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Letters - Letter 356

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Letter CCCLVI.

Letter CCCLVI.

Basil to Libanius.

I AM delighted at receiving what you write, but when you ask me to reply, I am in a difficulty. What could I say in answer to so Attic a tongue, except that I confess, and confess with joy, that I am a pupil of fishermen?

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Writings of Basil of Caesarea

Writings of Basil of Caesarea (c. AD 379). Basil of Caesarea was an early church father whose writings have been preserved for the edification of the church.

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