The Canonical Epistles of St Basil the Great
The ninety-two canons drawn from St Basil's letters (chiefly 188, 199, 217), the foundation of the Church's penitential and reception discipline.
Showing 1 of 92 canons. The remainder are being entered from the public domain sources; each canon here is labelled by the status of its text.
Canon 1Heresy, schism, parasynagogue
Editorial interpretationDistinguishes heresies (differences in the faith itself), schisms (curable separations over ecclesiastical questions), and parasynagogues (unlawful assemblies), and sets the terms on which each is received.
Source & text status
Summaries by this library; public domain text NPNF 2nd ser., vol. 8 / vol. 14 (to be transcribed).
Full canonical texts, Greek and public domain English, in St Nikodemos' Pēdalion and in Rhalles and Potles, Σύνταγμα; the public domain English of the councils in Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, 2nd series, vol. 14.