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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 33
… besides adding nothing to their excellence, may have often lost that which they brought with them. 8. Basil: What then? shall we set over the administration of the Church those who move in society, and …
2,400 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 160
… So have I learnt not only from the apostles and prophets but also from the interpreters of their writings, Ignatius, Eustathius, Athanasius, Basil, Gregory, John, and the rest of the lights of the world; and …
2,395 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 16
… Marcellus was deposed for heresy and Basil nominated to the see of Ancyra, Eusebius of Cæsarea undertaking to refute the new Samosatene.' Other minor depositions were apparently carried out at the same time, and several …
2,398 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 111
… For this word of yours was not in the beginning, but was created along with our nature, nor is it to be regarded as having any reality of its own, but, as our master (Basil …
2,409 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 95
… few exceptional Greek hymns may be pointed out of earlier date (e.g., that mentioned by St. Basil, De Spiritu S., XXIX; but the statement above made is in the main accurate. Anatolius, Patriarch of …
2,356 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 9
… 19: "As you refuse to accept our homousios because though used by the fathers, it does not occur in the Scriptures, so will we decline on the same grounds to accept your agennetos ." Similarly Basil …
2,407 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 255
… G. Krabinger: [2664]1 * Christliche Dogmengeschichte: [2665]1 * Das Leben des Libanius: [2666]1 * Das Vierte Jahrhundert. Basil: [2667]1 * Dass auch der Mond in heller Nacht dem ohne gehörigen Schutz Schlafenden schaden könne ist …
1,951 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 101
… was two. Theodoret in his criticism of this Anathematism remarks that many of the Ancients, including St. Basil had used this very word, Theophoros, for the Lord; but the objection has no real foundation, for …
2,413 wordsAugustine — Trinity, Doctrinal & Moral Treatises • SECTION 2
… He seems to have derived little assistance from others; for although the great Greek Trinitarians--Athanasius, the two Gregories, and Basil--had published their treatises, yet he informs us that his knowledge of Greek, though …
2,419 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 21
… 280, 298; on the appeal of Photinus, and the debate between him and Basil of Ancyra, apparently in 355, see Gwatkin, pp. 145 sq., note 6). This was made the occasion for a new onslaught …
2,419 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 222
… Such seems the meaning of such passages as Basil. Ep. 8, 2; de Sp. S. c. 18; Chrysost. in Joan. Hom. ii. 3 fin. In respect of the Adorable and most Royal Trinity, first' and …
2,436 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 193
… He bore a very high character for personal holiness, and approached more nearly to orthodoxy than most of his associates, men like Basil of Ancyra, Eustathius of Sebaste, etc. He obstinately maintained, however, Macedonian views …
2,450 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 12
… Accordingly when Basil makes a distinction between ousia and hupostasis in the Nicene anathematism, he is giving not historical exegesis but his own opinion. The Nicene definition in this sense emphasized the Unity of the …
2,434 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 125
… strength of this clever sally he calls it a union of folly and profanity, that our great Basil has ventured on such terms. But I would counsel him not to indulge his ribaldry too freely …
2,434 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 9
… With regard to the question, so much agitated, of the 'Apokatastasis, it may be said that not Gregory only but Basil and Gregory Nazianzen also have felt the influence of their master in theology, Origen …
2,434 wordsChrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 16
… had rescued when he was again in danger, made use of the same weapon as the wife. Basil: But none of these cases apply to me: for I am not an enemy, nor one of …
2,446 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 94
… and was at one time greatly respected for his learning and orthodoxy by S. Athanasius and S. Basil. He was even an instructor of S. Jerome in 374, but he seceded from the Church in …
2,437 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 172
… What child of the church ever had any doubts on these points? Who has not cited this teaching of the holy Fathers? The works of the great Basil are full of it; as well, as …
2,471 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 128
… A solidity of thought, the concentration of all that is spread through the writings of Hilary, Basil, and Athanasius, a flow of softened eloquence which does not halt or lose itself for a moment, an …
2,468 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 174
… from the Original, not an external and detached imitation. vid. supr. note 10, infr. §26. Hence S. Basil, He is an Image not made with the hand, or a work of art, but a living …
2,441 wordsHippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 312
… first Christian hospital was founded (a.d. 350) by Ephraem Syrus. His example was followed by St. Basil, who also founded another for lepers. The founding of hostels as refuges for travellers was an institution …
2,428 wordsChrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 20
… after the election, being considered unsuitable, not that I avoided the office of my own accord. 3. Basil: But those who do know the truth will be surprised. Chrysostom: And lo! these are they who …
2,493 wordsHilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 2
… the West; and the disciple of Origen, who found his natural allies in the Cappadocian school of Basil and the Gregories [1] , his juniors though they were, was speaking to somewhat unsympathetic ears. Again, his …
2,503 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 224
… is of the human nature in such wise as we explained above. [3097] Mark xiii. 32. S. Basil takes the words oud' ho hui& 231;s, ei me ho pater, to mean, nor does the …
2,486 wordsChrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 28
… that the Priest should do all that in him lies, to gain this means of strength. 6. Basil: "Why, then, was not St. Paul ambitious of becoming perfect in this art? He makes no secret …
2,509 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 8
… of Damascus, in whom the Eastern Church says its last word, depends upon the Origenist theology of Basil and the Gregories. But this theology was Origenism with a difference. What was the Origenism of Origen …
2,507 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 122
… from hence it is evident that long-established custom was taken for law. [2343] Moreover, the great Basil annexes also the causes for which it was forbidden to bend the knee on the Lord's …
2,531 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 103
… also Basil in Eunom. ii. 22.) Shortly afterwards he gives a further reason for the title, observing that Arianism was worse than previous heresies, such as Manicheism, inasmuch as the latter denied the Incarnation, but …
2,544 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 12
… 525), but by no one else, unless it be the book to which Basil refers in his De Spir. Sancto, 29, as Difficulties respecting the Polygamy of the Ancients. The work is no longer extant …
2,555 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 11
… Some hold, following Athanasius and Basil, that Paul imputed the omoousion (in a materialising sense) to his opponents, as a consequence of the doctrine they opposed to his own, and that the 80' in repudiating …
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