On Christian Doctrine and Practice, PPS 47 (Popular Patristics) (St. Vladimirs Seminary Press Popular Patristics)

Synopsis

As A Priest And Then Bishop, Basil Of Caesarea Devoted Sophisticated Treatises To The Trinity And To Articulating His Vision Of The Christian Life. In His Homilies Basil Distilled The Best Of His Moral And Theological Teachings Into Forms Readily Accessible To His Flock And Now To Us. During His Lifetime, Basil Was Recognized As One Of The Foremost Rhetoricians Of His Day A Man Supremely Skilled In The Art Of Speaking, Instructing, Persuading, And Delighting At The Same Time. These Rhetorical Skills Are On Full Display In The Eleven Moral Homilies Translated In This Volume, Seven Of Which Appear In English For The First Time. Homily On The Beginning Of Proverbs (prov 1.1-5) -- First Homily On Psalm 14 (ps 14.1-4) -- Homily On Humility -- Homily On Envy -- Homily On Detachment From Worldly Things, And On The Fire That Occurred Outside The Church -- Homily Delivered In Lakizois -- Homily On Psalm 115 (ps 116.11-19 Mt) -- Homily On Faith -- Homily On The Beginning Of The Gospel Of John (jn 1.1-2) -- Homily On Not Three Gods, Against Those Who Calumniate Us, Claiming That We Say That There Are Three Gods -- Homily Against The Sabellians, Anomoians, And Pneumatomachians. St. Basil The Great ; Translated, With Introductions And Annotations, By Mark Delcogliano. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 309-16) And Index.