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    Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (Koinē Greek: Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας, Hágios Basíleios ho Mégas;ግዕዝ (Ge'ez) ቅዱስ ባስልዮስ ዐቢይ (ዓምደ ቤተ...
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  • The Hexaemeron of Basil of Caesarea (d. 379) is a fourth-century Greek commentary on the Genesis creation narrative (or a Hexaemeron). It is the first...
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    Theophilus the martyrs, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa and Basil of Caesarea. In the 4th century, bishop Basil established an ecclesiastic centre...
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    1010–1017 Basil Theodorokanos, Catepan of Italy in 1043 Basil of Caesarea (330–379), also known as Saint Basil the Great, a 4th-century bishop of Caesarea Basil...
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    wife of Basil the Elder and bore nine or ten children, including Basil of Caesarea (born circa 330), Macrina the Younger, Peter of Sebaste, Gregory of Nyssa...
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  • Hypostasis (philosophy and religion) (category Nature of Jesus Christ)
    example, Basil of Caesarea said that the Son's statements that he does the will of the Father "is not because He lacks deliberate purpose or power of initiation"...
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    Cappadocian Fathers (category Groups of Roman Catholic saints)
    (330–379) was Bishop of Caesarea; Basil's younger brother Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335 – c. 395) was Bishop of Nyssa; and a close friend, Gregory of Nazianzus (329–389)...
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    were held. Not all of the Church fathers followed Origen. Manlio Simonetti noted Basil of Caesarea's "strong tone of criticism" of Origen's teaching....
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  • Sabellianism (category Nature of Jesus Christ)
    followers of Marcellus and his continuing to favour the expression 'one hypostasis' ... rendered him suspect.": 801  Basil of Caesarea argued in favour of homoousios...
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    persons of the Godhead, and with giving in to the heretical ways of Sabellius. Basil of Caesarea accused him of abandoning the literal sense of the scripture...
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