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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 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 ...
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 ]
The Patrologia Graeca is an edited collection of writings by the Church Fathers and various secular writers, in the Greek language.It consists of 161 volumes produced in 1857–1866 by J. P. Migne's Imprimerie Catholique, Paris.
Origen of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine of Hippo taught views in line with the standard Ransom theory and the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (celebrated ten times annually in the Byzantine Rite) speaks of Christ as a ransom unto death, other Church Fathers such as Gregory the Theologian vigorously denied that Christ was ransomed ...
Gregory of Nyssa was especially devoted to the Forty Martyrs; two discourses in praise of them, preached by him in the church dedicated to them, are still preserved [6] and upon the death of his parents, he laid them to rest beside the relics of the confessors. Ephrem the Syrian has also eulogized the Forty Martyrs. [7]