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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...

and high places, and the bloodthirsty demons. [25] For this reason, they too drew down the mighty God’s hot wrath, and he shook them out. But I, in truth, have come in upon (459) this path in place of them, drawing them by a guidance of emulation, to bring them back to holiness of faith in Christ, when at length, having had their fill of grief, they should turn about, [30] for envy of the new-come people, for whom they were exchanged. These things, however, are for later. Since, then, they dishonored
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