The article investigates the interconnection between the Kingdom of God and Pneumatology, revealing insights from Gregory of Nyssa's eschatological framework.
The article investigates the profound interconnection between the concepts of the Kingdom of God and Pneumatology within the framework of Gregory of Nyssa's eschatological thought, revealing a form of ‘relational eschatology’. Drawing primarily from his Trinitarian writings and commentaries on Scripture, Gregory reinterprets traditional concepts, such as the Lord's Prayer, the Jewish Shema' , and the return to the initial state of humanity ( apokatastasis ), through the lens of the Holy Spirit as the intrinsic, subsistent Kingship ( Basileia ). This pneumatological identification of the Kingdom transforms eschatology from a static goal into an unending, dynamic process of participation in the infinite divine nature, characterised by the perpetual ascent known as epektasis . By defining the Holy Spirit as the bond of glory and unity, Gregory's thought provides an ontological foundation for human perfection, where the temporal finite life is embraced by God's eternity, resulting in a dynamical eschatological unity.
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Giulio Maspero (2026) studied this question.