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May 14, 2020 · Our father among the saints Gregory of Nyssa (ca. A.D. 335 – after 384) was bishop of Nyssa and a prominent theologian of the fourth century. He was the younger brother of Basil the Great and friend of Gregory the Theologian. He is commemorated on January 10.
Gregory of Nyssa (Latin:Gregorius Nyssenus, Greek: Άγιος Γρηγόριος Νύσσης) (ca. 335–ca. 394 C.E.) was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great, and a good friend of Gregory Nazianzus. These three saints, collectively referred to as the Cappadocian Fathers, were instrumental in defining and ...
Saint Gregory of Nyssa, (born c. 335, Caesarea, Cappadocia, Asia Minor—died c. 394; feast day March 9), Eastern Orthodox theologian and mystic. Initially a teacher of rhetoric, he turned to religion under the influence of his brother, Basil the Great, and was consecrated bishop of Nyssa in 372.
A Synod of Nyssa (376) deposed him, and he was reduced to wander from town to town, until the death of Valens in 378. The new emperor, Gratian, published an edict of tolerance, and Gregory returned to his see, where he was received with joy. A few months after this (January, 379) his brother Basil died; whereupon an era of activity began for ...
Gregory of Nyssa ( c. 335/40–395) is often regarded as the most speculative and mystical thinker of the Greek Fathers. [1] . Centuries after his death, the Seventh Ecumenical Council (787) rendered Nyssen as the “father of fathers,” named alongside Basil of Caesarea and John Chrysostom. [2] .
Jan 6, 2024 · Gregory of Nyssa by Anthony Meredith concise and accessible introduction to the thought of this early church father with translations of selections of writings: debates about the nature of God with a form of extreme Arianism his discussion of the nature and work of the Holy Ghost, against the so-called 'Spirit fighters' his defence of the ...
Jan 10, 2024 · Chapel. Saints and Feasts. Gregory of Nyssa. english ελληνικά Print. January 10. Reading. Saint Gregory, the younger brother of Basil the Great, illustrious in speech and a zealot for the Orthodox Faith, was born in 331.
