- Title Pages
- <i>To Piers</i>
- <i>Preface</i>
- <b>Introduction: The Elusive Gregory</b>
- <b>Part I</b> <b>The Doctrine of the Trinity</b>
- 1 <b>Historical and Conceptual Background</b>
- 2 Philosophy and the Gospel
- 3 The Social Doctrine of the Trinity
- 4 Reading Gregory of Nyssa's Trinitarian Theology
- Part II God Became Human for Our Salvation
- 5 Christology
- 6 Salvation
- 7 Spirituality: Perpetual Progress inthe Good
- 8 The Christian Life: Ethics
- 9 Reading Gregory of Nyssa on Christ, Salvation, and Human Transformation
- Part III Sex, Gender, and Embodiment
- 10 Introduction: Feminism and the Fathers
- 11 Creation in the Image of God
- 12 <b>What is Virginity?</b>
- 13 Macrina—in Life and in Letters
- 14 Reading Gregory on Sex, Gender, and Embodiment
- 15 Apophatic Theology as ‘Reaching out to What Lies Ahead’
- 16 God and Being: Beings and Language
- 17 The Gift, Reciprocity, and the Word
- 18 Returning to the Trinity
- 19 Reading Gregory of Nyssa on Language, Theology, and the Language of Theology
- 20 <b>Conclusions</b>
- <i>Select Bibliography</i>
- <i>Index</i>
- <b>Citations of works by Gregory of Nyssa</b>
Christology
Christology
- Chapter:
- (p.97) 5 Christology
- Source:
- Gregory of Nyssa, Ancient and (Post)modern
- Author(s):
Morwenna Ludlow (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Gregory of Nyssa treated the subjects of Christology, soteriology, eschatology, ethics, and spirituality (or mysticism) as one. From the foundational fact of Christ's incarnation arises his understanding of salvation; this salvation then has to be seen through the twin lenses of its consequences for our practical daily life — particularly our relations with our neighbours (ethics) and with God (spirituality) — and of its eschatological consequences. This chapter explores how Gregory's Christology has been seen as fitting into the history of Christian doctrine, which has a profound effect on how it is still read. It contends that with the exception of some Catholic theologians who have responded positively to the general idea of ‘an ontological unity of all humanity in Christ’, the attitude of systematic theologians to Gregory's Christology has been generally dismissive.
Keywords: Gregory of Nyssa, soteriology, eschatology, ethics, theologians
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- Title Pages
- <i>To Piers</i>
- <i>Preface</i>
- <b>Introduction: The Elusive Gregory</b>
- <b>Part I</b> <b>The Doctrine of the Trinity</b>
- 1 <b>Historical and Conceptual Background</b>
- 2 Philosophy and the Gospel
- 3 The Social Doctrine of the Trinity
- 4 Reading Gregory of Nyssa's Trinitarian Theology
- Part II God Became Human for Our Salvation
- 5 Christology
- 6 Salvation
- 7 Spirituality: Perpetual Progress inthe Good
- 8 The Christian Life: Ethics
- 9 Reading Gregory of Nyssa on Christ, Salvation, and Human Transformation
- Part III Sex, Gender, and Embodiment
- 10 Introduction: Feminism and the Fathers
- 11 Creation in the Image of God
- 12 <b>What is Virginity?</b>
- 13 Macrina—in Life and in Letters
- 14 Reading Gregory on Sex, Gender, and Embodiment
- 15 Apophatic Theology as ‘Reaching out to What Lies Ahead’
- 16 God and Being: Beings and Language
- 17 The Gift, Reciprocity, and the Word
- 18 Returning to the Trinity
- 19 Reading Gregory of Nyssa on Language, Theology, and the Language of Theology
- 20 <b>Conclusions</b>
- <i>Select Bibliography</i>
- <i>Index</i>
- <b>Citations of works by Gregory of Nyssa</b>