Saint Basil the Great wrote his treatise On the Holy Spirit during the closing phase of the Trinitarian controversies of the fourth century. The Arians had previously denied the full divinity of the Son and the debate then turned to the Holy Spirit.

On the Holy Spirit is a classic expression of the Church’s faith in the Holy Spirit and a lasting testimony to St. Basil’s Christian erudition. This is Basil's classic expression of the Church’s faith in the Holy Spirit and a lasting testimony to this saint’s Christian erudition.

The centuries-long dissemination and study of Basil’s works has only confirmed Gregory’s appraisal of Basil’s great personal holiness, his profound insight into the eloquent defense of the Christian faith and his wise and expert guidance for those who sought a deeper union with the Lord through the ascetic life.

In his funeral oration for St. Basil, St. Gregory of Nazianzus calls him a “standard of virtue,” a “noble champion of the truth,” and a “second Joseph” for feeding the hungry in a time of famine.

Again, in the words of Gregory, Basil’s treatise was “written by a pen borrowed from the Holy Spirit’s storehouse.”

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