Human Nature in Gregory of Nyssa
Title | Human Nature in Gregory of Nyssa PDF eBook |
Author | Johannes Zachhuber |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2015-11-24 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004274324 |
This volume explores Gregory Of Nyssa's concept of human nature. It argues that the frequent use Gregory makes of phusis-terminology is not only a terminological predilection, but rather the key to the philosophical and theological foundations of his thought. Starting from an overview of the theological landscape in the early 360's the study first demonstrates the meaning and relevance of universal human nature as an analogy for the Trinity in Cappadocian theology. The second part explores Gregory's use of this same notion in his teaching on the divine economy. It is argued that Gregory takes this philosophical theory into the service of his own theology. Ultimately the book provides an example for the mutual interaction of philosophy and Christian theology in the fourth century.
Gregory of Nyssa Against Eunomius
Title | Gregory of Nyssa Against Eunomius PDF eBook |
Author | Saint Gregory of Nyssa |
Publisher | Aeterna Press |
Pages | 491 |
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Genre | Religion |
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It seems that the wish to benefit all, and to lavish indiscriminately upon the first comer one’s own gifts, was not a thing altogether commendable, or even free from reproach in the eyes of the many; seeing that the gratuitous waste of many prepared drugs on the incurably-diseased produces no result worth caring about, either in the way of gain to the recipient, or reputation to the would-be benefactor. Rather such an attempt becomes in many cases the occasion of a change for the worse. The hopelessly-diseased and now dying patient receives only a speedier end from the more active medicines; the fierce unreasonable temper is only made worse by the kindness of the lavished pearls, as the Gospel tells us. I think it best, therefore, in accordance with the Divine command, for any one to separate the valuable from the worthless when either have to be given away, and to avoid the pain which a generous giver must receive from one who treads upon his pearl,’ and insults him by his utter want of feeling for its beauty.
On the Making of Man
Title | On the Making of Man PDF eBook |
Author | Saint Gregory of Nyssa |
Publisher | Aeterna Press |
Pages | 107 |
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Genre | Religion |
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“This is the book of the generation of heaven and earth ,” saith the Scripture, when all that is seen was finished, and each of the things that are betook itself to its own separate place, when the body of heaven compassed all things round, and those bodies which are heavy and of downward tendency, the earth and the water, holding each other in, took the middle place of the universe; while, as a sort of bond and stability for the things that were made, the Divine power and skill was implanted in the growth of things, guiding all things with the reins of a double operation (for it was by rest and motion that it devised the genesis of the things that were not, and the continuance of the things that are), driving around, about the heavy and changeless element contributed by the creation that does not move, as about some fixed path, the exceedingly rapid motion of the sphere, like a wheel, and preserving the indissolubility of both by their mutual action, as the circling substance by its rapid motion compresses the compact body of the earth round about, while that which is firm and unyielding, by reason of its unchanging fixedness, continually augments the whirling motion of those things which revolve round it, and intensity is produced in equal measure in each of the natures which thus differ in their operation, in the stationary nature, I mean, and in the mobile revolution; for neither is the earth shifted from its own base, nor does the heaven ever relax in its vehemence, or slacken its motion.
On Virginity
Title | On Virginity PDF eBook |
Author | St. Gregory of Nyssa |
Publisher | Dalcassian Publishing Company |
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Release | 2020-03-18 |
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Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine of Hippo, and the Filioque
Title | Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine of Hippo, and the Filioque PDF eBook |
Author | Chungman Lee |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2021-08-24 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004465162 |
In The Filioque Reconsidered, Chungman Lee offers a concise yet thorough evaluation of the contemporary discussion on the filioque and examines the trinitarian theologies of Gregory of Nyssa and Augustine of Hippo.
On the Soul and the Resurrection
Title | On the Soul and the Resurrection PDF eBook |
Author | St. Gregory of Nyssa |
Publisher | Wyatt North Publishing, LLC |
Pages | 110 |
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Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1622780299 |
St. Gregory of Nyssa (c 335 – after 394) was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great and a good friend of Gregory of Nazianzus. His significance has long been recognized in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Catholic and Roman Catholic branches of Christianity. Some historians identify Theosebia the deaconess as his wife, others hold that she, like Macrina the Younger, was actually a sister of Gregory and Basil. Gregory along with his brother Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus are known as the Cappadocian Fathers. They attempted to establish Christian philosophy as superior to Greek philosophy. You can purchase other religious works directly from Wyatt North Publishing.
Gregory of Nyssa (CWS)
Title | Gregory of Nyssa (CWS) PDF eBook |
Author | Saint Gregory (of Nyssa) |
Publisher | Paulist Press |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780809121120 |
Here is an award-winning, new translation that brings to light Gregory's complex identity as an early mystic. Gregory (c. 332-395) was one of the Greek Cappadocian Fathers, along with St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen. +