Gregory of Nyssa and the Grasp of Faith

Download or read book Gregory of Nyssa and the Grasp of Faith written by Martin S. Laird and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While Gregorian faith serves as the faculty of apophatic union with God, faith yet gives something to mind. This dimension of Gregory's apophaticism has gone largely unnoticed by scholars. At the apex of an apophatic ascent, faith unites with God the Word; by virtue of this union the believer takes on the qualities of the Word, who speaks (logophasis) in the deeds and discourse of the believer. Finally this study redresses how Gregory has been identified with a 'mysticism of darkness' and argues that he proposes no less a 'mysticism of light.'"--Résumé de l'éditeur.