Gregory of Nyssa on Apollinarius
Few have done a deep dive into the early theological controversies and many more tend to consider these not to be relevant to our practice of spirituality as Christians. I have found that to be quite inaccurate and naive. Thus I have been doing more reading about the major Church leaders and thinkers from the 3rd and 4th centuries of the Christian era. I share this as it is an accessible summary of very important ideas which since shaped how Christians think theologically and implement their faith in Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God. This quote is taken from a book by John Behr. It is part of a series he did on the Early Church Fathers, specific to the question of who is Jesus Christ and how Christians wrestled through how to speak of him accurately and reverently. Gregory of Nyssa’s critique of the teaching of Apollinarius: “In his Antirrheticus against Apollinarius , Gregory laboriously, and rather tediously, refutes Apollinarius’ Exposition concerning the Incarnation o