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Gregory of Nyssa on Perfection"God Continually Expands the Possibilities of the Soul" VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 5, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today at the general audience in St. Peter's Square. The Holy Father continued his reflection focused on St. Gregory of Nyssa. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters! I offer you some aspects of St. Gregory of Nyssa's teaching, which we already talked about last Wednesday. First of all, Gregory of Nyssa shows a highly elevated sense of man's dignity. Man's aim, says the bishop-saint, is to make himself like God, and...

St. Gregory of Nyssa"A Pillar of Orthodoxy" VATICAN CITY, AUG. 29, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today at the general audience in St. Peter's Square. The reflection focused on St. Gregory of Nyssa. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters! In the last few catecheses I spoke about two great doctors of the Church of the fourth century, Basil and Gregory Nazianzen, bishop of Cappadocia, in present-day Turkey. Today we add a third, Basil's brother, St. Gregory of Nyssa, who showed himself to be a man of meditative character, with a great capacity...