Definition of Gregory of Nazianzen

1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Gregory Of Nazianzen

Gregor Mendel
Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar month
Gregorian chant
Gregorian mode
Gregorian telescope
Gregory
Gregory Goodwin Pincus
Gregory I
Gregory John Norman
Gregory Nazianzen
Gregory Pincus
Gregory VII
Gregory XIII
Gregory of Nazianzen (current term)
Gregory the Great
Gregson
Greig
Greig's syndrome
Grenada
Grenada dollar
Grenadian
Grenadines
Grenoble
Gresham
Gresham's Law
Greta
Greta Garbo
Greta Louisa Gustafsson

Literary usage of Gregory of Nazianzen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1854)
"... and at the same time solemnly inaugurate the new patriarch of Constantinople, Gregory of Nazianzen, according to the original plan. ..."

2. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, George Sylvester Morris, Henry Boynton Smith, Noah Porter, Vincenzo Botta (1891)
"These all held Origen in great reverence; Basil and Gregory of Nazianzen commenced preparing an anthology of his writings under the title ..."

3. Hymns and Poetry of the Eastern Church by Bernhard Pick (1908)
"... AD-391) Gregory of Nazianzen was born about, either at Nazianzen, a small village in Cappa- docia, where his father was bishop, or in the neighboring ..."

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