The Contra Eunomium is probably Gregory of Nyssa’s most challenging work with regards to his theological and philosophical thought, and one that continues to draw the deeper attention of contemporary scholars.
This volume devoted to Contra Eunomium I constitutes, in a certain way, a new version of the Proceedings of the 6th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (1988). It offers a revised English translation of Contra Eunomium I by S. G. Hall, accompanied by twenty-two supporting studies from a broad range of philological, philosophical, and theological perspectives. These studies include a selection of the most relevant papers of the 1988 Proceedings, supplemented with new contributions that explore relevant issues developed by contemporary research.
Miguel Brugarolas, Ph.D. (2011) in Theology, (University of Navarra, Spain) is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Navarra. He has published on Gregory of Nyssa’s Trinitarian theology and Christology.
'It is very good news that Brill’s trilogy of scholarship on Contra Eunomium has now been completed. [...] It also now includes (like the volumes on CE II and III) an English translation of Gregory’s work by Stuart George Hall. As in his translations of CE II and III, he is successful in his aim of writing ‘good modern English’ whilst reflecting Gregory’s ‘highly literary style’[.. ] There is much excellent bibliographical material added by the current editors in footnotes to the older studies in this volume.' - ROBIN ORTON, London, in: Journal of Theological Studies 70.2 (October 2019)
PrefaceList of Contributors
Part 1 Introduction
Der geschichtliche Hintergrund des ersten Buches Contra Eunomium Gregors von NyssaBasil Studer L’ influence d’ Aèce sur Eunome est-elle repérable dans le Contre EunomeI de Grégoire de Nysse ?Raymond Winling Gregory of Nyssa’s Letters 29 and 30 and the Contra EunomiumAnna Silvas
Part 2 Translation
Introduction to the TranslationStuart G. Hall English Translation: Gregory of Nyssa Contra Eunomium IStuart G. Hall
Part 3 Supporting Studies
Das Vokabular des Eunomios im Kontext GregorsFriedhelm Mann L’ aspect cosmologique de la philosophie d’ Eunome pour la réprise de l’ Hexaemeron basilien par Grégoire de NysseMichel van Esbroeck Theurgic Neo-Platonism and the Eunomius-Gregory Debate: An Examination of the BackgroundPaulos Mar Gregorios Sofística y verdad en el exordio del Contra EunomiumIJosé Luis Illanes Dogmatics and Politics in Gregory of Nyssa: Monarchy, Democracy, Kingship, Tyranny & Anarchy in the Against EunomiusConstantine Bozinis Zu den sprachphilosophischen Grundlagen in der Schrift Contra Eunomium des Gregor von NyssaTheo Kobusch Die biblische Argumentation Gregors von Nyssa im ersten Buch Contra EunomiumHubertus R. Drobner Logic and Application of Names to GodG. Christopher Stead The Divine Simplicity: Contra EunomiumI 223–241Anthony Meredith On Energeia in St Gregory of Nyssa’s Contra EunomiumITorstein T. Tollefsen The Created and the Uncreated in Gregory of Nyssa’s Contra EunomiumI 270–295 (GNOI 105–113)Alden A. Mosshammer Divine Attributes and God’s Unity in the Contra EunomiumI of Gregory of NyssaMiguel Brugarolas Trinitarian Theology in Gregory of Nyssa’s Contra EunomiumI: The Interplay between Ontology and ScriptureGiulio Maspero Gott Vater nach dem ersten Buch gegen Eunomius des Gregor von NyssaLenka Karfíková La distinction γεννητος/αγεννητος dans le Contra EunomiumIXavier Batllo The σχέσις of the Father and of the Son in the Contra EunomiumIIlaria Vigorelli La pneumatologie du Contra EunomiumIElias D. Moutsoulas Christology and Soteriology in the Contra EunomiumILucas F. Mateo-Seco Fragments of Gregory of Nyssa’s Contra Eunomium in Syriac TranslationMartien F. Parmentier Indices