Gregory of Nyssa’s
Homilies on the Our Father are the second explanation of this central prayer of Christian worship in Greek Antiquity. Composed at the end of the 4th century, these five homilies offer a spiritual and pastoral commentary of the Pater Noster. The present volume, edited by Matthieu Cassin (Paris), Hélène Grelier-Deneux (Paris) and Françoise Vinel (Strasbourg), offers introductory materials, a new English translation, the first edition of the 15th century Latin translation by Athanasios Chalkeopoulos, together with five studies that form a commentary for the different homilies, and nineteen shorter contributions on various aspects of the text. The contributors envisage the text according to exegesis and theology, but also to philosophy, rhetoric and history of Christian communities.
Matthieu Cassin, researcher at the Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (CNRS, Paris), is a specialist of Gregory of Nyssa and of the transmission of Greek Patristic Texts. He also works on Greek manuscripts and library history. He has recently published a new edition and translation of the
Homilies on the Our Father of Gregory of Nyssa, together with Christian Boudignon (Sources chrétiennes 596, Paris, 2018).
Hélène Grelier-Deneux, Ph. D. (2008) in Greek Patristic, is Lecturer in Greek Literature at the University Paris Nanterre. She works on Gregory of Nyssa, exegetical traditions and religious controversies. At the moment, she is preparing a monography about Gregory of Nyssa against Apolinarius of Laodicea.
Françoise Vinel, Emeritus Professor at Strasbourg University (Faculty of Catholic Theology) is a specialist of Gregory of Nyssa and of Bible's Interpretation in Late Antiquity. She also works on
La Bible d’Alexandrie, the Septuaginta French Translation. She published Gregory of Nyssa's
Homilies on Eccleclesiastes (Sources chrétiennes 416) and is preparing together with Mariette Canévet Gregory’s
Homilies on the Song of Songs for Sources chrétiennes.
Preface Previous Colloquia (1969–2014) Abbreviations Notes on Contributors
Part 1 Introduction
Tradition néoplatonicienne et tradition chrétienne de la prière Andrei Timotin
Les Homélies sur le Notre Père : composition, unité, visée (σκοπός) Françoise Vinel
De la composition des Homélies sur le Notre Père à leurs lectures byzantines Matthieu Cassin
Part 2 Translations
Introduction to the English Translation Mark DelCogliano and Andrew Radde-Gallwitz
Gregory of Nyssa, On the Our Father Mark DelCogliano and Andrew Radde-Gallwitz
The Latin Translation of Gregory of Nyssa’s De oratione dominica by Athanasius Chalkeopoulos Francisco Bastitta Harriet and José Luis Narvaja sj
Gregorii Nysseni In orationem dominicam (editio princeps) Francisco Bastitta Harriet and José Luis Narvaja sj
Part 3 Commentary of the Homilies
L’ Homélie ISur le Notre Père de Grégoire de Nysse Hélène Grelier-Deneux
Gregory of Nyssa, “Our Father in Heaven”: De oratione dominica, II (SC 348–384) Lenka Karfíková
The Trinitarian Reading of the Lord’s Prayer: The Third Homily Giulio Maspero
Homilies on the Lord’s PrayerIV: “Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven; Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread” Morwenna Ludlow
Gregor von Nyssa, De oratione dominica 5: Darstellung und Analyse Volker Henning Drecoll
Part 4 Supporting Studies
Section 1
Thematic Studies Les cinq Homélies sur le Notre Père de Grégoire de Nysse appartiennent-elles à la tradition ΠΕΡΙΕΥΧΗΣ ? Ou la magie de la première phrase Christian Boudignon
Convergences et divergences entre interprétation du Psautier et exégèse du Notre Père Jean Reynard
Les figures bibliques dans les Homélies sur le Notre Père de Grégoire de Nysse : comparaison avec le traité Sur la prière d’ Origène Daniel Vigne
Preghiera e comunione con Dio: un aspetto del De oratione dominica di Gregorio di Nissa visto alla luce di StromataVII di Clemente di Alessandria Ilaria Vigorelli
Section 2
Specific Studies “Thy Kingdom Come”: The Concept of the Kingdom of God in Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies On the Lord’s Prayer Constantinos Bozinis
La parrhêsia: parlare di Dio, parlare con Dio nelle opere di Gregorio di Nissa Chiara Curzel
Alienation from the Reality and Substance of Hope in Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies on the Lord’s Prayer Scot Douglass
The Homilies on the Our Father and Gregory of Nyssa’s Interpretation of Human Free Will as the Divine Image in Man Jonathan Farrugia
Section 3
Studies on Individual Homilies Whose Prayer Is Mere Babbling? Gregory of Nyssa and Origen on the battologein in Matt 6:7 Ralph Hennings
The Shadow of Good Things to Come: Exodus 19–20 and Exodus 28 as Intertexts in Gregory of Nyssa’s Second and Third Homilies on the Lord’s Prayer Judith Kovacs (†)
The Source of Our Parrhesia: Christ’s High Priestly Work in De Oratione DominicaII–III Warren Smith
«Dal Figlio» (De oratione dominica, III, GNO 43,1-2; SC 424,1-2) Giovanni Manabu Akiyama
L’ unicité d’ opération chez Grégoire de Nysse : une étude d’ histoire des doctrines en marge de la troisième Homélie sur l’ oraison dominicale Xavier Morales
L’ « Esprit du Christ » d’ après la 3e Homélie de Grégoire de Nysse sur la Prière dominicale Michel Stavrou
La preghiera guarisce il morbo dell’anima: per un’interpretazione dell’Or. dom. IV di Gregorio Nisseno Matteo Monfrinotti
The Bread Demanded by Nature: Gregory of Nyssa’s Interpretation of the “Daily Bread” in the Context of Greco-Roman Moral Instruction on Moderation and Excess Siiri Toiviainen Rø
« Que ta volonté soit faite sur la terre comme au ciel » (Mt 6, 10) : L’ interprétation de Grégoire de Nysse au miroir de l’ exégèse des Pères grecs Marie-Odile Boulnois
Section 4
Reception L’ hymne de la prière de Grégoire de Nysse dans trois textes mis sous les noms d’ Éphrem et de Jean Chrysostome Guillaume Bady
La antropología de Gregorio de Nisa en el Quattrocento: la traducción latina del De oratione dominica por Atanasio Chalkéopoulos y su posible recepción en Giovanni Pico Francisco Bastitta Harriet
Biblical Index Index of Ancient and Medieval Texts Index of Ancient and Medieval Names
Academic readership in Patristic and History of Theology will be interested in these studies on a major text of Christian Exegesis; the English translation should be useful in Academic Libraries.