Gregory of Nyssa was born into a family of high achievers. His brother was Basil the Great; his sister was Macrina the Younger. In Gregory’s young life, however, he was something of a disappointment. It’s not that he was a sinner or unbeliever, but he seemed to lack the holy ambition and drive that were characteristic of his older siblings. Basil often reprimanded him as a bumbler. But at Basil’s death Gregory came into his own and suddenly emerged a major player on the world scene—a master of spiritual and systematic theology, a leader at councils, a healer of divisions in the Church.
Links
Gregory Nazianzen, Letter 1, on his disappointment with Gregory of Nyssa
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=2472
Basil the Great, Letter 58, a reproach to Gregory his brother
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=2623
Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius, Book 1 https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=2271
Gregory of Nyssa, The Great Catechism https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=2277
More works by the Fathers https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/
Mike Aquilina’s website https://fathersofthechurch.com
Mike Aquilina's books https://catholicbooksdirect.com/writer/mike-aquilina/
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4.14 The Heresies—Apollinarius and Monothelitism: The Word in a Human Suit
4.13 The Heresies—Pelagianism and the Seeds of Calvinism
4.12 The Heresies — The “Spirit-fighters” and the Aftermath of Nicaea
4.11 The Heresies — Arianism: A Man Who Became a God
4.10 The Heresies — Rebaptism and the Donatists
4.9 Novatian: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Part 2 (The Bad and the Ugly)
4.8 Novatian: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Part 1 (The Good)
4.7 The Heresies – Modalism: God as a Monad with Three Names
4.6 The Heresies – The Enigma of Origen and Origenism
4.5 The Heresies – Gnosticism: Christ as Cosmic Mind
4.4 The Heresies – Adoptionism: Christ as Anointed Prophet
4.3 The Heresies – Docetics & Marcionites: Denying Christ's Humanity
4.2 The Heresies – Judaizers and Ebionites: Denying Christ’s Divinity
4.1 The Heresies - Introduction to the Series
The future of Way of the Fathers: Mike Aquilina and Jim Papandrea in conversation
3.13 Cities of God: Last and Lasting Lessons
3.12 Cities of God: Carthage, African Christian Genesis
3.11 Cities of God: Ravenna, Capital on the Swamp
3.10 Cities of God: Constantinople (Not Istanbul)
3.9 Cities of God: Ejmiatsin and Christian Armenia
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