The Darkness of the God according Gregory of Nyssa

Summary: The diploma thesis is called The Darkness of the God acording to Gregory of Nyssa. The aim of this diploma thesis is to find out what Gregory of Nyssa means by term Darkness of the God and how he interprets it on basis of biblical story of Moses. Primary information source for interpretation of the Darkness is Gregory's book The Life of Moses. The book presents particular phases of Moseses looking for God from literary nad contemplative point of view. The book Gregory of Nyssa: God's and human intinity from Lenka Karlíková is secondary information source which explaining Gregory's teaching and interpretation of the Darkness. The diploma thesis is devided to six main chapters. First three deal with kontext which Gregory entries and which infuences him in terms of theological tradition, as well as Gregory's theological teaching and related important terms. Chapters four to six connect theoretical teaching and practical application within human spiritual life. Reader finds out in practice, what it means within the spiritual life to see God in the Darkness. The diploma thesis interprets Darkness of the God as a way of thinking of God, the top of human spiritual journey and as one of God's theophanies. Keywords: Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses, The Holy Trinity, The Darkness of the God, the..