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Letter CCCLVII. Libanius to Basil.

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What has made Basil object to the letter, the proof of philosophy? I have learned to make fun from you, but nevertheless your fun is venerable and, so to say, hoary with age. But, by our very friendship, by our common pastimes, do away, I charge you, with the distress caused by your letter...in nothing differing. [3287]

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Basil Letters And Select Works

A collection of letters and theological writings by St. Basil the Great, the fourth-century Cappadocian Father, bishop, and monastic organizer. His correspondence addresses church controversies, pastoral concerns, and theological questions, while his select works include treatises on the Holy Spirit …

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