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Prolegomena to St Basil: Life and Works
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Classification
II. Works
The extant works of St. Basil may be conveniently classified as follows:
I. Dogmatic.
(i) Adversus Eunomium. Πρὸς Εὐνόμιον.
(ii) De Spiritu Sancto. Περὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος.
II. Exegetic.1
(i) In Hexæmeron. Εἰς τὴν Ἑξαήμερον.
(ii) Homiliæ on Pss. i., vii., xiv., xxviii., xxix., xxxii., xxxiii., xliv., xlv., xlviii., lix., lxi., cxiv.
(iii) Commentary on Isaiah i.–xvi.
III. Ascetic.
(i) Tractatus prævii.
(ii.) Proœmium de Judicio Dei and De Fide.
(iii) Moralia. Τὰ Ἠθικά.
(iv) Regulæ fusius tractatæ. Ὅροι κατὰ πλάτος.
(v) Regulæ brevius tractatæ. Ὅροι κατ᾽ ἐπιτόμην.
IV. Homiletic. XXIV. Homilies.
(i) Dogmatic.
(ii) Moral.
(iii) Panegyric.
V. Letters.
(i) Historic.
(ii) Dogmatic.
(iii) Moral.
(iv) Disciplinary.
(v) Consolatory.
(vi) Commendatory.
(vii) Familiar.
VI. Liturgic.
Notes
- According to Cassiodorus (Instit. Divin. Litt. Præfat.) St. Basil wrote in interpretation of the whole of Scripture, but this statement lacks confirmation. cf. Maran, Vit. Bas. xli.