By Anthony Meredith
Gregory of Nyssa offers a concise and obtainable creation to the concept of this early church father with new translations of key choices of his writings. Anthony Meredith provides a various diversity of Gregory's writings:
- his contribution to the debates of the interval concerning the nature of God in argument with a sort of utmost Arianism
- his dialogue of the character and paintings of the Holy Ghost, opposed to the so-called 'Spirit fighters'
- his defence of the humanity of Christ opposed to those that denied it (notably Apollinarius)
- the nature of destiny and different philosophical issues.
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