Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Motto -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- General Introduction -- Commentary -- Commentary -- Synthesis -- The Holy Spirit Is the Spirit of the Father's Power -- The Trinitarian Theology of Adoration -- From Speaking by God through Speaking about God to Worship of the Triune Godhead -- Conclusion: Gregory's Theology of the Spirit Casts Light on Contemporary Trinitarian Theology -- Summary -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Indexes.

In his commentary on Gregory of Nyssa's Adversus Macedonianos , Piet Hein Hupsch highlights the carefully composed structure of this work and the important connection between its theological, rhetorical and stylistic elements. In his capacity of arbiter fidei , which was bestowed upon him by the Council of Constantinople in 381, Bishop Gregory wrote this circular letter in the form of a counteraccusation against the Pneumatomachi, developing his Trinitarian theology of adoration in which the Spirit occupies a central role. In a systematic-theological synthesis of this work, Hupsch shows how the Spirit draws baptised human beings and human language into the relatio of the three divine persons, the dynamic circle of divine glory of which the Spirit is the personification.

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