known as Gregory Nazianzus), is considered among the most central of

Church fathers. His work, and that of St. Basil the Great, did much to

win the day for the Nicene Creed (by God’s grace) and to secure its

completion at the first Council of Constantinople, where the Creed

received its final and present form. He is not as easy to read for

moderns as Augustine or some of the Latin Fathers. But is well worth the

read. Below is a portion from his Second Paschal Oration in which he asks the question: “To whom was the ransom (Christ’s death on the Cross) paid?”