num_pages: 312
description: 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 those passages of the Ascetic on which illustrate his understanding of the foundation of the christian life and lay out the possibilities, and problems, of christian community.
language: English
title: A Life Pleasing To God: The Spirituality of the Rules of Saint Basil (Volume 189)
titlecomplete: A Life Pleasing To God: The Spirituality of the Rules of Saint Basil (Volume 189) (Cistercian Studies Series)
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Liturgical Press