Gregory of Nyssa, Part Two
A conversation
This continues the conversation with Tony Golsby-Smith, who has a distressing ability to keep me on topic. Here the principal text under examination is On the Soul and Resurrection. Part Three will appear soon, and there I spend a good deal of time praising the genius of Augustine. Here, not so much so. On the exegesis of Paul’s eschatology and theology of election, Gregory was clearly the better reader.
Excuse the somewhat raspy quality of my voice. It was a week of high pollen counts and I was drowning in the beauty of the lilies.
Having read On the soul and the resurrection, I'm now immersed in The life of Moses and On the making of man. Having grown up in first a Baptist context and Episcopalian, I haven't realized until now how much Augustinian/ Calvinistic angst I've been carrying around.
Your writing, talks, lectures and the Cappadocians are breathing new life and freedom into my faith. Thank you.
On another note other than Gregory, I wrote a column based on your God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss. Your influence is all the way through there besides my quoting you. I’ve attached it, whatever it’s worth. https://www.adventistreview.org/logic-of-existence