A Life Pleasing to God: The Spirituality of the Rules of Saint Basil Volume 189

Basil the Great (330—379) is one of the most important figures in christian history and a theologian and spiritual teacher of ecumenical significance. At a time when the sources of their rich spiritual heritage are beingre—appropriated by Christians of many traditions, it is strange that little attention has been given to basilian spirituality.

a life Pleasing to God tells the story of Basil's own spiritual development in the theologically turbulent fourth—century. Its core is a study of tho...