The Procession of the Holy Spirit according to Gregory of Nyssa

The theology of divine processions developed by Gregory of Nyssa in the last decades of the fourth century was essential for the definitive statement of pneumatological dogma and for the overcoming of Trinitarian subordinationism. Following the path of Athanasius, Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa explores the personal properties of the Holy Spirit, describing its origin in the Father "through" the Son. Its origin with respect to the Father and the "mediation" of the Son are for Gregory expression of both the personal distinction of the Spirit with respect to the Father and the Son, and the indissoluble union by which it is closely linked to them as divine Person.