The Normativity of Measure in Gregory Nazianzus’ and Gregory of Nyssa’s Orations on Love for the Destitute Poor

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dc.contributor.authorTobon, Monica
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-28T11:50:59Z
dc.date.available2022-03-28T11:50:59Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractGregory Nazianzus and Gregory of Nyssa between them composed three orations on love of the destitute poor: Nazianzen's Oration 14, Peri philoptōchias and Nyssen's On love of the poor 1 and 2 (De beneficentia and In illud: quatenus uni ex his fecistis mihi fecistis). All three situate leprosy as the most extreme, and therefore paradigmatic, form of poverty as a basis for exhorting Christians to the practice of love. Those suffering from leprosy were stigmatised and excluded from society even by Christians, yet the Gregories exhort them to serve Christ by serving them, supporting pastoral entreaty with theological argument. This paper aims to introduce these orations to those unfamiliar with them and contribute new insights to those who already know them. After situating them in their historical context I summarise each then comment on their content, highlighting Nazianzen's reconfiguration of classical motifs in the service of a revisionist social policy and Christian anthropology rooted in the imago Dei and Nyssen's recourse to ascetic theory with marked similarities to that of Egyptian desert asceticism as taught by Evagrius. This paper's discussion of these prophetic orations will contribute to knowledge of them and by extension of the two Gregories.pl
dc.identifier.citation"Vox Patrum", 2021, T. 78, s. 239-268pl
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/vp.12267
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/2885
dc.language.isoenpl
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KULpl
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/*
dc.subjectGregory Nazianzuspl
dc.subjectGregory of Nyssapl
dc.subjectEvagriuspl
dc.subjectleprosypl
dc.subjectpoorpl
dc.subjectdestitutepl
dc.subjectpathospl
dc.subjectpassionpl
dc.subjectbodypl
dc.subjectlovepl
dc.subjectinsensibilitypl
dc.subjectgreedpl
dc.subjectptochoipl
dc.subjectorationpl
dc.subjectGrzegorz z Nazjanzupl
dc.subjectGrzegorz z Nyssypl
dc.subjectEwagriusz z Pontupl
dc.subjecttrądpl
dc.subjectubogipl
dc.subjectnędzarzpl
dc.subjectmiłośćpl
dc.subjectmowapl
dc.subjectciałopl
dc.titleThe Normativity of Measure in Gregory Nazianzus’ and Gregory of Nyssa’s Orations on Love for the Destitute Poorpl
dc.title.alternativeWielkość miary miłości w mowach o miłości ubogich Grzegorza z Nazjanzu i Grzegorza z Nyssypl
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlepl
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