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In his funeral oration for St. Basil, St. Gregory of Nazianzus calls him a “standard of virtue,” a “noble champion of the truth,” and a “second Joseph” for feeding the hungry in a time of famine. The centuries-long dissemination and study of Basil’s works has only confirmed Gregory’s appraisal of Basil’s great personal holiness, his profound insight into the eloquent defense of the Christian...

for the person who transgresses his promises to God? Surely when the confession of faith in him leads to the happiness of piety and the denial subjects them to the judgment of godlessness, how can it not be dreadful for them to deny him now, not because they fear fire, nor sword, nor cross, nor the whip, nor the wheel, nor the rack, but because they have been led astray only by the tricks and promptings of the Spirit-fighters?49 I testify to every man who confesses Christ but denies God [the Father],
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