#gregorio niseno

[cruger2984]

THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT GREGORY OF NYSSA The Cappadocian Church Father and Patron of Musicians, Singers, Students and Teachers Feast Day: January 10

"Since with all my soul I behold the face of my beloved, therefore all the beauty of his form is seen in me."

The son of two saints, Basil and Emmilia, young Gregory was raised by his older brother, St. Basil the Great, and his sister, Macrina, in modern-day Turkey. Gregory's success in his studies suggested great things were ahead for him. After becoming a professor of rhetoric, he was persuaded to devote his learning and efforts to the Church. By then married, Gregory went on to study for the priesthood and become ordained (this at a time when celibacy was not a matter of law for priests).

He was elected Bishop of Nyssa in 372, a period of great tension over the Arian heresy, which denied the divinity of Christ. Briefly arrested after being falsely accused of embezzling Church funds, Gregory was restored to his see in 378, an act met with great joy by his people.

It was after the death of his beloved brother Basil, that Gregory really came into his own. He wrote with great effectiveness against Arianism and other questionable doctrines, gaining a reputation as a defender of orthodoxy. He was sent on missions to counter other heresies and held a position of prominence at the Council of Constantinople. His fine reputation stayed with him for the remainder of his life, but over the centuries it gradually declined as the authorship of his writings became less and less certain. But, thanks to the work of scholars in the 20th century, his stature is once again appreciated. Indeed, St. Gregory of Nyssa is seen not simply as a pillar of orthodoxy but as one of the great contributors to the mystical tradition in Christian spirituality and to monasticism itself.

Source: Franciscan Media

[big-takeshi]

La mujer no es imagen de Dios, sino del varón, y por tanto debe obediencia. Se basaron los diversos autores para ello en relatos como el del segundo capítulo del Génesis en que la mujer es creada como ayuda para el hombre y a partir de su imagen. San Pablo viene a reforzar estas ideas diciendo que «El hombre, no debe cubrir su cabeza, porque él es la imagen y el relejo de Dios, mientras que la mujer es el relejo del hombre». Gregorio Niseno será de los pocos que destaquen que el primer capítulo del Génesis dice claramente que Dios, al crear el ser humano, lo «hizo macho y hembra». Patricia González Gutiérrez.