Basil: Letters 11-20
Letter 11 - “To some friends“ After by God’s grace I had passed the sacred day with our sons, and had kept a really perfect feast to the Lord because of their exceeding [...]
Basil: Letters 1-10
Letter 1 - “To Eustathius the Philosopher” Much distressed as I was by the flouts of what is called fortune, who always seems to be hindering my meeting you, I was wonderfully [...]
The Witch Of Endor
Then said the woman, ‘Whom shall I bring up to you?’ And he said, ‘Bring me up Samuel.’ And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to [...]
Basil: Hexaemeron
Introduction The Hexaemeron is the title of nine homilies delivered by St. Basil on the cosmogony of the opening chapters of Genesis. When and where they were delivered is quite uncertain. They [...]
What Are Demons?
Before we unfold the patristic understanding of demons, we must first understand how the majority of the fathers interpreted Genesis 6:2. “For unlawful unions occurred on earth, as angels [...]
