Gregory of Nyssa
Americannoun
noun
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“I have the difficulty or excitement of celebrating twice,” said its leader, Metropolitan Gregory of Nyssa, based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024
Basil, John Chrysostom, Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine—they all assumed that God’s creation was eternal, not something that unfolded in six days or any other temporal frame.
From Slate • Jul. 8, 2014
John of Damascus based his theology upon Aristotle, like Thomas Aquinas, and Gregory of Nyssa based his own upon Plato, as the Scottish School did in the nineteenth century.
From The Agony of the Church (1917) by Velimirović, Nikolai
St. Gregory of Nyssa says, that they endured three days and three nights, this lingering death, which carried off their limbs one after another.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
Gregory of Nyssa may represent one class, Helladius of Cæsarea the other.
From The Arian Controversy by Gwatkin, Henry Melvill
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