gregory of nyssa
Against Eunomius
A long reply to Eunomius, arguing that God's essence lies beyond every name we can give it.
Answer to Eunomius' Second Book
A further answer to Eunomius, on language, knowledge, and the limits of human speech about God.
Funeral Oration on Meletius
A funeral address for the bishop of Antioch, delivered before the assembled council.
Letters
Letters on travel, friendship, church affairs, and the building of a house of prayer.
On 'Not Three Gods.'
A short answer to the objection that three persons must mean three Gods.
On Infants' Early Deaths
A tender treatment of what becomes of children who die before they can choose anything.
On Pilgrimages
A letter observing that a journey to Jerusalem adds nothing that God is not already giving at home.
On the Baptism of Christ
A sermon for Epiphany on the Jordan, on water made holy, and on the light of baptism.
On the Faith
A short letter to Simplicius, setting out plainly what Christians believe concerning the Son.
On the Holy Spirit
An argument from Scripture that the Spirit shares the one nature and glory of Father and Son.
On the Holy Trinity, and of the Godhead of the Holy Spirit
A letter to Eustathius on the unity of the Godhead and the full divinity of the Spirit.
On the Making of Man
A study of humanity as the image of God, joining the soul, the body, and the whole created order.
On the Soul and the Resurrection
A dialogue with his dying sister Macrina on grief, the soul, and the hope of resurrection.
On Virginity
A treatise praising the undivided life, written with unusual candour about the cost of every path.
The Great Catechism
An orderly account of the faith for teachers, from the Trinity through the Incarnation to the sacraments.