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Gregory of Nyssa

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  • Eastern theologian and church father who helped to refine Trinitarian doctrine and worked vigorously against Arianism.

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  • In my meditation this morning I was given to read a homily by Gregory of Nyssa c. 335-392 who wrote, Never despise homeless people who are stretched out on the ground as if they merit no respect.

    Faith leaders urge voters to reject Tim Eyman's immoral Initiative 1033 (Part I) 2009

  • I'm also including some prayers based on the mystical works of Meister Eckhart, Aquinas, Dionysus, Gregory of Nyssa, and a few other Patristic sources.

    Archive 2009-02-15 2009

  • This doctrine inspired the theology of the Cappadocians (especially Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa) as much as it did the theology of the Desert Fathers (especially Evagrius of Pontus and Macarius the Great).

    Archive 2008-10-19 papabear 2008

  • This doctrine inspired the theology of the Cappadocians (especially Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa) as much as it did the theology of the Desert Fathers (especially Evagrius of Pontus and Macarius the Great).

    Zenit: Patriarch's Words at Vespers papabear 2008

  • When Basil and Gregory of Nyssa spoke of the Trinity as ˜one ousía, three hypostáseis,™ they were not, Philoponus continues, enunciating four primary substances, but used

    John Philoponus Wildberg, Christian 2007

  • Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Peter of Sebastea.

    Halloween/All Saints Day Meme Argent 2006

  • He points out that for writers such as Augustine and Gregory of Nyssa ‘love and knowledge are at the highest levels utterly coinherent’9.

    Mystical Theology and the Liturgical Consummation of Philosophy Sam Norton 2006

  • In addition, Eriugena translated Gregory of Nyssa™s

    John Scottus Eriugena Moran, Dermot 2004

  • According to the cosmic cycle Eriugena accepts, drawing heavily on Maximus Confessor and Maximus™ interpretation of Gregory of Nyssa, it is in the nature of things for effects to return to their causes.

    John Scottus Eriugena Moran, Dermot 2004

  • A new conception was introduced into the accounts of man's original condition by Gregory of Nyssa (late fourth century).

    PRIMITIVISM GEORGE BOAS 1968

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