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Gregory Thaumaturgus Quotes

213–270

Gregory Thaumaturgus or Gregory the Wonderworker (c. 213 – 270 AD) was a Bishop of Neocaesarea and is recognized as a saint. He had been won over to Christianity by Origen.

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For the most part, righteousness of life leads a man to poverty.

Since the hour when Christ despoiled Hades, men have danced in triumph over death.

If wisdom follows knowledge, so troubles attend on wisdom.

I put a poor youth, if he be wise, before an aged prince devoid of wisdom.

There is nothing either created or in servitude in the Trinity; nor anything superinduced, as if at some former period it was non-existent.

The fool is proved above all things by his finding no satisfaction in any lust.

There is one God, the Father of the living Word, who is His subsistent Wisdom and Power and Eternal Image.

For men who lie on earth there is but one salvation, that their souls acknowledge and wing their way to Him by whom they have been made.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gregory Thaumaturgus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.