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On the Making of Man
Explores humanity as image-bearing creature, integrating theological anthropology with moral vocation.
Gregory of Nyssac. AD 379-3804th century
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- Category
- Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
- Genre
- Treatise
- Tradition
- Eastern
- Region
- Cappadocia
- Original language
- Latin
- Date certainty
- Range
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This text is represented here through proxy Latin witnesses and later transmission evidence linked with Gregory of Nyssa and Cappadocia.
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www.newadvent.org · Source quality: Primary · Last checked: 2026-03-01
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Original language witnesses
Witness status: Proxy witness
Proxy source: Latin translation (Dionysius Exiguus) of Gregory of Nyssa.
Open normalized witness textGregorii Nysseni De Creatione Hominis Liber [Interprete Dionysio Exiguo]
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (see per-file TEI headers)