Is Macrina a Woman? Gregory of Nyssa's Dialogue on the Soul and ...
Chapter 12 St. Macrina the Younger: The Mystagogy of Ascending ...
Gregory of Nyssa (c.335–c.394). Indeed, the theme of ascent, especially in the form of anagogy, or 'leading upward,' is central to ...
St Macrina the Younger (330-19 Jul 379 AD) – sister of Sts Gregory ...
Gregory of Nyssa composed a “Dialogue on the Soul and Resurrection” (peri psyches kai anastaseos), entitled ta Makrinia (P.G. XLVI, 12 sq ...
Thoughts on this page claiming Gregory of Nyssa was not a ... - Reddit
Gregory makes great arguments in both and the latter is written like a Socratic dialogue, which is cool. After those if you want to go even ...
Texts, teachers and pupils in the writings of Gregory of Nyssa ...
dialogue On the Soul and the Resurrection Gregory constantly refers to Macrina as ἡ. διδάσκαλος. Macrina, therefore, will be my second example of a teacher ...
Macrina the Younger - In Search of a New Eden
He referred to Macrina as his teacher and wrote his book On the Soul and Resurrection as a dialogue between teacher and student clearly ...
Macrina: A 4th-Century Christian Woman | Bible & Beyond Podcast
Macrina was born into a wealthy and historically important Christian family. Her virtuous life, devoted to Christ, was based on her ascetic ideals.
On the Soul and the Resurrection by Gregory of Nyssa - Goodreads
Gregory of Nyssa writes a Socratic dialogue in which he plays the part of an interlocutor and his older sister, St. Macrina, plays the part of ...
Musing on Gregory and Plato - Dr. Matthew L. Halsted
As some have observed, Gregory of Nyssa's On the Soul and the Resurrection is written in a way that mirrors Plato's Phaedo.[1] A close reading ...
Following Plato's literary example, St. Gregory wrote a dramatic dialogue regarding the soul and the resurrection in which he plays the role of "pupil," while ...
Saint of the Day: St. Macrina the Younger - Aleteia
+ Saint Macrina died on July 19, 379, in her family home, which she had turned into a monastery. Her brother Saint Gregory of Nyssa composed his ...
Philip Schaff: NPNF2-05. Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic Treatises, Etc.
429On the Soul and the Resurrection. ————————————. Basil, great amongst the saints, had departed from this life to God; and the impulse to mourn for him was ...
The Fire of Purgation in Gregory of Nyssa's De anima et resurrectione
The goal, therefore, is to rid the human soul of this undesirable foreign object that became intermingled with her. This casting away can be ...
SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY IN GREGORY OF NYSSA'S "DE ANIMA ...
theological-philosophical concerns. As is well known, Gregory's De anima et resurrectione is a treatise on immortality and resurrection in dialogue form. The.
No Church Mothers: Part II | WIT - Women in Theology
He identifies Macrina as Basil the Great's sister “the Teacher” (In Her Words, p. 48) and proceeds to explain a sophisticated theological ...
Female Characters as Modes of Knowing in Late Imperial Dialogues
The two Greek Christian dialogues of the third and fourth century CE that feature female philosophers as primary interlocutors, Methodius' Symposium and Gregory ...
Gregory of Nyssa - Credo Magazine
Gregory portrays the ascetic ideal in a personal portrait of his sister in Life of Macrina. While more clearly a dogmatic dialogue, Nyssen's On ...
Universalist and Teacher - Reluctant Xtian
Her brother, Gregory of Nyssa, composed Dialogue on the Soul and Resurrection in which he records a conversation with Macrina on her death ...
Gregory plays a role similar to Plato, and the dying Macrina is like Socrates on his deathbed arguing for the immortality of the soul. Gregory's ...
Today, the Church remembers St. Macrina, the Younger. - Medium
Saint Macrina is significant in that her brother, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, was able to set standards for being a holy Early Christian woman. He ...
Unveiling the Life and Virtues of Saint Macrina the Younger
In terms of her theological influence, Macrina made a profound impact on two of her younger brothers, Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory of Nyssa, both of ...