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the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
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Epitaphia
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(ἐπιτάφια ), funeral orations. It was usual in the early Church to make funeral orations (λόγοι ἐπικήδειοι ) in praise of those who had been distinguished during life by their virtues and merits. Several of these are extant, as that of Eusebius at the funeral of Constantine; those of Ambrose on the deaths of Theodosius and Valentinian, and of his own brother Satyrus; those of Gregory of Nazianzus upon his father, his brother Csesarius, and his sister Gorgonia; and that of Gregory of Nyssa upon the death of Melitus, bishop of Antioch. — Riddle, Christ. Antiq. book 7, chapter 3.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Epitaphia'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/epitaphia.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Epitaphia'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/epitaphia.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
