The library of Basil of Caesarea

1. the Psalms David 12 authority 12 citations

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   De legendis gentilium libris

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   and of nature in the universal sense, as when David says, "Man, his days are as grass.

2. Epistle to the Romans Paul 8 authority 8 citations

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   For "the law," it says, "of the Spirit of life has freed me from the law of sin.

3. Homer 1 authority · 2 neutral 3 citations

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   And henceforth I shall consider nothing comparable to it — not the Homeric lotus, no, nor even that ambrosia, whatever it may have been, which feeds the dwellers on Olympus.

4. Odyssey Homer 1 authority · 1 neutral · 1 extended 3 citations

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   De legendis gentilium libris

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   As I once heard from a man skilled in discerning a poet's meaning, the whole poetry of Homer is a praise of virtue, and everything in it bears toward this, except what is by-work—and not least in those passages where he has portrayed the leader of the Cephallenians, saved naked from the shipwreck.

5. Republic Plato 1 authority · 1 extended 2 citations

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   Yet this is the uttermost limit of injustice, if we are to believe Plato at all:

6. Gospel of Matthew Matthew 11 authority · 1 neutral 12 citations

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   For as he who said "Paul and Silvanus and Timothy" said three names, but bound them together by the conjunction "and," so he who said "the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit," saying three, wove them together with the connective, teaching that to each name its own signification is attached, since names are significant of things.

7. Proverbs Solomon 9 authority · 1 extended 10 citations

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   And at the same time this too must be said, that God who created us has made the natural faculties of judgment require no teaching.

8. the Gospel Jesus Christ 7 authority · 2 endorsed 9 citations

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   For your saying that the situation of the place is not enough to instil in your soul any impulse toward the life we lead, until you have learned something of our way and manner of living—this was indeed a thought truly your own and worthy of your soul, which reckons all things here as nothing in comparison with the blessedness laid up for us in the promises.

9. Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah 7 authority · 1 extended 8 citations

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   But when, on coming into Cilicia and meeting a certain Gelasius, he set forth to him a creed which only Arius, or some genuine disciple of his, could have composed, then indeed we were the more confirmed in our separation, reckoning that neither will the Ethiopian ever change his skin, nor the leopard his spots, nor can one bred up in perverse doctrines wash off the evil of his heresy.

10. Gospel of John John the Evangelist 6 authority · 1 refuted 7 citations

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    If, then, their visions in sleep run together with the commandments of the Lord, let them be content with the Gospels, which need no help from dreams toward their trustworthiness.

11. 1 Corinthians Paul (the Apostle) 6 authority 6 citations

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    "As there are many gods and many lords, yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things.

12. Book of Job Job 5 authority · 1 endorsed 6 citations

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    Therefore in all things we ought to revere His love for mankind and not be vexed, remembering that great and celebrated utterance which the great athlete Job sent forth, when he saw at a single table ten children crushed in a brief moment of time:

13. Nicene Creed Fathers of the Council of Nicaea 5 authority · 1 endorsed 6 citations

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    For the conviction of faith is one and the same in both of us, since we are heirs of the same fathers who once at Nicaea proclaimed the great message of true religion.

14. 2 Corinthians Paul 3 authority · 1 extended · 1 endorsed 5 citations

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    of a particular man, as, for example, of Paul, that he alone was caught up to the third heaven and heard unspeakable words that are not lawful for a man to utter;

15. Acts of the Apostles Luke 5 authority 5 citations

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    And yet, having in the Gospels numbered Himself among the ignorant because of the weakness of the many, as I said, in the Acts of the Apostles, conversing privately with them as with perfect ones, He says, with Himself excepted, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set in His own authority.

16. Isaiah Isaiah 5 authority 5 citations

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    and, "We saw him, and he had no form nor beauty, but his form was lacking beyond all men.

17. Genesis Moses 2 authority · 1 neutral · 1 extended 4 citations

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    that from Cain to the flood seven generations passed, and the punishment was brought upon all the earth, because of the great outpouring of sin.

18. 1 Timothy Paul 3 authority 3 citations

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    A widow enrolled in the number of widows — that is, one supported by the Church — the Apostle judged should be overlooked if she marries.

19. Basil of Caesarea 1 authority · 1 neutral · 1 extended 3 citations

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    but against those who turn the readers astray, I expect it will be to you no ignoble weapon—not so much trusting in the power of the composition, but knowing exactly that from few starting-points you are inventive toward many.

20. Book of Exodus Moses 2 authority · 1 extended 3 citations

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    For we remember the spiritual injunction that bids us not receive an empty report.

21. Ephesians Paul 3 authority 3 citations

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    And again, if the sword of the Spirit is the word of God, the Holy Spirit is God;

22. Epistle to the Galatians Paul the Apostle 2 authority · 1 extended 3 citations

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    Come then, man of God, since it was not from men that you received or were taught the Gospel of Christ, but the Lord himself transferred you from the judges of the earth to the throne of the apostles:

23. Hebrews unnamed (traditionally Paul) 3 authority 3 citations

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    For "You have made him a little lower than the angels," He says;

24. Book of Numbers unknown (Scripture) 2 authority 2 citations

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    He, summoned by the king of the Moabites with the greatest of gifts, would not consent to utter a word against the will of God, nor to curse Israel, whom the Lord does not curse.

Each of these stands at a single passage, named once and not held by the library. The work that names it carries the anchor.

De legendis gentilium libris

Dorian proverb · an unnamed tragedy · discourse on the choice of Heracles · elegiac sayings of Solon · elegies of Theognis · fable of the fox ¶ · sayings and teachings of Pythagoras · sayings of Bias ¶ · sayings of Diogenes · sayings of Pittacus · sayings of Socrates ¶ · the Gospels (Sermon on the Mount teachings)

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1 Samuel ¶ · Ecclesiastes ¶ · teaching of Sabellius · 1 Corinthians (concession to marry against burning) · 1 Corinthians (gifts of the Spirit) · 1 Kings (the seven thousand who did not bow to Baal) · Acts/proceedings of the Council of Ariminum · Aesop's Fables ¶ · Anomoean argument on the Son's ignorance · Arian doctrine · Blessing of Moses (Deuteronomy) · Comic poetry · Creed of Nicaea · Creed of the Council of Nicaea · Creed set forth at Constantinople · Ecclesiastes (the Preacher) · Encratite dietary question · Ephesians (on fornication and uncleanness) · Epistle to the Hebrews (radiance of glory, express image of hypostasis) · Epistles of Paul (Philippians, Hebrews, 1 Thessalonians, 1 Corinthians) · Epistles of Paul the Apostle · Eunomian doctrine of divine comprehensibility · Exposition of Faith · Fables ¶ · First Book of Kings · First Epistle to the Corinthians (on love) · Genesis (Be fruitful and multiply) · Gospel narrative of Herod and the prophet · Gospel saying on blasphemy against the Holy Spirit · Gospel teaching of the Lord on divorce and adultery · Gospel teaching on marriage · Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke) · Holy Scripture ¶ · Holy Scripture (baptismal confession) · Jeremiah (oracle of the prophet) · John (Gospel) · Lamentations of Jeremiah · Lamentations/Book of Jeremiah · Letter of Athanasius on receiving Arian converts · Letter of restoration · Letters from the Church of Rome · Leviticus (law on kinship marriage) · Myth of Daedalus and Icarus · Myth of Theseus and the labyrinth · Nicene Creed (the faith of Nicaea) · Nicene formula · Pastoral Epistles to Timothy · Psalms (Cast your care upon the Lord) · Psalms (Where shall I go from your Spirit) · Psalms (as a deer longs for water) · Scriptural exhortation against respecting persons in judgment · Scripture ¶ · Scripture (Exodus, on Pharaoh's chariots) · Scripture (call narratives of David and Amos) · Scripture (exhortation on saving one's soul) · Scripture (on adultery) · Scripture (on double punishment) · Scripture (the narrative of Moses and his successor) · Second Book of Kingdoms (Samuel) · Second Maccabees · Song of Songs / sayings attributed to Solomon · Song of the Three Holy Children · Teaching of the Apostle on love and the law · The doctrines of Sabellius and Marcellus · The teaching of Gregory · Tome of the Western bishops · Tome of the council under Eudoxius · Treatises of Apollinaris · Valentinian doctrine · Wisdom of Solomon ¶ · a Greek proverb and a line from comedy · an ancient law (cf. Nahum) · anecdotes of Diogenes · apostolic tradition of Gregory and Musonius · canonical judgment on schismatic baptism · creed composed for Gelasius · dialogues of Aristotle and Theophrastus · image of the invisible God / image of his goodness · interpretation of the manna (Jewish tradition) · letter to Dazinas · letters of Dionysius · life of Cleanthes · narrative of Balaam · narrative of Saul and the woman with a familiar spirit · petition to the emperors · prior written confession and public speech of Eustathius's party · proclamations of the Church · prophetic and Mosaic messianic testimonia · prophetic oracle against father-son fornication · proverb: cabbage twice over is death · proverbial saying on virtue and rule · rule of Moses · saying on hopes as waking dreams · saying on wishes and events · sayings of Zeno · sophistical argument on divine substance · teaching of Apollinaris · teaching of Arius · teaching of Marcion ¶ · teaching of the Fathers · teaching of the holy fathers · the Canons of the Fathers · the Epistles of Paul ¶ · the Gospel (Matthew) ¶ · the Gospel (teachings of Jesus) · the Gospel / apostolic tradition · the Gospel narrative of Christ calming the storm · the Gospels (he who has seen the Son sees the Father) · the Holy Gospels · the Law (Decalogue) ¶ · the Nicene writings/creed · the Scriptures (Law and Prophets) · the Scriptures / divine oracles ¶ · the anecdote of the impartial ear · the blameless faith of the Christians · the canons of Dionysius · the divine law (church law/canons) · the doctrine and creed of the fathers (Nicene faith) · the faith (creed) of Nicaea · the faith of the fathers · the faith/creed set forth at Nicaea · the great and unbreakable creed · the inspired Scriptures · the old census law exempting clergy · the prophetic scriptures ¶ · the saying that a friend is another self · the story of Croesus and Cyrus · the tradition of saving baptism · tradition of the fathers · traditional anecdote about Alexander and the slanderer · traditional proverb · treatise on the Trinity attributed to Apollinaris · two books sent by Diodorus · unwritten church custom on incestuous marriage · writings of Apollinaris · writings of Dionysius of Alexandria · writings of Marcellus (unjust composition)

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1. Letters Basil of Caesarea 1 authority · 1 neutral · 1 extended 3 citations

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   Basil sends his own earlier treatise against Eunomius, continuing its argument as a weapon against false teachers.

   but against those who turn the readers astray, I expect it will be to you no ignoble weapon—not so much trusting in the power of the composition, but knowing exactly that from few starting-points you are inventive toward many.