c. AD 330 – 379
Basil the Great
One of the Cappadocian Fathers whose work on the Holy Spirit prepared the definitions of Constantinople I; he also founded a large complex of hospitals and hostels.
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- Location
- Caesarea in Cappadocia
- Role
- Bishop, monastic legislator, Doctor of the Church
- Major writings
- On the Holy Spirit; the Longer and Shorter Rules; Hexaemeron
- Teachings
- The divinity of the Holy Spirit
- Communal monastic life ordered to service of the poor
- Connection to apostolic Christianity
- He appealed to unwritten apostolic practice, such as the sign of the cross and the form of baptism, alongside Scripture.
Quotations with references
“The Spirit is inseparable from the Father and the Son in the giving of grace.”
Sources and References
- Basil, On the Holy Spiritnewadvent.org