Letter 19 #catechesis/fathers/basil-the-great
Letters · Basil the Great · Church Fathers
ST. BASIL OF CAESAREA
To Gregory my friend.
I received a letter from you the day before yesterday. It is shown to be yours not so much by the handwriting as by the peculiar style. Much meaning is expressed in few words. I did not reply on the spot, because I was away from home, and the letter-carrier, after he had delivered the packet to one of my friends, went away. Now, however, I am able to address you through Peter, and at the same time both to return your greeting, and give you an opportunity for another letter. There is certainly no trouble in writing a laconic dispatch like those which reach me from you.
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Translated by Blomfield Jackson. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series Vol. 8. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1895.
Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. fathers/3202019.htm
