Gregory of Nyssa

These proceedings present the results of the 11th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa held in Tübingen in 2008. The Trinitarian thought of Gregory deserves special attention because of its importance for the ending of the Trinitarian controversy in the late fourth century, paving the way for the widely accepted Trinitarian theology in the fifth century. This volume (which does not include Contra Eunomium) offers a contribution to the research on Gregorys Trinitarian theology as it is present notably in his so-called minor treatises. It provides a German translation of Ad Eustathium, Ad Graecos, Ad Ablabium, Ad Simplicium, Adversus Macedonianos, and De deitate filii. Detailed analysis of each treatise is accompanied by supporting studies on related theological and philosophical themes, followed by contributions which take into consideration the link between Gregorys Trinitarian thought and the christological question (In illud tunc et ipse filius, the anti-Apollinarist works).

Volker Henning Drecoll, Dr. theol. (1996), Westflische-Wilhelms-Universitt Mnster, Ephorus of the Evangelisches Stift Tbingen, is Professor of Church History at the Evangelisch-theologische Tbingen. He has published on Greek Theology of the fourth century AD. especially on Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa. Margitta Berchaus studied Theology and Classics at the Westflische-Wilhelms-Universitt Mnster and at the Universit di Bologna. She is an assistant lecturer for Patristic studies at the Evangelisch-theologische Fakultt Tbingen.