It is noted in some mss. that the Commentary was given to the world by an anonymous presbyter after St. Basil’s death, who may have abstained from publishing it because it was in an unfinished state.  Erasmus was the first to undertake to print it, and to translate it into Latin but he went no further than the preface.  It was printed in Paris in 1556 by Tilmann, with a lengthy refutation of the objections of Erasmus. cf. Ceillier VI. viii. 2.