Fed to Perfection: Mother's Milk, Roman Family Values, and the Transformation of the Soul in Gregory of Nyssa
Prompted by Michel Foucault's observation that “salvation is first of all essentially subsistence,” this essay explores Gregory of Nyssa's discussion of Christian spiritual formation as a kind of salvific and transformative feeding of infants. This article argues that the prominent role of...
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Church history
Year: 2015, Volume: 84, Issue: 3, Pages: 495-530 |
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Gregory of Nyssa 335-394
/ Basilius, Caesariensis 330-379
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