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 1 Intro|     Excursus On the Two Letters of Gregory II. to the Emperor Leo. ~
 2 Intro|         Councils. For example, St. Gregory the Great says that he "
 3 Intro|            to this is that said by Gregory, surnamed the theologian, '
 4 Intro|     worship to his staff? Or would Gregory, the theologian, give command
 5 2    |          read from a sermon by St. Gregory Nyssen in which he describes
 6 2    |         Catanea, said: If the holy Gregory, vigilant(1) in divine cogitation,
 7 2    |           orthodox refutation, and Gregory, the bishop of Neocoesarea,
 8 3    | utterances--in no way striking--of Gregory of Nazianzum, of SS. Chrysostom,
 9 8    |         these examples agrees what Gregory surnamed Theologus says: "
10 8    |           of his staff; and surely Gregory Theologus does not bid us
11 9    |     EXCURSUS ON THE TWO LETTERS OF GREGORY II. TO THE EMPEROR LEO. ~(
12 9    |          that "the two epistles of Gregory II. have been preserved
13 9    |       authority of Theophanes that Gregory wrote one or more letters
14 9    |        Council, like the letter of Gregory to the Patriarch Germanus?
15 9    |            enough to condemn them. Gregory II. would never have addressed
16 11   |        Seventh Council, especially Gregory, the bishop of Neocsesarea,
17 11   |        Nice; they were not made by Gregory of Neocaesarea at all, and
18 11   |            lay them to the door of Gregory of Neocaesarea because he
19 11   |         the main point is that St. Gregory's advice is to be followed,
20 11   |     prototype. ~(3) They treat St. Gregory Nyssen with contempt, and
21 14   |            But speaking as did St. Gregory, who still mentioned the