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Prolegomena to St Basil: Life and Works
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Chronological Table
To Accompany the Life of St. Basil
| A.D. | |
|---|---|
| 329 or 330. | St. Basil born. |
| 335. | Council of Tyre. |
| 336. | Death of Arius. |
| 337. | Death of Constantine. |
| 340. | Death of Constantine II. |
| 341. | Dedication creed at Antioch. |
| 343. | Julian and Gallus relegated to Macellum. |
| Basil probably sent from Annen to school at Cæsarea. | |
| 344. | Macrostich, and Council of Sardica. |
| 346. | Basil goes to constantinople. |
| 350. | Death of Constans. |
| 351. | Basil goes to constantinople. |
| 1st Creed of Sirmium. | |
| 353. | Death of Magnentius. |
| 355. | Julian goes to Athens (latter part of year). |
| 356. | Basil returns to Cæsarea. |
| 357. | The 2d Creed of Sirmium, or Blasphemy, subscribed by Hosius and Liberius. |
| Basil baptized, and shortly afterwards ordained reader. | |
| 358. | Basil visits monastic establishments in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and Mesopotamia, and retires to the monastery on the Iris. |
| 359. | The 3d Creed of Sirmium. Dated May 22. Councils of Seleucia and Ariminum. |
| 360. | Acacian synod of Constantinople. |
| Basil, now ordained Deacon, disputes with Aetius. | |
| Dianius subscribes the Creed of Ariminum, and | |
| Basil in consequence leaves Cæsarea. | |
| He visits Gregory at Nazianzus. | |
| 361. | Death of Constantius and accession of Julian. |
| Basil writes the “Moralia.” | |
| 362. | Basil returns to Cæsarea. |
| Dianius dies. Eusebius baptized, elected, and consecrated bishop. | |
| Lucifer consecrates Paulinus at Antioch. | |
| Julian at Cæsarea. Martyrdom of Eupsychius. | |
| 363. | Julian dies (June 27). Accession of Jovian. |
| 364. | Jovian dies. Accession of Valentinian and Valens. |
| Basil ordained priest by Eusebius. | |
| Basil writes against Eunomius. | |
| Semiarian council of Lampsacus. | |
| 365. | Revolt of Procopius. |
| Valens at Cæsarea. | |
| 366. | Semiarian deputation to Rome satisfy Liberius of their orthodoxy. |
| Death of Liberius. Damasus bp. of Rome. | |
| Procopius defeated. | |
| 367. | Gratian Augustus. |
| Valens favours the Arians. | |
| Council of Tyana. | |
| 368. | Semiarian Council in Caria. Famine in Cappadocia |
| 369. | Death of Emmelia. Basil visits Samosata. |
| 370. | Death of Eusebius of Cæsarea |
| Election and consecration of Basil to the see of Cæsarea. | |
| Basil makes visitation tour. | |
| 371. | Basil threatened by arian bishops and by modestus. |
| Valens, travelling slowly from Nicomedia to Cæsarea, arrives at the end of the year. | |
| 372. | Valens attends great service at Cæsarea on the Epiphany, Jan. 6. |
| Interviews between Basil and Valens. | |
| Death of Galates. | |
| Valens endows Ptochotrophium and quits Cæsarea. | |
| Basil visits Eusebius at Samosata. | |
| Claim of Anthimus to metropolitan dignity at Tyana. | |
| Basil resists Anthimus. | |
| Basil Forces Gregory of Nazianzus to be consecrated bishop of Sasima, and consecrates his brother Gregory to Nyssa. Consequent estrangement of Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus. | |
| Basil in Armenia. Creed signed by Eustathius. | |
| 373. | St. Epiphanius writes the “Ancoratus.” |
| Death of Athanasius. | |
| Basil visited by Jovinus of Perrha, and by Sanctissimus of Antioch. | |
| 374. | Death of Auxentius and consecration of Ambrose at Milan. |
| Basil writes the “De Spiritu Sancto.” | |
| Eusebius of Samosata banished to Thrace. | |
| Death of Gregory, bp. of Nazianzus, the elder. | |
| 375. | Death of Valentinian. Gratian and Valentinian II. emperors. |
| Synod of Illyria, and Letter to the Orientals. | |
| Semiarian Council of Cyzicus. | |
| Demosthenes harasses the Catholics. | |
| Gregory of Nyssa deposed. | |
| 376. | Synod of Iconium. |
| Open denunciation of Eustathius by Basil. | |
| 378. | Death of Valens, Aug. 9. |
| Eusebius of Samosata and Meletius return from exile. | |
| 379. | Death of Basil, Jan. 1. |
| Theodosius Augustus. |