Category: Saint Basil the Great
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St. Basil the Great and the Deliverance from Demonic Bondage
St. Basil the Great, as Archbishop, succeeded in snatching from the belly of the devil a young man who had voluntarily surrendered himself to him. In Caesarea, a Christian servant fell in love with the only daughter of his wealthy master, named Proterius, and wished to marry her. However, neither the girl nor her parents…
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Why Is There Disorder in the Church? St. Basil the Great Explains
Νote: The following text is a free theological rendering of PG 31:653–676, St. Basil the Great’s On the Judgment of God. It seeks to convey the theological spirit and moral urgency of St. Basil’s thought, rather than provide a strict literal translation. Βriefly. When St. Basil entered into the “inner realities” of the Church…
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Sufferings Through the Eyes of St. Basil the Great
Seeing the many trials that occur both in the world and in the Church, Saint Basil the Great composed a homily addressing a central theological question: “That God Is Not the Cause of Evils” (where “evils” refers to afflictions and human suffering, not to sin). He describes evil as “a subject much debated” (PG 31:33).…