On the six days of creationSt. Gregory of Nyssa ; translated by Robin Orton.

By:

Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394 [Author]

Contributor(s):

Orton, Robin, 1942- []

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The Fathers of the Church shorter works ; volume 1Description: 1 online resource. (xvii, 132 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813233772

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

BS651 .O584 2021

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Contents:

1. Date of composition -- 2. The aim and genre of the work -- 3. Gregory and Basil -- 4. Gregory's theological and philosophical interpretation of the creation narrative -- 6. Water -- On the Six Days of Creation -- Translated text.

Subject: "This first volume in the new series, The Fathers of the Church Shorter Works, is the first complete English translation of St. Gregory of Nyssa's treatise On the Six Days of Creation (In Hexaemeron). It was most likely written in 380-381, and is designed as both a defense and a critique of his recently deceased brother St. Basil's better known homilies on the creation story as set out in the first chapter of Genesis. At the same time it incorporates Gregory's own observations on the Genesis text, which reflect his desire to show the consistency between Scripture and the philosophy and natural science of his day. A notable feature is Gregory's presentation of God's creation of the world as what has been called a "substantification" of God's own will, creatio ex Deo rather than creatio ex nilhilo. Other ideas of Gregory's seem interestingly to foreshadow those of modern science. The original language is Ancient Greek"--

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Introduction -- 1. Date of composition -- 2. The aim and genre of the work -- 3. Gregory and Basil -- 4. Gregory's theological and philosophical interpretation of the creation narrative -- 6. Water -- On the Six Days of Creation -- Translated text.

"This first volume in the new series, The Fathers of the Church Shorter Works, is the first complete English translation of St. Gregory of Nyssa's treatise On the Six Days of Creation (In Hexaemeron). It was most likely written in 380-381, and is designed as both a defense and a critique of his recently deceased brother St. Basil's better known homilies on the creation story as set out in the first chapter of Genesis. At the same time it incorporates Gregory's own observations on the Genesis text, which reflect his desire to show the consistency between Scripture and the philosophy and natural science of his day. A notable feature is Gregory's presentation of God's creation of the world as what has been called a "substantification" of God's own will, creatio ex Deo rather than creatio ex nilhilo. Other ideas of Gregory's seem interestingly to foreshadow those of modern science. The original language is Ancient Greek"--

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