Thoughts for your weekend: Gregory of Nyssa

Posted on November 9, 2018 by WordsAndPeace

In 2017, the French publisher Le Cerf
published a volume
with lesser known works by
Gregory of Nyssa.

Here is a review by Jean-Claude Larchet,
that gives a good idea of the content.

Book notes: Modern Orthodox Thinkers, chapter 11

Posted on September 26, 2018 by WordsAndPeace

Chapter 11 is on Paul Evdokimov

“A saint is not a superman, but one who finds and lives the truth of being human as a liturgical being. The definition of the human finds its most exact and fullest expression in liturgical adoration: the human being is the person of the Trisagion and the Sanctus: ” I shall sing to my God as long as I live”.
page 164

“Our ascent of love is a response to the amour fou of God, as Evdokimov often put it, a love that breaks all limits: our love for God defines who we are. As Evdokimov puts its elsewhere, ” To the God who is love there corresponds the human amo ergo sum.”
page 165

Pages 170 and following are on interior monasticism.
Reread Ages of the Spiritual Life
St Tikhon of Zadonsk
Letters of St Theophane the Recluse

Please find here the first post of this series, with a general presentation of the book.

Book notes: Modern Orthodox Thinkers, chapters 7-10

Posted on September 24, 2018 by WordsAndPeace

Chapter 7 is on Myrrha Lot-Borodine and Vladimir Lossky

reread The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church
Cabasilas
Maximos’ Mystagogia

Chapter 8 on Maria Skobtsova

Chapter 9 on Staniloae – see my review of one of his books

Chapter 10 on Justin Popovic

“Having dispensed with God, Nietzsche proposes man as superman, devoid of pity for one’s neighbor, and pursuing an ” irresponsible and merciless desire for power” – ” beyond good and evil, beyond truth and error, beyond conscience and responsibility.”
page 153

I need to double check in Ireneaus the idea of sin due to the immaturity of mankind.
Any other Father mentioning this?
What are we saved from?
How about the word save in OT and NT?
Were we mature before the Fall?

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Thoughts for your weekend: Gregory of Nyssa

In 2017, the French publisher Le Cerf
published a volume
with lesser known works by
Gregory of Nyssa.

Here is a review by Jean-Claude Larchet,
that gives a good idea of the content.

Book notes: Modern Orthodox Thinkers, chapter 11

Chapter 11 is on Paul Evdokimov

“Our ascent of love is a response to the amour fou of God, as Evdokimov often put it, a love that breaks all limits: our love for God defines who we are. As Evdokimov puts its elsewhere, ” To the God who is love there corresponds the human amo ergo sum.”
page 165

Pages 170 and following are on interior monasticism.

Reread Ages of the Spiritual Life

St Tikhon of Zadonsk

Letters of St Theophane the Recluse

Please find here the first post of this series, with a general presentation of the book.

Book notes: Modern Orthodox Thinkers, chapters 7-10

Chapter 7 is on Myrrha Lot-Borodine and Vladimir Lossky

reread The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church

Cabasilas

Maximos’ Mystagogia

Chapter 8 on Maria Skobtsova

Chapter 9 on Staniloae – see my review of one of his books

Chapter 10 on Justin Popovic

“Having dispensed with God, Nietzsche proposes man as superman, devoid of pity for one’s neighbor, and pursuing an ” irresponsible and merciless desire for power” – ” beyond good and evil, beyond truth and error, beyond conscience and responsibility.”
page 153

I need to double check in Ireneaus the idea of sin due to the immaturity of mankind.
Any other Father mentioning this?
What are we saved from?
How about the word save in OT and NT?
Were we mature before the Fall?

Please find here the first post of this series, with a general presentation of the book.

In 2017, the French publisher Le Cerf published a volume with lesser known works by Gregory of Nyssa.

Here is a review by Jean-Claude Larchet, that gives a good idea of the content.

Chapter 11 is on Paul Evdokimov

“Our ascent of love is a response to the amour fou of God, as Evdokimov often put it, a love that breaks all limits: our love for God defines who we are. As Evdokimov puts its elsewhere, ” To the God who is love there corresponds the human amo ergo sum.” page 165

Pages 170 and following are on interior monasticism.

Reread Ages of the Spiritual Life

St Tikhon of Zadonsk

Letters of St Theophane the Recluse

Please find here the first post of this series, with a general presentation of the book.

Chapter 7 is on Myrrha Lot-Borodine and Vladimir Lossky

reread The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church

Cabasilas

Maximos’ Mystagogia

Chapter 8 on Maria Skobtsova

Chapter 9 on Staniloae – see my review of one of his books

Chapter 10 on Justin Popovic

“Having dispensed with God, Nietzsche proposes man as superman, devoid of pity for one’s neighbor, and pursuing an ” irresponsible and merciless desire for power” – ” beyond good and evil, beyond truth and error, beyond conscience and responsibility.” page 153

I need to double check in Ireneaus the idea of sin due to the immaturity of mankind. Any other Father mentioning this? What are we saved from? How about the word save in OT and NT? Were we mature before the Fall?

Please find here the first post of this series, with a general presentation of the book.

In 2017, the French publisher Le Cerf
published a volume
with lesser known works by
Gregory of Nyssa.

Here is a review by Jean-Claude Larchet,
that gives a good idea of the content.

“Our ascent of love is a response to the amour fou of God, as Evdokimov often put it, a love that breaks all limits: our love for God defines who we are. As Evdokimov puts its elsewhere, ” To the God who is love there corresponds the human amo ergo sum.”
page 165

“Having dispensed with God, Nietzsche proposes man as superman, devoid of pity for one’s neighbor, and pursuing an ” irresponsible and merciless desire for power” – ” beyond good and evil, beyond truth and error, beyond conscience and responsibility.”
page 153

I need to double check in Ireneaus the idea of sin due to the immaturity of mankind.
Any other Father mentioning this?
What are we saved from?
How about the word save in OT and NT?
Were we mature before the Fall?