Catechetical Discourse Saint Gregory Of Nyssa by Saint Gregory Of Nyssa 9780881416510, 0881416517 instant download after payment.

The beauty of St. Gregory's theological vision is deep, far ranging, and compelling. He has much
to offer our age, which in many ways resembles Julian the Apostate’s
project: he rejected Christ and the Church, but ended up aping the beauty
and love found in the gospel. e answer to an apostate age is both
defense and persuasion. St Gregory can be emulated today, both in his
adroit defense of the faith, and in the persuasive power of his portrayal of
the surpassing beauty of Christ. He shows us how to engage in a discourse
that is properly catechetical, “so that the Church may be increased by the
‘addition of those being saved’” and that they too may adore Christ on
bended knee, knowing him and naming him as the Church teaches us,
crying out:
O radiant fountain, ever gushing with life, creative power co-eternalwith the Father, who with surpassing beauty hast fulfilled the whole
economy of the salvation of mankind; O Christ our God, who didst
burst the indestructible bonds of death and the bolts of hades, and hast
trampled down multitudes of evil spirits; who didst offer thyself for us
as a blameless victim, giving thine immaculate body as a sacrifice,
inviolate and unblemished by any sin, and through that dread and
indescribable act of sacrifice, didst bestow eternal life upon us; who
didst descend into hades and break down its eternal bars, showing forth
the way up to those who sat below; thou who, in thy wisdom, didst baitand hook the ruler of evil, the dragon of the abyss, and with cords of
gloom didst bind him in Tartarus, in unquenable fire, confining him
to the outer darkness by thine infinite might; O glorious Wisdom of the
Father, who didst manifest thyself as a mighty ally to the oppressed,
enlightening those that sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
thou Lord of eternal glory and beloved Son of the Father most high,
Light everlasting of Light everlasting, Sun of righteousness…
(Third Kneeling Prayer, Vespers of Pentecost)