Troska o sprawy Kościoła w korespondencji ostatniej dekady życia Grzegorza z Nazjanzu

• Authors: Norbert Widok

Title variants

EN

Care for the Church issues in the correspondence from the last decade of Gregory of Nazianzus’ life

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Analysis of approximately 165 letters of Gregory Nazianzen written by him in the last decade of his life revealed a large part of them devoted to his involvement in the current affairs of the ecclesial community. His departure from the position of the bishop of Constantinople, marked by a kind of failure, did not prompt him to react against the Church, but developed just an opposite attitude – increased mobilization of his strenght for the constant concern about the situation of the local Churches. This concern referred to the activities of the pastors of particular ecclesial communities, experiencing a variety of problems, deacons and presby­ters, coming from his surroundings, as well as synods, which were to successfully resolve contentious issues. It should be remembered that Capadocian did not en­joy at that time good health. Despite suffering form various diseases, Gregory did not only focused on the treatment of poor health, but also continuesely appeared as an active member of the Church, especially that having still the bishops ordina­tion, he could not completely withdraw from the pastoral obligations.

Keywords

PL

Grzegorz z Nazjanzu; korespondencja; troska o Kościół; walka z błędnowiercami; postanowienia synodalne

EN

Gregory of Nazianzus; correspondence; concern for the Church; the fight against false believers; the provisions of the Synod

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Vox Patrum
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 65
• Pages: 697-716

Dates

published

2016-07-15

Contributors

author

Norbert Widok

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/vp.3529