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How did a precarious “sea voyage” of faith lead to the first explicit definition of theōsis? This volume invites readers to trace the development of human divinisation through the thought of Gregory of Nazianzus. Moving beyond the well-trodden paths of Gregory of Nyssa, it fills a critical gap by offering the first systematic investigation of the Nazianzen’s cryptic yet profoundly transformative theology. Readers will discover how Gregory reshapes the philosophical ideal of “assimilation to God” into a radical Christological union, transfigured through baptism. From its assonances in imperial Platonism to its nuanced reception in Syriac and Byzantine traditions, the contributions—by an international group of specialists in Greek and Syriac literature—illuminate the dogmatic core of the Cappadocian legacy. For those seeking to understand how humanity “becomes god” without forfeiting its nature, this volume offers an essential guide.
Contributors are: Notker Baumann; Gianmario Cattaneo; Carlo dell’Osso; Maria Carmen De Vita; Volker Henning Drecoll; Charles-Antoine Fogielman; Alfons Fürst; Jens Marius Gehri; Georgiana Huian; Nikolai Kiel; Ernesto Sergio Mainoldi; Giulio Maspero; Claudio Moreschini; Sébastien Morlet; Giuseppe Nardiello; Alberto Nigra; Matteo Poiani; Antonio Stefano Sembiante; Francesco Vanoni; Ilaria Vigorelli.
Contributors are: Notker Baumann; Gianmario Cattaneo; Carlo dell’Osso; Maria Carmen De Vita; Volker Henning Drecoll; Charles-Antoine Fogielman; Alfons Fürst; Jens Marius Gehri; Georgiana Huian; Nikolai Kiel; Ernesto Sergio Mainoldi; Giulio Maspero; Claudio Moreschini; Sébastien Morlet; Giuseppe Nardiello; Alberto Nigra; Matteo Poiani; Antonio Stefano Sembiante; Francesco Vanoni; Ilaria Vigorelli.
Price: $208.00
Pages: 736
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements
Publication Date:
15 October 2026
ISBN: 9789004763128
Format: Hardcover
Notker Baumann (1975), Ph.D., University of Erfurt; Professor of Ancient Church History, Patrology, and Christian Archaeology at that university; doctorate at the Pontificium Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Rome; habilitation at University of Würzburg.
Jens Marius Gehri (1995), M.Ed., University of Erfurt, is a research assistant at the Chair of Patrology. As part of his doctoral thesis, he is compiling a critical edition of Gregory Nazianzen’s Dogmatic Poems with commentary and German translation.
Alberto Nigra (1988), Ph.D., Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, Section of Turin; Professor of Patrology, Ancient Church History, and Biblical Greek; doctorate at the Pontificium Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Rome. His main area of interest is patristic Christology (4th-8th centuries).
Antonio Stefano Sembiante (1989), Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow at Italian Institute for Ancient History (Rome). He studies Late Antique Greek literature and Syriac translations from Greek. He edited the Syriac translation of Plutarch’s De cohibenda ira (Peeters 2025) and translated into Italian Gregory of Nyssa's Antirrheticus (Morcelliana 2026).
Francesco Vanoni (1998), Ph.D., University of Genoa and EPHE Paris, with a dissertation on the critical edition of Nicephorus, Antirrhetici I–II. His research focuses on late-antique and Byzantine patristic texts and manuscripts, with particular attention to philology, transmission, and doctrinal controversy.
Matteo Raterio Poiani (b. 1995), Ph.D., is a member of the Benedictine community of Praglia Abbey (Padua). His research focuses on Evagrius and his reception in Latin and Syriac traditions, especially among East Syriac mystics, and on fifth-century Syriac poetry (Cyrillona and Isaac of Antioch).
Jens Marius Gehri (1995), M.Ed., University of Erfurt, is a research assistant at the Chair of Patrology. As part of his doctoral thesis, he is compiling a critical edition of Gregory Nazianzen’s Dogmatic Poems with commentary and German translation.
Alberto Nigra (1988), Ph.D., Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, Section of Turin; Professor of Patrology, Ancient Church History, and Biblical Greek; doctorate at the Pontificium Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Rome. His main area of interest is patristic Christology (4th-8th centuries).
Antonio Stefano Sembiante (1989), Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow at Italian Institute for Ancient History (Rome). He studies Late Antique Greek literature and Syriac translations from Greek. He edited the Syriac translation of Plutarch’s De cohibenda ira (Peeters 2025) and translated into Italian Gregory of Nyssa's Antirrheticus (Morcelliana 2026).
Francesco Vanoni (1998), Ph.D., University of Genoa and EPHE Paris, with a dissertation on the critical edition of Nicephorus, Antirrhetici I–II. His research focuses on late-antique and Byzantine patristic texts and manuscripts, with particular attention to philology, transmission, and doctrinal controversy.
Matteo Raterio Poiani (b. 1995), Ph.D., is a member of the Benedictine community of Praglia Abbey (Padua). His research focuses on Evagrius and his reception in Latin and Syriac traditions, especially among East Syriac mystics, and on fifth-century Syriac poetry (Cyrillona and Isaac of Antioch).