Basil as exemplar for reading pagan texts: The spirit, the church, and a sacramental ontology

In To Young Men, Basil of Caesarea asserted that pagan literature could be read discerningly for the pursuit of virtue. As a professor of English, I recognize Basil as an exemplar pedagogue in my own insistence that Christian students read secular texts. Not a scholar of Greek, I rely on patristic s...

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Main Author: Peterson, Heather W (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 2022
In: International journal of Christianity & education
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 112-122
Further subjects:B sacramental ontology
B Christian Education
B Platonist-Christianity
B Basil of Caesarea
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