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Gregory of Nyssa : THE MAKING OF MAN

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An argument against those who say that matter is co-eternal with god

 212-3

Ἀντίῤῥησις πρὸς τοὺς λέγοντας συναΐδιον εἶναι τῷ Θεῷ τὴν ὕλην

How one even of those who are without may be brought to believe the scripture when teaching of the resurrection

 213-224

Πῶς ἄν τις καὶ τῶν ἔξωθεν προσαχθείη πιστεῦσαι τῇ Γραφῇ περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως διδασκούσῃ

That the resurrection is not beyond probability

 224-5

Ὅτι οὐκ ἔξω τοῦ εἰκότος ἡ ἀνάστασις

That it is possible, when the human body is dissolved into the elements of the universe, that each should have his own body restored from the common source

 225-9

Ὅτι δυνατόν ἐστιν εἰς τὰ τοῦ παντὸς στοιχεῖα τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου σώματος ἀναλυθέντος͵ πάλιν ἐκ τοῦ κοινοῦ ἑκάστῳ τὸ ἴδιον ἀποσωθῆναι

To those who say that souls existed before bodies, or that bodies were formed before souls; wherein there is also a refutation of the fables concerning transmigration of souls

 229-233

Πρὸς τοὺς λέγοντας προϋφεστάναι τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν σωμάτων ἢ τὸ ἔμπαλιν πρὸ τῶν ψυχῶν διαπεπλᾶσθαι τὰ σώματα. Ἐν ᾧ τις καὶ ἀνατροπὴ τῆς κατὰ τὰς μετεμψυχώσεις μυθοποιίας

An establishment of the doctrine that the cause of the existence of soul and body is one and the same

 233-240

Κατασκευὴ τοῦ μίαν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ψυχῇ τε καὶ σώματι τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς ὑπάρξεως εἶναι

A brief examination of the construction of our bodies from a medical point of view

 240-256

Θεωρία τις ἰατρικωτέρα περὶ τῆς τοῦ σώματος ἡμῶν κατασκευῆς δι' ὀλίγων

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