180 Pages
    by Routledge

    176 Pages
    by Routledge

    Gregory of Nyssa provides a concise and accessible introduction to the thought of this early church father with new translations of key selections of his writings. Anthony Meredith presents a diverse range of Gregory's writings:

    • his contribution to the debates of the period about the nature of God in argument 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 humanity of Christ against those who denied it (notably Apollinarius)
    • the nature of fate and other philosophical issues.

    Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 DOCTRINAL ISSUES; Chapter 3 GREGORY AND PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 4 GREGORY AND SPIRITUALITY; Chapter 5 EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

    Biography

    Anthony Meredith is Lecturer in Early Christian Doctrine at Heythrop College, University of London and is a Curate at Farm Street Church in the West end of London. He is the author of The Cappadocians (1995)

    '... this is an admirable vademecum for both specialist and non-specialist readers.' - Pauline Allen