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Early Church Fathers

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume 8

Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace · AD 357–379 (English edition 1890–1900)

Basil the Great On the Holy Spirit, the Hexaemeron (sermons on the six days of creation) and his letters.

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Contents

Genealogical Tables

Prolegomena22 pages
TOU AGIOU BAChILEIOU PERI TOU PNEUMATOCh BIBLION. THE BOOK OF SAINT BASIL ON THE SPIRIT. DE SPIRITU SANCTO207 pages
Letter CLXVI. To Eusebius, bishop of Samosata129 pages

Letter CCXCVII. To a Widow. [A Short Letter of Introduction.]

Letter CCC. Without Address. [A Consolatory Letter to a Father.]

Letter CCCI. To Maximus. [Consolatory on the Death of His Wife.]2 pages

Letter CCCIV. To Aburgius. [A Few Unimportant Words of Introduction.]

Letter CCCVIII. Without Address. [Commendatory, with the Mention of a Place Called Capralis.]

Letter CCCXXVIII. To Hyperectius. [On Basil's health.]

Letter CCCXXIX. To Phalirius. With Thanks for a Present of Fish.]29 pages

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume 8, ed. Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (1890–1900). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.