Mystagogy Liturgy & Sacraments VII

IX. Gregory of Nyssa (335-395)

Chapters Considered Begins with a Precursor of a Concise Biography of the Author pg 33-36

Passing Sinless Through the Red Sea

Taken from St. Gregory’s Life of Moses, which many people consider the masterpiece of his mystical works. Written towards the end of his life.

Theme: Following St. Paul, Gregory saw the passage through the Red Sea as a foreshadowing of Baptism (1 Cor 10:1-2). We pass through the waters as the Israelites passed through the Red Sea (Ex 14). As they left behind slavery in Egypt, so we leave behind our slavery to sin.
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