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Author(s): Philip Rousseau
ISBN(s): 9780520921061, 0520921062
Edition: Reprint 2019
File Details: PDF, 36.05 MB
Year: 2020
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0520213814

ISBN 13: 9780520213814

Author: Philip Rousseau

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. He demanded loyalty, but gave it also, and made it a central feature of his church. In Rousseau’s portrait, Basil’s understanding of human nature emerges as his major legacy.

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 i

Table of contents: 

I · A CAPPADOCIAN FAMILY
II · ATHENS
III · THE PHILOSOPHIC LIFE
IV · EUNOMIUS
V · CITY AND CHURCH
VI · THE ASCETIC WRITINGS
VII · EUSTATHIUS AND OTHER FRIENDS
VIII · BASIL ON THE WORLD STAGE
IX · ‘WE SEEK THE ANCIENT FATHERLAND’

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