Nicene and Post-Nicene Church Fathers Series 2 - The Still Small ...

IV.—Homiletical.
Twenty-four homilies on miscellaneous subjects, published under St. Basil’s name, are
generally accepted as genuine. They are conveniently classified as (i) Dogmatic and Exegetic,
(ii) Moral, and (iii) Panegyric. To Class (i) will be referred
III. In Illud, Attende tibi ipsi.
VI. In Illud, Destruam horrea, etc.
IX. In Illud, Quod Deus non est auctor malorum.
XII. In principium Proverbiorum.
XV. De Fide.
XVI. In Illud, In principio erat Verbum.
XXIV. Contra Sabellianos et Arium et Anomœos.
Class (ii) will include
I. and II. De Jejunio.
IV. De gratiarum actione.
VII. In Divites.
VIII. In famem et siccitatem.
X. Adversus beatos.
XI. De invidia.
XIII. In Sanctum Baptismum.
XIV. In Ebriosos.
XX. De humilitate.
XXI. Quod rebus mundanis adhærendum non sit, et de incendio extra ecclesiam facto.
XXII. Ad adolescentes, de legendis libris Gentilium.
The Panegyric (iii) are
V. In martyrem Julittam.
XVII. In Barlaam martyrem.
XVIII. In Gordium martyrem.
XIX. In sanctos quadraginta martyres.
XXIII. In Mamantem martyrem.
Homily III. on Deut. xv. 9, 574 is one of the eight translated by Rufinus. Section 2 begins:
“‘Take heed,’ it is written, ‘to thyself.’ Every living creature possesses within himself,
by the gift of God, the Ordainer of all things, certain resources for self protection. Investigate
nature with attention, and you will find that the majority of brutes have an instinctive
574 LXX, πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ.
Homiletical.
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