The translation is interweaved with a commentary to provide the reader with some guidance through the complexities of Gregory's arguments. The introduction includes an overview of the history of Apollinarianism and discusses the extent to which it is possible to reconstruct, from the fragments quoted by Gregory, the arguments of Apolinarius's Apodeixis to which he is responding. It also examines the background to and the chronology of both of Gregory's anti-Apollinarian works, and looks critically at the arguments that they deploy.
St. Gregory of Nazianzus (329 - 390, also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen) held the important post of, Archbishop of Constantinople at the height of its power. Many regard him as one of the most accomplished orators of the patristic age. In particular, he is famous for his discourses on Trinitarian theology. Along with the brothers St. Basil the Great, and St. Gregory of Nyssa, he is regarded as one of the Cappadocian Fathers. Gregory of Nazianzus is venerated as a saint both in the Orthodox and Catholic church and is considered a Doctor of the Catholic church. In the Orthodox Church, he is reckoned as one of the Three Holy Hierarchs, along with St. Basil the Great and St. John Chrysostom. The theological brilliance of St. Gregory is forcefully displayed in these five orations in which he expounds upon of the mystery of the Trinity, which would later be formally enshrined in the Nicene Creed. The source texts for these orations are: "The five theological orations of Gregory of Nazianzus," by St. Gregory of Nazianzus and Arthur James Mason (1851-1928), Cambridge [England] The University Press, 1899; and "A select library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian church / Second series Vol. 7, S. Cyril of Jerusalem. S. Gregory Nazianzen." New York: The Christian literature company; Oxford [etc.]: Parker, 1894. by Philip Schaff(1819-1893); Henry Wace (1836-1924). The original footnotes and Bible references are preserved in the text. Also included is a short sketch of the life of St. Gregory along with illustrations of the people and events referred to in the text.
The Great Catechetical Oration (or Address on Religious Instruction) is perhaps the most successful work of St. Gregory of Nyssa (335 - 395 A.D.). In it, he gives a systematic overview of theology in miniature, laying out the Christian view of how human nature, lost from the fall of Adam, has been restored to the image of God. The work is divided into three parts 1) The Trinity, 2) The Reasonableness of the Incarnation, 3) The Sacraments. The text for this book is from "Gregory of Nyssa: dogmatic treatises, etc.," New York: Christian Literature Co., 1893, translated by H. A. Wilson (1854-1927). The original footnotes are preserved along with the Bible references. This version is also illustrated with artwork from the middle ages and the renaissance period, which depict points expounded upon in the catechism.
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