Gregorii Nysseni Opera Online is the editio maior - the authoritative critical edition - of Gregory of Nyssa's works.
Edited by Ekkehard Mühlenberg and Giulio Maspero, it is based on all available known manuscripts, introduced with a complete discussion of the textual transmission, and accompanied by extensive annotations on the biblical, classical and patristic sources, and indices.
How to use Gregorii Nysseni Opera Online
Gregorii Nysseni Opera Online consists of 60 works. Please note that De hominis opificio is still forthcoming.
Brill’s print edition of Gregorii Nysseni Opera is the editio maior of Gregory’s works. Canonical references therefore are to its page and line numbers. For that reason, this online edition maintains that structure. Lines are of the same length, and can be found on the same page, as in the print edition.
CTS URNs
This online edition of Gregorii Nysseni Opera Opera uses CTS URNs to identify the works. For example, tlg2017.tlg001 identifies Ad Eustathium de sancta trinitate.
The prefix tlg2017 identifies the textgroup, i.e. the corpus of works with the attributed authorship of Gregory of Nyssa. The subsequent tlg001 identifies the work.
The identifiers used in these URNs were minted by the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. The TLG lists 84 works by Gregory of Nyssya (plus some doubles), whereas Gregorii Nysseni Opera Opera has 60. Moreover, The TLG identifiers for these works differ from the numbers assigned to them in the printed edition of Gregorii Nysseni Opera Online. The following table provides a concordance.
List of works ordered by TLG and GNOO number
| URN | Work | Remark | GNO Number | GNO title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tlg2017.tlg001 | Ad Eustathium de sancta trinitate | - | 3 | Ad Eustathium, De sancta trinitate |
| tlg2017.tlg002 | Ad Graecos ex communibus notionibus | - | 4 | Ad Graecos, Ex communibus notionibus |
| tlg2017.tlg003 | Ad Ablabium quod non sint tres dei | - | 5 | Ad Ablabium, Quod non sint tres dei |
| tlg2017.tlg004 | Ad Simplicium de fide | - | 6 | Ad Simplicium, De fide |
| tlg2017.tlg005 | Adversus Arium et Sabellium de patre et filio | - | 7 | Adversus Arium et Sabellium |
| tlg2017.tlg006 | Adversus Macedonianos de spiritu sancto | - | 8 | Adversus Macedonianos, De spiritu sancto |
| tlg2017.tlg007 | Ad Theophilum adversus Apollinaristas | - | 9 | Ad Theophilum |
| tlg2017.tlg008 | Antirrheticus adversus Apollinarium | - | 10 | Antirrheticus adversus Apolinarium |
| tlg2017.tlg009 | De mortuis non esse dolendum | - | 34 | De mortuis |
| tlg2017.tlg010 | De beneficentia (vulgo De pauperibus amandis i) | - | 35 | De beneficentia |
| tlg2017.tlg011 | In illud: Quatenus uni ex his fecistis mihi fecistis (vulgo De pauperibus amandis ii) | - | 36 | In illud: Quaternus uni ex his fecistis |
| tlg2017.tlg012 | Contra usurarios | - | 37 | Contra usurarios |
| tlg2017.tlg013 | Contra fornicarios | - | 38 | Contra fornicarios |
| tlg2017.tlg014 | In diem luminum (vulgo In baptismum Christi oratio) | - | 39 | In diem luminum |
| tlg2017.tlg015 | In sanctum pascha (vulgo In Christi resurrectionem oratio iii) | - | 40 | In sanctum Pascha |
| tlg2017.tlg016 | De tridui inter mortem et resurrectionem domini nostri Jesu Christi spatio (vulgo In Christi resurrectionem oratio i) | - | 41 | De tridui inter mortem et resurrectionem domini nostri Iesu Christi spatio |
| tlg2017.tlg017 | In sanctum et salutare pascha (vulgo In Christi resurrectionem oratio iv) | - | 42 | In sanctum et salutare Pascha |
| tlg2017.tlg018 | In luciferam sanctam domini resurrectionem (vulgo In Christi resurrectionem oratio v) [Sp.] | - | 43 | In luciferam sanctam domini resurrectionem |
| tlg2017.tlg019 | In ascensionem Christi | - | 44 | In ascensionem |
| tlg2017.tlg020 | De deitate adversus Evagrium (vulgo In suam ordinationem) | - | 45 | De deitate adversus Euagrium |
| tlg2017.tlg021 | Oratio funebris in Meletium episcopum | - | 46 | In Meletium |
| tlg2017.tlg022 | Oratio consolatoria in Pulcheriam | - | 47 | In Pulcheriam |
| tlg2017.tlg023 | Oratio funebris in Flacillam imperatricem | - | 48 | In Flacillam |
| tlg2017.tlg024 | De instituto Christiano | - | 28 | De instituto Christiano |
| tlg2017.tlg025 | De professione Christiana ad Harmonium | - | 29 | De professione Christiana |
| tlg2017.tlg026 | De perfectione Christiana ad Olympium monachum | - | 30 | De perfectione |
| tlg2017.tlg027 | In inscriptiones Psalmorum | - | 21 | In inscriptiones Psalmorum |
| tlg2017.tlg028 | In sextum Psalmum | - | 22 | In sextum Psalmum |
| tlg2017.tlg029 | In Ecclesiasten (homiliae 8) | - | 23 | In Ecclesiasten |
| tlg2017.tlg030 | Contra Eunomium | - | 1 | Contra Eunomium (liber I, II, III) |
| tlg2017.tlg031 | Refutatio confessionis Eunomii | - | 2 | Refutatio Confessionis Eunomii |
| tlg2017.tlg032 | In Canticum canticorum (homiliae 15) | - | 24 | In canticum canticorum |
| tlg2017.tlg033 | Epistulae | several letters | 33 | Epistulae |
| tlg2017.tlg034 | De creatione hominis sermo primus [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg035 | De creatione hominis sermo alter [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg036 | De paradiso [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg037 | De creatione hominis sermo primus (recensio C) [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg038 | De creatione hominis sermo alter (recensio C) [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg039 | De paradiso (recensio ΛF) [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg040 | Encomium in sanctum Stephanum protomartyrem i | - | 51 | In sanctum Stephanum I |
| tlg2017.tlg041 | Vita sanctae Macrinae | - | 32 | Vita Macrinae |
| tlg2017.tlg042 | De vita Mosis | - | 25 | De vita Moysis |
| tlg2017.tlg043 | De virginitate | - | 31 | De virginitate |
| tlg2017.tlg044 | De virginitate (recensio altera) | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg046 | Oratio catechetica magna | alt. edition (Mühlenberg) as tlg2017.tlg088 | 16 | Oratio catechetica |
| tlg2017.tlg047 | De oratione dominica orationes v | - | 26 | De oratione dominica |
| tlg2017.tlg048 | In Basilium fratrem | - | 53 | In Basilium fratrem |
| tlg2017.tlg049 | Oratio in diem natalem Christi | - | 58 | In diem natalem |
| tlg2017.tlg051 | In annuntiationem [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg052 | Inventio imaginis in Camulianis [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg053 | Orationes viii de beatitudinibus | - | 27 | De beatitudinibus |
| tlg2017.tlg055 | Ad imaginem dei et ad similitudinem [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg056 | Dialogus de anima et resurrectione | - | 15 | De anima et resurrectione |
| tlg2017.tlg058 | Testimonia adversus Judaeos [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg059 | Adversus eos qui castigationes aegre ferunt | - | 60 | Adversus eos qui castigationes aegre ferunt |
| tlg2017.tlg060 | De iis qui baptismum differunt | - | 18 | Adversus eos qui baptismum differunt |
| tlg2017.tlg061 | Decem syllogismi contra Manichaeos [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg062 | De deitate filii et spiritus sancti | - | 57 | De deitate filii et spiritus sancti |
| tlg2017.tlg063 | De spiritu sancto sive In pentecosten | - | 59 | De spiritu sancto sive In Pentecosten |
| tlg2017.tlg064 | Encomium in sanctum Stephanum protomartyrem ii | - | 52 | In sanctum Stephanum II |
| tlg2017.tlg065 | De sancto Theodoro | - | 50 | De sancto Theodoro |
| tlg2017.tlg066 | Encomium in xl martyres i | GNO 55 is In XL Martyres Ib. I believe this is the second book of this work | 54 and 55 | In XL Martyres Ia |
| tlg2017.tlg067 | Encomium in xl martyres ii | - | 56 | In XL Martyres II |
| tlg2017.tlg068 | In sanctum Ephraim | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg069 | De vita Gregorii Thaumaturgi | - | 49 | De vita Gregorii Thaumaturgi |
| tlg2017.tlg070 | Epistula xxvi ad Evagrium monachum [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg071 | Sermo in illud: Hic est filius meus dilectus (ap. Joannem Damascenum, Sacra parallela) (fragmenta) | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg072 | Sermo in Mariam et Joseph (ap. Joannem Damascenum, Sacra parallela) (fragmentum) | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg073 | De occursu domini [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg074 | Tractatus ad Xenodorum (fragmentum) | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg075 | Sermo in sanctum Romanum (ap. Joannem Damascenum, Sacra parallela) (fragmentum) | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg076 | Epistula canonica ad Letoium | - | 17 | Epistula canonica |
| tlg2017.tlg077 | Liber de cognitione dei (= Θεογνωσία) (fragmenta ap. Euthymium Zigabenum, Panoplia dogmatica) [Sp.] | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg078 | Apologia in hexaemeron | - | 19 | Apologia in Hexaemeron |
| tlg2017.tlg079 | De opificio hominis | - | 20 | De hominis opificio |
| tlg2017.tlg080 | Epistula ad Philippum monachum (ap. Joannem Damascenum, Contra Jacobitas) (fragmentum) | not in GNO | n/a | n/a |
| tlg2017.tlg081 | In illud: Tunc et ipse filius | - | 11 | In illud: Tunc et ipse filius |
| tlg2017.tlg082 | Contra fatum | alt. edition (Bandini) as tlg2017.tlg089 | 12 | Contra fatum |
| tlg2017.tlg083 | De infantibus praemature abreptis | - | 13 | De infantibus praemature abreptis |
| tlg2017.tlg084 | De pythonissa ad Theodosium episcopum | - | 14 | De Pythonissa |