Early Church Personalities: Basil, Clement, Constantine, Cyprian

Basil the Great

Basil †379

• Basil the Great
• Basil the Great, Bishop, Theologian
• St. Basil the Great - Catholic Encyclopedia
• Prayer of Saint Basil the Great
• Patron Saints Index: Basil the Great
• Basil the Great Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition. 2001
• St. Basil the Great - Short hagiography
• Saint Profile: Saint Basil the Great - by Catherine Fournier
• St. Basil the Great (329-379) - Bishop and Doctor of the Church - Catholic Information Network
• St Basil the Great - From Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints
• Basil the Great - Bishop, Theologian - by James Kiefer
• Saintly Sketch - St. Basil the Great - Eric J. Scheske - Catholic Faith - MayJune 2000
• Funeral Oration on the Great S. Basil, Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
• The Hexaemeron - nine homilies delivered by St. Basil on the the cosmogony of the opening chapters of Genesis - Blomfield Jackson translation with notes
• St. Basil the Great - De Spiritu Sancto
• Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Series II - Volume VIII. Basil: Letters and Select Works
• Francisco de Zurbarán. St. Basil. - Olga's Gallery
• St. Basil: Works - Google Directory

  Prayer of Saint Basil on his Feast Day

  "Lord our God, teach us to ask for the right blessings. Steer the vessel of our life toward You, tranquil haven of all storm-tossed souls. Show us the course wherein we should go. Renew a willing spirit within us. Let Your Spirit curb our wayward senses, and guide and enable us unto that which is our true good, to keep Your laws, and in all our works everywhere to rejoice in Your glorious and gladdening Presence. For Yours is the glory and praise from all Your saints for ever and ever. Amen."

Saint Clement, by Tiepolo

Clement †213?

• Clement of Alexandria, Teacher and Apologist
• Clement of Alexandria - Catholic Encyclopedia
• The Stromata, or Miscellanies - St. Clement of Alexandria
• Works of Clement of Alexandria - Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. II (scroll down the page)
• Clement of Alexandria - Early Christian Writings - Online text by and on Clement
• Introductory note to Clement of Alexandria - Roberts-Donaldson
• Clement of Alexandria. The Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition. 2001
• Synoptic Gospels Primer Glossary - Clement of Alexandria
• Clement of Alexandria - The Development of the Canon of the New Testament
• Prayer to Follow Christ and See the Father - Clement of Alexandria
• Repent - A reading from the letter of Pope St Clement I to the Corinthians (Chs 7, 4-8, 3; 8, 5-9, 1; 13, 1-4; 19, 2)
• An exhortation to humility - Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians, XIII, 1; XLIX, 1 – L, 1.
• St. Clement: Works - Google Directory
  

Constantine †May 337

• Constantine
• The Emperor's New Religion - Bruce Shelley - Christian History, Winter 1998 - The story of early Christianity's most famous—and most controversial—convert.
• Constantine Converts to Christianity - by: Corrie Ferguson and Amy N. Grupp
• Constantine I Roman emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition. 2001
• Constantine the Great - Catholic Encyclopedia
• History of Constantine the Great - Resources for Constantine the Great
• Roman Emperors - DIR Constantine I
• Medieval Sourcebook: Constantine I: Laws for Christians
• Medieval Sourcebook: Constantine I: On the Keeping of Easter
• Head of Constantine I - Byzantium Gallery
• Constantine I on Encyclopedia.com 2002
• Medieval Sourcebook: Eusebius of Caesarea The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine
• Roman Emperors - Bust of the Emperor Constantine
• 'Constantine the Great' - 'Saint Constantine' - Flavius Valerius Constantinus
  (AD ca. 285 - AD 337)
• Met Timeline Portrait head of the emperor Constantine
• Constantine - Statue of the Emperor Constantine, from York, England.

Saint Cyprian

Cyprian †13 September 258

• Cyprian of Carthage, Bishop and Martyr
• St. Cyprian of Carthage - Catholic Encyclopedia
• Patron Saints Index: Saint Cyprian of Carthage
• St. Cyprian - Catholic Online
• Early Church Fathers - Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. V - Scroll down to find the works of Cyprian
• The Life and Passion of Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr - By Pontius the Deacon.- Ernest Wallis translation, from the Ante-Nicene Fathers (American edition), vol. 5.
• Cyprian Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition. 2001
• The Lord's Prayer - St. Cyprian, Treatises: The Lord’s Prayer, 14 – 17.
• St. Cyprian: Works - Google Directory

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