One Moment which Produces Live Offspring": Time and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa's Homilies on Ecclesiastes

Abstract

This paper focuses on Gregory's concept of the right moment (καιρός) for virtue,which is not determined by any specific time but rather by human decision - yetthere are still some temporal characteristics to the right moment for virtue.

Keywords

• Gregory of Nyssa
• Homilies on Ecclesiastes
• virtue
• kairos