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Presence and Thought: Essay on the Religious Philosophy of Gregory of Nyssa (Communio Book)

By Hans Urs von Balthasar

Book information

Publisher
Ignatius Press
Year
1995
ISBN
0898705215, 9780898705218
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6419472 bytes)
Pages
193\187
Time added
2021-03-24 15:29:11

Description

Hans Urs von Balthasar Von Balthasar presents one of the few serious studies available on the thought of one of the most important, and yet most neglected Fathers of the Church, Gregory of Nyssa. He was the most profound Greek philosopher of the Christian era, a mystic and an incomparable poet whom St. Maximus designated as the "Universal Doctor" and the Second Council of Nicaea declared him "Father of Fathers." Less prolific than Origen, less cultivated than Gregory Nazianzen, less practical than Basil, Gregory of Nyssa nonetheless outstrips them all in the profundity of his thought, for he knew better than anyone how to transpose ideas inwardly from the spiritual heritage of ancient Greece into a Christian mode

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