Epistle 164
Letter in which Basil discusses his flight from the bishopric of Neocaesarea, exemplifying the patristic pattern of reluctance before high ecclesiastical office.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Cited as evidence Basil fled the bishopric of Neocaesarea
"Saint Basil likewise fled the bishopric of Neocaesarea, as he himself writes in Epistle 164."