Presence and Thought: Essay on the Religious Philosophy of Gregory of Nyssa (A Communio Book)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0898705215
ISBN 13
9780898705218
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Publication Year
1995
Publisher
Pages
194
Subject
Gregory of Nyssa; Saints; Theology; Religious; Religion & Spirituality -- Religious
Description
Hans Urs von Balthasar Von Balthasar presents one of the few serious studies available on the thought of one of the most important, and yet most neglected Fathers of the Church, Gregory of Nyssa. He was the most profound Greek philosopher of the Christian era, a mystic and an incomparable poet whom St. Maximus designated as the "Universal Doctor" and the Second Council of Nicaea declared him "Father of Fathers." Less prolific than Origen, less cultivated than Gregory Nazianzen, less practical than Basil, Gregory of Nyssa nonetheless outstrips them all in the profundity of his thought, for he knew better than anyone how to transpose ideas inwardly from the spiritual heritage of ancient Greece into a Christian mode. - from Amzon
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1