Athens
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Ancient Greek city renowned for learning. Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen studied eloquence and philosophy at Athens before devoting thirteen years to reading and meditating upon Moses and the Sacred Scriptures.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Basil and Gregory studied at Athens before thirteen years of Scripture study
"after Saint Basil and Saint Gregory Nazianzen had studied eloquence and philosophy at Athens, they devoted thirteen years to reading and meditating upon Moses and the Sacred Scriptures"
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Plato was a master at Athens whose teaching resounded in the gymnasia of the Academy
"he who was a master at Athens, and powerful, and whose teaching resounded in the gymnasia of the Academy"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Lacordaire describes being spiritually Athenian, dwelling at the foot of the Parthenon
"I am Athenian, Roman; I dwell at the foot of the Parthenon"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Paul preached at Athens; the city listens to him
"Athens listens to him"
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers
— Basil and Gregory the Theologian, fleeing to monastic solitude, devoted themselves to divine Scripture for thirteen years after studying at Athens
"that golden pair of Doctors of Greece, Basil and Gregory the Theologian"
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Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study
— Gregory Nazianzen, while devoting himself to studies at Athens, saw in a dream two beautiful women: Wisdom and Chastity
"while he was devoting himself to studies at Athens, saw in a dream that, while he sat reading, two beautiful women had seated themselves"
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Praises of Moses from Scripture and the Fathers
— In the chronology of Moses, Cecrops first reigned at Athens in the 35th year of Moses
"In the thirty-fifth year of Moses, Cecrops first reigned at Athens"