Trâmbiţa Logosului la noua sărbătoare a Corturilor: Omilia Sf. Grigorie de Nyssa. Despre Naşterea lui Iisus Hristos
The trumpet of Logos at he new feast of tabernacles: St. Gregory of Nyssa`s homilies To Jesus Christ birth

Summary/Abstract: As it was edited in the modern period, this homily pervades the contemporary homiletic conscience enriching word’s approaching for Christmas Day. Christ fulfils all the figures from the Old Testament (the tree of life, the lemon tree), and this thing is proved by the establishment of the memorable Christian holidays which are the extension and the metamorphose of the ancient Jewish holidays. More episodes and moments of the New Testament are symbolically connected to the Messianic and eschatological expectations which were specific to the Tents Holiday (the Transfiguration, Palm Sunday). Between Christmas and Tents’ Holiday there is a specific correspondence because the coming of God (God’s Birth) is seen as an inauguration of the real Tents’ Holiday. This homily is one of the most profound and impressive patristic homilies dedicated to the Embodiment. It unifies the subtle typological lecture of the Embodiment as the real eschatological holiday of pitching Tents, with a fine presentation of the economy inaugurated at Christmas and completed at Easter.

• Details
• Contents