Slavery in Gregory of Nyssa as a Wound that We Inflict Upon Christ

In 2009, David Bentley Hart made bold claims about Gregory of Nyssa as the first in the ancient world to denounce slavery in utterly uncompromising terms. This was in Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies (Yale University Press). While Hart does not provide much by way of footnoting or defense in his … Continue reading Slavery in Gregory of Nyssa as a Wound that We Inflict Upon Christ →

The Fall is Only Visible to Christians

Fr. John Behr gave a lecture recently about his forthcoming translation and critical Greek edition of On the Human Image of God by Gregory of Nyssa. It has a 8,000 word introduction and is due out in December or January. The title is what Behr gives as the correct title of the work that has … Continue reading The Fall is Only Visible to Christians →

Motherhood and Sonship as the Image of God in the Theology of Mother Maria of Paris

Today has been the liturgical anniversary of the execution of Mother Maria of Paris in a gas chamber at the Ravensbrück concentration camp on Holy Saturday 1945. Her remarkable theological insights into motherhood as a basic aspect of the divine image in each of us came to mind vividly for me this year during the … Continue reading Motherhood and Sonship as the Image of God in the Theology of Mother Maria of Paris →