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Saint Basil of Caesarea (c. 329–378/9 CE) was a monk, bishop, preacher, theologian, and social activist who had very down-to-earth views about eating, drinking, fasting, and feasts in honor of local martyrs. In this new collection of sermon translations—most offered here in English for the first time—Basil addresses such issues as drunkenness, hesitations over baptism, community benefits of...

despondent over the emptiness of your stomach but rather delighting in your soul because of the spiritual joys.10 For you know that the desires of the flesh are against the spirit and the desires of the spirit are against the flesh.11 So then, since they are opposed to one another, let us diminish the comfort of our flesh and boost the strength of our souls, so that through fasting from the passions we may achieve victory and be rewarded with the crowns of self-control. 4 So then, right now you need
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