2 Three mss. Basil seems to regard his brother as at liberty to come and help him at Caesera. Gregory's consecration to the see of Nyssa is placed in 372, when his reluctance had to be overcome by force. On the extraordinary circumstance of his well meant but futile forgery of the name of his namesake and uncle, bishop of an unknown see, vife Prolegom. 3 Bishop of Tyana, estranged from Basil, cf.
Letters cxx., cxxi.
4 Eccles. xl. Erat Basilius, nt in ejus modi officiis exhibendis diligentissimus, ita etiam in reposcendis attentus. Placed in 361, at about the same time as the preceding. 2 Vide n. on preceding page. Of the same time as the preceding.