There maybe distinctions between God’s intention for humanity and whether or not God’s intention is actualised in all human being regardless should not be a foregone conclusion.

also Orat. However, when it comes to the Trinity we need to actually practice the proper usage, and thus we believe in one God, not gods.

p. 401 (276 c.)]. Those who would deny his affirmation of unity in the Godhead are left in a precarious position.

St Gregory of Nyssa On the Holy Trinity, and on the Godhead of the Holy Spirit, Complete.

If you have a query or a problem with your shop order, do not hesitate to contact us here. He gives a commonsense example from life. Saint Gregory of Nyssa, philosophical theologian and mystic, leader of the orthodox party in the 4th-century Christian controversies over the doctrine of the Trinity.

It shouldn’t actually be used but it’s become a habit for us to speak of men rather than man, and that habit doesn’t seem to be ending any time soon.

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At this stage, arguments tend to go round in circles.

Instead, Gregory insists that he and his cohorts have merely held to the biblical teaching of the Trinity, including the full divinity of the Holy Spirit in the Godhead, adding nothing new of their own invention. Gregory argues that though there are three persons of the Trinity, the Father, Son, and Spirit act in unity in the actions of the Godhead.

Yet we have to take great care as not to jump to the conclusion of what might be a poor premise to begin with. We always do our best to provide resources that best suit our website audience’s interest.

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So, we see from God’s actions that there is an operational unity so interweaved that it prevents any sort of plural enumeration in the Godhead. His second argument against the charge of tri-theism draws upon God’s operational unity.

Reference address : https://www.elpenor.org/nyssa/holy-trinity-spirit.asp, HOME  |  GREEK LANGUAGE  |  The three together were known as the Cappadocian Fathers.

In recent times, Gregory of Nyssa has been thought to be a universalist. So read it and enjoy it.

In this work, Gregory warns against the twin ditches of Judaism, meaning Unitarianism, and polytheism. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account.