689Gregory praises David as a companion for every stage and occasion of life, who now makes the feast of the Ascension greater by his psalms.
691Gregory reads Psalm 23 as the path of the catechumen to baptism, the mystic table, chrism, and cup, and Psalm 24 as God’s coming to his own earth to lead the virtuous up his mountain.
693Psalm 24’s dialogue at the gates is read twice: of the angels at Christ’s descent into the world and at his ascent in our flesh, when he is hailed as Lord of hosts and King of glory.
disputed · Printed in Migne as Gregory's; its authorship is questioned (not yet checked against the modern edition).
Standing
Honoured by the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions. Honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant.
Date
ca. 379-394 (approximate) · Not securely dated.
Written at
Cappadocia (disputed)
Language
Greek
Genre
homily
Reference system
Migne page (two columns): each part is one printed page of PG 46, numbered by its left-hand column (e.g. 893 = columns 893-894); Migne prints no chapter numbers in this work.
SBL abbreviation
Asc.Not yet checked
Clavis
CPG (number not yet checked)
Text from
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, Series Graeca 46 (Paris: Migne, 1863), cols. 689-693 (Printed edition in the public domain; Greek text from the OCR of the Bavarian State Library scan (bsb10800772) of PG 46 (Greek lines only; Migne's Latin translation not used))
Critical editions
Gregorii Nysseni Sermones, Gregorii Nysseni Opera 9-10 (Leiden: Brill) (volume and editors not yet checked; cited only; not reproduced) (cited, not reproduced)