Gregory of Nyssa: Homilies on the Our Father. An English Translation with Commentary and Supporting Studies

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.

• PrefacePrevious Colloquia (1969–2014)AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsPart 1 IntroductionTradition néoplatonicienne et tradition chrétienne de la prièreAndrei TimotinLes Homélies sur le Notre Père : composition, unité, visée (σκοπός)Françoise VinelDe la composition des Homélies sur le Notre Père à leurs lectures byzantinesMatthieu CassinPart 2 TranslationsIntroduction to the English TranslationMark DelCogliano and Andrew Radde-GallwitzGregory of Nyssa, On the Our FatherMark DelCogliano and Andrew Radde-GallwitzThe Latin Translation of Gregory of Nyssa’s De oratione dominica by Athanasius ChalkeopoulosFrancisco Bastitta Harriet and José Luis Narvaja sjGregorii Nysseni In orationem dominicam (editio princeps)Francisco Bastitta Harriet and José Luis Narvaja sjPart 3 Commentary of the HomiliesL’ Homélie I Sur le Notre Père de Grégoire de NysseHélène Grelier-DeneuxGregory of Nyssa, “Our Father in Heaven”: De oratione dominica, II (SC 348–384)Lenka KarfíkováThe Trinitarian Reading of the Lord’s Prayer: The Third HomilyGiulio MasperoHomilies on the Lord’s Prayer IV: “Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven; Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”Morwenna LudlowGregor von Nyssa, De oratione dominica 5: Darstellung und AnalyseVolker Henning DrecollPart 4 Supporting StudiesSection 1 Thematic StudiesLes cinq Homélies sur le Notre Père de Grégoire de Nysse appartiennent-elles à la tradition ΠΕΡΙ ΕΥΧΗΣ ? Ou la magie de la première phraseChristian BoudignonConvergences et divergences entre interprétation du Psautier et exégèse du Notre PèreJean ReynardLes figures bibliques dans les Homélies sur le Notre Père de Grégoire de Nysse : comparaison avec le traité Sur la prière d’ OrigèneDaniel VignePreghiera e comunione con Dio: un aspetto del De oratione dominica di Gregorio di Nissa visto alla luce di Stromata VII di Clemente di AlessandriaIlaria VigorelliSection 2 Specific Studies“Thy Kingdom Come”: The Concept of the Kingdom of God in Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies On the Lord’s PrayerConstantinos BozinisLa parrhêsia: parlare di Dio, parlare con Dio nelle opere di Gregorio di NissaChiara CurzelAlienation from the Reality and Substance of Hope in Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies on the Lord’s PrayerScot DouglassThe Homilies on the Our Father and Gregory of Nyssa’s Interpretation of Human Free Will as the Divine Image in ManJonathan FarrugiaSection 3 Studies on Individual HomiliesWhose Prayer Is Mere Babbling? Gregory of Nyssa and Origen on the battologein in Matt 6:7Ralph HenningsThe 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 PrayerJudith Kovacs (†)The Source of Our Parrhesia: Christ’s High Priestly Work in De Oratione Dominica II–IIIWarren Smith«Dal Figlio» (De oratione dominica, III, GNO 43,1-2; SC 424,1-2)Giovanni Manabu AkiyamaL’ unicité d’ opération chez Grégoire de Nysse : une étude d’ histoire des doctrines en marge de la troisième Homélie sur l’ oraison dominicaleXavier MoralesL’ « Esprit du Christ » d’ après la 3e Homélie de Grégoire de Nysse sur la Prière dominicaleMichel StavrouLa preghiera guarisce il morbo dell’anima: per un’interpretazione dell’Or. dom. IV di Gregorio NissenoMatteo MonfrinottiThe Bread Demanded by Nature: Gregory of Nyssa’s Interpretation of the “Daily Bread” in the Context of Greco-Roman Moral Instruction on Moderation and ExcessSiiri 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 grecsMarie-Odile BoulnoisSection 4 ReceptionL’ hymne de la prière de Grégoire de Nysse dans trois textes mis sous les noms d’ Éphrem et de Jean ChrysostomeGuillaume BadyLa antropología de Gregorio de Nisa en el Quattrocento: la traducción latina del De oratione dominica por Atanasio Chalkéopoulos y su posible recepción en Giovanni PicoFrancisco Bastitta HarrietBiblical IndexIndex of Ancient and Medieval TextsIndex of Ancient and Medieval Names