Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen (Ancient Greek: Γρηγόριος Νύσσης or Γρηγόριος Νυσσηνός; c. 335 – c. 394), was an early Roman Christian...
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with the brothers Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, he is known as one of the Cappadocian Fathers. Gregory of Nazianzus is a saint in both Eastern...
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was elder sister of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Naucratius and Peter of Sebaste. Gregory of Nyssa wrote a work entitled Life of Macrina in which...
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Cappadocian Fathers (category Groups of Roman Catholic saints)
(330–379) was Bishop of Caesarea; Basil's younger brother Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 – c. 395) was Bishop of Nyssa; and a close friend, Gregory of Nazianzus (329–389)...
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Christian anthropology (redirect from Doctrine of Man)
Christian theology at an early date by St. Gregory of Nyssa and by St. Augustine.—Britannica, 2004 Immortality of the Soul, George Florovsky. Bultmann, I:206...
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Nyssa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nyssa may refer to: Gregory of Nyssa (335–395), 4th-century Christian bishop, theologian, and saint Nyssa (Doctor...
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the history of Christianity due to being the see of the prominent 4th century bishop Gregory of Nyssa. Today, its name continues to be used as a titular...
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article on universalism. St. Gregory of Nyssa, The free library. Ross, Donald L. "Gregory of Nyssa". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 30 December...
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Panegyric of Gregory by St. Gregory of Nyssa (P.G., XLVI, col. 893 sqq.); Historia Miraculorum, by Rufinus; an account in Syriac of the great actions of Blessed...
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universal salvation. The dogmatic status of apokatastasis is disputed, and some orthodox fathers such as Gregory of Nyssa taught apokatastasis and were never...
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Western Christianity. Basil, together with his brother Gregory of Nyssa and his friend Gregory of Nazianzus, are collectively referred to as the Cappadocian...
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Church Fathers (redirect from Father of the Church)
of Lyons, Clement of Alexandria, Athanasius of Alexandria, the Cappadocian Fathers (Basil of Caesarea, Gregory Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa), Peter of...
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of Alexandria Cyril of Alexandria Ephrem the Syrian Basil the Great Gregory Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa Epiphanius of Salamis John Chrysostom Cyril of...
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mother of Basil the Elder, and the grandmother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Macrina the Younger. The works of her grandson...
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church in Nyssa, where she was a deaconess. Gregory Nazianzen wrote a letter of condolence on her death to Gregory of Nyssa in which Gregory Nazianzen...
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about Numbers 33:1–2 Gregory of Nazianzus, Homily n. 43 (Funeral Oration on the Great S. Basil), 71 Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses, pp. 224–227 Chrysostom...
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Gregory Palamas (/pæləˈmɑːs/; Greek: Γρηγόριος Παλαμᾶς [palaˈmas]; c. 1296 – 1357/1359) was a Byzantine Greek theologian and Eastern Orthodox cleric of...
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Wace, Henry (1893). A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic treatises, etc. 1893. Christian...
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Hypostatic union (redirect from Hypostasis of Christ)
"Gregory of Nyssa's Trinitarian Theology in In Illud: Tunc et ipse filius. His Polemic against Arian Subordinationism and the ἀποκατάστασις". Gregory of...
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Afterlife (redirect from Science of afterlife)
and Saints, including Gregory of Nyssa. The Second Council of Constantinople (553 AD) affirmed the orthodoxy of Gregory of Nyssa while simultaneously condemning...
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Christian mysticism (redirect from Prayer of Quiet)
among them the idea of theoria or contemplation, taken over by Gregory of Nyssa for example. The Brill Dictionary of Gregory of Nyssa remarks that contemplation...
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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (category Articles with Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy links)
Scouteris, Constantine, "Malum privatio est": St. Gregory of Nyssa and Psedo-Dionysius on the Existence of Evil (Some further Comments), paper presented at...
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Anthony the Great (redirect from Saint Anthony of Egypt)
of Padua, by various epithets: Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony the Hermit, and Anthony of Thebes...
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Nazianzus Gregory of Nazianzus, or Gregory the Theologian (died 390), one of the Three Holy Hierarchs Gregory of Nyssa (died after 394), Bishop of Nyssa Gregory...
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Apophatic theology (redirect from Way of Negation)
in Plato's allegory of the Cave. Together with the Biblical story of Moses's ascent of Mount Sinai, it is used by Gregory of Nyssa and Pseudo-Dionysius...
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Hexaemeron (section History of the genre)
resulting in the composition of many other Hexaemeron among his own contemporaries, including his brother Gregory of Nyssa and Ambrose. Among the Latin...
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Hypsistarians (category History of religion in Turkey)
Nazianzus (Orat. xviii, 5) and Gregory of Nyssa (Contra Eunom. ii), about AD 374. The term has been linked to a body of inscriptions that date from around...
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Epectasy (Greek: ἐπέκτασις) is a Christian term used by Gregory of Nyssa to describe the soul's eternal movement into God's infinite being. Smith, J. Warren...
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Paul the Apostle (redirect from Paul of Tsarsis)
named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (c. 5 – c. 64/65 AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in...
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Uncreated Light (redirect from Light of Tabor)
assert that the Palamite doctrine of the uncreated light is rooted in Palamas' reading of Gregory of Nyssa. Instances of the Uncreated Light are read into...
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