These volumes contain an introduction to the influential life of Saint Basil, as well as Roy J. Deferrari’s translations of Letters I–CCCLXVIII and Saint Basil’s “Address to Young Men on How They Might Derive Profit from Pagan Literature.”
Interested in more? Be sure to check out theLetters of Basil the Great (8 vols.).
“Now it is said that even Moses,1 that illustrious man whose name for wisdom is greatest among all mankind, first trained his mind in the learning of the Egyptians, and then proceeded to the contemplation of Him who is.2 And like him, although in later times, they say that the wise Daniel3 at Babylon first learned the wisdom of the Chaldaeans and then applied himself to the divine teachings.” (Volume 4, Page 387)
“The intention of the apostle is not to distinguish the Persons from one another by their evident marks, but to establish the true sonship, the indivisibility, and the intimacy of the relationship of the Son to the Father.” (Volume 1, Page 221)
“Father greater than Himself, He who is the Word and was made flesh,1 since He was seen to be inferior both to the angels in glory and to men in form? For it is said: ‘Thou hast made him a little less than the angels’” (Volume 1, Page 65)
“the eduction from non-being into being; second, the change from worse to better; and third, the resurrection of the dead” (Volume 1, Pages 83–85)
“He is called ‘God’ (θε-ός) from His having established (τε-θει-κέναι) all things, or His seeing (θε-ᾶσθαι) all things” (Volume 1, Page 87)