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God’s Will as God’s Act in Gregory of Nazianzus

In Oration 29.6 (the third Theological Oration), Gregory of Nazianzus responds to a charge attributed to the opponents of Nicaea and its Trinitarian reception. They attempt, Gregory says, to force a dilemma upon those who do not limit deity to the Unbegotten but claim it also for the Son: did the Father beget willingly or unwillingly? If the […]