PREMIUM FEATURE
Advanced Search Filters
Filter search results by source, date, and more with our premium search tools.
If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to b… - Gregory of Nyssa
" "If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name. For the quality of holiness is shown not by what we say but by what we do in life.
English
Collect this quote
About Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 – c. 395), also known as Gregory Nyssen, was bishop of Nyssa, Cappadocia, from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death. He is venerated as a saint in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, and Lutheranism. Gregory, his elder brother Basil of Caesarea, and their friend Gregory of Nazianzus are collectively known as the Cappadocian Fathers.
Also Known As
Native Name:
Γρηγόριος Νύσσης
Alternative Names:
Gregorius Nyssenus
•
Gregorius
•
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Additional quotes by Gregory of Nyssa
The good and eatable fish are separated by the fishers' skill from the bad and poisonous fish, so that the enjoyment of the good should not be spoilt by any of the bad getting into the "vessels" with them. The work of true sobriety is the same; from all pursuits and habits to choose that which is pure and improving, rejecting in every case that which does not seem likely to be useful, and letting it go back into the universal and secular life, called "the sea" (Matthew 13:47-48), in the imagery of the Parable.
Loading...