Funeral Orations Nazianzus Gregory Of
Funeral Orations Nazianzus Gregory Of The Christian funeral oration is one of the most elaborate of Christian literary forms. The Christian masterpieces presented in this volume reflect a long, rich,…
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Funeral Orations Nazianzus Gregory Of
The Christian funeral oration is one of the most elaborate of Christian literary forms. The Christian masterpieces presented in this volume reflect a long, rich, and varied pagan literary tradition in East and West, and at the same time exhibit modifications and new elements which give them their specific Christian character. It represents an attempt to adapt to Christian use a pagan Greek form with many hundreds of years behind it. . . .
McGuire)The volume presents the most generally admired ancient Christian funeral orations--four from the Greek (those of St. (From the Introduction by Martin R. P. Gregory Nazianzen), four from the Latin (those of St.
Ambrose of Milan). From the Bishop of Nazianzen, we have words spoken in honor of three kinsmen, his father, a brother, and a sister, and of the great St. Basil, Bishop of Caesarea.
Two of the orations from the
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Orations, Volume II
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Funeral Flowers
Funeral Boat
Funeral Games
Funeral Note
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