Church Fatherc. 335–395

Gregory of Nyssa

Who

Bishop of Nyssa, brother of Basil, mystical theologian and one of the earliest witnesses to the belief that Mary bore Christ without pain.

What Pitre quotes

On the Song of Songs 13 — Isaiah 66:7 fulfilled in Mary's painless birth; 'it was necessary that the Mother of life, after having conceived in joy, should give birth in joy as well' (pp 132, 135)

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ArgumentThe surprising claim about Mary's birth pangs at Bethlehem.
On the Song of Songs 13 (pp 132, 135)
ArgumentPainless at Bethlehem, pains at the passion — Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, John Damascene; Mater Dolorosa
On the Song of Songs 13 (p 132)
ArgumentThree meanings of the miraculous birth — divinity (Leo), new creation (Ephrem), resurrection as birth (Ephrem, Romans 8:29)
On the Song of Songs 13 (p 135)

Passages · 1

PassageGregory of Nyssa — On the Song of Songs 13
Isaiah 66:7 fulfilled in Mary's painless birth; 'it was necessary that the Mother of life, after having conceived in joy, should give birth in joy as well' (pp 132, 135)

Verses discussed · 2

VerseGenesis 3:16
VerseIsaiah 66:7

See also · 3

Referenced by · 6

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