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Without the Son the Father Has Neither Existence Nor Name
Many people fear that the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son implies a sort of subordination of the Son to the Father, as the Son is dependent upon the Father for his being. However, Grego… more →
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practicing being itself
Stephen wrote 1 week ago: Gregory [of Nyssa]’s grasp of the radical ontological disparity between God and creation is ba … more →
Is It Possible To See God?
vhoagland wrote 3 weeks ago: St. Gregory of Nyssa isn’t afraid to ask questions, even ultimate questions. Can we, poor huma … more →
Like an Inaccessible Rock
vhoagland wrote 3 weeks ago: St. Gregory of Nyssa has a beautiful reflection on God who is inaccessible–like an inaccessible rock … more →
Church Fathers on the Psalms
Richard wrote 2 months ago: Two really interesting looking commentaries on the Psalms are Psalms 1-50 and Psalms 51-150 in the A … more →
Union with God: Luther turns Nyssa upside down!
jantoine wrote 2 months ago: Martin Luther’s and Gregory of Nyssa’s Understanding of “Union with God” A Comparative Essay Gregory … more →
Gregory on the Abolitionism of the Resurrection
adamsteward wrote 2 months ago: J. Kameron Carter’s intricately structured book, Race: A Theological Account, is divided into … more →
Presenting all humanity to its God and Father
Macrina wrote 3 months ago: … just as by having shared in the washing of regeneration He became “the first-born among ma … more →
Final Lecture: the fear of obedience
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Andy wrote 3 months ago: Foucault’s final lecture (whose 25th anniversary was on Saturday: I celebrated by getting a cold) ma … more →
Feast of St. Gregory of Nyssa
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marshmk wrote 4 months ago: Most journeys can be understood in three parts – leaving, traveling, and arrival. We leave wit … more →
Desire
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notesfromaroom wrote 4 months ago: [God is limitless], and that which is limitless cannot by its nature be understood. And so every des … more →
Incomprehensibility
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notesfromaroom wrote 4 months ago: The more [the soul] approaches the vision [of God], so much the more does it see that the divine nat … more →
Nature, grace, and anachronism
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Adam Kotsko wrote 4 months ago: In the literature on Anselm, I’ve noticed what seems to me to be a real anxiety to make sure t … more →
Beyond the Apophatic
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Adam Kotsko wrote 4 months ago: Martin Laird, in his recent study Gregory of Nyssa and the Grasp of Faith: Union, Knowledge, and Div … more →
Unceasing desire
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Macrina wrote 6 months ago: He would not have shown himself to his servant if the sight were such as to bring the desire of the … more →
Incarnation
marshmk wrote 6 months ago: “O inexpressible mystery and unheard paradox: the Invisible is seen, the Intangible is touched , t … more →
Death Is Dead
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Kevin Watson wrote 9 months ago: Yesterday, I turned in my first paper for my History of Doctrine class. The PhD students in the clas … more →
a false likeness ...
logismon wrote 10 months ago: “For Saint Gregory of Nyssa, every concept relative to God is a simulacrum, a false likeness, an … more →
Favourite word 3- 'indigo'
aoradh wrote 10 months ago: Indigo. Another lovely word. I think it reminds me of something half remembered from primary school … more →
Gregory of Nyssa on Universals
Eric Parker wrote 1 year ago: According to F. Copleston the Greek Fathers were generally influenced by Platonism and neo-Platonic … more →
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