Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa on Biblical Interpretation

About this episode

This episode explores the differing styles of biblical interpretation by Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, two prominent figures in the early Church.

Among the luminaries of the early Church were two brothers: Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. Both were bishops, wrote theological treatises and made important contributions to the Church. And yet their style of biblical interpretation was very different. How and why? Music attribution: "Galway" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jeannie Constantinou

Topics covered

• biblical interpretation
• early Church
• theological treatises
• Basil the Great
• Gregory of Nyssa
• Christianity

Keywords

• Basil the Great
• Gregory of Nyssa
• biblical interpretation
• early Church
• theology
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ancient Faith Ministries

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