Catechesis and Episcopal Authority in the Life of Gregory Thaumaturgus.
In a seldom discussed episode from Gregory of Nyssa's Life of Gregory Thaumaturgus , the wonderworking bishop converts a pagan temple custodian using the written word and a miracle. Physical proofs seem essential for teaching this outsider about divine power. Yet in the very next episode the narrato...
| Publicado en: | Vigiliae Christianae Vol. 74; no. 5; pp. 515 - 540 |
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2020
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