On the Making of Man
Classic translation
4th c. · Dogmatic & Doctrinal · English translation, 1890
Source edition: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II (ed. Schaff & Wace, 1890–1900)
Cover art: The Wanderer Anton — Mikhail Nesterov (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
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Contents
- Note on the Treatise “On the Making of Man.”
- On the Making of Man.
- Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, to His Brother Peter, the Servant of God
- Wherein is a Partial Inquiry Into the Nature of the World, and a More Minute…
- Why Man Appeared Last, After the Creation
- That the Nature of Man is More Precious Than All the Visible Creation
- That the Construction of Man Throughout Signifies His Ruling Power
- That Man is a Likeness of the Divine Sovereignty
- An Examination of the Kindred of Mind to Nature: Wherein, by Way of Digression…
- Why Man is Destitute of Natural Weapons and Covering
- Why Man's Form is Upright; and That Hands Were Given Him Because of Reason…
- That the Form of Man Was Framed to Serve as an Instrument for the Use of Reason
- That the Mind Works by Means of the Senses
- That the Nature of Mind is Invisible
- An Examination of the Question Where the Ruling Principle is to Be Considered…
- A Rationale of Sleep, of Yawning, and of Dreams
- That the Mind is Not in a Part of the Body; Wherein Also is a Distinction of…
- That the Soul Proper, in Fact and Name, is the Rational Soul, While the Others…
- A Contemplation of the Divine Utterance Which said—“Let Us Make Man After Our…
- What We Must Answer to Those Who Raise the question—“If Procreation is After…
- That Our Irrational Passions Have Their Rise From Kindred With Irrational Nature
- To Those Who Say That the Enjoyment of the Good Things We Look for Will Again…
- What Was the Life in Paradise, and What Was the Forbidden Tree?
- That the Resurrection is Looked for as a Consequence, Not So Much From the…
- To Those Who Say, “If the Resurrection is a Thing Excellent and Good, How is it…
- That He Who Confesses the Beginning of the World's Existence Must Necessarily…
- An Argument Against Those Who Say That Matter is Co-eternal With God
- How One Even of Those Who Are Without May Be Brought to Believe the Scripture…
- That the Resurrection is Not Beyond Probability
- That it is Possible, When the Human Body is Dissolved Into the Elements of the…
- To Those Who Say That Souls Existed Before Bodies, or That Bodies Were Formed…
- An Establishment of the Doctrine That the Cause of the Existence of Soul and…
- A Brief Examination of the Construction of Our Bodies From a Medical Point of…