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 |
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| instanceOf |
Christian theological work
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collection of sermons ⓘ |
| associatedWithCouncil | Council of Constantinople (381) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Gregory of Nazianzus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
incarnation of the Word
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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
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distinction of divine persons ⓘ full divinity of the Holy Spirit ⓘ unity of the divine essence ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian apologetic
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theological oration ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Theological Orations
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surface form:
Five Theological Orations
Orations 27–31 ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later doctrinal formulations of the Trinity ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Orations
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Oration 27
Orations ⓘ
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Oration 28
Orations ⓘ
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Oration 29
Orations ⓘ
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Oration 30
Orations ⓘ
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Oration 31
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| hasTheologicalEmphasis |
Nicene Christianity
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surface form:
Nicene-Constantinopolitan orthodoxy
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| historicalContext | late 4th-century Trinitarian controversies ⓘ |
| influenced |
Byzantine theology
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Cappadocian Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ Western Christian theology ⓘ |
| language | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | sermon ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian theology
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Christology ⓘ Trinitarian theology ⓘ doctrine of the Trinity ⓘ nature of Christ ⓘ |
| opposes |
Arianism
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Eunomianism ⓘ Pneumatomachianism ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of patristic theology
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foundational text for Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| setting |
Constantinople (probable)
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surface form:
Constantinople
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| theologicalTradition | Nicene Christianity ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Eastern Orthodox theological education
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patristics scholarship ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Five Theological Orations