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St. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa

IV Century
St. Gregory of Nyssa (c. 330-c. 395) was a younger sibling in a family that gave the church many years of service and at least five saints. Before entering the monastery of his brother, Basil the Great, Gregory was a rhetorician. He may have been married, although some scholars believe that his treatise On Virginity argues against that. He became bishop of Nyssa c 371 or 372. Arians accused him of mismanagement and deposed him in 376. On the death of the Arian, Valens, two years later, he was restored to his see. He attended the first Council of Constantinople in 381, after which he traveled in Transjordan (Arabia) to settle disputes in the churches. During a trip to Jerusalem, he was forced to defend his Christology, although he was then and is now well-known for his Trinitarian theology. In 394, he attended a synod in Constantinople and is thought to have died shortly after that when mention of him in church records ceases. His best-known works are the Catechetical Oration, The Life of Moses, and The Life of St. Macrina (his sister).
Karen Rae Keck

ABOUT:
- Br. Casimir McCambley and David Salomon: Gregory of Nyssa Homepage. Includes translator's introductions to many of the primary sources. --- GNHP
- Michael Figura: Mystische Gotteserkenntnis bei Gregor von Nyssa, (1987). From Grundfragen Christlicher Mystik, edited by Margot Schmidt, (Stuttgart: Fromann-Holzborg, 1987), p. 25.
WORKS:
- Two Homilies on Almsgiving: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- Against Apollinarius: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- On the Baptism of Christ. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- Eulogy for Basil the Great: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- Canons: Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- Catechetical Oration. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- On 1 Corinthians 15:28. Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- Concerning the Dead: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- Commentary on Ecclesiastes: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- To Euagrius, Concerning the Divinity: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- Against Eunomius. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- Answer to Eunomius' Second Book. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- Concerning the Faith: In defence of the Trinity. Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
  - Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- Against Fate: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- Funeral Oration for the Empress Flacilla: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- On the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- The Life of Gregory the Wonderworker: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- Hexameron: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- On the Holy Spirit. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- On the Holy Trinity, and the Godhead of the Holy Spirit. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- Concerning Infants Who Have Died Prematurely: Are unborn infants in a state of grace? Yes. But are there advantages in being born? Yes. Then why does God cause some infants to be born, but not all? Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
  - Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- Letters. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- Life of Macrina: St. Macrina was Gregory's sister and a major influence on his thought. Apart from its religious aspect, this is one of the few ancient biographies of a woman intellectual. Clarke translation, 1916. --- MSBP
- Funeral Oration for Meletius of Antioch: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
  - Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- On the Making of Man. Anthropological sequel to Basil's Hexæmeron. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- On "Not Three Gods." Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- On the Octave, or Psalm 6: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- On Perfection: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- The Person Who Commits Impurity Sins Against His Own Body: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- On Pilgrimages. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- Homily of Consolation on Pulcheria: The Princess Pulcheria, daughter of Theodosius and Flacilla, died early in childhood. Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- On the Soul and the Resurrection. Transcription of a conversation with St. Macrina. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- To a Student of the Classics. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- Two Homilies Concerning Saint Stephen: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- In Praise of the Great Martyr Theodore: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- Against Usurers: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP
- On Virginity. Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
- The Witch of Endor: Copyrighted translation by Richard (Br. Casimir) McCambly and David Salomon. --- GNHP

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