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Fr John Behr: Gregory of Nyssa on the Human Being

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The Fire of Purgation in Gregory of Nyssa’s De anima et resurrectione

by Fr Armando Elkhoury Fr. Armando Elkhoury is the Vice-Rector of  Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Seminary. He is a scholar of the Syriac Fathers and is on the editorial board of Hidden Pearl Press. This article on St Gregory … Continue reading

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Fr John Behr on St Gregory Nyssen: What it Means to be Human Being

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“For, if in all beings there will be God, clearly in them there will be no evil”

Evil must necessarily be eliminated, absolutely and in every respect, once and for all, from all that is, and, since in fact it is not . . . , neither will it have to exist, at all. For, as evil … Continue reading

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St Gregory of Nyssa and Universalism

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DBH and Tony Golsby-Smith on St Gregory of Nyssa (part 2)

Part 2 has dropped!

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“All those whose minds are on the heavens become partakers of the Holy Spirit, transposing their lives from the earth to heaven and living in the upper room of the celestial state”

David always gives the most joyful meaning to feasts, tuning his dulcet harp to the require­ments of the festival. So let this same prophet delight us on the great feast of Pentecost, too, picking out the melody of wisdom on … Continue reading

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DBH on St Gregory of Nyssa

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