St. Gregory of Nyssa

Bishop of Nyssa and one of the three Cappadocian Fathers. Brother of Basil the Great.

Works

TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI. — Testifies that the dove seen by Ephrem was the sign of the Holy Spirit; adds that Basil gave away his personal inheritance to the poor during the famine
"as Gregory of Nyssa testifies. ... But Basil's own brother Gregory of Nyssa adds that at that time Saint Basil also gave away his own personal inheritance to the poor."

Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study — Beautifully says no one can behold divine light with a free sense when directing gaze at lowly things
"as Nyssen beautifully says, no one can behold the divine and that kindred light"
Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study — Reports in Life of Gregory Thaumaturgus: the creed given by St. John at the Virgin's command
"the authority for this is Nyssen in his Life, who also reports this creed."
Moses and Christ: Nineteen Parallels — Gregory Nazianzen in oration 22 compares Basil and Gregory of Nyssa to Moses and Aaron
"in which he compares Saint Basil and his brother Gregory of Nyssa to Moses and Aaron"

Heaven and Earth: Four Interpretations — Cited for understanding "heaven and earth" as a chaos heaped together in one universal form
"Close to this is the exposition of Gregory of Nyssa, who understands by heaven and earth a chaos heaped together in one universal, common, and rough form"
Verse 24: Let the Earth Bring Forth the Living Creature — Cited from Oration 2 On the Creation of Man for the view that no harmful animals existed before sin
"Gregory of Nyssa seems to hold the same view, Oration 2 On the Creation of Man."
Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness — Cited alongside the term "banquet": God furnished the world like a splendid dining hall
"as Nyssen says, or rather like a splendid dining hall"
Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness — Cited for placing the image of God in man's capacity for wisdom, virtue, grace, beatitude
"hence Nyssen places the image of God in this capacity."