Abstract
AbstractThis article advances two related claims about Gregory of Nyssa's soteriology. Based on a reading of Homilies 13, 14 and 15 of the In Canticum Canticorum, I argue that Gregory conceived of humanity's salvation as membership in Christ’s pneumatic body. I proceed to argue that Gregory's theological basis for adopting this view of salvation – that is, trinitarian unity of activity, Spirit‐based Christology and Christ as ‘first fruit’ – helps us better to understand the relationship between the so‐called ‘humanistic’ and ‘physical’ aspects of his soteriology. I offer a response, therefore, to an influential interpretation of Gregory’s soteriology that originated with Wilhelm Herrmann, and has most recently been advocated by Johannes Zachhuber.
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