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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 ...
- Substance and Person
- Natures Are Common, Persons Specify Certain Qualities of Natures
- How to Distinguish The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
- The Common Nature of God
- Reflections
Basil worries that many who speak about the Trinity do not make a distinction between the words substance and person. And this has led to confusion because some claim that there is “‘one person in God'” or others divide God’s substance into three parts to match the number of persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) (p. 84). “Therefore,” writes Basil,...
For Basil, the word “man” is a general term, but the name Peter specifies a person (84). So, “man” might bring to mind a common quality that all men have, but it doesn’t distinguish one man from another. So, one uses a “specific characterization” to refer to a specific person (p. 85). In other words, you use a name like “Peter or John” (p. 85). Aft...
When it comes to the Trinity, the “substance is the common attribute, but the person is the specific quality of each” (p. 92). Basil goes on to clarify the specific qualities of each person of the Trinity, which distinguish the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit from one another. The Father is “without generation and without beginning” and he is “the...
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit share in infinity, incomprehensibly, un-createdness, “being circumscribed within no space,” and the rest (p. 89). For the Trinity, there is a “constant and uninterrupted sharing in them” (p. 89). The commonality allows no division among the Trinity. According to Basil, “there is found in them a certain inexpressible...
Basil’s short letter to his little brother sketches out what has become (and already was) the classical doctrine of the Trinity. Gregory of Nyssa would preside over the Council of Constantinople in 381, ensuring that the orthodox confession of the Trinity would persistfor the ages. It’s not as if Basil invented this language to talk about God. Chri...
Feb 24, 2017 · Indeed, even when Caesarea itself fell into ruin centuries later, Basil’s neighboring “new city” was still thriving—becoming the modern-day city of Kayseri, Turkey. 8 Also, one notes that the Greek here for “hospital” (πτωχοτροφεῖον) can signify a facility that tends to the sick or to the poor (or both): Basil’s complex apparently treats the indigent sick. 9
Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (Koinē Greek: Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας, Hágios Basíleios ho Mégas;ግዕዝ (Ge'ez) ቅዱስ ባስልዮስ ዐቢይ (ዓምደ ቤተ ክርስቲያን) Coptic: Ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲟⲥ; 330 [8] – 1 or 2 January 378), was an early Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Caesarea ...
Feb 6, 2017 · St. Basil and Faith in the Holy Spirit by Fr. Cantalamessa 4. Basil, Gregory, and the Holy Spirit by Dominicans of St. Joseph. St. Basil the Great, the famous 4th century Cappadocian father, best known for developing and perfecting the trinitarian theology of St. Athanasius the Great (c. 295-373), composed On the Holy Spirit in 375.
monasticism. St. Basil the Great (born ad 329, Caesarea Mazaca, Cappadocia—died January 1, 379, Caesarea; Western feast day January 2; Eastern feast day January 1) was an early Church Father who defended the orthodox faith against the Arian heresy. As bishop of Caesarea, he wrote several works on monasticism, theology, and canon law.
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Oct 25, 2021 · Basil of Caesarea never saw the two significant church councils of the 4th century, and yet his name is deservedly associated with both of them. He was born after the Council of Nicaea in 325, where it was established that the Father and the Son are of identical essence and eternal existence. The Council followed the worthy and celebrated Athanasius in rejecting the argument that Jesus Christ ...
