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  • 8 - Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 43.1, 37–38, 43–53, 60–70, 77–80, “Funeral Oration for Basil the Great, Bishop of Cappadocian Caesarea”

  • from Part II - Forming and Overseeing the Community
  • Edited by Bradley K. Storin, Louisiana State University
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
    Published online:
    19 May 2025
    Print publication:
    12 June 2025, pp 132-154

  • Summary

    Whereas Poem 2.1.12, “On Himself and Concerning the Bishops,” unleashes Gregory’s invective against, in his view, corrupt, ambitious, and self-centered clergy members, Oration 43.1, “Funeral Oration for Basil the Great, Bishop of Cappadocian Caesarea,” presents a radically positive image of a bishop. The text is a long eulogy for Bishop Basil of Caesarea (ca. 329–378) delivered three years after his death, which makes it almost precisely contemporaneous to Poem 2.1.12. Basil was Gregory’s friend, and the careers of the two men overlapped significantly: they shared some of the same education at Athens; they practiced asceticism together in the early 360s on Basil’s property in Pontus; they were ordained to the priesthood around the same time; and both were thrust into the politics of provincial church life almost immediately after their ordinations. While their relationship was perhaps more complicated than Gregory’s idealized portrait suggests, here readers get a sense for the lifestyle, ascetic regimen, theology, and pastoral concern that Gregory valued in Christian leaders. The sections translated here pertain to Basil’s episcopacy (the sections about his education, monastic retreat, and priesthood have been omitted for brevity).

The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
  • Volume 5, Community
  • Edited by Bradley K. Storin
  • Published online:
    19 May 2025
    Print publication:
    12 June 2025
  • The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings provides the definitive anthology of early Christian texts, from ca. 100 CE to ca. 650 CE. Its volumes reflect the cultural, intellectual, and linguistic diversity of early Christianity, and are organized thematically on the topics of God, Practice, Christ, and Community. The series expands the pool of source material to include not only Greek and Latin writings, but also Syriac and Coptic texts. Additionally, the series rejects a theologically normative view by juxtaposing texts that were important in antiquity but later deemed 'heretical' with orthodox texts. The translations are accompanied by introductions, notes, suggestions for further reading, and scriptural indices. The fifth and final volume focuses on the theme of community within early Christian writings-how Christians joined the community, how they managed the community, how they conceptualized the community, and how they policed the community. It will be an invaluable resource for students and academic researchers in early Christian studies, history of Christianity, theology and religious studies, and late antique Roman history.

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