Ascetical Works Vol. 58

Name: Ascetical Works Vol. 58
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ISBN: 9780813209692

ISBN-10: 0813209692

ISBN-13: 9780813209692

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gregory of Nyssa, Virginia Woods Callahan

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In the Christian world of the fourth century, the family of St. Gregory of Nyssa was distinguished for its leadership in civic and religious affairs in the region of the Roman Empire known as Pontus. Cardinal Newman, in an essay on the trials of St. Basil, refers to the family circle which produced these two eminent Fathers as 'a sort of nursery of bishops and saints.' From St. Gregory's life of his sister, St. Macrina, a work included in this volume, we learn of the fortitude of the three preceding generations. On her death-bed, St. Macrina, recalling details of their family history, speaks of a great-grandfather martyred and all his property confiscated, and grandparents deprived of their…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Publication date: 1/30/1967
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English