From Glory to Glory
Subtitle: Texts from Gregory of Nyssa's Mystical Writings
By: selected and with an introd. by Jean Daniélou ; translated and edited by Herbert Musurillo.
Contributors: Daniélou, Jean.; Musurillo, Herbert.
Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Crestwood, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Mysticism -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
First sentence: This collection of the spiritual writings of St Gregory of Nyssa, selected and introduced by Jean Danielou, has long been recognized as an authoritative introduction to the "father of mysticism," who exploded classical antiquity's static understanding of perfection by showing the Christian life as one of never-ending growth, a true dynamic movement "from glory to glory."
Description: This collection of the spiritual writings of St Gregory of Nyssa, selected and introduced by Jean Danielou, has long been recognized as an authoritative introduction to the "father of mysticism," who exploded classical antiquity's static understanding of perfection by showing the Christian life as one of never-ending growth, a true dynamic movement "from glory to glory."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint of the 1961 ed. published by Scribner, New York.