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Title: St. Basil the Great on the Holy Spirit by Saint, the Great, Abp. of Caesarea, Basilius ISBN: 0-913836-74-5 Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1980 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic Defense
Comment: St. Basil's "On the Holy Spirit" is a classic defense of the Church's teachings about the third person of the Trinity. St. Basil also covers the sacraments and the use and importance of tradition in the Church's life as well. Should be read by all Orthodox Christians and anyone interested in the Church and the Church Fathers.
Rating: 4
Summary: A provocative example of early christian refutation
Comment: Among the names attached to patristic literature, Basil is among the most celebrated in early church conflict. Some scholars have suggested that he was the most capable writer in Christian antiquity. He was one of ten children, raised as a product of atavistic Christianity, and educated in the classics at Athens. As founder of Western Monasticism, this Cappadocian Father spent most of his theological career promoting the ecumenity of the Church in light of the proliferation of theological dissension. This present exposition is a defense of orthodox Trintarianism, conducted in a confutation of Arianism, a multi-faceted heresy that enjoyed a popular dissemination within the church in the East during the 4th CE. However unintentional, Basil's denunciation of Arianism and its various proponnets, as scurrilous detractors, is evidenced in his own work which manifests the same vitrolic intensity in objection to their position. The antagonistic discourse was a putative activity among disputing schools of theology and this element is predominant throughout this exposition. Although a modern scholar will find Basil's methods of refutation unimpressive and possibly infantile, it is important to avoid the interposing of contemporary value on a work that appeals to theological identity exclusive to its age and prespicuous to its opposition. What remains fascinating for the contemporary linguist is the development of argument centralized on a few pivotal words which Basil believes have suffered superfluous exaggeration in the propagation of Arian opinions. However, pretentious his motivations are, Basil admits that his ultimate objective is to reunite the vacillating church in the midst of insurmountable oppression from the heterodoxy. For the theological enthusiast, this short but impressive work defines a crucial juncture in the formation of church thought. Ironically, the literary critic will find redemption in the exhaustive linguistic argument and the unilateral dedication to the niceties of grammar. As I previously stated, the only discouraging aspect of this purveyor of moral perscription is the interspersed derision introducing virtually every theological refutation. Endeavoring to maintain the unanimity of the Church, Basil's fasetious derision is at times inappropriate and such audacity can denigrate his position as well as his character. After all, ad hominum arguments are delicate when you are purporting your spiritual superiority in matters of divine importance!
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Title: St. Athanasius the Great: On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius the Great ISBN: 0899810659 Publisher: Eastern Orthodox Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: St. Cyril of Jerusalem's Lectures on the Christian Sacraments: The Procatechesis and the Five Mystagogical Catecheses by Saint, Bishop of Jerusalem Cyril, F.L. Cross ISBN: 0913836397 Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1986 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: On the Soul and the Resurrection: St Gregory of Nyssa by of Nyssa, St Gregory, Catharine P. Roth ISBN: 0881411205 Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Making of the Creeds (scm classics) by Frances Young ISBN: 0334028760 Publisher: Scm Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: On the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei by Athanasius, St. Anhanasius, St. Athanasius ISBN: 0913836400 Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1975 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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