Basil the Great
c. 330 – 379 · Cappadocia
Biography
Bishop of Caesarea and eldest Cappadocian Father; framed the post-Nicene defense of the Holy Spirit's divinity.
“The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the coat that lies in your chest belongs to the naked.”— On Social Justice (Homily 6)
Writings
- On the Holy Spirit
- Hexaemeron
- Longer and Shorter Rules
Influence
Shaped Eastern monastic life and Trinitarian theology in view of Constantinople I (381).