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Saints Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian (icon), Russian icon painter

Basil the Great, Of the Same to Diodorus Bishop of Tarsus, concerning a Man who had taken Two Sisters to Wife

Russian icon painter, Saints Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian (icon), 2-я четверть XIX · Public domainRussian icon painter, Saints Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian (icon), 2-я четверть XIX

SectionBasil the GreatPublic domain

(Found translated in lib. cit., p. 212 et seqq. Epistle clx.)

Contains the preface of his letter to Diodorus Bishop of Tarsus, in which he tells him of a letter shewed him in justification of a man’s marrying two sisters bearing his name; but he hopes it was forged.

Canon LXXXVIII.

Contains the rest of the letter, in which he argues and inveighs against this practice.

Reproduced in full. Translation: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 14 (Percival, 1900), public domain (Public domain).

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