Theological Orations

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Theological Orations is a celebrated collection of sermons by Gregory of Nazianzus that systematically expound and defend the doctrine of the Trinity and the nature of Christ in early Christian theology.

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Five Theological Orations 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological work
collection of sermons
associatedWithCouncil Council of Constantinople (381) NERFINISHED
author Gregory of Nazianzus NERFINISHED
centralTheme incarnation of the Word
limits of human knowledge of God
mystery of the divine nature
relationship between essence and persons in God
composedAfter Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED
composedInCentury 4th century
defendsDoctrine consubstantiality of the Son with the Father
distinction of divine persons
full divinity of the Holy Spirit
unity of the divine essence
genre Christian apologetic
theological oration
hasAlternativeName Theological Orations
surface form: Five Theological Orations

Orations 27–31
hasInfluenceOn later doctrinal formulations of the Trinity
hasPart Orations
surface form: Oration 27

Orations
surface form: Oration 28

Orations
surface form: Oration 29

Orations
surface form: Oration 30

Orations
surface form: Oration 31
hasTheologicalEmphasis Nicene Christianity
surface form: Nicene-Constantinopolitan orthodoxy
historicalContext late 4th-century Trinitarian controversies
influenced Byzantine theology
Cappadocian Trinitarian doctrine
Eastern Orthodox theology
Western Christian theology
language Koine Greek
literaryForm sermon
mainSubject Christian theology
Christology
Trinitarian theology
doctrine of the Trinity
nature of Christ
opposes Arianism
Eunomianism
Pneumatomachianism
partOf corpus of Gregory of Nazianzus
recognizedAs classic of patristic theology
foundational text for Trinitarian doctrine
religiousTradition Christianity
setting Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
theologicalTradition Nicene Christianity
usedIn Eastern Orthodox theological education
patristics scholarship

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Theological Orations hasAlternativeName Theological Orations
this entity surface form: Five Theological Orations
Orations hasPart Theological Orations
Gregory of Nazianzus notableWork Theological Orations