Helena PANCZOVÁ - God’s Revelation to Moses

Helena PANCZOVÁ

PhD Faculty of Theology, Trnava University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Abstract:

In the Book II of the Life of Moses Gregory presents his idea of the way towards human perfection through the life of virtue. There is one strong feature that characterizes Gregory’s view: human strife is connected with God’s Incarnation. This connection between anthropology and Christology comes to the fore in the three places of the work Life of Moses where God reveals himself to Moses: the theopany in the burning bush, the theophany in darkness at Sinai, and the revelation of God’s glory. All three theophanies present similar themes: divine call to humans to renew the image of God; that it is important to know God because it forms the life of virtue; how it is possible to know God; the Incarnation as the way to know God; the Incarnation as the basis that makes the renewal of the image of God in humans possible.

Keywords:

Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses, spiritual development, virtue, image of God in humans

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