Tag Archives: St. Basil

“The young are more to be pitied, since they know not of what they have been deprived.”

How fresh the Fathers of the Church can be in our own times.   No wonder Pope Benedict wrote that we need to recover the perspective and methods of the Fathers. Let’s not imagine that we are the only ones who … Read More

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From a Father of the Church to everyone who texts and tweets

A note from a Father of the Church to everyone who texts and tweets. Tip o’ the biretta to the Laudator. Basil, letter XII (to Olympius; tr. Roy J. Deferrari): You used to write us little enough, but now you … Read More

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