On the Holy Spirit Quotes

“Everyone is a theologian, even those who have stains on their souls.”
― Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit

“Likeness to God, however, cannot be had without knowledge, and knowledge comes from teaching.”
― Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit

“I admire your proposing questions not for the sake of testing, as many now do, but to discover the truth itself.”
― Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit

“not heaven and earth and the great seas, not the creatures that live in the water and on dry land, not plants, and stars, and air, and seasons, not the vast variety in the order of the universe, so well sets forth the excellency of His might as that God, being incomprehensible, should have been able, impassibly, through flesh, to have come into close conflict with death, to the end that by His own suffering He might give us the boon of freedom from suffering.”
― Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit

“Not even raving lunatics could suggest such a notion: ... This is so obviously ridiculous that I am at a loss for words to answer such nonsense; such depths of folly will spare them any further attack. It would be like using a sword to cut through butter! Why should I exhaust my energy fighting such absurdity?”
― Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit