Basil the Great (ca. 330 – January 1, 379), was bishop of Caesarea, a leading churchman in the 4th century. The Eastern Church considers him a great saint and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs, together with Gregory the Theologian (Gregory Nazianzus) and John Chrysostom. Basil, Gregory the Theologian, and Basil’s brother Gregory of Nyssa […]
Basil of Caesarea
Basil on Baptism
Basil of Caesarea (also known as Basil the Great) (ca. 330 – 379 ) “For this cause the Lord, who gives us our life, gave us the covenant of Baptism, containing a type of life and death, for the water fulfills the image of death, and the Spirit gives us the promise of life. Hence […]
Basil on Knowing God
Basil of Caesarea (329-379) 1Co 13:9-12 NET. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part, (10) but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside. (11) When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became […]