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Letter CCCLVI. Basil to Libanius.

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I am delighted at receiving what you write, but when you ask me to reply, I am in a difficulty. What could I say in answer to so Attic a tongue, except that I confess, and confess with joy, that I am a pupil of fishermen?

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Basil Letters And Select Works

A collection of letters and theological writings by St. Basil the Great, the fourth-century Cappadocian Father, bishop, and monastic organizer. His correspondence addresses church controversies, pastoral concerns, and theological questions, while his select works include treatises on the Holy Spirit …

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