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St. Basil was a towering figure in the fourth-century Church. In the midst of great controversy, he led the charge of those faithful to the doctrine proclaimed at Nicaea. For the bishop of Caesarea, the array of false teachings that plagued the Church was not merely a matter of conflicting opinions or interpretations. It was rather a result of the moral failure of so-called leaders of the Church...

11.5 That a host of sinners will by no means entreat God’s favor, but one who pleases him will, whether a man or a woman. LUKE: In truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land; and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath of the Sidonians, to a woman who was a widow8 (4:25–26). 1 CORINTHIANS: I want you to know, brethren, that your fathers were all
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