II.
Works.
The extant works of St. Basil may be conveniently
classified as follows:
I.
Dogmatic
.
(i)
Adversus Eunomium
.
Πρὸς
Εὐνόμιον
.
(ii)
De Spiritu Sancto
.
Περὶ τοῦ
Πνεύματος
.
II.
Exegetic.
302
(i)
In Hexæmeron.
Εἰς τὴν
῾Εξαήμερον
.
(ii)
Homiliæ on Pss
. i., vii.,
xiv., xxviii., xxix., xxxii., xxxiii., xliv., xlv., xlviii., lix.,
lxi., cxiv.
(iii)
Commentary on Isaiah
i.–xvi.
III.
Ascetic
.
(i)
Tractatus prævii
.
(ii.)
Proœmium de Judicio Dei and De
Fide
.
(iii)
Moralia
.
Τὰ
᾽Ηθικά
.
(iv)
Regulæ fusius
tractatæ
.
῞
Οροι
κατὰ
πλάτος
.
(v)
Regulæ brevius
tractatæ
.
῞
Οροι
κατ᾽
ἐπιτόμην
.
IV. Homiletic. XXIV.
Homilies.
(i) Dogmatic.
(ii) Moral.
(iii) Panegyric.
V.
Letters
.
(i) Historic.
(ii) Dogmatic.
(iii) Moral.
(iv) Disciplinary.
(v) Consolatory.
(vi) Commendatory.
(vii) Familiar.
VI.
Liturgic.
302
According
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.