This reproach appears to be in contradiction with the statement in De Spiritu Sancto, § 74 (page 47), that the Church of Neocæsarea had rigidly preserved the traditions of Gregory.  The Ben. note would remove the discrepancy by confining the rigid conservatism to matters of importance.  In these the Neocæsareans would tolerate no change, and allowed no monasteries and no enrichment of their liturgies with new rites.  “Litanies,” however, are regarded as comparatively unimportant innovations.  The note concludes:  Neque enim secum ipse pugnat Basilius, cum Neocæsarienses laudat in libro De Spiritu Sancto, quod Gregorii instituta arctissime teneant. hic autem vituperat quod ea omnino reliquerint.  Illic enim respicit ad exteriora instituta, hic autem ad virtutum exemplar, convicii et iracundiæ fugam, odium juris jurandi et mendacii.