In this lesson, we continue to study the grammar of third declension nouns, focusing on the plural forms of neuter (gender) nouns.  To complete the objectives of this lesson, complete the following tasks: Read over the lesson once to become familiar with the content to be studied. Study the lesson for mastery, learning the translation of each Latin rule. Complete the lesson assessment. Source:  Alvarez, Institutio Grammatica, translated by Mr. William C. Michael. Lesson Before starting this lesson, it is recommended that you take a few minutes and review lesson 13, where we studied the common rules for third declension nouns. … Continue

Gregory was born of saintly parents, and was the chosen friend of St. Basil. They studied together at Athens, turned at the same time from the fairest worldly prospects, and for some years lived together in seclusion, self-discipline, and toil. Gregory was raised, almost by force, to the priesthood; and was in time made Bishop of Nazianzum by St. Basil, who had become Archbishop of Cæsarea. When he was fifty years old, he was chosen, for his rare gifts and his conciliatory disposition, to be Patriarch of Constantinople, then distracted and laid waste by Arian and other heretics. In that … Continue