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Abbreviations | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Faith, the Christian Foundation | p. 1 |
Faith in late Neoplatonism: Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus | p. 4 |
The Exaltation of Faith: The State of Current Research | p. 15 |
Faith in Gregory of Nyssa: the Critical Heritage | p. 15 |
New Directions | p. 25 |
The Flow of the Mind | p. 34 |
Introduction | p. 34 |
The Mind and Passions | p. 35 |
The Mind and the Intelligible World | p. 40 |
The Mind's Ascent | p. 43 |
The Mind and Grace | p. 44 |
The Presence of God | p. 49 |
Conclusion | p. 56 |
The Grasp of Faith | p. 63 |
Introduction | p. 63 |
In Inscriptiones Psalmorum | p. 64 |
Contra Eunomium I | p. 65 |
Contra Eunomium II | p. 68 |
De vita Moysis | p. 78 |
Commentarius in Canticum canticorum | p. 85 |
Conclusion | p. 99 |
The Grasp of Faith and Supranoetic Union | p. 108 |
Introduction | p. 108 |
Celsus | p. 111 |
The Chaldaean Oracles | p. 112 |
Plotinus | p. 117 |
Parallels between Plotinus and Gregory of Nyssa | p. 124 |
Conclusion | p. 129 |
Fountain of Presence, Breasts of Wine: The Flow of Knowledge in the In Canticum canticorum | p. 131 |
Introduction | p. 131 |
The Gold of Knowledge | p. 132 |
The Flow of Water | p. 135 |
A Schema of the Flow of Knowledge | p. 148 |
Conclusion | p. 152 |
Christ Speaking Himself: The Logophatic Discourse of Paul and the Bride | p. 154 |
Introduction | p. 154 |
Paul and Logophasis | p. 155 |
The Bride and the Daughters of Jerusalem | p. 164 |
Conclusion | p. 169 |
The Luminous Dark Revisited | p. 174 |
Introduction | p. 174 |
Preliminary Considerations | p. 175 |
From Light to Increasing Darkness | p. 177 |
Light unto Light | p. 181 |
Light Communing in Light | p. 186 |
Conclusion | p. 197 |
Conclusion | p. 205 |
Bibliography | p. 213 |
Index | p. 229 |
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