Saint Basil—Ascetical Works

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Translated by Sister M. Monica Wagner, C.S.C.
Publication Data: Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1962
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: xii + 525
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.0 cm × 13.7 cm × 2.7 cm
ISBN: 0‒8132‒0966‒8

   
Translated by Sister M. Monica Wagner, C.S.C.

Volume 9 of The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation

“Perhaps it may safely be asserted that the creation of true coenobitical monachism, receptive of both sexes and all classes, was substantially the work of St. Basil. Such features as the common house, the common table, prayer in common, all of which became constant and permanent in Western monasticism, may be considered original with him in the sense that he regulated and systematized these elements. [...]To this day[...]the fundamental concept of Greek and Slavonic monasticism continues to be the conception of St. Basil.”
—“Introduction”

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ASCETICAL LIFE
AN ASCETICAL DISCOURSE AND EXHORTATION ON THE RENUNCIATION OF THE WORLD AND SPIRITUAL PERFECTION
A DISCOURSE ON ASCETICAL DISCIPLINE
PREFACE ON THE JUDGMENT OF GOD
CONCERNING FAITH
HEREWITH BEGINS THE MORALS
AN ASCETICAL DISCOURSE
AN ASCETICAL DISCOURSE
THE LONG RULES
CONCERNING BAPTISM
HOMILY ON THE WORDS: ‘GIVE HEED TO THYSELF’
HOMILY 10: AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE PRONE TO ANGER
HOMILY 11: CONCERNING ENVY
HOMILY 20: OF HUMILITY
HOMILY 21: ON DETACHMENT FROM WORLDLY GOODS
ON MERCY AND JUSTICE
INDEX
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