@inproceedings{69dd0d4dc48c49b9a337ace8e7cf8f58,
title = "Basil and Gregory of Nyssa on the Ascetic Life: Introductory Comparisons",
abstract = "This article introduces a discussion of the two brothers on the ascetic life, surveying first the range of common familial influences they inherited, the early exposure to the native Anatolian ascetic movement, the differing political and religious contexts in which they worked, and the profound, indeed {"}mystical{"} motivation that drove all Basil's ascetic teaching and pastoral work. The sample text for Basil is his 'Homily on the Martyr Julitta'. Passages from varied works of Gregory are compared.",
keywords = "Christian Studies (incl Biblical Studies and Church History), Latin and Classical Greek Languages",
author = "Silvas, \{Anna M\}",
year = "2013",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789042930001",
volume = "15: Cappadocian Writers; The Second Half of the Fourth Century",
series = "Studia Patristica",
publisher = "Peeters Publishers",
number = "LXVII",
pages = "53--62",
editor = "Markus Vinzent",
booktitle = "Studia Patristica, vol. LXVII: Papers presented at the Sixteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2011",
note = "Oxford Patristics Conference 2011: Sixteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies ; Conference date: 08-08-2011 Through 12-08-2011",
}