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Basil the Great

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Noun1.Basil the Great - (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
Basil of Caesarea, St. Basil, St. Basil the Great, Basil
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy


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Basil the Great didn't beat around the bush: "The bread in your cupboard belongs to the one who is hungry.
Get hungry for lent: lent's fasting, prayer, and almsgiving ought to ... by Huck, Gabe / U.S. Catholic
Basil the Great shows that the Trinity is revealed precisely here, in the human face of Christ: "O Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the great God and Savior, our hope, who is the image of your goodness, the seal of your very likeness, showing forth in himself you, O Father--the living Word, the true God, the eternal wisdom, the life, the sanctification, the power, the true light, through whom the Holy Spirit was revealed .
Outrageous Christianity: a Christmas meditation by Garvey, John / Commonweal
The existing Order of Saint Basil the Great, OSBM, of the Ukrainian Byzantine rite, which is quite prominent in Canada, traces its historical descent from Basil though not in a direct line.
St. Basil the Great by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
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