One Path for All: Gregory of Nyssa on the Christian Life and Human Destiny

by J. Warren Smith and Rowan A Greer

In his writings and his career Gregory of Nyssa assumes many roles. He is a Christian Platonist, a spiritual guide for ascetics and those seeking the vision of God, as well as one of those who shaped the Trinitarian doctrine of God espoused at Constantinople in 381. But he is also a popular preacher and, paradoxically, someone unafraid of deeper speculations regarding the meaning of the Christian ideal. The translations in Part One illustrate these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0227175344
• ISBN13: 9780227175347
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: James Clarke Company
• Length: 258 Pages