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The Hexaemeron: Nine Homilies on the Six Days of Creation

St. Basil the Great · c. 370 AD

2h 51m read
Nicene

Nine celebrated homilies on the account of creation in Genesis, demonstrating Basil's gifts as a preacher and his approach to interpreting Scripture.

Table of Contents

1In the Beginning God made the Heaven and the Earth2“The Earth was Invisible and Unfinished.”3On the Firmament4Upon the gathering together of the waters5The Germination of the Earth6The creation of luminous bodies7The creation of moving creatures8The creation of fowl and water animals9The creation of terrestrial animals