Hypsistarians
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Hypsistarians, i.e. worshippers of the Hypsistos, and similar variations of the term first appear in the writings of Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory of Nyssa, about AD 374. The term has been linked t
Cult statue of Zeus Hypsistos, from the sanctuary of Zeus Hypsistos, Imperial Roman times, Archaeological Museum, Dion.
Gregory of Nazianzus
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Gregory of Nazianzus, also known as Saint Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen, was an early Roman Christian theologian and prelate who served as Archbishop of Constantinople from 380 to 381. H
Hypsistarians
…Hypsistarians, i.e. worshippers of the Hypsistos (Greek: Ὕψιστος, the "Most High" God), and similar variations of the term first appear in the writings of Gregory of Nazianzus (Orat. xviii, 5) and Gregory of Nyssa (Refutation of Eunomius' Confession 38), about AD 374. The term has been linked to a body of inscriptions that…
Fresco from The Chora, 14th cent.
Gregory of Nazianzus with John Chrysostom and Basil of Caesarea on a late-15th-century icon of the Three Holy Hierarchs from the Cathedral of St Sophia, Novgorod
Andrei Rublev, Gregory of Nazianzus, (1408), Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir.
Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne