§ 141. Св. Григорий в сочинениях своих – 1) как духовный оратор: любовь его к сему званию; ораторское слово его.

Works of St. Gregory enjoyed the highest respect in the Church of Christ. They have been the subject of the most careful study and very many interpretations 592; Even during his lifetime they began to translate them into other languages ​​593. Works of St. Gregory - Words, letters, verses 594 - themselves show what St. especially wanted to be for the Church of Christ. Grigory. From the very time when Gregory felt within himself the desire for education, he set himself the goal of forming within himself a servant of the word of Christ, a speaker worthy of the truth of Christ; and this goal was constantly before his eyes, both when visiting schools, and at the time when he decided to share solitude with serving the elder father. He felt within himself the gift of speech and wanted to offer it as a gift to the Word, worthy of the Word. “I offer this gift to my God,” he said in one word, “I dedicate this gift to Him; - this is the only thing that remains with me and what I am rich in; I renounced everything else according to the commandment of the Spirit; He exchanged everything he had for a pearl of great price. I only speak the word, as a servant of the Word; I would never voluntarily want to neglect this wealth, I respect it, I value it, I am consoled by it more than others are consoled by all the treasures of the world. It is a companion of my whole life, a good adviser and interlocutor; a leader on the path to heaven and a zealous companion" 595. Gregory's oratorical speech is unparalleled in many respects, if Gregory was compared with ordinary orators 596. The distinguishing features of his oratory are: sublimity and power of thoughts, speech breathing with the flame of feelings, play of images and expressions, often irony and even sarcasm in places, but softened by love, purity and precision of expressions, inimitable choice of words 597. For no reason is it clear that Gregory spoke his words without preparation; on the contrary, the Words themselves show that the spiritual speaker wanted to speak in a completely dignified manner, prepared and processed the Word for the church pulpit, so that no dialectician, no memorized talker of the then public, partly still pagan, could make him blush, even for one expression. Both in form and tone, Gregory’s Words are not conversations, they are oratorical words in the full sense. Of his 45 undoubted words, 598, 5 are commendable, 9 are for holidays, others are defensive and accusatory; This is his monument (σηλιτευτικος) to Julian, two words - two “pillars on which Julian’s wickedness is indelibly written for posterity.” No one’s works have had as many interpretations written on them as have been written on Gregory’s works. In addition to the interpreters, whose interpretations are known, but not their names, the following interpreters are known: Nonnus of the 5th century, St. Maxim, confessor 7th century, Elijah the Cretan Bishop, who was at the 2nd Council of Nicaea, Gregory the Presbyter, who described his life, Theophilus and Hero of Motsen, Basil the Archbishop. Caesarea 10th century, Niketas Serronius, Heraclian mt 11th century, Psellus and Nicholas Doxopatra of the same century, John Zonara 12th century, Theodore Balsamon, Nikephoros Blemmys, Nikephoros Callistus. Some interpretations were published by Billius, others by Matthaeus (Binae orationes Gregorii, Mosquae 1780). Many have not yet been published. Rufinus translated several Words into Latin; at the same time they began to translate op. Gregory into Syriac, Armenian, then into Arabic. See Assemani Bibl. Orient. T. I, p. 172; T. 3, R. 1, p. 23 Neumann Geschichte d. Armenis. Litteratur. s. 79. To the glory. language 16 Words were translated at the very beginning of the conversion of the Danube Slavs. See Bibliography. Coppen sheets 1825 XI. Works published by a) Bill (50 Words, 237 letters and 158 poems) graec. et lat. 1630. Paris T. I, II, Venetiis 1783; b) Clementzen began to publish again all the works of St. Gregory; – The first volume was published in Paris in 1778 very carefully; but the matter, unfortunately, ended there, being interrupted by the horrors of the revolution. The edition of the Bill is neither complete nor entirely correct. After Bill, many hitherto unknown works were found. 20 poems published by Tollei (Insignia Hinerani Halici 1696 Traiecti ad Rhenum); 227 epigrams were published by Mypatorium (Anecdota graeca, Patavii 1709). These additions, with a little addition, ed. in volume 5 Dutch library of fathers at Minh in Patrolog. T. 35–37, and partly by Jacobs: Anthalogia graeca vol. 2. Kollar wrote (in 4 Tom. Com. Vindobon) that the Vienna Library contains many unpublished works of the Theologian. Part of a poem against the Apollinarians was recently published by Mayo. Collet. Vet. auct. 7–64. Slav. the translation of Slavenitsky's Words is an example of bad translation; about the dignity of Russians. translation in Chr. Thurs. we don’t say, especially since a new translation of the works has been published. St. Gregory. T. 1–6. M. 1843–1848. 34 Conversations of St. were translated into Armenian in the 5th century. Gregory, including two to Kledonius, hon. Athanasius and the now unknown in Greek: pokhv. A word to the cross, about the incarnation of the Word, against those who say that the Father is greater than the Son, a funeral service to Maximus (Neumann Gesch. d. armen. Litter. S. 78–80). Word about the world 1, 222. Clemen. r. 193. And at the beginning of his education, this is what he felt: “my cheeks had not yet become pubescent, a fiery love for verbal sciences took possession of me; I tried to enrich myself with external learning in order to use it as an aid to true enlightenment, so that those who know only empty ornateness, consisting of sonorous words, would not be proud and could not entangle me with intricate sophisms.” About my life 6, 9. Jerome writes that Gregory imitated Palemon in style. Devir. illustr. § 117). Svida, repeating the same thing, says about Palemon that he was a Laodacian, famous for sophistry in Smyrna and was the teacher of the orator Aristides. From these words of Svida it is clear that this is the same Palemon who enjoyed the respect of Hadrian and Antonin and about whom Philostratus (de vita Sophistarum 1, 25) writes: “Palemon’s speech is warmed with feeling, echoes with a sonorous causticity, like an Olympic pipe; he has a Demosthenian thought, as well as grace in words.” Four Speeches of Palemon ed. Possinoma Tulusae. 1637 Orelle Lips. 1819. There is no doubt that the review of the quality of Polemonov’s syllable can be applied to the eloquence of Gregory. But this closeness of his eloquence to Palemon’s style depended on some similarity in the oratorical talents of both, and not at all on Gregory’s imitation; for he is original everywhere, everywhere true to himself - both in prose and in poetry - and on every page and in every line. Therefore, translating Gregory’s works into other languages ​​is a difficult task. To Evagrius about the Divinity - according to the syllable - not of the Nazian Theologian; according to some RKP. and according to the Euphemia Panoplia, the work of Gregory of Nisskago. In the Synod list it is noted: “you need to know that this Word is doubtful.” In the Turin Bible. Between the works of Nazianzus there is a word to Evagrius about the Divinity, but it is completely different (Catal. cod. Taurin, p. 74). In any case, this is not a word, but a letter, just like works 51–52 to Kledonius against Apollinaris, 46 to Nektarios. 48th Words against the Arians according to many Greek. hands there is no between the works of Nazianzus and in syllable it is not his; it is borrowed from one word of Zlatoust. The 49th and 50th words on faith, mentioned by Augustine under the name of the Grigorievs, are throughout Latin works and belong to the Betic (i.e. Spanish) Gregory. The transcription of Ecclesiastes belongs to Gregory the Wonderworker, as has already been said. Published by Matey, from the Moscow manuscript. typogr. bib. 13th century, an excerpt from the word of Gregory the Theologian to the astronomers (Lection. Mosquen. Vol. 2, p. 38, Lips. 1779) belongs to the treatises. Words of praise to Cyprian, Caesarea, Basil the Great, Athanasius, sister of Gorgonia. The 3rd word is about what a bishop should be. You might be interested in: