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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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Creation, Theodicy, and the Problem of Evil

by Robert F. Fortuin This essay sets forth the claim that the absolute freedom of God’s act of creation informs the nature and meaning of evil. Because God created the universe without prior constraint or necessity, His moral nature and … Continue reading

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Analogous Predication in Gregory of Nyssa’s ‘Contra Eunomium’

by Robert Fortuin There is a similarity of names between things human and things divine, revealing nevertheless underneath this sameness a wide difference of meanings.1 … what we can easily perceive, it describes by terms well-worn in human use, facts … Continue reading

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