Progresul perpetuu (epectaza) în Comentariul la Cântarea Cântărilor a Sfântului Grigorie de Nyssa
Perpetual progress in St. Gregory of Nyssa's In Canticum Canticorum

Summary/Abstract: Perpetual progress in St. Gregory of Nyssa's In Canticum Canticorum. The notion of a perpetual spiritual progress or straining (πέκτασις) toward the infinite God as the highest calling of a human beings – a classic leitmotif in the theological anthropology of Gregory of Nyssa – has been investigated extensively in secondary studies of the Cappadocian’s doctrine. Gregory of Nyssa describes the Christian soul as engaged in an endless pursuit of the inexhaustible God. While many Greek theologians have described the soul’s movement toward God, even using the word πέκτασις drawing on Paul’s participle in Phil.3:13, Gregory is original in claiming that man’s ultimate end is itself and endless progression. Gregory of Nyssa stands out among Christian theologians for developing an eschatology that denies the soul final knowledge, rest and satisfaction in God. On the one hand, God is satistying to the soul. But Gregory’s eshatology is summed up in a paradox, that our satisfaction is never to be sastified.

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