Gregory of Nyssa
4th century · AD 395 · Eastern & Byzantine · 418 passages
Brother of Basil; wrote on the soul's endless growth into God and read Moses' life as a map of the spiritual journey.
Background on Gregory of Nyssa
In his own words on Galatians
- Galatians 2:9
Since we must also ascertain how it is possible to become a "pillar," so that we too may become worthy of this calling, we ought to hear this again from the dictum of the apostle Paul, who says that the pillar is "the foundation of truth."
ORATION 14 ON SONG OF SONGS 5.15
- Galatians 6:17
"Rejoicing in these lacerations," Paul says, "I bear the marks of Christ in my own body." He readily yields to his weakness in all these misfortunes, through which the power of Christ is being perfected in virtue.
ORATION 12 ON SONG OF SONGS 5.7
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.