Basil the Great


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Related to Basil the Great: John Chrysostom, Gregory of Nyssa
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Noun1.Basil the Great - (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th centuryBasil the Great - (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
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Basil the Great highlighted the role of the effort demanded by athletics in nurturing self-sacrifice as a means of growth in virtue: "These men endure sufferings beyond number, they use many means to build their strength, they sweat constantly as they train...
Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom, celebrated together by the Church on the 30th of January (Louth 2004: 289).
Nicu DUMITRASCU, Basil the Great: Faith, Mission and Diplomacy in the Shaping of Christian Doctrine, New York: Routledge, 2018, 204 pp., 15,5 x 23,5, ISBN 978-1-4724-8586-1.
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The day commemorates three highly influential 4th century bishops who later become saints -- Saint Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostomos.The three saints are revered in eastern Christianity for their wide knowledge and for shaping Christian theology.
There are short entries on the Stoics, some of the Church Fathers, specifically Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine, the medieval theologians Hugh and Richard of St.
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"When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief," Basil the Great wrote.
Basil the Great counseled: "Imitate the character of the bee, because it constructs its honeycomb without injuring anyone or destroying another's fruit." Having enjoyed the sweetness that a mutually beneficial partnership with my bees can provide, I hope to work on being a better companion animal to the rest of earth's inhabitants.