Gregory of Nyssa : The Letters: Introduction, Translation and Commentary
This book gathers 37 letters of St Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-394), translated into English, some for the first time, and equipped with up-to-date scholarly notes.\ It begins with a biography focusing on Gregory’s family background and young adulthood. A study of Gregory the letter writer follows, with a dateline of the letters. Three sub-collections of letters follow: 1. ‘Prelude’ comprising testimonia from Basil and Gregory Nazianzen, 2. ‘The Pasquali Collection’, the 30 letters established...
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This book presents 37 letters of Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-379) translated into English and equipped with scholarly notes. It includes a biography, testimonia from Basil and Gregory Nazianzen, 30 letters established by G. Pasquali and seven additional letters reassigned to Gregory.
Preface and Acknowledgments xiAbbreviations xviiBiography 1The ascents of Gregory 1Early family life 3Young adulthood, 356-363 7Gregory chooses a secular career, 364 12Was Gregory married? 15Further soundings in On Virginity 18Gregory's marriage: a scenario 24Goads and transitions, 365-372 25Early years as bishop, 371-378 29A problem of dating 32Gregory's return from exile and rise in Church affairs, 378-381 39The zenith of Gregory's public career, 381-386 46The final years: Gregory as mystical theologian, 387-394 54The Letters: A General Introduction 59Gregory as a writer of letters 59Early sub-collections of letters 60Rhetoric and style in Gregory's letters 62The personality revealed in the letters 66Manuscripts used for the Pasquali edition 68Additional manuscripts collated by Maraval 70Dateline of the Letters 70The Letters of Basil 73Letter 14 To his companion Gregory,excerpt 74Letter 223 To Eustathius of Sebasteia, excerpt 75Letter 60 To the divine Gregory 76Letter 58 To his brother Gregory 77Letter 92 To the Italians and Gauls, excerpt 79Letter 98 To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata, excerpt 79Letter 100 To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata 80Letter 215 To Dorotheus the presbyter 81Letter 225 To Demosthenes, as by common consent, excerpt 82Letter 231 To Amphilochius bishop of Iconium excerpt 85Letter 232 To Amphilochius on his enquiries, excerpt 86Letter 237 To Eusebius bishop of Samosata, excerpt 86Letter 239 To Eusebius bishop of Samosata, excerpt 88St Gregory Nazianzen 89Letter 11 To Gregory 90Letter 72 To Gregory of Nyssa 93Letter 73 To the same 93Letter 74 To the same 94Letter 76 To Gregory of Nyssa 95Letter 81 To Gregory of Nyssa 96Letter 182 To Gregory 97Letter 197 To Gregory, consolatory 98Saint Gregory of Nyssa: The LettersThe Pasquali collection 105To Bishop Flavian 105To Kensitor on pilgrimages 115To Eustathia and Ambrosia and Basilissa 123To Eusebius 132To those who discredit his orthodoxy 135To Bishop Ablabius 140To Hierius the governor 142To Antiochanus 144To Stagirius 145To Otreius Bishop of Melitene 146To Eupatrius the scholasticus 148To the same 150To Libanius 152To Libanius the sophist 155To John and Maximian 158To Strategius 159To the presbyters of Nicomedia 161To Otreius Bishop of Melitene 169To a certain John especially on Macrina 172To Adelphius the scholasticus 181To Ablabius the bishop 187To the bishops 189Without title, on Phaedimus 189To Heracleianus the heretic 190To Amphilochius 196From the sophist Stagirius to Gregory 202Reply of holy Gregory to the sophist 203[on the rose and its thorns] 204To his brother Peter on the Contra Eunomium 206Reply of Peter to Gregory 208Supplementary Collection 211To Letoius bishop of Melitene 211To the monk Philip 225To Eustathius the physician 232To Xenodorus the grammaticus 245To Peter his own brother on the divine ousia and hypostasis 247To Theodore 260To the great Emperor 263Bibliography 271Sources 271Studies 272Index 277
