Basil the Great
Basil to Libanius.
Letters (Selected) — translated by Blomfield Jackson
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Letter CCCLVI.
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Basil to Libanius.
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I am delighted at receiving what you write, but when you ask me to reply, I am in a difficulty. What could I say in answer to so Attic a tongue, except that I confess, and confess with joy, that I am a pupil of fishermen?
Translated by Blomfield Jackson. Edition opa.patristics.basil-the-great.letters-selected.en.