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The Letters

Gregory of Nyssa

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The Letters — Gregory of Nyssa.

Author: Gregory of Nyssa

  • 41 chapters
  • 306 PDF pages
  • 127,603 words
  • ≈ 982 min read
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    Table of Contents

    1The ascents of Gregory
    pp. 24–25 · ≈ 6 min
    2Early family life
    pp. 26–29 · ≈ 14 min
    3Young adulthood, 356–363
    pp. 30–34 · ≈ 16 min
    4Gregory chooses a secular career, 364
    pp. 35–37 · ≈ 9 min
    5Was Gregory married?
    pp. 38–40 · ≈ 10 min
    6Further soundings in ON VIRGINITY
    pp. 41–46 · ≈ 21 min
    7Gregory's marriage: a scenario
    pp. 47–47 · ≈ 3 min
    8Goads and transitions, 365–372
    pp. 48–51 · ≈ 14 min
    9Early years as bishop, 371–378
    pp. 52–54 · ≈ 10 min
    10A problem of dating
    pp. 55–61 · ≈ 24 min
    11Gregory's return from exile and rise in Church affairs, 378–381
    pp. 62–68 · ≈ 25 min
    12The zenith of Gregory's public career, 381–386
    pp. 69–76 · ≈ 27 min
    13The final years: Gregory as mystical theologian, 387–394
    pp. 77–81 · ≈ 12 min
    14Gregory as a writer of letters
    pp. 82–82 · ≈ 3 min
    15Early sub-collections of letters
    pp. 83–84 · ≈ 6 min
    16Rhetoric and style in Gregory's letters
    pp. 85–88 · ≈ 13 min
    17The personality revealed in the letters
    pp. 89–90 · ≈ 7 min
    18Manuscripts used for the Pasquali edition
    pp. 91–92 · ≈ 6 min
    19Additional manuscripts collated by Maraval
    pp. 93–96 · ≈ 7 min
    20Letter 14 TO HIS COMPANION GREGORY, excerpt3
    pp. 97–97 · ≈ 3 min
    21Letter 223 TO EUSTATHIUS OF SEBASTEIA, excerpt
    pp. 98–98 · ≈ 4 min
    22Letter 60 TO THE DIVINE GREGORY
    pp. 99–99 · ≈ 4 min
    23Letter 58 TO HIS BROTHER GREGORY
    pp. 100–101 · ≈ 7 min
    24Letter 92 TO THE ITALIANS AND GAULS, excerpt
    pp. 102–102 · ≈ 3 min
    25Letter 100 TO EUSEBIUS, BISHOP OF SAMOSATA
    pp. 103–103 · ≈ 3 min
    26Letter 215 TO DOROTHEUS THE PRESBYTER2
    pp. 104–104 · ≈ 4 min
    27Letter 225 TO DEMOSTHENES, AS BY COMMON CONSENT, excerpt
    pp. 105–107 · ≈ 10 min
    28Letter 231 TO AMPHILOCHIUS BISHOP OF ICONIUM excerpt
    pp. 108–108 · ≈ 3 min
    29Letter 232 TO AMPHILOCHIUS ON HIS ENQUIRIES, excerpt
    pp. 109–110 · ≈ 7 min
    30Letter 239 TO EUSEBIUS BISHOP OF SAMOSATA, excerpt
    pp. 111–112 · ≈ 5 min
    31Letter 11 To Gregory
    pp. 113–115 · ≈ 10 min
    32Letter 72 To Gregory of Nyssa
    pp. 116–116 · ≈ 3 min
    33Letter 74 To the same
    pp. 117–117 · ≈ 3 min
    34Letter 76 To Gregory of Nyssa
    pp. 118–118 · ≈ 4 min
    35Letter 81 To Gregory of Nyssa
    pp. 119–119 · ≈ 3 min
    36Letter 182 To Gregory
    pp. 120–120 · ≈ 4 min
    37Letter 197 To Gregory, consolatory
    pp. 121–127 · ≈ 16 min
    38The Pasquali Collection
    pp. 128–233 · ≈ 392 min
    39Supplementary Collection
    pp. 234–293 · ≈ 220 min
    40Sources
    pp. 294–294 · ≈ 4 min
    41Studies
    pp. 295–306 · ≈ 39 min

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