Dissertations / Theses: 'Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint'

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Nachef, Antoine B. S. O. "Mary: virgin mother in the thought of the Cappadocian Fathers." IMRI - Marian Library / OhioLINK, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=udmarian1430404478.

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Maalouf, Charbel. "Erôs de Dieu, érôs de l’homme. Une mystique érotique chez Grégoire de Nysse." Thesis, Paris 4, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA040251.

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Notre recherche porte sur la théologie mystique chez Grégoire de Nysse et effectue une relecture de la mystique du Nysséen à partir de deux thématiques capitales dans l’œuvre de ce dernier : la thématique gnoséologique et la thématique érotique. Au cours de cette étude, nous montrons la place considérable de la gnôsis dans l’œuvre grégorienne et nous redéfinissons le statut de celle-ci dans l’ascension de l’âme vers Dieu en lien étroit avec l’amour. Cet amour, désigné par l’érôs, constitue le double mouvement de l’expérience mystique et se définit comme l’érôs de Dieu pour l’homme (l’incarnation du Christ) et l’érôs de l’homme vers Dieu (la divinisation de l’homme). Cette conception de l’érôs résulte à la fois d’une continuité et d’une discontinuité par rapport à l’héritage philosophique grec, dans une relation qui nous invite à redéfinir la théologie comme généalogie. À partir de cette aventure érotique entre Dieu et l’homme, Grégoire établit une relation intrinsèque entre foi et raison et pose les fondements d’un dialogue véritable entre théologie et philosophie puisque, selon lui, la véritable ascension mystique ne saurait être détachée de la démarche gnoséologique, elle-même étroitement liée à l’expérience érotique. Ainsi la mystique, fondée sur la gnôsis et l’érôs, redéfinit-elle la théologie comme mystique
This piece of research into Gregory of Nyssa’s mystical theology provides a rereading of Gregory’s mysticism, based upon two leading themes in his work: gnoseology and eros. The study demonstrates the considerable space Gregory gives to gnôsis in his work, and redefines the role it plays in the soul’s ascent to God, which is closely connected with love. This love, designated as erôs, constitutes the dual movement of mystical experience, and is defined as the erôs of God for human beings (incarnation of Christ) and as the erôs that draws human beings towards God (divinisation of humanity). Such a conception of erôs is both continuous and discontinuous with the Greek philosophical tradition, a relation that invites a redefinition of theology as genealogy. On the basis of this erotic adventure between God and humankind, Gregory establishes an intrinsic relation between faith and reason, and lays the foundations of a genuine dialogue between theology and philosophy. For according to him, authentic mystical ascent cannot be detached from the gnoseological process, which, in turn, is closely linked to erotic experience. In this way, a mysticism founded on gnôsis and erôs leads to a redefinition of theology as mysticism

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Swietochowski, Jerzy. "La place de l'homme dans le cosmos selon Gregoire de Nysse à la lumière de la crise écologique contemporaine." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018STRAK011/document.

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Ce travail de thèse présente la pensée de Grégoire de Nysse sur la corrélation entre le cosmos et l’homme. La recherche a pour ambition d’expliquer et de comprendre la conception grégorienne de la création et l’interprétation du rôle de l’homme dans la création pour voir si elle apporte ou non un complément potentiel au débat contemporain sur la crise écologique. Il s’avère que cette problématique contemporaine conduit à renouveler notre regard sur les textes de Grégoire et à dégager ses réflexions sur un mode de comportement envers la création, propre à sa vision théologique de Grégoire. L’analyse des concepts concernant le cosmos et l’homme démontre une bipolarité de leurs relations possibles, qui s’exprime dans l’idée d’ontologie et d’éthique cosmique. L’éthique semble alors être la liberté vécue de l’homme sur cette terre, avec pour résultat le principe agissant de son rapport avec le reste de la création au cours de sa vie. D’après Grégoire, l’approche humaine en ce qui concerne l’environnement n’est qu’une question de liberté de choix qui pourtant marque le cheminement de l’homme vers la nouvelle création, celle créée par le Christ
This thesis presents Gregory of Nyssa’s point of view about the relation between man and the cosmos. The current analysis aims to understand and explain Gregory’s concept of creation and the way this concept perceives the role of the human in the creation; this is in order to verify if it makes any eventual addition to the contemporary debate on ecological crises. Actually, this contemporary problematic contributes in renewing our view on Gregorian texts and shows a way of behaviour towards the nature/creation itself in accordance with the theological vision of Gregory. The analysis of concepts concerning the human and the cosmos stresses a twofold relation between them, expressed through the idea of ontology and cosmic ethics. In this case ethics seem to be the experimental liberty of man on this earth and as a consequence, the active principle of the relation with the rest of the creation in the frame of life. According to Gregory, the human approach towards the environment is only a question of free will which nevertheless determines the way of man to the new creation established by Christ

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Graham, Christopher. "Gregory Palamas's use of Gregory of Nyssa in 150 Chapters." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p001-1114.

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Im, Seung-An. "Human nature and destiny according to Gregory of Nyssa." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Bergstrom, Jeremy William. "Embodiment in Gregory of Nyssa his anthropology and ideal ascetic struggle /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p015-0473.

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Zachhuber, Johannes. "Human nature in Gregory of Nyssa : philosophical background and theological significance /." Leiden : Brill, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb400452184.

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Moisin, Mihail. "The condition of man at St. Gregory of Nyssa (with reference to the other two Cappadocians) /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Parsons, Stu. "A comparison of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa on the creation week." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Hatzinikolaou, Nikolaos S. "The epistemology of Saint Gregory Palamas." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Monas, Eleni A. "Progress to perfection dynamic perspectives on gender, marriage and virginity in the writings of St. Gregory of Nyssa /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Ludlow, Morwenna. "Universal salvation : eschatology in the thought of Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner /." Oxford : Oxford university press, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37649956g.

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Laird, Martin. "Gregory of Nyssa and the grasp of faith : union, knowledge, and divine presence /." Oxford : Oxford university press, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39935991m.

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Zachhuber, Johannes. "The universal nature of man in Gregory of Nyssa : philosophical background and theological significance." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389674.

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Bailes, Jonathan Michael. "Becoming Like God in Christ: Nicene Theology and Christian Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa." Thesis, Boston College, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108786.

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Thesis advisor: Khaled Anatolios
Within the context of his controversy with Eunomius of Cyzicus, Gregory of Nyssa articulated a distinctly pro-Nicene conception of the perfection of God. Gregory identified divine perfection with the philanthropic goodness that is manifested in the economic activity of God and that is witnessed most vividly in the saving incarnation and death of Jesus Christ. Yet, while this particular understanding of divine perfection served Gregory’s defense of Nicene trinitarian theology, its influence was not limited to that element of his theology alone. To the contrary, Gregory’s pro-Nicene conception of the nature of divine perfection finds a perfect corollary in his discussion of the nature of human perfection. Thus, in his anthropological writings, Gregory interprets humanity as a living and active mirror of the characteristic goodness and love of divine power. Similarly, in his ascetical literature, he suggests that the goal of the Christian life is the attainment of godlikeness through participation in divine perfection, and that the form which this participation takes is an imitation of the virtues of Jesus Christ. And in his writings on the spiritual ascent of the soul, Gregory identifies the summit of the virtuous life as active participation in the philanthropic goodness of God. Christian virtue, therefore, is nothing other than imitation of and participation in the perfection of the one whom Gregory calls “the God of the gospel,” the God of Nicaea, the God made known in the person of Jesus Christ
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2020
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Theology

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Ludlow, Morwenna. "Restoration and consummation : the interpretation of universalistic eschatology by Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.339867.

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Kever, Jonathan. "Viewing the Imago Dei through the doctrine of deification in the theology of Gregory of Nyssa." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p001-1184.

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Ryan, P. J. "The Greek analogical imagination in the mystical interpretation of scripture : a study directed to aspects of the thought of Gregory of Nyssa /." Online version, 1985. http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/30741.

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Dunkle, Brian P. "Gregory Nazianzen’s Poems on Scripture: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary." Thesis, Boston College, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1854.

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Thesis advisor: Khaled Anatolios
Gregory of Nazianzus (c.326-389), preacher, poet, ecclesiastic, and saint, was born and spent much of his life on the country estate of Karbala, near the center of the Roman province of Cappadocia, in modern-day Turkey. Renowned as the “Theologian” – a title he shares with John the Evangelist in the Orthodox Church – Gregory has had a profound and lasting influence on the history of Christian doctrine and spirituality
Thesis (STL) — Boston College, 2009
Submitted to: Boston College. School of Theology and Ministry
Discipline: Sacred Theology

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Conway-Jones, Ann Ismene. "Not made with hands : Gregory of Nyssa's doctrine of the celestial tabernacle in its Jewish and Christian contexts." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/not-made-with-hands-gregory-of-nyssas-doctrine-of-the-celestial-tabernacle-in-its-jewish-and-christian-contexts(9a4ebec9-7f5b-4717-b2a7-7d3bb5440056).html.

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The aim of this thesis is to explore Gregory of Nyssa’s tabernacle imagery, as presented in Life of Moses 2.170-201. This part of Life of Moses has suffered from relative neglect compared to the scholarly attention conferred on Gregory’s apophatic darkness imagery. For the purposes of this study, Life of Moses 2.162-201 has been divided into nine consecutive sections, given the following headings: Darkness; The tabernacle ‘not made with hands’; Christological interpretation; Divine names; Heavenly powers; The earthly tabernacle; Heavenly and earthly worship; The holy of holies; The priestly vestments. Each section is analysed in the same way. Firstly, Gregory’s text is examined, and his biblical sources identified. Secondly, there is a presentation of relevant passages in the work of his Alexandrian predecessors – Philo, Clement and Origen. Thirdly, there is a discussion of the ways in which Gregory’s fourth century theological context has influenced his interpretation, often causing him to differ from his predecessors. It is under this heading of ‘theological context’ that contemporary scholarly discussions about Gregory are most in evidence. Fourthly, a heuristic comparison with a range of heavenly ascent texts from the Hellenistic and Late Antique worlds is undertaken. It is this methodology of heuristic comparison which is the experimental aspect of the thesis. The aim is not to prove influence, but to use heavenly ascent texts as a foil, in order to shed new light on Gregory’s imagery. Does Gregory’s interpretation of the tabernacle come into focus when viewed through the lens of heavenly ascent? In order to answer this question, the scholarship on heavenly ascent texts is mined for new ways of looking at Life of Moses. The conclusions begin by reviewing the methodology. It is argued that although many of the themes explored stem from the biblical text, and occur in Gregory’s Alexandrian predecessors, the richness of possibilities they provide, and therefore the choices made by Gregory, only become apparent when his work is compared and contrasted with a wide range of other heavenly ascent texts. Even in the case of a fourth century Christian work heavily influenced by Platonism, attending to the Jewish matrix of Christian mysticism pays dividends. The conclusions continue by listing the key ideas discovered in Life of Moses 2.170-201. They end by discussing the relationships between mysticism, theology and politics in Gregory’s tabernacle imagery. It is argued that Gregory holds all three together. This is typical of heavenly ascent texts, which combine descriptions of religious experience with claims to authoritative knowledge. For Gregory, the high point of Moses’ ascent into the darkness of Mount Sinai is the mystery of Christian doctrine. The heavenly tabernacle is a type of the heavenly Christ. This mystery is beyond intellectual comprehension, it can only be grasped by faith; and only the select few, destined for positions of responsibility, should even attempt to do so. But its benefits are available to all through the community’s worship in the earthly tabernacle. Anyone can aspire to wear an airy, angelic robe by living a life of virtue, in which faith and practice go hand in hand.

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Toiviainen, Siiri Henriikka. "'The instigator of all vicious actions' : pleasure, sin, and the good life in the works of Gregory of Nyssa." Thesis, Durham University, 2017. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12264/.

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This thesis is the first scholarly assessment of the role of pleasure in the works of Gregory of Nyssa. The term ἡδονή occurs in Gregory’s works more than 300 times, almost always in a negative context. In Homily 12 on the Song of Songs, Gregory calls pleasure the ‘instigator of all vicious actions’. Thus, I set out to investigate what gives pleasure such a fundamental role in Gregory’s understanding of sin. Casting Gregory’s thought in the framework of ancient eudaimonistic ethics, I argue that the main problem with pleasure lies in the way in which it obscures that which is truly good: the life of virtue and the attainment of the divine likeness. Through its sensual appeal, pleasure projects a false appearance of beauty and goodness and confuses the mind’s judgment. This, for Gregory, is the origin of all sin, both in Paradise and in the life of every postlapsarian individual. I will show that in Gregory’s works the life of pleasure comes to denote a fundamental misorientation of the human faculties, the antithesis of the good Christian life. By pursuing sensual pleasure, the individual mistakes the sensible creation for the final level of reality and fails to access the most fulfilling forms of enjoyment. True insatiable enjoyment can only be attained in a spiritual communion with the limitless God. The thesis is divided into three main parts: In Part I, I investigate Gregory’s notion of pleasure and lay the anthropological groundwork for his ethical considerations. Part II looks at the junction between pleasure and sin, showing how pleasure as the false good obscures higher ends, such as the life of virtue and the satisfaction of physical needs. Finally, Part III addresses Gregory’s notion of spiritual pleasure and its similarities to and differences from sensual pleasure.

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Coulie, Bernard. "Les richesses dans l'œuvre de saint Grégoire de Nazianze étude littéraire et historique /." Louvain-la-Neuve : Université catholique de Louvain, Institut orientaliste : Editions Peeters [distributor], 1985. http://books.google.com/books?id=ScnYAAAAMAAJ.

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Laird, Martin. "The grasp of faith : union and knowledge in Gregory of Nyssa, with particular reference to the Commentarius in Canticum Canticorum." Thesis, Heythrop College (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394405.

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Scholars of Gregory of Nyssa have consistently noted the centrality of irio-rLs in his thought. However, there has been to date no sustained examination of this central role. This thesis proposes to fill this gap in Gregorian scholarship and in doing so to uncover largely overlooked dimensions of his thought Gregory uses the term irLcrrt in a variety of ways, but there is only one technical and exalted sense of the term which plays the central role identified by scholars. It is this reserved use alone which is the concern of this study. Chapter One presents the status quastionis regarding Gregorian irLari and suggests what lines of research might profitably follow upon or correct the work already done on the topic in question. Chapters Two and Three then take up the task of stabilizing the sense of Gregory's reserved use of 1TLaTLç. Taking the term &aVoLa as a lexical lens, Chapter Two describes Gregory's understanding of the mind, with particular attention to its discursive and non-discursive functions in the context of grace. This examination allows one to see the technical function of irkrri at the apex of apophatic, epistemological ascents, mediating divine union and passing on to &avoLa something of what it has grasped of the Ungraspable. Whilst Gregorian TrLcrrLç is rather idiosyncratic, the designation of a mediating faculty of union has clear parallels in the generally Neoplatonic esprit du temps (Chapter Four). Gregorian irLori is firmly grounded in his widely acknowledged apophaticism. However, a close examination of the dynamics of ir[crri uncovers a largely undetected dimension of his thought: complimentary to the apophatic, yet quite distinct from the kataphatic, I have termed this dimension 'logophatic' and explore this theme in Chapters Five and Six. The great bulk of Gregorian scholarship has exalted Gregory as a proponent of a 'mysticism of darkness'. Chapter Seven contends that this over-simplification is in need of redress and demonstrates that Gregory's 'darkness-mysticism' is tied to quite specific exegetical and epistemological concerns and that he propounds no less a mysticism of light.

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Schenck, William Casper. "Reading Saints’ Lives and Striving to Live as Saints : Reading and Rewriting Medieval Hagiography." Thesis, Boston College, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1368.

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Thesis advisor: Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner
This study demonstrates the essential connection between literature and history by examining the way selected saints’ lives were read and rewritten in Latin and Old French from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries. Building on the concept of the horizon of expectations developed by Hans Robert Jauss, it argues against both the model of literature as a series of timeless classics whose meaning is apparent to the intelligent reader of any age and the tendency to reduce literature to the more or less successful imitation of historical realities. Not only does the interpretation of a saint’s life change over time as the text is read in different religious and cultural contexts, but the narrative is in turn capable of influencing the way its readers understand themselves and the world in which they live. By comparing different versions of each saint’s life, I am able to isolate variations in form, tone, characterization, and action, and relate them to the experiences of specific historical figures whose lives illustrate the important religious and cultural issues of their time. In order to do this, I examine three saints’ lives in light of the sometimes troubled relationship between the clerical order of the church and the laity. Two Latin and two Old French versions of the Life of Saint Alexis are read along with the life of Christina of Markyate, an English woman who fled from her husband to become a recluse. Alexis’s and Christina’s refusal of marriage illustrates the tension between the monastic model of fleeing from the world to save one’s self and the pastoral ideal of working for the salvation of others. I compare the figure of the mother in two very similar Old French versions of the Life of Pope Saint Gregory, a story of incest, penance, and redemption, to Ermengarde of Anjou, a countess who could never commit herself to life in a convent. Like Ermengarde and countless other lay men and women, Gregory’s mother faces the question of whether she can live a sufficiently holy life as a lay person or needs to enter a convent to expiate her sins. Finally, I read Latin and Old French verse and prose versions of the Life of Saint Mary the Egyptian in light of the similar yet opposing experiences of Valdes of Lyon and Francis of Assisi in relation to the question of heresy and orthodoxy. My understanding of the medieval religious historical context, particularly the history of the laity in the Church, builds on the foundational work of Raoul Manselli, Etienne Delaruelle, and André Vauchez, as well as more recent work by Michel Grandjean, who compares the different visions of the laity held by Peter Damien, Anselm of Canterbury, and Yves of Chartres. My dissertation shows that the different versions of saints’ lives not only reflect the evolution of attitudes about human relationships, salvation, and orthodoxy that characterize the time and place in which they were written, but also question the practices of later readers and offer solutions to new problems in new contexts. As my study demonstrates, ideals like the monastic identification of holiness with asceticism shape the way people understand and direct their lives, and the source for these ideals can often be found in literary texts like saints’ lives. These texts do not communicate these ideals transparently. The juxtapositions, tensions, and conflicts they depict can lead the reader to come to a more nuanced understanding or even a total reconsideration of his or her beliefs. The study of rewriting and medieval saints’ lives can help us better understand this interplay between narrative, ideal, and lived experience
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2008
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Romance Languages and Literatures

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Köckert, Charlotte. "Christliche Kosmologie und kaiserzeitliche Philosophie : Die Auslegung des Schöpfungsberichtes bei Origenes, Basilius und Gregor von Nyssa vor dem Hintergrund kaiserzeitlicher Timaeus-Interpretationen." Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2009. http://d-nb.info/990175766/04.

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Matlak, Robert Gregory. "The Role of Askesis in Orthodox Christian Formation." Thesis, Boston College, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107903.

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Thesis advisor: Jane E. Regan
The Eastern Fathers through the centuries affirm that askesis—struggle and training in spiritual life—is integral to Christian growth, life, and maturity. It is a part of the Church’s basic mindset regarding growth in life in Christ. Within the US Orthodox Christian Education (OCE) field, however, no substantial treatment of this theme exists. The place of a discussion of askesis within OCE requires that one perceive how vitally and expansively the Orthodox Church understands this theme. Clearing lesser things from the heart, preparing room for divinity, learning to turn the eyes of the heart toward Christ, and to fix them on Him in all things are all vital to acquiring the Holy Spirit, whose fruit in us proclaims and brings about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Christian witness presupposes fruit, while fruit is born of divine indwelling. Yet, as Gregory of Nyssa affirms, grace “does not naturally frequent souls which are fleeing from salvation.” We must engage. If spiritual maturity is important to the Church’s witness, then, so is developing maturity. In this way, askesis is integral to the mission of the Church. The Eastern Fathers understand this training in expansive ways. While askesis can indicate a subset of specific practices (vigils, fasting, chastity, etc.) in a larger sense it indicates active formation in spiritual life in general. Various Fathers affirm things as diverse as prayer, marriage, faith, childrearing, and patient endurance of suffering as opportunities for askesis. Since askesis is vital to Orthodox Christian life and faith, and given the gap in coverage, this study explores the theme, in three steps. First, after surveying recent OCE engagements with askesis, it considers in depth the spiritual anthropology and ascetical teaching of a relatively early figure, Gregory of Nyssa. Second, it explores three themes from the Byzantine period that display some of the Church’s broader, more settled sensibilities regarding askesis, namely, 1) the centrality of Jesus Christ in developing virtue and maturity; 2) the importance of the Church and Sacraments for spiritual growth; and 3) how material creation figures in spiritual life. Third, the study turns to the voices of more recent elders as they convey the Church’s expansive understanding of askesis. Again, three themes are developed: 1) how each and every aspect of human nature must be formed in Christ; 2) how, in God’s providence, the entire arena of life provides opportunities for Christian development; and 3) the ascetic character of an Orthodox Christian vision of education. This study is not a historical work of Christian spirituality, a history of the development of ascetical theology, or a comprehensive summary of its theme. Rather, it seeks to specify key elements of the developmental path to freedom in Christ proclaimed by the Orthodox faith, and to argue for their wisdom and fruitfulness. It aims to be a useful tool for those engaged in the task of forming the faithful. A final chapter summarizes implications in this regard
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2018
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry

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Hodgman, Scott William. "Distinction without Separation: Challenging Contemporary Yoga-Christian Praxis Dialogue Through a Comparison of Striving and Personal Transformation in the Yoga-Sūtra and the Life of Moses." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/rs_theses/7.

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In contemporary society, distinct traditions are bleeding into one another, blurring traditional lines of inquiry and historically significant boundaries. This phenomenon frames this project and creates the context for the Yoga-Christian praxis dialogue this study constructively critiques. Unfortunately, this dialogue exhibits an Eliadean concern for essentialism and universality. I challenge this trend by juxtaposing two distinct texts, Patañjali‘s Yoga-Sūtra and Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses. These texts point to the similar idea that without striving and personal transformation neither the yogic practitioner nor practicing Christian logically subsists. More importantly, however, from this point of correspondence I constructively critique the Yoga-Christian praxis dialogue by concretely engaging these texts and paying particular attention to the differences inherent in them. My comparison, then, suggests how attention to particularity points to a more authentic dialogue: what I wish to call a dialogue of distinction without separation.

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Lafond, Nelly. "Recherche sur l'iconographie de saint Grégoire le Grand dans les manuscrits des IXe-XIIe siècles en Occident." Thesis, Dijon, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012DIJOL022.

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L'iconographie de saint Grégoire le Grand (v.540 – 604) n'a été jusqu'à présent que très peu étudiée.Lorsqu'on connaît l'importance de ce saint dans la société médiévale, et plus particulièrement à partir du IXe siècle et jusqu'au XIIe siècle, il s'avère donc logique d'en approfondir l'iconographie et les enjeux qui s'en détachent. Riche d'un héritage antique et surtout carolingien lui conférant une autorité, l'image grégorienne souvent insérée au sein d'une image tripartite hiérarchisée (Dieu, l'homme et le livre), semble liée à plusieurs données: hagiographiques, scéniques, scripturaires ou géographiques. Elle expose les relations entre oralité et registre écrit, rend compte des changements de fonction du litteras et de l'importance de la mémorisation et témoigne d'une recherche aiguë du sens. Tendant à s’éloigner des bases hagiographiques, elle met l’accent, entre les IX et le XIe siècles, sur la vocalisation, puis, au XIIe s., sur la représentation des différentes phases de la vie d'un texte, de ce fait l'image est donc liée à la production du livre et axée sur la représentation de la transmission du savoir et de son enseignement dans laquelle la visualisation du savoir prend toute son importance (recherche généalogique et didactique centrées sur les vertus du saint). Grégoire, doué d'attributs impériaux l'élevant vers l'au-delà, est intégré à une image représentant l'invisible puisque Dieu reste caché à la vue de l 'homme. Cette image, à insérer dans le contexte liturgique et sensitif, fait non seulement écho aux principales préoccupations théologiques, morales voire canoniques de l'époque mais tente surtout de les légitimer
The iconography of St. Gregory the Great (ca. 540 - March 12, 604) has so far been little studied, despite a resurgence of studies recognized for several decades. When we know the importance of this saint in medieval society, especially from the ninth century to the twelfth century, it seems therefore logical to study the iconographic aspects and issues emanating from it. A rich antique heritage and especially carolingian giving it authority, the Gregorian picture often inserted within an image tripartite hierarchy (God, man and the book), seems to be linked to several data: hagiographic, scenic, scriptural or geographic. It describes the relationship between oral and written records, reports changes depending on litteras and the importance of storage and research shows acute sense. Tending to move away from hagiographics bases, it emphasizes between the IXth and XIth centuries, the vocalization, and then, in the twelfth century, on the representation of the different phases of the life of a text (inspiration, transcription, writing, transmission), this that the image is linked to the production of the book focuses on the representation of the transmission of knowledge and teaching wherein the visualization of knowledge becomes important (genealogical and didactic research focus on the virtues of the saint). Gregory, endowed with imperial attributes raising him toward beyond, is integrated into an image representing the invisible because God remains hidden from the view of the man. These pictures to be inserted in the liturgical context and sensitive, are not only reflected the main concerns theological, moral or canonical time but mostly trying to legitimize them

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Lubarino, Doglas Morais. "O juízo final e a missa de São Gregório (MASP 428P): pintura retabular e Eucaristia no final da Idade Média." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8138/tde-03122015-155702/.

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Ainda pouco conhecida e estudada, a pintura retabular O Juízo Final e a Missa de São Gregório é uma das raras obras tardo-medievais existentes no Brasil, fazendo parte do acervo do Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP). Essa obra foi produzida em Valência para ser o painel central de uma abadia na Borgonha, França. Apesar da excelente oportunidade de estudos que ela apresenta para os historiadores da arte medieval, ela não fora até agora objeto de pesquisas detalhadas. O nosso objetivo, portanto, é analisar tal peça, atentando-nos particularmente aos diversos elementos que nela remetem à Eucaristia, e que fazem dela um objeto fértil de estudos sobre esse sacramento no final da Idade Média. Para realizar essa tarefa, fundamentamos o nosso trabalho na análise e na interpretação da obra seguindo os métodos de leitura formal, estilística e iconográfica utilizados na História da Arte, relacionando também o nosso objeto ao contexto histórico de produção e recepção, através de uma revisão da documentação e da sua história até chegar ao acervo do MASP. Para atender esse objetivo, dividimos o nosso trabalho em dois eixos principais. No primeiro, versaremos sobre a imagem enquanto objeto material e estudaremos a sua história e o seu suporte. Já no segundo, analisaremos a sua iconografia em relação ao sacramento eucarístico e sua dimensão salvífica e, desse modo, investigaremos como esse painel se relaciona com o processo de legitimação do realismo eucarístico no contexto no qual a imagem foi produzida e exposta no final da Idade Média.
Still little known and studied, the altarpiece painting The Last Judgment and the Mass of Saint Gregory is one of the rare late-medieval works in Brazil as part of the collection in the Museum of Art of São Paulo (MASP). This work was produced in Valencia to be the central panel of an abbey in Burgundy, France. Despite the excellent opportunity to study it presents for historians of medieval art, it has not been, so far, a detailed research object. Our goal, therefore, is to analyse such piece, paying attention in particular to the various elements in it that refer to the Eucharist, and that makes it a fertile object of study about this sacrament in the late Middle Ages. To accomplish this task, we based our work on the analysis and interpretation of the piece following the formal, stylistic and iconographic reading methods used in Art History, also relating our object to the historical context of production and reception, through a review of the documentation and of its history until it reaches the MASP collection. To reach this goal, we divided our work in two main axes. In the first one, we will discuss about the image as a material object and we study its history and its support. In the second one, we will analyse its iconography relating to the Eucharistic sacrament and its saving characteristic and thereby we will investigate how this panel relates to the process of legitimation of the Eucharistic realism in the context in which the picture was produced and exposed in the late Middle Ages.

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Poole, Kevin Ray. "Visualizing apocalypse image and narration in the tenth-century Gerona Beatus Commentary on the apocalypse /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1153502367.

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Lee, Yong Hwa. "Gregory of Nyssa and John Wesley's theological dialogue on Christian perfection." Thesis, 2004. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/7840/1/MQ91061.pdf.

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The advent of the third millennium calls for a renewed spirituality. New channels for dialogue in all fields have been opened, especially in theology and religion. This phenomenon generates an intellectual quest to discover the relevance of classical spirituality in the postmodern era. Separated by fourteen centuries, we find that Gregory of Nyssa, a fourth century father, and John Wesley, an eighteen century revivalist, share a certain interest in Christian perfection. They teach us that believers seek to participate in the knowledge, grace, love, and goodness of God in Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:12-15). The purpose of this thesis is to explore the notion of Christian perfection and an effect of Christology in the thought of Gregory of Nyssa and John Wesley as a central theme of Christian faith. In discovering essential elements of similarity and difference this thesis will propose "an unity in diversity" in theological dialogue between Gregory and Wesley meaningful for our present ecumenical era, and thus find a real place of Wesley in Christian tradition: He synthesizes a dynamic relationship between the eastern and the western theologies, and creates an ecumenical theology in relation to Christian perfection in the Christian tradition.

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Johnson, Nancy Elizabeth. "Living death baptism and the Christian life in the writings of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa /." 2008. http://etd.nd.edu.lib-proxy.nd.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-05212008-150857/.

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Goad, Keith Wesley. "TRINITARIAN GRAMMARS: A COMPARISON OF GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS AND SOME CONTEMPORARY MODELS." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/2653.

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There is a growing trend among contemporary models to claim that their model is based upon the Eastern tradition in opposition to the Western model represented by Augustine. The purpose of the dissertation is to describe the doctrines of the knowledge of God and the Trinity as articulated by Gregory of Nazianzus, the Eastern father who defined these doctrines for the Eastern tradition, for the purpose of critically evaluating the contemporary models that seek to find their historical precedent in the Cappadocians. The first two chapters demonstrate Gregory's doctrines of the knowledge of God and the Trinity in order to demonstrate how his numerous confessions all relate to and modify one another. Gregory's doctrine of God was based upon God's nature being infinite and only known through his actions and names. Gregory's doctrine of the Trinity is multifaceted so that he uses a number of grammars to defend the unity and the three persons. Chapter four compares Augustine's On The Trinity to Gregory's grammars to provide a concrete comparison between the two traditions to demonstrate that the typical paradigm that contrasts the East and West is oversimplified and wrong. The contemporary models will then be analyzed in light of Gregory's grammars and model in order to demonstrate that they have introduced concepts and grammars that are contrary to that of Gregory. The contemporary theologians analyzed include Karl Rahner, Cornelius Plantinga, Bruce Ware, and Thom McCall. The contemporary models are wrong to claim Gregory as their historical precedent because they fail to meet the most basic standards of Orthodoxy as presented by Gregory. One of the main problems in the contemporary treatment of Gregory is that his doctrine is oversimplified so that one aspect or grammar is emphasized and the others are ignored. There is confusion over the proper relationship between the economic and immanent Trinities. There is also a number of problems in how the terms one, unity, essence, and person have been redefined by the contemporary models when compared to Gregory's doctrine. The final argument is that the contemporary models fail to provide the necessary grammars and confessions that safeguard the doctrine of the Trinity and promote worship when compared to Gregory.
This dissertation is under embargo until 2012-12-15.

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Vogel, Jeffrey Allan. "The haste of sin, the slowness of salvation waiting in the theological anthropology of Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa and Simone Weil /." 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3362900.

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Carnes, Natalie Michelle. "Senses of Beauty." Diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10161/3920.

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Against the dominant contemporary options of usefulness and disinterestedness, this dissertation attempts to display that beauty is better--more fully, richly, generatively--described with the categories of fittingness and gratuity. By working through texts by Gregory of Nyssa, this dissertation fills out what fittingness and gratuity entail--what, that is, they do for beauty-seekers and beauty-talkers. After the historical set-up of the first chapter, chapter 2 considers fittingness and gratuity through Gregory's doctrine of God because Beauty, for Gregory, is a name for God. That God is radically transcendent transforms (radicalizes) fittingness and gratuity away from a strictly Platonic vision of how they might function. Chapter 3 extends such radicalization by considering beauty in light of Christology and particularly in light of the Christological claims to invisibility, poverty, and suffering. In a time when beauty is wending its way back from an academic exile enforced by its associations with the `bourgeois,' such considerations re-present beauty as deeply intertwined with ugliness and horror. Chapter 4 asks how it is a person might perceive such beauty, which calls for pneumatological and anthropological reflections on Gregory's doctrine of the spiritual senses. The person who sees beauty rightly, for Gregory, is the person who is wounded by love.

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Swart, G. J. (Gerhardus Jacobus) 1955. "A historical-critical evaluation of the play Christus patiens, traditionally attributed to Gregory Nazianzus." Thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25195.

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Bendová, Markéta. "Svoboda v Oratio catechetica magna svatého Řehoře z Nyssy." Master's thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-313001.

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This thesis deals with the topic of human liberty as it was developed in The Great Catechism by St. Gregory of Nyssa. It is concerned with the importance and role of liberty in the particular periods of the history of salvation (creation, fall and redemption) and with the relation between liberty and other important themes of Gregory's work: man as the image of God and as a creature composed of soul and body; the human's fall and the turn from the real good (which is God) towards evil; new life acquired from Christ's resurrection and the adoption of this new life through baptism and the Eucharist. The man was created for life in freedom; life oriented towards the real good: the God. The man cannot be really free without this orientation towards God, but on the other hand this orientation cannot exist without freedom either. God gave man the life and after the fall he returns it to him, but the acceptance and the shape of this life is at all times dependent on the man's decision. The man, as a created being, is someone who changes all the time. And it is just because he can again and again decide about these never-ending changes of himself, that he can have in his power not only his deeds, but also himself: he is his own master, as God is.

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Brown, Geoffrey. "Depictions of Subcarpathian Ruthenia in the Czech newspapers of the Czechoslovak First Republic, 1919-1922: Developing Public Support for the Refusal of the Rusyn Right to Autonomy?" Master's thesis, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-304773.

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Geoffrey Brown Abstract: In 1919 the Rusyns of Subcarpathian Ruthenia and Rusyn immigrants living in the United States decided that joining the newly-created Czechoslovak Republic offered them the best possible conditions for a stable future. They agreed to the union on the condition that the Rusyns would be granted the widest possible degree of political autonomy, and this autonomy was then guaranteed by the Treaty of Saint Germain signed in September 1919. Once the territory of Subcarpathian Ruthenia had joined Czechoslovakia, the Government in Prague decided that the Rusyn people were incapable of meeting the responsibilities of governing their own territory, since at the end of World War One they had been among the poorest and least culturally developed of all the nations of Austro-Hungary. The Rusyn leaders, particularly the territory's first Governor, Gregory Zhatkovich, protested to no avail against the Czechoslovak government's refusal to grant the Rusyns their legal right to political autonomy. Prior to the war the Czech public had practically no knowledge of Rusyns or their territory of Subcarpathian Ruthenia. During the first three years of the Czechoslovak state, the Czech media published many newspaper articles which highlighted or exaggerated the primitive nature of the Rusyn people,...

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Dudziková, Markéta. "Starozákonní exegeze u Filóna Alexandrijského a Řehoře z Nyssy." Doctoral thesis, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-392903.

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Interpretation of the Life of Moses according to Gregory of Nyssa and Its Inspiration by the Thought of Philo of Alexandria Philo of Alexandria (c. 20 BC - c. 40 CE) and his allegorical interpretation of the Bible (especially the Pentateuch) had a strong influence on early Christian writers including Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 - c. 395 CE). It is obvious that Gregory was inspired by Philo judging from the fact that Gregory's treatise The Life of Moses (De vita Moysis) has the same name and a partly similar topic as one of Philo's writings. For Gregory, Moses is an ideal example of perfect virtue which consists in a continual progression toward the Good. The main topic of the thesis is Philo's influence on Gregory's interpretation of Moses. The work discusses the following issues in the thought of both authors: the treatise De vita Moysis, the person of Moses, exegetical principles, perfection that could be demonstrated on the life of a good person, the question of knowledge and unknowability of God and the mediation between God and men. Since Gregory's reception of Philo was influenced by Origen of Alexandria, Origen's biblical exegesis and exegetical theory are also briefly presented. In the centre of the thesis, there are those questions: In what way was Gregory's concept of perfect virtue inspired by the...

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