogether commendable, or even free from reproach in the eyes of the many; seeing that the gratuitous waste of many prepared drugs on the incurably-diseased produces no result worth caring about, either in the way of gain to the recipient, or reputation to the would-be benefactor. Rather such an attempt becomes in many cases the occasion of a change for the worse. The hopelessly-diseased and now dying patient receives only a speedier end from the more active medicines; the fierce unreasonable temper is only made worse by the kindness of the lavished pearls, as the Gospel tells us. I think it best, therefore, in accordance with the Divine command, for any one to separate the valuable from the worthless when either have to be given away, and to avoid the pain which a generous giver must receive from one who treads upon his pearl,’ and insults him by his utter want of feeling for its beauty.
The Book of Pastoral Rule
Author: Saint Gregory the GreatPublisher: Aeterna Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
With kind and humble intent thou reprovest me, dearest brother, for having wished by hiding myself to fly from the burdens of pastoral care; as to which, lest to some they should appear light, I express with my pen in the book before you all my own estimate of their heaviness, in order both that he who is free from them may not unwarily seek them, and that he who has so sought them may tremble for having got them. This book is divided into four separate heads of argument, that it may approach the reader’s mind by allegations arranged in order—by certain steps, as it were. For, as the necessity of things requires, we must especially consider after what manner every one should come to supreme rule; and, duly arriving at it, after what manner he should live; and, living well, after what manner he should teach; and, teaching aright, with how great consideration every day he should become aware of his own infirmity; lest either humility fly from the approach, or life be at variance with the arrival, or teaching be wanting to the life, or presumption unduly exalt the teaching.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Socrates, Sozomenus: Church histories
Author: Philip SchaffPublisher:
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Category : Christian literature, Early
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
SHELVED: 1st FLOOR REFERENCE--COUNTER HIGH SHELVING WEST SIDE.
Pastoral Care
Author: Pope Gregory IPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Pastoral Care, or The Book of the Pastoral Rule, is a treatise on the responsibilities of the clergy written by Pope Gregory I in which he contrasted the role of bishops as pastors of their flock with their position as nobles of the church: the definitive statement of the nature of the episcopal office. Gregory enjoined parish priests to possess strict personal, intellectual and moral standards which were considered, in certain quarters, to be unrealistic and beyond ordinary capacities. The influence of the book, however, was vast and became one of the most influential works on the topic ever written. It was translated and distributed to every bishop within the Byzantine Empire.
Pastoral Rule
Author: Gregory the GreatPublisher: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 164798002X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Pastoral Rule, written around 590 A.D. by Pope Gregory I , outlines the role of the clergy. It was immensely influential, and Byzantine Emperor Maurice ordered that it be translated into Greek and given to every bishop.
The Catholic Encyclopedia: Gregory-Infallibility
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Glory of the Martyrs
Author: GregoriusPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 9780853232360
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The first translation into English of one of Gregory's eight books of miracle stories, which contains a series of anecdotes about the lives and cults of martyrs.
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Author: The Catholic Encyclopedia
Author: Charles George HerbermannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catholic Church
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description