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Transformation of the Classical Heritage
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Basil of Caesarea is thought of most often as an opponent of heresy and a pioneer of monastic life in the eastern church. In this new biographical study, however, controversy is no longer seen as the central preoccupation of his life nor are his ascetic initiatives viewed as separable from his pastoral concern for all Christians. Basil's letters, sermons, and theological treatises, together with the testimonies of his relatives and friends, reveal a man beset by doubt. He demanded loyalty, but gave it also, and made it a central feature of his church. In Rousseau's portrait, Basil's understanding of human nature emerges as his major legacy. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.
Basil of Caesarea is thought of most often as an opponent of heresy and a pioneer of monastic life in the eastern church. In this new biographical study, however, controversy is no longer seen as the central preoccupation of his life nor are his ascetic i
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS 1
- ABBREVIATIONS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I A CAPPADOCIAN FAMILY
- CHAPTER II ATHENS
- CHAPTER III THE PHILOSOPHIC LIFE
- CHAPTER IV EUNOMIUS
- CHAPTER V CITY AND CHURCH
- CHAPTER VI THE ASCETIC WRITINGS
- CHAPTER VII EUSTATHIUS AND OTHER FRIENDS
- CHAPTER VIII BASIL ON THE WORLD STAGE
- ⢠CHAPTER IX â 'WE SEEK THE ANCIENT FATHERLAND'
- APPENDIX I VALENS'S VISITS TO CAESAREA
- APPENDIX II THE FORMATION OF THE ASCETICON
- APPENDIX III THE DATE OF BASIL'S DEATH AND OF THE HEXAEMERON
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- SOURCES
- SECONDARY WORKS
- SUPPLEMENT: THE NUMBERING OF THE HOMILIES
- GENERAL INDEX
- INDEX OF CITATIONS from the Works of Basil, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa