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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 180

HOMILIES ON THE STATUES.

… 597]342, [598]354, [599]355; Lord's Prayer taught with, [600]355. Barathrum, [601]361, n. Basil, St., strong terms on the invocation of saints, [602]389, n., [603]390; strong against oaths, [604 …

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Gregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 7

Chapter III.--His Origenism.

The style of Gregory is much more elegant than that of Basil: sometimes it may be called eloquent. His occasional digressions did not strike ancient critics as a fault. To them he is "sweet," "bright …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 265

Introduction to the Apostolical Canons.

… following: I. Dionysius of Alexandria. II. Peter of Alexandria. III. Gregory Thaumaturgus. IV. Athanasius of Alexandria. V. Basil of Cæsarea. VI. Gregory Nyssen. VII. Gregory Theologus. VIII. Amphilochius of Iconium. IX. Timothy of Alexandria. X …

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The Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 475

Decrees of Fabian.

… ordained should be consecrated until he has reached this legitimate age. ------------------------ [2876] Dist. 90, Si quis contristatus. Basil, in Reg., c. 74. [2877] 6, Q. 1, Quicunque sciens. Regino in the Book of Penance. [2878 …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 233

[2461] dodekatemorion: "twelfth-part."

… Æg. §8, and by Basil in his De Spir. Sanct. chap. 29, §74. It is suggested by Stroth that Eusebius was a pupil of Meletius during the time that the latter was in Palestine, but …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 89

Letter LXX. To Magnus an Orator of Rome.

… of Scythopolis, of the confessor Serapion, [2186] of Titus [2187] bishop of Bostra; and of the Cappadocians Basil, [2188] Gregory, [2189] and Amphilochius. [2190] All these writers so frequently interweave in their books the doctrines …

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Basil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 180

Letter CLXXXV. [2603]

… Antipater to Basil. "Twice cabbage is death," says the unkind proverb. I, however, though I have called for it often, shall die once. Yes: even though I had never called for it at all! If …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 111

(Gallia Orthod., LIX.)

… and fifty after them, and according to the Canonical epistles and ectheses of the holy fathers Gregory, Basil, Athanasius, Hilary, Ambrose, and according to the two canonical epistles of Cyril, which were confirmed and published …

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Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 205

[3772] [Dionysius omits aut diaconus.--R.]

… 9. [Canons 25, 26, are referred to by Basil the Great (Ad Amphilochium, iii.). In the Greek collection 26 is joined with 25.--R.] [3781] [Apostolic Constitutions, vi. 17.--R.] [3782] 1 Pet. ii. 23 …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 3

Chapter II.

… 362-373). §9. Under Julian and his successors; Fourth and Fifth Exiles (362-366). §10. Last years. Basil, Marcellus, Apollinarius (366-373). Id primum scitu opus est in proposito nobis minime fuisse ut omnia ad …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 96

Introduction to Oration II.

… d. 361 from Pontus, where he had spent several years in monastic seclusion with his friend S. Basil. His father, not content with his son's presence at home as a support for his declining …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 208

[2665] John xvii. 4.

… 33 init. August. Trin. xiii. 18. Id. in Psalm 129, n. 12. Leon. Serm. 28, n. 3. Basil. in Psalm 48, n. 4. Cyril. de rect. fid. p. 132. vid. also Procl. Orat. i. p …

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The Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 462

[2663] The otherms. adds: at the humility of Paul.

… discipline of the Church, could be unknown to Eusebius, to St. Jerome, to St. Augustine, to St. Basil, and, in short, to all those authors that have spoken of their writings, or who have written …

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 247

[4818] Lit., "it is a thing of long and much speech."

… But the same gods have given to you both cumin, cress, turnips, onions, parsley, esculent thistles, radishes, gourds, rue, mint, basil, flea-bane, and chives, and commanded them to be used by you as part …

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Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 228

Index of Citations

… of the Church: [2862]1 * Liturgies of St. Mark, St. James, St. Clement, St. Chrysostom, and St. Basil: [2863]1 * Liturgies, Eastern and Western: [2864]1 * Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church: [2865]1 …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 170

Homily XX. [1799]

… he notices a like practice. Bingham says, b. xvi. c. v. sec. 6, that he, and St. Basil, and St. Epiphanius, complain of it, but the passages he quotes do not do so. St. Chrys …

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