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Definition of Basil of caesarea
1. Noun. (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).
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Generic synonyms: Church Father, Father, Father Of The Church, Doctor, Doctor Of The Church, Saint, Theologian, Theologiser, Theologist, Theologizer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basil Of Caesarea
Literary usage of Basil of caesarea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Church History by Christopher Wordsworth (1883)
"... letter is addressed, had been at Court, which Basil of Caesarea never was.
The other letter (Epist. 75) is clearly spurious (ibid. p. ..."
2. Authoritative Christianity: The First Ecumenical Council ... which was Held by James Chrystal (1891)
"Thus writing to Innocent, a Bishop (Epist 81), who had asked St. Basil, of Caesarea
to succeed him in his See at his (Innocent's) death, St Basil declines, ..."
3. The Post-Nicene Latin Fathers by George Anson Jackson (1884)
"Basil of Caesarea Cap. 117. Gregory Nazianzen. 118. Lucius, an Arian bishop. 119.
Diodorus of Tarsus. 120. Eunomius the heretic. 121. Priscillian of Avila. ..."
4. A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Philip Schaff, Henry Wace (1892)
"... Basil of Caesarea, Gregory Nazianzen, and Gregory of Nyssa. ... GREGORY 4
bishop of Nyssa, the brother of Basil of Caesarea, a few years since read to ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"His mother Emmelia was a martyr's daughter; two of his brothers, Basil of Caesarea
and Peter of Sebaste, became bishops like himself; his eldest sister, ..."
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