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NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works - Holy Bible Institute

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To the Cæsareans. A defence of his withdrawal, <strong>and</strong> concerning the faith.of the diligent worker the ant, 1869 <strong>and</strong> recommends her active life; <strong>and</strong> in another the workof the wise bee in forming its cells, 1870 <strong>and</strong> thereby suggests a natural contemplation whereinalso the doctrine of the <strong>Holy</strong> Trinity is contained, if at least the Creator is considered inproportion to the beauty of the things created.But with thanks to the Father, the Son <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Holy</strong> Ghost let me make an end to myletter, for, as the proverb has it, πᾶν μέτρον ἄριστον. 18711869 cf. Prov. vi. 6.1870 Ecclus. xi. 3. The ascription of this book to Solomon is said by Rufinus to be confined to the Latinchurch, while the Greeks know it as the Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach (vers. Orig., Hom. in Num. xvii.).1871 Attributed to Cleobulus of Lindos. Thales is credited with the injunction μέτρῳ χρῶ. cf. my note onTheodoret, Ep. cli. p. 329.385

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