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	Basil of Caesarea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil, Gregory Nazianzus, and Basil's brother Gregory of Nyssa (additional info and facts about Gregory of Nyssa) are called the Cappadocian Fathers (additional info and facts about Cappadocian Fathers).
		Basil was born about 330 (additional info and facts about 330) at Caesarea in Cappadocia (An ancient country is eastern Asia Minor).
		Caesarea was an important diocese, and its bishop was, ex officio, exarch of the great diocese of Pontus (An ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/basil_of_caesarea.htm (1176 words)

	Basil of Caesarea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was ordained presbyter the Church at Caesarea in 365 and his ordination was probably the of the entreaties of his ecclesiastical superiors wished to use his talents against the who were numerous in that part of country and were favoured by the Arian Valens who then reigned in Constantinople.
		Basil advocated objectively the consubstantiality of the Spirit with the Father and the Son belonged to those who faithful to Eastern would not allow the predicate homoousios to former; for this he was reproached as as 371 by the Orthodox zealots among the and Athanasius defended him.
		The principal theological writings of Basil are De Spiritu Sancto a lucid and edifying appeal to and early Christian tradition (to prove the of the Holy Spirit) and his Refutation of the Apology of the Impious written in 363 or 364 three against Eunomius of Cyzicus the chief exponent of Anomoian Arianism.
	www.freeglossary.com /Saint_Basil (1332 words)

	quiz20 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Macrina of Annesi, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus.
		Macrina of Annesi, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa.
		Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus.
	individual.utoronto.ca /hayes/earlychurch/quiz20.htm (162 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Basil the Great
		Basil the Elder, father of St. Basil the Great, was the son of a Christian of good birth and his wife, Macrina (Acta SS., January, II), both of whom suffered for the faith during the persecution of Maximinus Galerius (305-314), spending several years of hardship in the wild mountains of Pontus.
		Basil still retained considerable influence in Caesarea, and it is regarded as fairly probable that he had a hand in the election of the successor of Dianius who died in 362, after having been reconciled to Basil.
		Eusebius of Samosata was banished, Gregory of Nyssa condemned and deposed.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02330b.htm (3474 words)

	Biography: Basil the Great, bishop, theologian (14 Jun 379) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil was born in Caesarea of Cappadocia, a province in what is now central Turkey (more or less directly north of the easternmost part of the Mediterranean, but with no seacoast).
		Basil expresses a definite preference for the communal life of the monastery over the solitary life of the hermit, arguing that the Christian life of mutual love and service is communal by its nature.
		Basil died in 379, shortly after the death in battle of the Arian Valens removed the chief threat to the Nicene faith to which Basil had devoted his life.
	elvis.rowan.edu /~kilroy/JEK/06/14.html (863 words)

	Christian History Handbook: Ancient: Lecture Fifteen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil, Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (370-379), was a former teacher of rhetoric, originally from Pontus.
		Basil wrote against the errors of Bishop Eustathius of Sebaste's (in Armenia) radical condemnation of marriage and those of the Arian spokesman Eunomius of Cyzicus.
		Basil, Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (370-379), wrote a rule for the cenobitic monks residing in his diocese.
	www.sbuniv.edu /~hgallatin/ht3463le15.html (3929 words)

	St. Basil The Great
		Basil the monk to build a house for the elderly and the disabled, as well as a hospital adjacent to one of the Orthodox monasteries at the outskirts of the city of Caesarea.
		Basil became Bishop of Caesarea in the year 370 A.D. One of the greatest contributions of St. Basil to the Christian faith was his opposition to Arianism.
		Basil became Bishop of Caesarea in the year 370 A.D. Among his great contributions to the Christian faith is his collaboration with St. Athanasius (296-373 A.D.), the 20th Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt in fight against Arianism and in defending the doctrine of Christ's Divinity.
	www.copticchurch.net /topics/synexarion/basil.html (585 words)

	Basil the Great - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil, Gregory the Theologian, and Basil's brother Saint Gregory of Nyssa are called the Cappadocian Fathers.
		Basil's memory is celebrated on January 1; he is also remembered on January 30 with the Three Holy Hierarchs.
		Both Basil and Gregory were deeply influenced by Origen and compiled an anthology of uncondemned writings of Origen known as the Philokalia (not to be confused with the later compilation of the same name).
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Basil_the_Great (1332 words)

	370, St. Basil the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil is a Doctor of the Church, one of four ancient doctors, and a strong opponent of Arianism in his preaching, writing, and church administration.
		Basil, born in Caesarea, the capitol of Cappadocia, was one of ten children.
		Basil remained at his monastery for about five years, but was drawn to Cappadocia for the necessity of combating the Arian heresy which was developing there.
	www.hist.edu /370basil.html (1577 words)

	Saint Basil the Great Orthodox Church
		Saint Basil spent the first years of his life on an estate belonging to his parents at the River Irisa, where he was raised under the supervision of his mother Emilia and grandmother Macrina.
		Basil received his initial education under the supervision of his father, and then he studied under the finest teachers in Caesarea Cappadocia.
		Basil, however, having accepted Baptism from the bishop of Caesarea Dianios, was ordained a reader.
	www.stbasil.com /patron.htm (2127 words)

	Basil (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Basil of Caesarea, also known as Basil the Great, was a 4th century bishop of Caesarea.
		Basil Fool for Christ was a Russian saint.
		Saint Basil of Ostrog was a Serbian saint.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basil_(disambiguation) (188 words)

	The Life of Saint Basil #1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil's father was a noted rhetorician, well-known throughout Pontus both as a lawyer and as a teacher.
		Basil's reputation as a serious and brilliant student was such that he was excused the usual high-jinks of initiation.
		Basil was horrified that the man who had baptized him, whom he had come to love and revere as a father, should be so weak.
	www.basilian.org /Publica/StBasil/Stbasil1.htm (11955 words)

	Wikinfo \| Basil of Caesarea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He should not be confused with Basil Fool for Christ, a Russian Orthodox saint.
		He also became a stranger to his bishop, Dianius of Caesarea, who had subscribed the Nicene form of agreement, and became reconciled to him only when the latter was about to die.
		The principal theological writings of Basil are his De Spiritu Sancto, a lucid and edifying appeal to Scripture and early Christian tradition, and his Refutation of the Apology of the Impious Eunomius, written in 363 or 364, three books against Eunomius of Cyzicus, the chief exponent of Anomoian Arianism.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Basil_of_Caesarea (1137 words)

	St. Basil the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		BASIL was born at Caesarea, in Asia Minor, in the year 329.
		Basil went to school in Constantinople and then in Athens where he lived with his friend, St. Gregory Nazianzen.
		Basil opened a school of oratory and practiced law in Caesarea.
	www.ainglkiss.com /saints/basil.htm (197 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 96.7.8
		There, Basil continues to insist on the traditional curriculum as a prerequisite to the study of scripture, yet remains unable to explain its moral value in a Christian context.
		Basil's sermons indicate that the food shortage was brought on by drought which presumably affected a wider area in central Anatolia.
		Basil's efforts to win over the masses through food distributions become more pointed if they occurred in the summer following the death of Eusebius (June 370), his predecessor as Bishop of Caesarea, and preceding his own election to that see (September 370).
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1996/96.07.08.html (2608 words)

	Three Wise Men from the East - Christian History & Biography - ChristianityTodayLibrary.com
		Basil answered that he was ready and eager to die for Christ, and that he had so few possessions that banishment, confiscation, or imprisonment would mean nothing to him.
		It was while Basil was at Caesarea that the doxology "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit" was first used, placing all three Persons of the Trinity on an equal footing.
		Basil's life showed that the heroic, counter-cultural power of the gospel had not been stifled by government recognition of Christianity, and that even in a state-sponsored church there would always be found those willing to die for Christ.
	www.ctlibrary.com /ch/2003/issue80/20.35.html (2420 words)

	NPNF (V2-02) (ii.vii.xxvi) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Of Basil of Cæsarea, and Gregory of Nazianzus.
		Basil being ordained to the office of deacon, was by Meletius, bishop of Antioch, from that rank elevated to the bishopric of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, which was his native country.
		Basil had two brothers, Peter and Gregory; the former of whom adopted Basil’s monastic mode of life; while the latter emulated his eloquence in teaching, and completed after his death Basil’s treatise on the Six Days’ Work, which had been left unfinished.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/npnf202.ii.vii.xxvi.html (753 words)

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		Basil speaks of a life of eusebeia (piety), that is, a life lived according to the way of God, and so a life well pleasing to God (euaristesis).
		Basil, Macrina and their siblings lived at a times when there were many options open for Christians and the definitions of various vocations were still quite fluid.
		Basil’s ministry and writings, inspired and supported by his sister Macrina, built upon the work of Eustathius even while diverging from it, to promote communal (cenobitic) forms of celibate Christian communities, to keep monasticism firmly rooted in the life of the church and to encourage such communities to offer organized hospitality and toward the needy.
	www.idahomonks.org /sect402.htm (2746 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 95.04.07
		They contain a juxtaposition of the contribution of Basil of Caesarea to the formulation of a monastic ideal in theory and practice with the achievement of his sister Macrina in forging an ascetic life.
		Through such repressive measures, Basil was, as bishop of Caesarea (370-379), able to safeguard orthodoxy and at the same time to assert the superiority of the institutional clergy.
		Instead of three venerable patristic figures, Basil, Pachomius and Athanasius, as the founding fathers of the monastic tradition, we are now faced with a variegated ascetic tradition in which women and heretics played the pivotal role.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1995/95.04.07.html (1265 words)

	Renouncing the World Yet Leading the Church: The Monk-Bishop in Late Antiquity, by Andrea Sterk, Harvard University ...
		Focusing on four foundational figures — Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus, and John Chrysostom — she traces the emergence of a new ideal of ecclesiastical leadership: the merging of ascetic and episcopal authority embodied in the monk-bishop.
		As bishop of Caesarea, Basil wielded a great deal of authority in the political, social, and ecclesiastical realms, and his exercise of authority in these domains helped to shape and popularize the image of the monk-bishop in the latter half of the fourth century.
		Basil of Caesarea and the Emergence of an Ideal
	www.jknirp.com /sterk.htm (500 words)

	St. Basil the Great of Caesarea - ReligionFacts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basil was a famous preacher, and many of his homilies, including a series of Lenten lectures on the Hexaëmeron, and an exposition of the psalter, have been preserved.
		The address to young men on the study of classical literature shows that Basil was lastingly influenced by his own education, which taught him to appreciate the importance of the classics.
		Basil the Great's ascetic tendencies are exhibited in the Moralia and Regulae, ethical manuals for use in the world and the cloister respectively.
	www.religionfacts.com /christianity/people/basil_caesarea.htm (1236 words)

	Circumsision - St. Basil of Caesarea & Gregory of Nazianzen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		CIRCUMCISION - BASIL OF CAESAREA and GREGORY OF NAZIANZEN
		Basil was born at Caesarea in Cappadocia approximately the year 330.
		He later returned to Caesarea and, in 356, began to lead the life of a hermit.
	www.opuslibani.org.lb /egliseeng/002/basil.htm (275 words)

	Byzantine Books - www.byzantinebooks.com
		Basil of Caesarea is thought of most often as an opponent of heresy and a pioneer of monastic life in the eastern church.
		In this new biographical study, however, controversy is no longer seen as the central preoccupation of his life nor are his ascetic initiatives viewed as separable from his pastoral concern for all Christians.
		Basil's letters, sermons, and theological treatises, together with the testimonies of his relatives and friends, reveal a man beset by doubt.
	www.storesonline.com /members/byzantinebooks/A0046.html (106 words)

	Basil the Great
		In 367-8, when Cappadocia suffered a severe and widespread famine, Basil sold his family's very extensive land holdings in order to buy food for the starving, persuading many others to follow his example, and putting on an apron to work in the soup kitchen himself.
		He ramrodded his brother Gregory of Nyssa and his friend Gregory of Nazianzus into bishoprics that they did not want, and for which they were totally unsuited, so that he would have the votes of those bishoprics when he needed them.
		It differs chiefly in having a more elaborate Anaphora (the prayer of consecration offered over the bread and wine), expressing some of his characteristic turns of thought, probably dating back to his time and used by him, and possibly composed by him personally.
	www.satucket.com /lectionary/Basil_Great.htm (856 words)

	Church of St Basil of Caesarea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Monastery of St Basil including mostly wooden buildings was established early in the 16th century on the right bank of the Volkhov, just opposite the fortress.
		In the 1620-s the stone church of St Basil of Caesarea was in a very poor condition and the monks had to use torches to light the interior during the services.
		By the end of the 17th century only two monks lived in the monastery, so in 1764 the monastery was closed and the church became again a parish one.
	www.oldladoga.spb.ru /eng/object/index.php?id=10 (147 words)

	Articles - Basil of Caesarea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He should not be confused with Saint Basil the Confessor, who lived about 400 years later.
		He also should not be confused with Basil Fool for Christ, a Russian Orthodox saint, after whom St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow is named.
		He came from a wealthy and pious family which gave a number of saints, including his father, also named Basil, his mother Emmelia, grandmother Macrina the Elder, sister Macrina the Younger and brothers Gregory of Nyssa and Peter, who became Bishop of Sebaste.
	www.dforever.com /articles/Basil_of_Caesarea (1281 words)

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