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Basil of Caesarea, Letters
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To the Cæsareans . A defence of his withdrawal, and concerning the faith .
Without address. To some friends .
To Arcadius, Imperial Treasurer .
Against Eunomius the heretic .
Without address. On the Perfection of the Life of Solitaries .
To Athanasius, father of Athanasius bishop of Ancyra .
To Athanasius, bishop of Ancyra .
To Cæsarius, brother of Gregory .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To the Church of Neocæsarea. Consolatory .
To the Church of Ancyra. Consolatory .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To his Brother Gregory, concerning the difference between οὐσία and ὑπόστασις.
To Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata .
To Paregorius, the presbyter .
To Meletius, Bishop of Antioch .
To Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria .
To the Governor of Neocæsarea .
To Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria .
To Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria .
To Meletius, bishop of Antioch .
To Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria .
Without inscription: about Therasius .
Without inscription, on behalf of Elpidius .
To Eustathius bishop of Sebastia .
To Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria .
To Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria .
That the oath ought not to be taken .
Without address on the same subject .
Without address on the subject of the exaction of taxes .
To Meletius, bishop of Antioch .
To the holy brethren the bishops of the West .
To Valerianus, Bishop of Illyricum .
To the Patrician Cæsaria , concerning Communion .
To Elias, Governor of the Province .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata .
To the deaconesses, the daughters of Count Terentius .
To the guardian of the heirs of Julitta .
To Jovinus, Bishop of Perrha .
To Eustathius, Bishop of Sebasteia .
To Meletius, bishop of Antioch .
To Theodotus, bishop of Nicopolis .
To Pœmenius , bishop of Satala .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Meletius Bishop of Antioch .
To Theodotus bishop of Nicopolis .
To Abramius, bishop of Batnæ .
To Diodorus, presbyter of Antioch .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Antipater, on his assuming the governorship of Cappadocia .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Amphilochius in the name of Heraclidas .
To Ascholius, bishop of Thessalonica .
Without address . In the case of a trainer
To Eupaterius and his daughter .
To Amphilochius on his consecration as Bishop .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Ascholius, bishop of Thessalonica .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium .
To the Master Sophronius, on behalf of Eunathius .
To Otreius, bishop of Melitene .
To the presbyters of Samosata .
To Eustathius, bishop of Himmeria .
To Theodotus, bishop of Beræa .
To Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium .
To Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium .
To Euphronius, bishop of Colonia Armeniæ .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium .
To Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium .
To Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium .
To the bishops of the sea coast .
To Elpidius the bishop. Consolatory .
To the notables of Neocæsarea .
To Meletius, bishop of Antioch.
To Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium.
Against Eustathius of Sebasteia .
Consolatory, to the clergy of Colonia .
To the magistrates of Colonia.
To the magistrates of Nicopolis.
To Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium.
To Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium.
To Amphilochius, in reply to certain questions.
To the same, in answer to another question.
To the same, in answer to another question.
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata.
To the presbyters of Nicopolis .
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata.
To the Presbyters of Nicopolis.
To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata .
To the bishops of Italy and Gaul concerning the condition and confusion of the Churches.
To Patrophilus, bishop of Ægæ .
To Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium.
Without address. Commendatory.
To Patrophilus, bishop of Ægæ.
To the monks harassed by the Arians.
To the monks Palladius and Innocent.
To Eulogius, Alexander, and Harpocration, bishops of Egypt, in exile.
To Barses, bishop of Edessa, in exile.
To the wife of Arinthæus, the General. Consolatory.
Without address. Concerning Hera.
Without address. Concerning Hera.
To the assessor in the case of monks.
Without address. Excommunicatory.
Without address. Concerning an afflicted woman.
To Timotheus the Chorepiscopus .
Letters CCCXVI., CCCXVII., CCCXVIII., CCCXIX.
Letters CCCXVI., CCCXVII., CCCXVIII., CCCXIX.
Letters CCCXVI., CCCXVII., CCCXVIII., CCCXIX.
Letters CCCXVI., CCCXVII., CCCXVIII., CCCXIX.
Letters CCCXXX., CCCXXXI., CCCXXXII., CCCXXXIII.
Letters CCCXXX., CCCXXXI., CCCXXXII., CCCXXXIII.
Letters CCCXXX., CCCXXXI., CCCXXXII., CCCXXXIII.
Letters CCCXXX., CCCXXXI., CCCXXXII., CCCXXXIII.
Of the Holy Trinity, the Incarnation, the invocation of Saints, and their Images.
Letters CCCLXI. and CCCLXIII., to Apollinarius, and Letters CCCLXII. and CCCLXIV., from Apollinarius to Basil, are condemned as indubitably spurious, not only on internal evidence, but also on the ground of Basil’s asseveration that he had never written but once to Apollinarius, and that “as layman to layman.”1560 Ep. ccxxiv. § 2. Ep. ccxxiv. § 2. Ep. ccxxiv. § 2. Ep. ccxxiv. § 2. Ep. ccxxiv. § 2. Letter CCCLXV., “to the great emperor Theodosius,” on an inundation in Cappadocia, is also condemned by the Ben. Ed. as spurious, and contains nothing of ecclesiastical or theological interest. Tillemont however (vol. v., p. 739) thought its style not unworthy of a young man and a rhetorician, and conjectures the Theodosius to whom it is addressed to be not the great emperor, but some magistrate of Cappadocia.
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[1] Τῷ δεσπότῃ μου τῷ ποθεινοτάτῳ ἀδελφῷ Βασιλείῳ Ἀπολινάριος ἐν Κυρίῳ χαίρειν. Ποῦ μὲν ἤμην αὐτός, δέσποτα, ποῦ δὲ ἡ ποθεινοτάτη φωνὴ καὶ γράμμα τὸ σύνηθες; Τί δὲ οὐ παρὼν ἀμύνεις ἢ καὶ ἀπὼν παρακελεύεις, πολέμου τοσούτου κατὰ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἐρρωγότος καὶ ἡμῶν οἷον ἐν μέσῃ παρατάξει βοώντων πρὸς τοὺς ἑταίρους διὰ τὴν ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων βίαν; Σὲ δὲ οὐδ' ὅπως ἂν ζητήσωμεν ἔχομεν, ἐπεὶ μηδὲ οὗ τυγχάνεις διατρίβων εὑρίσκομεν. Ἀλλ' ἐζήτησα μὲν ἐν τῇ Καππαδοκῶν, ἐπεὶ καὶ οὕτως ἤγγελλον οἱ ἐν Πόντῳ σοι περιτυχόντες ἐπηγγέλθαι σε θᾶττον ἐπανήξειν, οὐχ εὗρον δὲ ἔνθα ἤλπιζον. Νῦν δὲ ἔτι σε κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν διάγοντα χώραν ἀκούσας εὐθὺς τῷ μηνυτῇ καὶ τὸ γράμμα ἐνεχείρισα. Ὅπερ δεξάμενος μὴ καὶ τοῦ ἀντιγράφειν ἀπόσχῃ ὡς καὶ τούτου συναποδημοῦντος. Ἴσθι δὲ ὡς ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ γέγονεν ἐπισκόπων ἐπιδημία τῶν ἀπ' Αἰγύπτου καὶ γράμματα διεδόθη σύμφωνα παλαιοῖς γράμμασιν τοῖς τε θείοις αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς καθ' ὁμοφωνίαν τῶν θείων ἐν Νικαίᾳ γραφεῖσιν. Ἀναγκαία δὲ ἦν ἡ μετ' ἐξηγήσεως τῶν αὐτῶν ἐπανάληψις, διὰ τὴν οὐχ ὑγιῆ τῶν κειμένων παρεξήγησιν ἣν εἰσῆγον οἱ πάλαι μὲν ἄντικρυς ἀντιλέγοντες, νῦν δὲ τὴν ἀντιλογίαν ἐξηγήσεως σχήματι μεθοδεύσαντες: ἔνθα ἦν ἡ τοῦ ὁμοουσίου κακοῦργος ἀναίρεσις ὡς οὐκ ὀφείλοντος νοεῖσθαι κατ' οὐδεμίαν ἄρνησιν Ἑλληνικήν: ἀντεισαγωγὴ δὲ τοῦ ὁμοουσίου τὸ ὅμοιον κατ' οὐσίαν, ὅπερ ἐπετηδεύθη χυδαίως ὀνομασθὲν καὶ κακοήθως νοηθέν, ἐπειδὴ ἡ ὁμοιότης τῶν ἐν οὐσίᾳ ἐστίν, οὐ τῶν οὐσιωδῶν, ἵνα δὴ οὕτως ὡμοιωμένη οὐσία νοῆται, οἷος ἂν εἴη καὶ ἀνδριὰς πρὸς Βασιλέα. Πρὸς ἅπερ ἀντεγράφη τὸ ὑπὸ τῶν εὐσεβεῖν εἰδότων καὶ βουλομένων, ὅτι οὐχ ὅμοιον Θεῷ, ἀλλὰ Θεὸν δηλοῖ τὸ ὁμοούσιον, ὡς ἂν γέννημα γνήσιον καὶ τῆς αὐτῆς οὐσίας τῷ γεγεννηκότι. Συνεισήγετο δὲ καὶ τὸ περὶ Πνεύματος ὡς ὑπὸ τῶν Πατέρων ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ πίστει τῷ Θεῷ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ κειμένου, ὅτι ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ θεότητι. Τὴν οὖν τῆς εὐσεβείας ταύτης πρεσβείαν τίνα εἰκὸς ἦν οὕτω μετεῖναι ὡς τὸν σπουδαιότατον ἅμα τῷ δεσπότῃ μου Γρηγορίῳ, ὃς οὐδ' αὐτὸς οὐδαμόθεν γράφει οὐδὲ σημαίνει καθάπαξ οὐδέν; Ἔρρωσο, δέσποτα ποθεινότατε.