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On the Beatitudes

De beatitudinibus

Written about 380 to 390; the place is not known. The date is disputed or rests on weak evidence.

Eight sermons on the Beatitudes as steps of a ladder.

Homily · first written in Greek · a major work

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How we know the date and place

Date written not sure

Daniélou, "La chronologie des oeuvres de Grégoire de Nysse" (1966); May (1971); Quasten, Patrology vol. 3 (1960): the date is not sure

Place written not known

Not stated in the work. Gregory was bishop of Nyssa but travelled much in these years; see his entry in authors.json (Maraval; Quasten, Patrology vol. 3 (1960))