Classification.

1 II. Works.

2 The extant works of St. Basil may be conveniently classified as follows:

3 I. Dogmatic.

4 (i) Adversus Eunomium. Πρὸς Εὐνόμιον.

5 (ii) De Spiritu Sancto. Περὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος.

6 II. Exegetic.³⁰²According to Cassiodorus (Instit. Divin. Litt. Præfat.) St. Basil wrote in interpretation of the whole of Scripture, but this statement lacks confirmation. cf. Maran, Vit. Bas. xli.

7 (i) In Hexæmeron. Εἰς τὴν ῾Εξαήμερον.

8 (ii) Homiliæ on Pss. i., vii., xiv., xxviii., xxix., xxxii., xxxiii., xliv., xlv., xlviii., lix., lxi., cxiv.

9 (iii) Commentary on Isaiah i.–xvi.

10 III. Ascetic.

11 (i) Tractatus prævii.

12 (ii.) Proœmium de Judicio Dei and De Fide.

13 (iii) Moralia. Τὰ ᾽Ηθικά.

14 (iv) Regulæ fusius tractatæ. ῞Οροι κατὰ πλάτος.

15 (v) Regulæ brevius tractatæ. ῞Οροι κατ᾽ ἐπιτόμην.

16 IV. Homiletic. XXIV. Homilies.

17 (i) Dogmatic.

18 (ii) Moral.

19 (iii) Panegyric.

20 V. Letters.

21 (i) Historic.

22 (ii) Dogmatic.

23 (iii) Moral.

24 (iv) Disciplinary.

25 (v) Consolatory.

26 (vi) Commendatory.

27 (vii) Familiar.

28 VI. Liturgic.