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Letters of St. Gregory the Theologian
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A selection of St. Gregory's letters: on the Apollinarian heresy, which denied Christ a human mind, his friendship with St. Basil, and notes to friends and officials.
The letters to Cledonius hold his famous rule: what Christ did not take up, He did not heal.
Contents
- 1Letters on the Apollinarian Controversy30 min read
- 2Correspondence with Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Cæsarea40 min read
- 3Miscellaneous Letters (1 of 4)25 min read
- 4Miscellaneous Letters (2 of 4)25 min read
- 5Miscellaneous Letters (3 of 4)25 min read
- 6Miscellaneous Letters (4 of 4)10 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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