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Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen (Ancient Greek: Γρηγόριος Νύσσης or Γρηγόριος Νυσσηνός; c. 335 – c. 394), was an early Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Nyssa from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death in 394.
Gregory the Theologian (Fresco from Chora Church, Istanbul) Icon of Gregory of Nyssa (14th century fresco, Chora Church, Istanbul). The Cappadocian Fathers, also traditionally known as the Three Cappadocians, were a trio of Byzantine Christian prelates, theologians and monks who helped shape both early Christianity and the monastic tradition.
St. Gregory of Nyssa: Catharine P. Roth: 13 On the Unity of Christ: St. Cyril of Alexandria: John Anthony McGuckin: 14 On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, vol. 1: The Church and The Last Things: St. Symeon the New Theologian: Alexander Golitzin 15 On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses, vol. 2: On Virtue and Christian Life
Gregory of Nazianzus (Greek: Γρηγόριος ὁ Ναζιανζηνός, romanized: Grēgorios ho Nazianzēnos; c. 329 [4] – 25 January 390), [4] [5] also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen, was an early Roman Christian theologian and prelate who served as Archbishop of Constantinople from 380 to 381.
The words hesychast and hesychia were frequently used in 4th and 5th century writings of Desert Fathers such as Macarius of Egypt, Evagrius Ponticus, and Gregory of Nyssa. [24] The title hesychast was used in early times synonymously with hermit , as compared to a cenobite who lived in community. [ 25 ]
Neoplatonism was a major influence on Christian theology throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in the East, and sometimes in the West as well. In the East, major Greek Fathers like Basil, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus were influenced by Platonism and Neoplatonism, but also Stoicism often leading towards asceticism and harsh treatment of the body, for example stylite asceticism.
Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 –c. 395), John Chrysostom (c. 349 –407), and Basil the Great (329–379) emphasized the importance of negative theology to an orthodox understanding of God. John of Damascus ( c. 675/676 –749) employed negative theology when he wrote that positive statements about God reveal "not the nature, but the things around ...
Purgatorial universalism was the belief of some of the early Church Fathers, especially Greek-speaking ones such as Clement of Alexandria, [10] Origen, [11] and Gregory of Nyssa. [12] It asserts that the unsaved will undergo hell but that hell is remedial (neither everlasting nor purely retributive) according to key scriptures and that after ...