In his commentary, Gregory of Nysa - whose feast is today, January 10th - skipped the second beatitude in order to ask a question about the third beatitude: Is it a step down from the first beatitude? From kingdom of heaven down to earth? But didn’t the Word come down to this earth, to meet our lowliness? …
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