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The Festal Orations
St. Gregory the Theologian · image, Copyrighted free use
St. Gregory's sermons for the great feasts. The Church still sings his words: “Christ is born, glorify Him” opens his Christmas sermon and became the first line of the Nativity canon.
The sermon on Holy Baptism is one of the fullest early teachings on what baptism is and why no one should put it off.
Contents
- 1On the Nativity of Christ20 min read
- 2On the Holy Lights (Theophany)25 min read
- 3On Holy Baptism (1 of 3)25 min read
- 4On Holy Baptism (2 of 3)25 min read
- 5On Holy Baptism (3 of 3)15 min read
- 6On Pentecost25 min read
- 7The Second Oration on Pascha (1 of 2)25 min read
- 8The Second Oration on Pascha (2 of 2)15 min read
About this edition
Translated by Charles Gordon Browne and James Edward Swallow, in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 7 (1894), edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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