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On God and Man: The Theological Poetry of St Gregory of Nazianzus is unavailable, but you can change that!

St. Gregory of Nazianzus is one of the most transparent Fathers of the Church. In these poems, he speaks of the joys and frustrations of his own life, laying bare his inner questioning about the purpose and value of life in the face of sin and mortality, and his ultimate faith in Christ as the redeemer and reconciler of all things. St. Gregory’s poetry has often been compared with St. Augustine’s...

beholds the brilliance of the heavenly lights. Blessed is he who honors the Lord by much-toiling hands: and, [20] for many people, this is the law of life. All these things fill up the heavenly receptacles in which are stored the fruit of our souls, whilst every several virtue leads to a different place. For many are the mansions pertaining to different lives. [25] Blessed is he, whom the mighty Spirit has shown to be poor in passions, whoever leads a life of repentance; who can never get his fill
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