Author: Saint Gregory (of Nyssa)
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809121120
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
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. +
Gregory of Nyssa (CWS)
Author: Saint Gregory (of Nyssa)
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809121120
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
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. +
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809121120
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
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. +
Gregory of Nyssa Against Eunomius
Author: Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Publisher: Aeterna Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Aeterna Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
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.
Gregory of Nazianzus's Letter Collection
Author: Gregory of Nazianzus
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520304101
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, also known as Gregory the Theologian, lived an illustrious life as an orator, poet, priest, and bishop. Until his death, he wrote scores of letters to friends and colleagues, clergy members and philosophers, teachers of rhetoric and literature, and high-ranking officials at the provincial and imperial levels, many of which are preserved in his self-designed letter collection. Here, for the first time in English, Bradley K. Storin has translated the complete collection, offering readers a fresh view on Gregory’s life, social and cultural engagement, leadership in the church, and literary talents. Accompanying the translation are an introduction, a prosopography, and annotations that situate Gregory’s letters in their biographical, literary, and historical contexts. This translation is an essential resource for scholars and students of late antiquity and early Christianity.
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520304101
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, also known as Gregory the Theologian, lived an illustrious life as an orator, poet, priest, and bishop. Until his death, he wrote scores of letters to friends and colleagues, clergy members and philosophers, teachers of rhetoric and literature, and high-ranking officials at the provincial and imperial levels, many of which are preserved in his self-designed letter collection. Here, for the first time in English, Bradley K. Storin has translated the complete collection, offering readers a fresh view on Gregory’s life, social and cultural engagement, leadership in the church, and literary talents. Accompanying the translation are an introduction, a prosopography, and annotations that situate Gregory’s letters in their biographical, literary, and historical contexts. This translation is an essential resource for scholars and students of late antiquity and early Christianity.
Gregory of Nyssa as Biographer
Author: Allison L. Gray
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 316157558X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The theologian Gregory of Nyssa wrote biographies of his sister, a local bishop, and Moses. Allison L. Gray shows that he adapts techniques from Greco-Roman biographical writing in these texts to create narratives that are suited to a specifically Christian form of education, focused on virtue and scriptural interpretation.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 316157558X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The theologian Gregory of Nyssa wrote biographies of his sister, a local bishop, and Moses. Allison L. Gray shows that he adapts techniques from Greco-Roman biographical writing in these texts to create narratives that are suited to a specifically Christian form of education, focused on virtue and scriptural interpretation.
Presence and Thought
Author: Hans Urs Von Balthasar
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 168149390X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Von Balthasar presents one of the few serious studies available on the thought of one of the most important, and yet most neglected Fathers of the Church, Gregory of Nyssa. He was the most profound Greek philosopher of the Christian era, a mystic and an incomparable poet whom St. Maximus designated as the "Universal Doctor" and the Second Council of Nicaea declared him "Father of Fathers." Less prolific than Origen, less cultivated than Gregory Nazianzen, less practical than Basil, Gregory of Nyssa nonetheless outstrips them all in the profundity of his thought, for he knew better than anyone how to transpose ideas inwardly from the spiritual heritage of ancient Greece into a Christian mode.
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 168149390X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Von Balthasar presents one of the few serious studies available on the thought of one of the most important, and yet most neglected Fathers of the Church, Gregory of Nyssa. He was the most profound Greek philosopher of the Christian era, a mystic and an incomparable poet whom St. Maximus designated as the "Universal Doctor" and the Second Council of Nicaea declared him "Father of Fathers." Less prolific than Origen, less cultivated than Gregory Nazianzen, less practical than Basil, Gregory of Nyssa nonetheless outstrips them all in the profundity of his thought, for he knew better than anyone how to transpose ideas inwardly from the spiritual heritage of ancient Greece into a Christian mode.
On the Six Days of Creation
Author:
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813233763
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The first volume of our new series, Fathers of the Church: Shorter Works, will be available in the summer of 2021. This series, to be printed only in paperback format, will offer English translations of treatises, homilies, poems, and letters of the Church Fathers in slim, easily affordable volumes. In this way a multitude of important writings will become accessible to scholars and students as well as the reading public. This is the first complete English translation of St. Gregory of Nyssa’s treatise On the Six Days of Creation (In Hexaemeron). It was probably written in 380-381, and is designed as both a defense and a critique of his recently deceased brother St. Basil’s better known homilies on the creation story as set out in the first chapter of Genesis. At the same time it incorporates Gregory’s own observations on the Genesis text, which reflect his desire to show the consistency between Scripture and the philosophy and natural science of his day A notable feature is Gregory’s presentation of God’s creation of the world as what has been called a “substantification” of God’s own will, creatio ex Deo rather than creatio ex nihilo. Other ideas of his seem interestingly to foreshadow those of modern science, notably his challenge to the idea that matter is a primary ontological category and his theory that the world as we know it developed through a process of “sequence” (akolouthia) from an originally simultaneous creation of everything. Gregory differs from Basil in maintaining that the “waters above the firmament” in Genesis 1 are spiritual rather than physical in nature. He uses a modified form of Aristotle’s theory of elements, together with some interesting observations on geography and meteorology, to construct a detailed and ingenious account of the “water cycle.” This description enables him to refute Basil’s notion that there needs to be an extra supply of physical water above the firmament so that the water lost from earthly seas and rivers through evaporation can be “topped up.”
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813233763
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The first volume of our new series, Fathers of the Church: Shorter Works, will be available in the summer of 2021. This series, to be printed only in paperback format, will offer English translations of treatises, homilies, poems, and letters of the Church Fathers in slim, easily affordable volumes. In this way a multitude of important writings will become accessible to scholars and students as well as the reading public. This is the first complete English translation of St. Gregory of Nyssa’s treatise On the Six Days of Creation (In Hexaemeron). It was probably written in 380-381, and is designed as both a defense and a critique of his recently deceased brother St. Basil’s better known homilies on the creation story as set out in the first chapter of Genesis. At the same time it incorporates Gregory’s own observations on the Genesis text, which reflect his desire to show the consistency between Scripture and the philosophy and natural science of his day A notable feature is Gregory’s presentation of God’s creation of the world as what has been called a “substantification” of God’s own will, creatio ex Deo rather than creatio ex nihilo. Other ideas of his seem interestingly to foreshadow those of modern science, notably his challenge to the idea that matter is a primary ontological category and his theory that the world as we know it developed through a process of “sequence” (akolouthia) from an originally simultaneous creation of everything. Gregory differs from Basil in maintaining that the “waters above the firmament” in Genesis 1 are spiritual rather than physical in nature. He uses a modified form of Aristotle’s theory of elements, together with some interesting observations on geography and meteorology, to construct a detailed and ingenious account of the “water cycle.” This description enables him to refute Basil’s notion that there needs to be an extra supply of physical water above the firmament so that the water lost from earthly seas and rivers through evaporation can be “topped up.”
Gregory of Nyssa: Contra Eunomium I
Author: Miguel Brugarolas
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004377093
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
The Contra Eunomium is probably Gregory of Nyssa’s most challenging work with regards to his theological and philosophical thought, and one that continues to draw the deeper attention of contemporary scholars. This volume devoted to Contra Eunomium I constitutes, in a certain way, a new version of the Proceedings of the 6th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (1988). It offers a revised English translation of Contra Eunomium I by S. G. Hall, accompanied by twenty-two supporting studies from a broad range of philological, philosophical, and theological perspectives. These studies include a selection of the most relevant papers of the 1988 Proceedings, supplemented with new contributions that explore relevant issues developed by contemporary research.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004377093
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
The Contra Eunomium is probably Gregory of Nyssa’s most challenging work with regards to his theological and philosophical thought, and one that continues to draw the deeper attention of contemporary scholars. This volume devoted to Contra Eunomium I constitutes, in a certain way, a new version of the Proceedings of the 6th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (1988). It offers a revised English translation of Contra Eunomium I by S. G. Hall, accompanied by twenty-two supporting studies from a broad range of philological, philosophical, and theological perspectives. These studies include a selection of the most relevant papers of the 1988 Proceedings, supplemented with new contributions that explore relevant issues developed by contemporary research.
On Virginity
Author: St. Gregory of Nyssa
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
On the Making of Man
Author: Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781835528969
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Delve into the profound theological insights of early Christianity with "On the Making of Man" by Saint Gregory of Nyssa. This seminal work by one of the most influential Church Fathers offers a deep and contemplative exploration of human nature, creation, and the divine purpose behind human existence. Drawing upon the rich traditions of Christian theology and philosophy, Saint Gregory of Nyssa presents a series of insightful reflections on the nature of man, the process of creation, and the relationship between the Creator and the created. Through his eloquent and thought-provoking prose, Gregory examines the spiritual and physical aspects of humanity, the significance of the soul, and the ultimate purpose of human life. At the heart of "On the Making of Man" is Gregory's profound belief in the inherent dignity and worth of human beings as creations of God. With clarity and wisdom, he addresses fundamental questions about the origin, nature, and destiny of humanity, offering timeless insights that continue to resonate with readers today. More than just a theological treatise, "On the Making of Man" is a spiritual guide that invites readers to contemplate the mysteries of existence and their place in the divine order. Saint Gregory's timeless wisdom provides a foundation for understanding the profound connection between faith, reason, and the human experience. Whether you are a student of theology, a seeker of spiritual wisdom, or simply someone interested in the profound questions of life, "On the Making of Man" offers invaluable insights and inspiration. Let Saint Gregory of Nyssa be your guide as you explore the depths of human nature and the divine purpose with "On the Making of Man."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781835528969
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Delve into the profound theological insights of early Christianity with "On the Making of Man" by Saint Gregory of Nyssa. This seminal work by one of the most influential Church Fathers offers a deep and contemplative exploration of human nature, creation, and the divine purpose behind human existence. Drawing upon the rich traditions of Christian theology and philosophy, Saint Gregory of Nyssa presents a series of insightful reflections on the nature of man, the process of creation, and the relationship between the Creator and the created. Through his eloquent and thought-provoking prose, Gregory examines the spiritual and physical aspects of humanity, the significance of the soul, and the ultimate purpose of human life. At the heart of "On the Making of Man" is Gregory's profound belief in the inherent dignity and worth of human beings as creations of God. With clarity and wisdom, he addresses fundamental questions about the origin, nature, and destiny of humanity, offering timeless insights that continue to resonate with readers today. More than just a theological treatise, "On the Making of Man" is a spiritual guide that invites readers to contemplate the mysteries of existence and their place in the divine order. Saint Gregory's timeless wisdom provides a foundation for understanding the profound connection between faith, reason, and the human experience. Whether you are a student of theology, a seeker of spiritual wisdom, or simply someone interested in the profound questions of life, "On the Making of Man" offers invaluable insights and inspiration. Let Saint Gregory of Nyssa be your guide as you explore the depths of human nature and the divine purpose with "On the Making of Man."
The Fathers Speak, St Basil the Great, St Gregory of Nazianzus, St Gregory of Nyssa
Author: Basilius
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
ISBN: 9780881410372
Category : Authors, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
ISBN: 9780881410372
Category : Authors, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description