The Great Catechism and Selected Writings

After Gregory Nazianzen's Theological Orations, Gregory of Nyssa completes the Cappadocian witness by showing how the confession of the Trinity opens onto the entire Christian vision of God, man, and salvation. The Great Catechism sets out the faith for those who teach it, while the accompanying treatises defend the divinity of the Holy Spirit, answer the charge that Christians worship three gods, and explore humanity's creation in the image of God and the hope of the resurrection. Together they offer a complete and contemplative account of what the Church believes and why.

• Cappadocian Father (c. 335-395 AD)
• Featured in the November 2026 Catechized Book Club
• Seven works in one volume, including The Great Catechism, On "Not Three Gods," On the Making of Man, and On the Soul and the Resurrection
• 329 pages with 567 footnotes, drawn from the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Volume 5