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Theology, Politics, and Radiant Darkness: Michæl Motia on Gregory of Nyssa

Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

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The Origins of Gregory the Great

Gregory of Nissa was the first generation to be raised in something close to Christian culture. His family had been Christians for a couple of generations, one of Orgin of Alexandria's students, Gregory the Wonder Worker. Theodosius I is going to be a thoroughly Trinitarian committed Christian and creates something much more like a genuine Christian empire than he did before.

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