Basil of Caesarea
4th century · AD 379 · Eastern & Byzantine · 715 passages
Bishop, monastic founder, and preacher on creation; he built hospitals and taught that care for the poor is inseparable from faith.
Background on Basil of Caesarea
In his own words on Galatians
- Galatians 5:24
We "crucify" the flesh, of course, by being baptized in the water of baptism, which is a likeness of the cross and his death, his entombment and his resurrection, as it is written.
ON BAPTISM 1.15
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