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Basil, Rule of Saint I. Under the name of Basilians are included all the religious who follow the Rule of St. Basil. The monasteries of such religious have never possessed the hierarchical organization which ordinarily exists in the houses of an order properly so called. Only a few houses were formerly grouped into congregations or … Continue reading “Basil, Rule of Saint”

Basil Or Basilius some time a physician, was ordained bishop of Ancyra by the bishops of the Eusebian party in the room of Marcellus, whom they had deposed; but Basil was himself excommunicated, and his ordination annulled, in the council of Sardica in 347, though he still retained the see. He was an opponent of … Continue reading “Basil Or Basilius (2)”

Basil Of Soissons a French Capuchin, who was sent as a missionary into England in 1691, is the author of, Defense Invincible de la Verite Orthodoxe de la Presence Reelle de J.-C. en l’Eucharistie, etc. (Paris, 1676 a. o.): Defensio, seu Vera Religio clare Demonstrata, et Novarum Sectaru.m Falsitas penitus Eversa (ibid. 1676): Compendium Clarissimum … Continue reading “Basil Of Soissons”

Basil of Seleucia Bishop and ecclesiastical writer, date of birth uncertain; d., probably, between 458 and 460; was distinguished during the period when the Eastern Church was convulsed by the Monophysite struggles, and was necessarily obliged to take sides in all those controversies. Those of his writings which have come down to us, though somewhat … Continue reading “Basil of Seleucia”

Basil Of Lyons a French Capuchin, who died in 1628 at Grenoble, is the author of, Diarium Veri Chr(istiani (Lyons, 1617): Praxis Veri Christiaai, Servi Dei (ibid. 1628). See Bernardus a Bononia, Bibliotheca Capuccinorum; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Basil Of Jerusalem a Jacobite patriarch in the 9th century, is the author of Epistola Synodica de SS. Imaginibus ad Theophilum. Ed. Gr. Lat. Combefisii Manipulus Origg. Rerumque Constantinopolitan (Paris, 1664), an epistle addressed to the emperor Theophilus, on account of his severe edict against the image- worshippers. See Milman, Hist. of Latin Christianity, 2:363; … Continue reading “Basil Of Jerusalem”

Basil Of Glemona a French missionary to China in the 18th’ century, prepared a Chinese dictionary, entitled Han tsu si i (1726), several copies of which have been circulated in China and Europe. It was translated into Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, and French, and served as a model for that published by Guinges in 1813, by … Continue reading “Basil Of Glemona”

Basil Of Cilicia was, according to Photius (Cod. 42, 107), a priest of the Church of Antioch when Flavianus governed that see in the reign of Anastasius, and afterwards became bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia; for there is no reason to doubt that he was the same with the Basil mentioned by Suidas. He died … Continue reading “Basil Of Cilicia”

Basil Of Ancyra (1) a presbyter who became a martyr for the faith under Julian the Apostate, A.D. 362, was of Christian parentage and of orthodox faith. During the reign of Constantius, he was a bold and uncomnpromising opponent of Arianism, and maintained the truth with great courage at the Council of Jerusalem in 335. … Continue reading “Basil Of Ancyra (2)”

Basil of Amasea (Basileus or Basilius) Bishop and Martyr. In St. Jerome’s Latin version of the Chronicle of Eusebius the statement occurs under the 275th Olympiad (A.D. 321-324) that Basileus, Bishop of Amasea in Pontus, suffered martyrdom in the reign of Licinius [ed. Schone (Berlin, 1875), 191]. There is no reason for doubting the trustworthiness … Continue reading “Basil of Amasea”