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ST GREGORY NAZIANZEN, B. C., DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH—328-389 A D. Feast: January 2 [May 9: Old Calender] From his own works, and other monuments of that age. See Gregory of Caesarea, who writ his life in 940; Hermant, Tillemont, t. ix., Ceillier, t. vii.; also the life of this saint, compiled from his works by Baronius, published by Alberici, in an appendix to the life and letters of that cardinal, in 1759, t. ii.] St Gregory who, from his profound skill in sacred learning, is surnamed the Theologian, was a native of Arianzum, an obscure village in the...

January 2, 2004Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors of the Church Psalm: Friday 3 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I1 Jn 2:22-28 Beloved:Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist. Anyone who denies the Son does not have the Father,but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well. Let what you heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you,then you will remain in the Son and in the Father....