On Death and Eternal Life (Popular Patristics Series)

by Gregory of Nyssa

Publisher:

St Vladimir’s Seminary Press

, 2022

Overview

The seven works in this volume (some translated for the first time) explore the great human mystery of death and the promise of eternal life. They present—along with On the Soul and the Resurrection (PPS 12)—a vision that is consistent, philosophically profound, and characteristic of Gregory’s wider theology. The first three works (On the Dead, On Infants Taken Away before Their Time, and On the “Final Subjection” of Christ) might be termed thematic essays; the fourth is a sermon celebrating Christ’s resurrection (On the Holy Pascha); and the remaining three are funeral homilies given for prominent people in Constantinople (Meletius, Pulcheria, and Flaccilla). This volume includes the critical Greek text.

Key Features

• Explores the great human mystery of death and the promise of eternal life
• Presents a vision that is consistent, philosophically profound, and characteristic of Gregory’s wider theology

Product Details

• Title: On Death and Eternal Life (Popular Patristics Series)
• Author: Gregory of Nyssa
• Series: Popular Patristics
• Publisher: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Pages: 328
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:ONDTHETNLLFE
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-12-12T18:22:09Z

About Gregory of Nyssa

St. Gregory of Nyssa (c 335 – after 394) was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great and a good friend of Gregory of Nazianzus. His significance has long been recognized in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Catholic and Roman Catholic branches of Christianity. Some historians identify Theosebia the deaconess as his wife, others hold that she, like Macrina the Younger, was actually a sister of Gregory and Basil.