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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...

gold” (Ex 25:31). And, “The first man is from clay” (1 Cor 15:47). And, “You have been molded from clay just as I” (Job 33:6). Nonetheless, as I said, these men legislated that this phrase belongs to the Father alone so that they can establish a difference in natures. While they take their starting-point from this observation of the Pagans, they do not slavishly follow them exactly in all things. On the one hand, following the pagan rule, they apply the name “instrument” to the Son and “place” to the Holy
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