Grégoire de Nysse: canoniste et moraliste

Saint Gregory of Nyssa (335-395), one of the three Cappadocian Fathers, is known for his skills as a theologian, dogmatist, anti-heretical polemicist, mystical writer, but he is less known as an ecclesiastical canonist and moralist preacher. Starting from the recent publication in the collection Sources Chrétiennes, Grégoire de Nysse: Lettre canonique, Lettre sur la pythonisse et Six homélies pastorales, we will approach two lesser-known themes from the work of the Cappadocian: canonist and moralist. In the writings published in volume 588 of the French scientific collection, the Nyssen answers some brothers bishops on these topics starting from the concrete situations experienced in the communities that they shepherd. After leaving the catacombs, the Church finds itself forced to adopt a canonical code and moral norms to put into practice the teaching of Christ and to implement the Gospel values in the light of the Saviour’s Resurrection.