Unmasking the meaning of prosōpon : prosopon as person in the works of Gregory of Nyssa

Gregory of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394. Prosōpon (The Greek word) Personality -- Religious aspects

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In the Christian world of the fourth century, the family of St. Gregory of Nyssa was distinguished for its leadership in

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Here is an award-winning, new translation that brings to light Gregory's complex identity as an early mystic. Grego

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We do not have many definitions of Christianity from late antiquity, but among the few extant is the brief statement of

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As we, Christians of the twenty first century, study the Fathers of the Church, their writings (often in an unreadable E

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In Imitations of Infinity, Michael A. Motia places Gregory of Nyssa at the center of a world filled with Platonic philos

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The volume contains the contributions presented during the 10th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa, Contra Eun

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This volume critically re-evaluates the received interpretation of the nature of light in the ancient sources. Isidoros

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