[Saint Gregory] McGuckin, John. [Trans].

Saint Gregory Nazianzen: Selected Poems. Translated with an introduction by John McGuckin.

Oxford, SLG Press Ltd., 1986. 14 x 20.5cm. (20), 24 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. [Fairacres Publications, No. 94].

This selection of twenty poems by the fourth-century Greek theologian, St Gregory Nazianzen, represents his Christological writing. There is a substantial Introduction by John McGuckin, the Nielsen Professor of Early Church History at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University. The collection includes the poems ‘On the Son’ and ‘On the Incarnation’, written to defend the orthodoxy of the Council of Nicea. In these poems, Gregory meets Arian and Apollinarist heretics on their own ground, demonstrating that Christians are as cultured as the pagans. There are also several hymns, smaller poems and prayers in which St Gregory reveals something of his own inner life. [SLG Press]

• Keywords: Catalogue No.7 – Religion · christianity · Poetry · Religion · Religion – Rare · Saints · Spirituality · Theology
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780728301078
• Inventory Number: 91091AB

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