On Death and Eternal Life

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The seven works in this volume (some translated for the first time) explore the great human mystery ofdeath and the promise of eternal life. They presentalong with On the Soul and the Resurrection (PPS12)a vision that is consistent, philosophically profound, and characteristic of Gregorys wider theology.The first three works (On the Dead, On Infants Taken Away before Their Time, and On the FinalSubjection of Christ) might be termed thematic essays; the fourth is a sermon celebrating Christsresurrection (On the Holy Pascha); and the remaining three are funeral homilies given for prominentpeople in Constantinople (Meletius, Pulcheria, and Flaccilla). This volume includes the critical Greek text.

Saint Gregory of Nyssa(c. A.D. 335after 384) was bishop of Nyssa and a prominent theologian of the
fourth century.