(iii) The Moralia (τὰ
ἠθικά) is placed in 361,
in the earlier days of the Anomœan heresy. Shortly
before this time the extreme Arians began to receive this
name, Ath.,
De Syn. § 31, in this series, p. 467. and it is on
the rise of the Anomœans that Basil is moved to write.
The work comprises eighty Rules of Life, expressed in the words
of the New Testament, with special reference to the needs of
bishops, priests, and deacons, and of all persons occupied in
education.