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THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION VOLUME 58 THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH A NEW TRANSLATION EDITORIAL BOARD Roy JOSEPH DEFERRARI The Catholic University ot America Editorial Director MSGR. JAMES A. MAGNER The Catholic University of America MARTIN R. P. MCGuIRE The Catholic University of America ROBERT P. RUSSELL,O.S.A. Villanova University HERMIGILD DRESSLER, O.F.M. The Catholic University ot America BERNARD M. PEEBLES The Catholic University of America REV. THOMAS HALTON The Catholic University of America WILLIAM R. TONGUE The Catholic University ot America REv. PETER J. RAHILL The Catholic University ot America SISTER M. JOSEPHINE BRENNAN, I.H.M. Marywood College SAINT GREGORY OF NYSSA ASCETICAL WORKS Translated by VIRGINIA WOODS CALLAHAN Howard University Washington, DC. THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS Washington, D.C. 20017 NIHIL OBSTAT: JOHN C. SELNER, S.S. Censor Librorum IMPRIMATUR: + PATRICKA. O'BOYLE, D.D. Archbishop ofWashington The Nihil obstat and Imprimatur are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the Nihil obstat and Imprimatur agree with the contents, opinions, or statements expressed. Copyright © 1967 THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS All rights reserved Reprinted 1990 First short-run reprint 1999 Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 66-30561 ISBN 0-8132-0969-2 To the dear memory of the great scholar WERNER JAEGER who taught us to know and understand St. Gregory of Nyssa this volume is affectionately and gratefully dedicated. ...