Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Series II
Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church
Series II.
The works of the Greek Fathers from Eusebius to John of Damascus and the Latin Fathers from Hilary to Gregory the Great.
Ante Nicene Fathers
ANF Vol. I
ANF Vol. II
ANF Vol. III
ANF Vol. IV
ANF Vol. V
ANF Vol. VI
ANF Vol. VII
ANF Vol. VIII
ANF Vol. X
Nicene & Post
Nicene Fathers
Series I
NPNF-1 Vol. I
NPNF-1 Vol. II
NPNF-1 Vol. III
NPNF-1 Vol. IV
NPNF-1 Vol. V
NPNF-1 Vol. VI
NPNF-1 Vol. VII
NPNF-1 Vol. VIII
NPNF-1 Vol. IX
NPNF-1 Vol. X
NPNF-1 Vol. XI
NPNF-1 Vol. XII
NPNF-1 Vol. XIII
NPNF-1 Vol. XIV
Nicene & Post
Nicene Fathers
Series II
NPNF-2 Vol. I
NPNF-2 Vol. II
NPNF-2 Vol. III
NPNF-2 Vol. IV
NPNF-2 Vol. V
NPNF-2 Vol. VI
NPNF-2 Vol. VII
NPNF-2 Vol. VIII
NPNF-2 Vol. IX
NPNF-2 Vol. X
NPNF-2 Vol. XI
NPNF-2 Vol. XII
NPNF-2 Vol. XIII
NPNF-2 Vol. XIV
Saint Basil, Letter CCCXLVII. Letter CCCXLVII. Libanius to Basil. Every bishop is a thing out of which it is very hard to get anything.1 The further you have advanced beyond other people in learning, the more you make me afraid that you will refuse what I ask. I want some rafters.2 Any other sophist would have called them stakes, or poles, not because he wanted stakes or poles, but rather for shewing off his word lets than out of any real need. If you do not supply them, I shall have to winter in the open air. Next-> <- Back Contents TopPresented by The Common Man's Prospective. Copyright© 1999-2010 Ernest C. Marsh