GREGORY, bishop of Nyssa, one of the Fathers of the Church, and author of the Nicene creed, was born in Cappadocia, about the year 331 or 332. He was chosen bishop of Nyssa in 371 or 372, and banished by the Emperor Valens for adhering to the council of Nice. He was nevertheless afterwards employed by the bishops in several important affairs, and died about the year 396. He wrote Commentaries on the Scriptures, Sermons on the Mysteries, Moral Discourses, Dogmatical Treatises, Panegyrics on the Saints, Letters on Church Discipline, and various works. The Bishop of Nyssa yields to none of the fathers either in the solidity of his matter, the fertility and soundness of his views, the force of his reasoning, or the beauty and richness of his style. Of his works there have been a great number of editions, the principal of which are those of Cologne, 1537; Bâle, 1567 and 1571; Paris, 1573 and 1603, all in folio; also Paris, 1615 and 1618; in two vols. folio, with a third volume by way of appendix, containing various pieces which had not before appeared.