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Nyssa · 395
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Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa
335 CE–395 CE · Sebaste
Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335–395), younger brother of Basil of Caesarea and a leading Cappadocian Father, served as bishop of Nyssa from around 372; a subtle and original thinker, he defended Nicene orthodoxy against Arianism, contributed to the definitive formulation of Trinitarian theology at Constantinople, and developed a rich mystical theology of the soul's perpetual ascent toward the infinite God.
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Stop 1 of 6335–365Birthplace, Early Formation
Caesarea in CappadociaTurkey
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Gregory was born and raised in or near Caesarea, the metropolis of Cappadocia; his elder brother Basil shaped his intellectual formation, while his sister Macrina, who had withdrawn to the family estate at Annisa in Pontus, remained a spiritual influence known to him from youth.
In Caesarea in Cappadocia at the same time
Works(15)
On the Holy Spirit
Nyssa · 395
The Great Catechism
Nyssa · 395
Letters
Nyssa · 395
On the Making of Man
Nyssa · 395
On the Faith
Nyssa · 395
On the Soul and the Resurrection
Nyssa · 395
Against Eunomius
Nyssa · 395
Funeral Oration on Meletius
Nyssa · 395
On the Baptism of Christ
Nyssa · 395
On 'Not Three Gods.'
Nyssa · 395
On the Holy Trinity, and of the Godhead of the Holy Spirit
Nyssa · 395
Answer to Eunomius' Second Book
Nyssa · 395
On Virginity
Nyssa · 395
On Infants' Early Deaths
Nyssa · 395